Table 4. The average education, experience and job training.
| Cluster | Group | Education level (1–12) | Experience (years) | Job training (years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1: Managerial and supervisory occupations | G1: Managers | 6.6 | 4.3 | 0.9 |
| G2: Supervisors | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0.9 | |
| C2: Education, mental health and counselling occupations | G3: Educators | 9.9 | 3.6 | 1.0 |
| G4: Counselors | 7.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | |
| C3: Science, technology and engineering occupations | G5: Scientists | 7.3 | 3.4 | 1.2 |
| G6: Non-medical technicians | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.0 | |
| C4: Special and support services occupations | G7: Medical technicians | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| G8: Physicians | 8.4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | |
| G9: Safety protectors | 4.2 | 3.0 | 1.4 | |
| C5: Analytical and expert services occupations | G10: Analysts | 5.7 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
| G11: Clerical workers | 5.8 | 2.0 | 0.6 | |
| G12: Office staff | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | |
| C6: Customer and personal services occupations | G13: Personal service providers | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| G14: Sales persons | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | |
| C7: Equipment operation and services occupations | G15: Equipment operators | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| C8: Basic services, crafts and manual occupations | G16: Craftspersons | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| G17: Manual labors | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
Sources: Authors own calculations. Occupations are clustered using the Ward hierarchical method based on 72 principal components derived from 220 occupational descriptors from O*NET. For each occupation, descriptors related to education, experience, and job training are aggregated into 3 corresponding variables and then averaged across occupations in each group.