Table 3

Employment Measured in Sum of Wages by Gender and Main Line of Business

 

Women

 

Men

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

 

DKK 1.000

Total

2.138.121

2.289.576

2.355.883

2.461.552

 

3.889.998

4.045.311

4.115.154

4.482.656

Agriculture, hunting, and forestry

3

5

76

63

 

1.451

1.786

1.777

1.641

Fishing

15.191

13.872

14.285

15.797

 

333.906

303.338

321.419

331.160

Extraction of raw materials

1.369

1.980

2.806

3.024

 

4.875

20.824

47.731

58.329

Industry

41.112

41.218

43.213

48.484

 

166.600

164.085

150.744

189.739

Electricity, gas, heating, and water supply

16.094

16.062

16.420

17.505

 

114.628

116.280

113.318

108.053

Construction

13.785

17.672

19.253

64.059

 

475.140

516.630

522.299

786.554

Trade and repairs

291.983

310.877

313.319

305.862

 

636.436

664.368

670.405

795.038

Hotels and restaurants

54.678

55.626

61.691

65.718

 

73.811

78.290

76.991

80.452

Transport 1)

123.780

129.560

135.328

148.468

 

528.638

564.643

564.035

600.776

Financial institutions and insurance

21.814

23.213

24.906

26.865

 

21.231

22.197

21.956

24.416

Real estate, renting, business service etc.

83.843

85.099

78.967

97.321

 

221.739

229.174

209.551

267.731

Public administration, defence, and social services

1.382.748

1.495.840

1.543.593

1.601.556

 

1.036.629

1.076.132

1.113.680

1.142.114

Education

4.627

5.094

5.086

5.636

 

5.034

5.589

5.145

5.786

Health and welfare institutions etc.

6.984

7.461

8.496

12.432

 

808

1.656

3.171

6.918

Other collective, social, and personal service activities

41.639

43.405

44.854

48.623

 

75.954

77.355

81.186

83.258

International organisations etc.

-

-

42

-

 

-

-

-

-

Unknown 2)

38.473

42.591

43.548

137

 

193.116

202.964

211.745

692

Notes: 1) The category includes air, sea, and land transport among other things and telecommunications. 2) The category includes a number of person for whom it has not been possible to identify a line of business. Most of these persons work at Thule Air Base in Pituffik. The main line of business may also include inactive businesses.

Source: Statistics Greenland