Shop clerk is the profession with the most people in Norway, followed by health care worker and help in kindergarten and after-school centre.
The most frequently performed professions
What profession you do depends on the tasks at work, not on your education or professional title. For example, a person with a degree in civil engineering but working in a grocery store will have the occupation of salesman.
In the table below you can see the ten largest groups of occupations in Norway in 2022 in terms of the number of employees. The figures include both full-time and part-time positions.
| Professional title | Quantity |
| 1. Store employees | 154 000 |
| 2. Health professionals | 96 000 |
| 3. Children's and out-of-school assistants | 89 000 |
| 4. Elementary school teachers | 81 000 |
| 5. Senior managers in the public and private sectors | 74 000 |
| 6. Nurses | 64 000 |
| 7. Other nursing staff | 58 000 |
| 8. Carpenters and carpenters | 58 000 |
| 9. Office workers | 50 000 |
| 10. Companies cleaning | 50 000 |
At the top are retailers with 154 employees. This profession was the largest in the last 000 years, although in 10 there were 2022 more people in this profession. fewer people than in 8. However, the list of the top 2012 occupations has remained relatively stable over the last ten years, with a few changes in some years.
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In 2022, 25 percent. of all employees worked part-time
Among part-time employees salesman was by far the biggest leader, with about 70 percent employed part-time. Part-time work was also more common among people in the occupations of healthcare workers, other care workers, business cleaners, and nursery and SFO helpers than among those in work combined. There are therefore large differences in the prevalence of part-time work across occupations.
In health and social care services, hours work hours are often adjusted to a rotation system, which in turn affects the possibility of full-time work. also may have an impact also personal preferences.
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Source: Statistics Norway
