| Occupation Group | Number of employed persons | Percentage of employed persons |
| Armed forces | 15,531 | 2.4 |
| Managers | 11,896 | 1.8 |
| Professionals | 23,532 | 3.6 |
| Clerical support workers | 41,924 | 6.5 |
| Technical associate professionals | 51,660 | 8.0 |
| Services and sales workers | 186,582 | 28.9 |
| Skilled agriculture | 31,886 | 4.9 |
| Craft and related workers | 189,327 | 29.3 |
| Plant machine operators | 39,032 | 6.0 |
| Elementary occupations | 54,500 | 8.4 |
| Total | 645,870 | 100.0 |