Good gender balance among managers on the whole, but uneven distribution in manager occupations

In total, among managers (not including politicians, senior officials and CEOs), 60 percent were men and 40 percent were women. Female managers were mainly present in occupational groups dominated by women, while men were present in occupational groups dominated by men, such as construction and manufacturing.

The largest percentage of female managers was present in education and in health and medical care, specifically in the occupations pre-school managers and managers in elderly care, in which 93 percent and 86 percent are women, respectively.

Production managers in construction and mining was the manager position with the largest percentage of men, 91 percent. Only 9 percent of managers in this area were women.

Manager functions in which there was an even gender balance included finance managers, information, communication and public relations managers and restaurant managers.

Taking account of the underlying gender balance among employees in each industry when looking at gender balance among managers shows an uneven gender balance in all except three industries, where the percentage of women among the employees was nearly as large as the percentage of women among the managers (all manager groups are included).

Occupations with employees from temporary employment agencies

Assemblers not elsewhere classified, is the occupation with the largest percentage of employed by temporary employment agencies.

Among assemblers not elsewhere classified, 25 percent were employed by a temporary staffing agency, which makes it the occupation with the largest percentage of temporary staff. This is followed by process control technicians, metal production and engineer officers with 21 percent and 20 percent respectively.

In occupations with large percentages of employees from temporary employment agencies there were gender imbalances, both overall in the occupations and among the employees from temporary employment agencies. Among aircraft pilots and related associate professionals, men accounted for 93 percent, and among pilots from staffing agencies, men also accounted for 93 percent. The only occupation with gender balance in both cases was customer service information clerks, in which men accounted for 40 percent and women accounted for 60 percent in the occupation as a whole. Gender distribution among customer service information clerks from temporary employment agencies was even more balanced, with 48 percent men and 52 percent women.

Pre-press technicians in particular stood out due to the large gender imbalance in the occupation as a whole and employees from temporary employment agencies; men accounted for 62 percent and women accounted for 38 percent in the occupation in total. Among employees from temporary employment agencies, instead, men accounted for 85 percent and women accounted for 15 percent.