Statistics Norway

Employment, main figures (register based)

10 Employed persons 15-74 years by sex, field of study and level of education. 4th quarter 2009 and 2010
Field of study] Utdanningsnivå[Level og Education 2009 2010
Total Male Female Change last year Change last year] Prosent[Per cent
Total 2 497 000 2 517 000 1 324 998 1 192 002 20 000 0.8
             
0 General programmes  757 751  756 389  389 258  367 131 -1 362 -0.2
Compulsory Education1  517 696  514 585  281 587  232 998 -3 111 -0.6
Intermediate Education 2  240 055  241 804  107 671  134 133 1 749 0.7
             
1 Humanities and arts  115 383  115 149 42 422 72 727 -234 -0.2
Intermediate Education 2 35 371 35 449 8 460 26 989 78 0.2
Tertiary Education, short 3 57 545 56 622 23 077 33 545 -923 -1.6
Tertiary Education, long 4 22 467 23 078 10 885 12 193  611 2.7
             
2 Education  149 511  150 849 42 083  108 766 1 338 0.9
Intermediate Education 2 1 308 1 217  597  620 -91 -7.0
Tertiary Education, short 3  141 863  142 811 39 629  103 182  948 0.7
Tertiary Education, long 4 6 340 6 821 1 857 4 964  481 7.6
             
3 Social sciences and law 73 774 76 725 36 324 40 401 2 951 4.0
Intermediate Education 2 3 663 4 363 2 102 2 261  700 19.1
Tertiary Education, short 3 32 481 33 261 14 915 18 346  780 2.4
Tertiary Education, long 4 37 630 39 101 19 307 19 794 1 471 3.9
             
4 Business and administration  289 612  287 581  123 908  163 673 -2 031 -0.7
Intermediate Education 2  170 373  164 896 58 008  106 888 -5 477 -3.2
Tertiary Education, short 3  104 608  106 618 56 264 50 354 2 010 1.9
Tertiary Education, long 4 14 631 16 067 9 636 6 431 1 436 9.8
             
5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects  509 465  513 194  447 085 66 109 3 729 0.7
Intermediate Education 2  357 264  358 680  325 197 33 483 1 416 0.4
Tertiary Education, short 3 85 670 86 791 70 917 15 874 1 121 1.3
Tertiary Education, long 4 66 531 67 723 50 971 16 752 1 192 1.8
             
6 Health, welfare and sport  327 769  323 353 56 475  266 878 -4 416 -1.3
Intermediate Education 2  148 486  138 806 15 980  122 826 -9 680 -6.5
Tertiary Education, short 3  142 340  148 955 22 554  126 401 6 615 4.6
Tertiary Education, long 4 36 943 35 592 17 941 17 651 -1 351 -3.7
             
7 Primary industries 42 334 41 341 31 841 9 500 -993 -2.3
Intermediate Education 2 34 721 33 743 26 821 6 922 -978 -2.8
Tertiary Education, short 3 2 066 2 085 1 361  724 19 0.9
Tertiary Education, long 4 5 547 5 513 3 659 1 854 -34 -0.6
             
8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services 80 018 80 452 54 898 25 554  434 0.5
Intermediate Education 2 57 604 57 677 36 066 21 611 73 0.1
Tertiary Education, short 3 17 890 18 330 14 689 3 641  440 2.5
Tertiary Education, long 4 4 524 4 445 4 143  302 -79 -1.7
             
9 Unspecified field of study  151 383  171 967  100 704 71 263 20 584 13.6
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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