In the third quarter of 2022, in the EU, the majority of employed people aged 15-64 years were men (54% men compared with 46% women). However, in terms of occupations (according to ISCO), there were more female clerical support workers (66% of total people employed aged 15-64 in this occupation), female service and sales workers (63%), female professionals e.g. scientists, teachers (54%) and women in elementary occupations (53%). At the other end of the scale, women made up less than a fifth of people employed as craft and related trades workers (11%) and plant and machine operators and assemblers (19%).
On a more detailed level, women in the EU made up the vast majority of employed people among childcare workers and teachers' aides (93% of total people employed in this occupation in Q3 2022), nursing and midwifery professionals (89%) and primary school and early childhood teachers (88%).
Meanwhile, women were a low minority among building frame and related trades workers (1% of total people employed in this occupation in Q3 2022), machinery mechanics and repairers, and electrical equipment installers and repairers (both 3%), EuroStat says.
