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Appendix table 48. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of employees aged 15-74 by socio-economic group and employer sector in 2013

  Usual weekly working hours
Employees total 1) Upper-level employees Lower-level employees Manual workers
Sex Employer sector        
Both sexes total Employer sector total 36,3 37,6 35,3 36,3
Private sector 36,4 38,5 34,9 36,6
Public sector 36,0 36,4 36,0 35,2
- central government 37,3 37,9 36,5 36,1
- local government 35,7 35,7 35,9 35,1
Males Employer sector total 38,1 38,7 37,4 38,0
Private sector 38,3 39,2 37,4 38,2
Public sector 37,0 37,2 37,4 36,0
- central government 38,0 38,5 37,6 36,9
- local government 36,4 36,2 37,2 35,9
Females Employer sector total 34,6 36,4 34,5 32,5
Private sector 33,8 37,2 33,5 31,8
Public sector 35,6 35,9 35,7 34,6
- central government 36,5 37,4 35,8 .
- local government 35,4 35,4 35,7 34,6
1) Data starting from 2011 are not fully comparable with data from earlier years.

Source: Labour Force Survey 2013. Statistics Finland

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Updated 1.4.2014

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Labour force survey [e-publication].
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