4    Employed persons by occupation and part-time/ full-time (LFS). Annual average 2008. 1 000 and per cent

  Part-time Full-time  
Occupation Total Persons
(1 000)
Per cent Persons
(1 000)
Per cent Average
working hours
per week
TOTAL 2 524 674 26,7 1 845 73,1 34,3
    1. Legislators, senior officials and managers 150 7 4,5 143 95,4 39,1
    2. Professionals 300 43 14,4 256 85,5 37,1
    3. Technicians and associate professionals 647 133 20,5 514 79,4 35,7
    4. Clerks 173 56 32,5 116 67,2 32,5
    5. Service workers and market sales workers 602 315 52,3 285 47,4 28,5
    6. Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 60 14 22,7 46 77,1 43,4
    7. Craft and related trades workers 277 20 7,3 257 92,6 37,8
    8. Plant and machine operators and assemblers 185 23 12,7 161 87,1 37,7
    9. Other occupations and unspecified 130 63 48,2 67 51,4 27,6
MALES 1 332 176 13,2 1 154 86,7 37,2
    1. Legislators, senior officials and managers 103 3 3,0 100 97,0 39,7
    2. Professionals 162 14 8,6 148 91,4 38,4
    3. Technicians and associate professionals 298 28 9,5 269 90,3 37,9
    4. Clerks 63 12 19,9 50 80,0 34,2
    5. Service workers and market sales workers 185 61 33,0 123 66,6 31,9
    6. Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 48 8 16,3 40 83,5 46,2
    7. Craft and related trades workers 259 15 5,9 243 94,0 38,0
    8. Plant and machine operators and assemblers 155 15 9,9 140 89,9 38,3
    9. Other occupations and unspecified 60 18 30,3 41 69,2 31,0
FEMALES 1 192 498 41,8 691 58,0 31,1
    1. Legislators, senior officials and managers 47 4 7,8 43 91,9 37,6
    2. Professionals 138 29 21,3 109 78,6 35,5
    3. Technicians and associate professionals 349 104 29,8 244 70,0 33,9
    4. Clerks 110 44 39,7 66 60,0 31,5
    5. Service workers and market sales workers 417 253 60,8 162 38,8 27,0
    6. Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 12 6 48,6 6 50,8 31,5
    7. Craft and related trades workers 18 5 27,3 13 72,7 35,0
    8. Plant and machine operators and assemblers 29 8 27,7 21 72,1 34,1
    9. Other occupations and unspecified 71 45 63,4 26 36,3 24,8