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Table 6 Broad occupational classification (blossfeld)

From: FDI and onshore task composition: evidence from German firms with affiliates in the Czech Republic

Broad occupational category

Avg. wage in euros

Examples

Production

 Unskilled manual occupations

68.55

Assembly workers, conveyors, and riveter workers, roadmakers

 Skilled manual occupations

84.81

Electricians, mechanics, carpenters, lab assistants, vehicle repairers, carpenters

 Technicians

151.02

Mechanical engineers, surveying technicians

 Engineers

279.74

Architects, (electro-, ...) engineers, chemists

Service

 Unskilled service occupations

58.67

Janitors, waiters, receptionists, conductors, warehouse managers, packers, cleaners

 Skilled service occupations

93.32

Train drivers, hairdressers, pharmacy chemists, judicial officers, administr. and enforcers, medical receptionists, pharmaceutical assistants, property managers, safety testers

 Semiprofessions

127.77

Nurses, social workers, teachers, journalists, translators, archivists

 Professions

223.31

Doctors, (economic and social) scientists, professors, legal consultants, statisticians

Administration

 Unskilled commercial and admin.

73.95

Cashiers, auxiliary office (secretaries), auxiliary commercial agents (buyers, sellers)

 Skilled commercial and admin.

131.91

Bankers, accountants; forwarding, logistics specialists; wholesale traders, data processing, office specialists

 Managers

277.71

CEOs, business owners, high-level public servants

  1. This table describes the broad occupational classification by Blossfeld (1985). Each group represents a socioeconomic stratum of the German workforce with similar education levels, average earnings, and types of activities performed. Daily wages are drawn from a cross-section of the IAB-ReLOC sample in 2010