The Swedish Occupational Register with statistics 2014:
Cleaning jobs common among foreign born
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2016-03-16 9.30
The most common occupation among foreign born persons on the Swedish labour market was cleaning in 2014. In this group, nearly two out of three men and one out of two women were foreign born. This corresponds to 15 percent of all employed persons.
Starting with the 2014 survey, occupations are reported according to the Swedish Standard Classification of Occupations (SSYK 2012). It reflects today's occupational structure better than the previous occupational classification (SSYK 96).
Of the 4 214 600 employees aged 16–64 on the Swedish labour market, 15 percent were foreign born in 2014. Cleaners accounted for the most common occupations among foreign born persons. The occupation is clearly dominated by women among foreign born, with 69 percent women. Of the 15 most common occupations among foreign born persons, the occupations that were most dominated by men were bus and tram drivers at 94 percent. Helpers in restaurants were the occupation that had the most even distribution of the sexes among the 15 most common occupations among foreign born persons, with 49 percent women and 51 percent men.
The most common occupation for foreign born men was Warehouse and terminal staff while the most common occupations for foreign born women were Assistant nurses, home care and homes for the elderly. The next most common occupation among both foreign born men and women was Cleaner, where 65 percent of the 16 500 men in the occupation and 46 percent of the 52 600 women were foreign born
Occupation[1] | Employed | Born in Sweden, number | Foreign born, number | Foreign born women, number | Foreign born men, number |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleaners and helpers in offices, hotels and other establishments
|
69 100 | 34 000 | 35 000 | 24 300 | 10 800 |
Assistant nurses, home care and homes for the elderly
|
136 000 | 105 600 | 30 300 | 26 900 | 3 500 |
Restaurant and kitchen helpers
|
61 000 | 41 300 | 19 700 | 9 800 | 10 000 |
Home-based personal care and related workers
|
76 900 | 57 300 | 19 600 | 14 900 | 4 600 |
Personal assistants
|
68 100 | 51 800 | 16 300 | 11 600 | 4 700 |
Child care workers
|
77 200 | 63 200 | 14 000 | 12 700 | 1 300 |
Warehouse and terminal Staff
|
73 400 | 60 100 | 13 300 | 2 400 | 10 900 |
Primary school teachers
|
94 500 | 82 400 | 12 100 | 8 500 | 3 600 |
Cooks and cold-buffet managers
|
37 200 | 26 300 | 10 900 | 4 300 | 6 700 |
Bus and tram drivers
|
23 100 | 13 600 | 9 500 | 600 | 9 000 |
Machine-tool operators
|
46 300 | 38 000 | 8 300 | 1 200 | 7 200 |
Office clerks not elsewhere classified
|
76 300 | 68 100 | 8 200 | 6 100 | 2 100 |
shop sales, specialty stores
|
89 300 | 81 200 | 8 200 | 4 500 | 3 600 |
shop sales, groceries
|
70 800 | 63 000 | 7 800 | 4 400 | 3 300 |
Software- and system developers
|
64 200 | 56 500 | 7 800 | 1 900 | 5 900 |
Total
|
4 214 600 | 3 571 600 | 643 000 | 313 600 | 329 400 |
1) According to the Swedish Standard Classification of Occupations 2012 (SSYK2012) on the four-digit level. The figures are rounded to the nearest 100, and thus the shares do not always add up to 100.
