Table 1 Workforce composition in German survey data: BIBB/BAuA versus SOEP

Occupations in business management and organisation

8.0

1

11.3

1

Medical and health care occupations

7.9

2

8.9

2

Occupations in financial services, accounting and tax consultancy

4.8

8

6.8

3

Occupations in education and social work, housekeeping, and theology

6.0

4

6.3

4

Sales occupations in retail trade

6.7

3

5.8

5

Occupations in law and public administration

5.5

6

5.6

6

Technical occupations in machine-building and automotive industry

4.6

9

5.1

7

Occupations in traffic and logistics (without vehicle driving)

5.1

7

4.3

8

Occupations in computer science, information and communication technology

3.0

14

4.1

9

Occupations in teaching and training

5.7

5

4.0

10

Occupations in mechatronics, energy electronics and electrical engineering

2.9

16

3.8

11

Occupations in purchasing, sales and trading

3.0

13

3.3

12

Occupations in technical R &D, construction, and production planning

2.0

19

3.3

13

Occupations in metal-making and -working, and in metal construction

2.5

18

2.9

14

Occupations in non-medical healthcare, body care, wellness and medical technicians

3.2

11

2.8

15

Drivers and operators of vehicles and transport equipment

3.0

12

2.7

16

Occupations in advertising and marketing, in commercial and editorial media design

1.7

22

2.5

17

Occupations in food-production and -processing

2.8

17

2.1

18

Occupations in building services engineering and technical building services

2.0

20

1.9

19

Occupations in tourism, hotels and restaurants

2.9

15

1.6

20

Occupations in cleaning services

3.6

10

1.6

21

Occupations in mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics

1.2

25

1.3

22

Occupations in construction scheduling, architecture and surveying

1.1

26

1.1

23

Occupations in plastic-making and -processing, and wood-working and -processing

1.3

24

1.0

24

Occupations in building construction above and below ground

1.4

23

1.0

25

Occupations in safety and health protection, security and surveillance

1.9

21

1.0

26

Occupations in paper-making and -processing, printing, and in technical media design

0.9

29

0.8

27

Occupations in interior construction

1.1

27

0.8

28

Occupations in in philology, literature, humanities, social sciences, and economics

0.3

34

0.5

29

Occupations in the performing arts and entertainment

0.6

31

0.4

30

Occupations in textile- and leather-making and -processing

0.4

32

0.4

31

Occupations in gardening and floristry

0.9

28

0.3

32

Occupations in geology, geography and environmental protection

0.2

36

0.2

33

Occupations in production and processing of raw materials, glass and ceramic

0.2

35

0.2

34

Occupations in product design, artisan craftwork, fine arts

0.4

33

0.2

35

Occupations in agriculture, forestry, and farming

0.8

30

0.1

36

N = 27,777