Too few workers? Since 2000, there have been over 1 million more employees (full-time equivalents) in Switzerland

Growth began especially since 2006. In 2006, the number of full-time equivalents increased by 99,742 persons, and in 2007 even by 113,235. One full-time equivalent corresponds to one full-time position; for example, a 50% workload equals 0.5 full-time equivalents. The largest share of employment growth came from the health and social work sector (NOGA category Q) with 295,089 additional full-time equivalents (+28.3%). This was followed by professional, scientific, and technical services (NOGA M) with 177,234 new full-time equivalents (+17.0%), other economic services (NOGA N) with 109,908 full-time equivalents (+10.5%), education (NOGA P) with 108,337 full-time equivalents (+10.4%), and the construction industry (NOGA F) with an increase of 71,435 full-time equivalents (+6.8%).