TABLE 1.
Number of Employees and Employers in the PERKESO Database, By Yeara
| 2002 N (%) |
2003 N (%) |
2004 N (%) |
2005 N (%) |
2006 N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees | |||||
| Total | 5,482,698 (100) | 5,706,446 (100) | 5,977,473 (100) | 6,472,340 (100) | 7,015,578 (100) |
| Manufacturing industry* | 1,541,713 (28) | 1,584,068 (28) | 1,633,371 (27) | 1,725,708 (27) | 1,853,110 (26) |
| Machinery and metal | 498,506 (9) | 507,511 (9) | 524,513 (9) | 547,979 (8) | 585,645 (8) |
| Chemical | 218,440 (4) | 226,340 (4) | 230,569 (4) | 244,192 (4) | 256,737 (4) |
| Non-metallic | 49,612 (1) | 48,274 (1) | 49,876 (1) | 50,749 (1) | 52,590 (1) |
| Wood product | 174,419 (3) | 177,171 (3) | 180,508 (3) | 193,964 (3) | 206,249 (3) |
| Food and beverage | 83,962 (2) | 88,286 (2) | 91,399 (2) | 95,545 (1) | 107,191 (2) |
| Textile | 162,750 (3) | 166,294 (3) | 168,371 (3) | 177,705 (3) | 182,152 (3) |
| Paper and printing | 106,601 (2) | 107,847 (2) | 111,296 (2) | 112,622 (2) | 123,755 (2) |
| Service sector | 1,381,322 (25) | 1,451,711 (25) | 1,548,981 (26) | 1,705,898 (26) | 1,892,698 (27) |
| Trading | 775,479 (14) | 824,215 (14) | 887,554 (15) | 987,103 (15) | 1,121,287 (16) |
| Transportation | 205,261 (4) | 216,488 (4) | 226,097 (4) | 247,629 (4) | 265,018 (4) |
| Finance and insurance | 208,682 (4) | 232,026 (4) | 210,221 (4) | 247,696 (4) | 242,869 (3) |
| Agriculture | 207,082 (4) | 202,298 (4) | 209,340 (3) | 229,249 (4) | 230,838 (3) |
| Mining and quarrying | 55,119 (1) | 55,419 (1) | 58,035 (1) | 60,055 (1) | 61,061 (1) |
| Other** | 1,108,040 (20) | 1,140,221 (20) | 1,203,874 (20) | 1,269,002 (20) | 1,348,697 (19) |
| Employers | |||||
| Total | 477,150 (100) | 507,853 (100) | 542,629 (100) | 578,390 (100) | 612,953 (100) |
| Manufacturing industry* | 66,640 (14) | 69,693 (14) | 73,383 (14) | 75,998 (13) | 78,839 (13) |
| Service sector | 159,006 (33) | 170,423 (33) | 181,679 (33) | 195,470 (34) | 208,386 (34) |
| Trading | 101,831 (21) | 109,750 (21) | 119,925 (22) | 129,980 (22) | 139,493 (23) |
| Transportation | 17,839 (4) | 18,314 (4) | 19,407 (4) | 20,501 (4) | 21,545 (4) |
| Finance and insurance | 10,891 (2) | 11,342 (2) | 12,009 (2) | 12,493 (2) | 13,062 (2) |
| Agriculture | 13,525 (3) | 13,876 (3) | 14,364 (2) | 14,888 (2) | 15,331 (2) |
| Mining and quarrying | 2,873 (1) | 2,941 (1) | 3,036 (1) | 3,097 (1) | 3,171 (1) |
| All other | 104,545 (22) | 111,514 (22) | 118,826 (22) | 125,963 (22) | 133,126 (22) |
*
Manufacturing industry includes machinery and metal, chemical, non-metallic product manufacture, wood-product manufacture, food and beverage, textile, paper and printing, and all other (residual).
**
Includes construction, forestry, communications, hotel and restaurants, and fishing.