Statistics Norway

Employment, main figures (register based)

11 Employed persons 15-74 years, by level of education, sex and county of residence. 4th quarter 2008 and 2009. Per cent
County of residence
Year
Sex		 Employed persons, total Level of education
Per cent Compulsary education1 Intermediate education2 Tertiary education, short3 Tertiary education, long4 Unspecified level of education
The whole country              
2008              
Total 2 525 000  100 22.1 41.9 22.7 7.2 6.3
Male 1 334 441  100 22.7 44.2 17.8 8.4 6.9
Female 1 190 559  100 21.3 39.3 28.0 5.8 5.6
2009              
Total 2 497 000  100 20.7 42.0 23.4 7.8 6.1
Male 1 315 147  100 21.8 44.3 18.4 8.9 6.7
Female 1 181 853  100 19.6 39.5 29.0 6.6 5.3
               
01 Østfold              
2008              
Total  133 985  100 26.0 44.7 20.0 4.3 5.0
Male 70 830  100 26.8 46.8 15.4 5.4 5.6
Female 63 155  100 25.1 42.3 25.1 3.1 4.4
2009              
Total  130 737  100 24.3 45.2 21.0 4.7 4.7
Male 68 858  100 25.5 47.3 16.2 5.8 5.3
Female 61 879  100 23.0 42.9 26.4 3.6 4.1
               
02 Akershus              
2008              
Total  282 408  100 21.5 38.5 24.0 9.6 6.5
Male  147 064  100 22.2 39.2 19.9 11.5 7.2
Female  135 344  100 20.7 37.7 28.4 7.4 5.8
2009              
Total  279 567  100 20.2 38.5 24.7 10.2 6.3
Male  145 065  100 21.2 39.2 20.3 12.0 7.2
Female  134 502  100 19.1 37.8 29.4 8.3 5.4
               
03 Oslo              
2008              
Total  316 389  100 15.2 29.1 29.2 15.3 11.1
Male  164 169  100 16.0 29.3 25.2 16.6 12.9
Female  152 220  100 14.3 28.9 33.6 14.0 9.2
2009              
Total  314 847  100 14.2 28.6 30.0 16.5 10.7
Male  162 452  100 15.2 29.0 25.8 17.6 12.5
Female  152 395  100 13.1 28.2 34.5 15.4 8.8
               
04 Hedmark              
2008              
Total 95 073  100 26.7 45.3 20.2 4.1 3.7
Male 50 279  100 28.3 48.0 14.8 5.0 3.9
Female 44 794  100 24.9 42.2 26.2 3.1 3.5
2009              
Total 92 901  100 25.1 46.0 21.0 4.6 3.4
Male 48 823  100 27.1 48.6 15.3 5.3 3.6
Female 44 078  100 22.8 43.0 27.2 3.7 3.2
               
05 Oppland              
2008              
Total 95 894  100 24.2 48.0 19.5 4.0 4.2
Male 50 712  100 26.1 50.3 14.2 5.0 4.5
Female 45 182  100 22.2 45.4 25.6 2.9 3.9
2009              
Total 93 877  100 23.1 48.3 20.4 4.4 3.8
Male 49 666  100 25.4 50.5 14.6 5.4 4.0
Female 44 211  100 20.4 45.7 26.9 3.4 3.6
               
06 Buskerud              
2008              
Total  135 134  100 23.9 43.7 21.0 5.2 6.2
Male 71 402  100 24.8 44.8 17.0 6.6 6.7
Female 63 732  100 22.9 42.4 25.5 3.6 5.6
2009              
Total  132 963  100 22.3 44.1 21.9 5.7 6.0
Male 69 970  100 23.5 45.2 17.6 7.1 6.7
Female 62 993  100 20.9 42.9 26.7 4.2 5.3
               
07 Vestfold              
2008              
Total  116 426  100 22.7 44.2 22.5 4.9 5.6
Male 61 196  100 23.1 46.4 18.1 6.2 6.2
Female 55 230  100 22.3 41.8 27.4 3.5 5.0
2009              
Total  113 995  100 21.2 44.8 23.4 5.4 5.2
Male 59 488  100 22.1 46.9 18.7 6.6 5.7
Female 54 507  100 20.2 42.5 28.4 4.1 4.7
               
08 Telemark              
2008              
Total 84 658  100 23.8 47.5 20.1 4.4 4.1
Male 44 658  100 24.0 51.2 15.0 5.6 4.2
Female 40 000  100 23.6 43.4 25.8 3.1 4.0
2009              
Total 82 692  100 22.1 48.2 21.1 4.9 3.8
Male 43 359  100 22.7 51.8 15.6 6.0 3.9
Female 39 333  100 21.4 44.2 27.1 3.7 3.6
               
09 Aust-Agder              
2008              
Total 54 356  100 22.3 46.1 21.6 4.8 5.3
Male 28 816  100 21.8 50.0 16.8 6.1 5.3
Female 25 540  100 22.8 41.8 27.0 3.2 5.2
2009              
Total 53 304  100 21.1 46.3 22.5 5.3 4.8
Male 28 227  100 20.9 50.2 17.3 6.6 5.0
Female 25 077  100 21.2 41.9 28.4 3.9 4.6
               
