Statistics Norway

Employment among immigrants (register based)

11   Employees1 by occupational groups and region of birth. Q4 2004 and 2005
  Employees in total Q4 2004 Q4 2005
  First generation immigrants Employees in total First generation immigrants
  in total Western Non-western in total Western Non-western
  Per cent
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
                 
1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 7.8 4.3 8.1 2.0 8.2 4.3 8.4 2.0
2 Professionals 10.3 11.1 18.7 6.5 10.5 10.8 18.6 6.3
3 Technicians and associate professionals 18.1 12.1 19.1 7.8 18.1 11.7 19.1 7.5
4 Clerks 10.1 8.9 8.5 9.1 9.8 9.1 8.2 9.5
5 Service workers and shop and market sales workers 21.8 22.6 18.9 24.9 22.0 22.7 18.8 24.9
6 Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 1.4 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.8
7 Craft and related trades workers 12.2 10.2 12.3 8.9 12.7 11.3 13.5 10.1
8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 11.3 12.3 7.3 15.4 11.0 12.1 7.0 15.1
9 Elementary occupations 7.0 17.7 6.4 24.6 6.3 17.2 5.6 23.8
                 
  Absolute figures
In total 1 383 641    88 936    33 721 55 215 1 402 356    95 245    34 552 60 693
                 
1 Legislators, senior officials and managers  107 991 3 813 2 719 1 094  115 112 4 120 2 909 1 211
2 Professionals  142 897 9 872 6 296 3 576  147 830 10 240 6 425 3 815
3 Technicians and associate professionals  250 044 10 724 6 431 4 293  254 290 11 177 6 599 4 578
4 Clerks  139 538 7 879 2 853 5 026  137 848 8 628 2 848 5 780
5 Service workers and shop and market sales workers  302 234 20 108 6 380 13 728  308 539 21 586 6 489 15 097
6 Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 19 374  741  293  448 17 455  776  277  499
7 Craft and related trades workers  168 963 9 064 4 131 4 933  177 744 10 766 4 649 6 117
8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers  156 415 10 967 2 456 8 511  154 781 11 569 2 406 9 163
9 Elementary occupations 96 185 15 768 2 162 13 606 88 757 16 383 1 950 14 433
1  Employees within the health enterprises and municipal and county administration are not included.

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