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Table 3 Most frequent occupations among overeducated graduates 25–60 years old, 2012

From: The changing graduate labour market: analysis using a new indicator of graduate jobs

Occupation (main job)

Percentage

Cumulative (%)

Number

4159 other administrative occupations nec

4.7

4.7

853

4122 book-keepers, payroll managers, and wages clerks

4.3

9.0

754

6145 care workers and home carers

3.8

12.8

708

6125 teaching assistants

3.8

16.6

709

7111 sales and retail assistants

3.5

20.1

584

1190 managers and directors in retail and wholesale

3.4

23.4

595

6141 nursing auxiliaries and assistants

2.6

26.0

475

4112 civil service admin officers and assistants

2.4

28.4

450

4215 personal assistants and other secretaries

2.1

30.5

384

  1. Note: Relative frequency estimates for the population. Each four-digit occupation is given the same SOC(HE)_GH classification as the three-digit minor group to which it belongs. The last column reports the number of observation occupation in the sample in each four-digit occupation. ​Source: QLFS Q(1)2012-Q(4)2012