10 Vest-Agder              
2008              
Total 86 183  100 21.5 46.2 21.8 4.8 5.8
Male 46 161  100 21.6 49.2 17.0 6.1 6.2
Female 40 022  100 21.3 42.7 27.3 3.4 5.3
2009              
Total 85 126  100 20.3 46.6 22.6 5.3 5.2
Male 45 409  100 20.6 49.8 17.5 6.5 5.6
Female 39 717  100 20.0 42.9 28.3 4.0 4.8
               
11 Rogaland              
2008              
Total  229 147  100 22.3 42.9 20.5 6.1 8.1
Male  123 259  100 21.8 45.9 15.5 7.5 9.3
Female  105 888  100 22.9 39.5 26.4 4.5 6.8
2009              
Total  228 107  100 21.1 42.9 21.2 6.7 8.1
Male  121 992  100 21.0 45.9 16.0 8.0 9.2
Female  106 115  100 21.2 39.6 27.1 5.2 6.9
               
12 Hordaland              
2008              
Total  249 376  100 21.0 42.6 23.2 7.4 5.7
Male  131 977  100 20.9 45.7 18.4 8.5 6.4
Female  117 399  100 21.2 39.1 28.6 6.2 4.9
2009              
Total  249 481  100 19.6 42.8 23.8 8.1 5.7
Male  131 850  100 19.8 45.9 18.9 9.0 6.4
Female  117 631  100 19.4 39.3 29.4 7.1 4.9
               
14 Sogn og Fjordane              
2008              
Total 56 960  100 22.3 48.1 20.6 3.8 5.1
Male 30 494  100 23.3 52.0 14.8 4.6 5.3
Female 26 466  100 21.1 43.7 27.3 2.9 4.9
2009              
Total 56 272  100 21.0 48.2 21.2 4.3 5.3
Male 30 063  100 22.4 51.8 15.1 4.9 5.7
Female 26 209  100 19.3 44.1 28.1 3.7 4.8
               
15 Møre og Romsdal              
2008              
Total  131 948  100 24.2 46.3 20.5 3.6 5.4
Male 71 021  100 25.3 49.1 15.7 4.4 5.5
Female 60 927  100 23.0 43.1 26.1 2.6 5.2
2009              
Total  130 977  100 22.7 46.5 21.2 4.0 5.6
Male 70 559  100 24.1 49.3 15.9 4.7 6.0
Female 60 418  100 21.1 43.3 27.3 3.3 5.0
               
16 Sør-Trøndelag              
2008              
Total  152 517  100 19.7 43.0 23.3 9.2 4.7
Male 81 066  100 20.0 45.2 18.2 11.2 5.3
Female 71 451  100 19.3 40.4 29.2 7.0 4.1
2009              
Total  151 144  100 18.3 43.0 24.0 9.9 4.7
Male 80 333  100 19.2 45.2 18.6 11.7 5.3
Female 70 811  100 17.4 40.6 30.1 7.9 4.0
               
17 Nord-Trøndelag              
2008              
Total 66 260  100 21.7 49.4 21.3 4.2 3.5
Male 35 469  100 22.8 53.6 14.6 5.1 3.8
Female 30 791  100 20.4 44.5 29.0 3.1 3.0
2009              
Total 65 433  100 20.7 49.6 22.1 4.6 3.1
Male 34 702  100 22.1 54.0 15.2 5.3 3.4
Female 30 731  100 19.1 44.7 29.8 3.7 2.8
               
18 Nordland              
2008              
Total  118 945  100 26.8 44.5 20.9 3.7 4.1
Male 63 111  100 28.2 47.4 16.0 4.5 4.0
Female 55 834  100 25.3 41.1 26.5 2.9 4.2
2009              
Total  117 575  100 25.5 45.0 21.5 4.2 3.9
Male 62 231  100 27.4 47.8 16.2 4.8 3.8
Female 55 344  100 23.3 41.8 27.4 3.4 4.0
               
19 Troms Romsa              
2008              
Total 81 659  100 24.8 40.3 22.6 7.3 5.0
Male 42 935  100 26.1 43.8 17.1 8.0 5.0
Female 38 724  100 23.3 36.5 28.7 6.5 5.1
2009              
Total 80 765  100 23.6 40.5 23.3 8.0 4.6
Male 42 435  100 25.4 43.8 17.6 8.5 4.7
Female 38 330  100 21.6 36.9 29.6 7.4 4.5
               
20 Finnmark Finnmárku              
2008              
Total 37 682  100 29.5 38.0 21.5 4.0 7.0
Male 19 822  100 32.9 41.6 14.9 4.0 6.6
Female 17 860  100 25.8 34.1 28.9 3.9 7.3
2009              
Total 37 237  100 28.3 38.4 22.2 4.3 6.7
Male 19 665  100 32.0 41.8 15.4 4.2 6.5
Female 17 572  100 24.2 34.5 29.8 4.5 7.0
1  Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
2  Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
3  Tertiary education, short; comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
4  Tertiary education, short; comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
Source: Register based Employment statistics, Statistics Norway.

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