Occupation[1] | Women, number | Men, number | Women, percent | Men, percent |
---|---|---|---|---|
Finance managers
|
8 800 | 7 900 | 53 | 47 |
Human resource managers
|
4 800 | 2 900 | 62 | 38 |
Administration and planning managers
|
3 800 | 6 500 | 37 | 63 |
Information, communication and public relations managers
|
1 900 | 1 400 | 57 | 43 |
Sales and marketing managers
|
8 600 | 22 200 | 28 | 72 |
Administration and service managers not elsewhere classified
|
7 500 | 11 600 | 39 | 61 |
Information and communications technology service managers
|
2 800 | 9 000 | 24 | 76 |
Supply, logistics and transport managers
|
2 200 | 7 900 | 22 | 78 |
Research and development managers
|
1 300 | 3 700 | 26 | 74 |
Architectural and engineering managers
|
2 100 | 6 300 | 25 | 75 |
Real estate and head of administration manager
|
600 | 2 200 | 22 | 78 |
Production managers in construction and mining
|
1 200 | 14 700 | 8 | 92 |
Production managers in manufacturing
|
2 000 | 13 000 | 13 | 87 |
Forestry and agricultural production managers
|
100 | 500 | 12 | 88 |
Primary and secondary schools and adult education managers
|
6 200 | 3 700 | 63 | 37 |
Preschool managers
|
3 600 | 500 | 89 | 11 |
Education managers not elsewhere classified
|
400 | 400 | 48 | 52 |
Health care managers
|
8 100 | 2 600 | 76 | 24 |
Managers in social and curative care
|
2 700 | 1 100 | 72 | 28 |
Elderly care managers
|
7 800 | 1 300 | 86 | 14 |
Managers and leaders within religious bodies
|
200 | 500 | 31 | 69 |
Other social services managers
|
7 400 | 8 600 | 46 | 54 |
Financial and insurance managers
|
2 500 | 4 700 | 34 | 66 |
Hotel and conference managers
|
700 | 500 | 56 | 44 |
Restaurant managers
|
2 500 | 3 900 | 39 | 61 |
Retail and wholesale trade managers
|
2 900 | 6 800 | 30 | 70 |
Sports, leisure and wellness managers
|
300 | 500 | 42 | 58 |
Other services managers not elsewhere classified
|
2 000 | 4 300 | 32 | 68 |
Total
|
94 800 | 149 100 | 39 | 61 |
1) According to Swedish Standard Classification of Occupations (SSYK 2012) on the three-digit level. All occupational groups excluding Politicians and government officials (SSYK 2012 code 111) and Managing directors and others. (SSYK 2012 code 112). The figures are rounded to the nearest 100, and thus the shares do not always add up to 100.
Among employed foreign born persons, 29 percent had post secondary education that was 3 years or longer, while the corresponding figure for Swedish born persons was 26 percent. Nevertheless, foreign born persons were employed in occupations with lower requirements for qualifications than were Swedish born persons. 11 percent of the foreign born persons who worked in occupations that only required a shorter education or introduction had long post-secondary education. The corresponding figure for Swedish born persons was 3 percent.
Among persons who worked in occupations that normally require upper secondary education, like work in construction or the manufacturing industry, 72 percent of the Swedish born persons had upper secondary education, while the corresponding figure for foreign born persons was 55 percent. In this case, a greater share of Swedish born persons than foreign born persons had an education that matched the education requirement for the occupation.
Occupational skill level | Compulsory education | Upper secondary education | Tertiary education 1-2 years | Tertiary education >2 years | Unknown education |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Managers
|
5 | 24 | 17 | 51 | 3 |
Occupation that requires tertiary education of at least 3 years
|
1 | 7 | 11 | 77 | 4 |
Occupation that requires tertiary education for 1-2 years
|
6 | 30 | 21 | 41 | 3 |
Occupation that requires upper secondary education
|
16 | 55 | 14 | 13 | 3 |
Occupation that requires no or low formal education
|
33 | 40 | 12 | 11 | 4 |
Missing value
|
22 | 34 | 14 | 18 | 12 |
Foreign born, number
|
94 200 | 247 700 | 89 400 | 186 000 | 25 700 |
The total figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
Occupational skill level | Compulsory education | Upper secondary education | Tertiary education 1-2 years | Tertiary education >2 years | Unknown education |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Managers
|
4 | 31 | 22 | 43 | 0 |
Occupation that requires tertiary education of at least 3 years
|
1 | 11 | 18 | 69 | 0 |
Occupation that requires tertiary education for 1-2 years
|
5 | 45 | 25 | 24 | 0 |
Occupation that requires upper secondary education
|
12 | 72 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
Occupation that requires no or low formal education
|
21 | 68 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Missing value
|
19 | 56 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Born in Sweden, number
|
309 900 | 1 790 800 | 546 900 | 920 300 | 3 600 |
The total figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
Definitions and explanations
The information refers to employees aged 16-64 who are classified as gainfully employed according to the definition in the register-based labour market statistics (RAMS): all persons who are assessed to have conducted an average of one hour's work per week during the month of November 2014. Even those who were temporarily absent during the measurement period, such as due to sickness, are included in the frame. The term employee also refers to self-employed persons who run their operations as a limited company.
The occupations follow the classifications used in the Swedish Standard Classification of Occupations (SSYK 2012).
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