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Jobs quality index score for different occupations in the European Union in 2023

Occupations	Highly resourced	Moderately resourced	Low resourced	Moderate strain	High strain	Extreme strain
Nurses/midwifes	1.68%	6.31%	31.49%	35.88%	14.33%	10.3%
Healthcare workers	7.08%	12.09%	25.94%	27.6%	16.87%	10.4%
Truck/bus drivers	10.35%	18.34%	26.88%	25%	12.54%	6.89%
Cooks/waiters	12.11%	17.6%	27.09%	24.28%	11.38%	7.56%
Doctors	7.78%	14.01%	35.4%	26.92%	10.56%	5.32%
Cleaners/helpers	12.77%	21.43%	24.89%	24.62%	10.91%	5.37%
Building trade workers	16.36%	21.5%	28.56%	19.48%	10.94%	3.17%
Metal/mechanic workers	16.06%	20.99%	29.59%	19.98%	9.23%	4.14%
Shop salespersons	18.85%	23.08%	24.79%	20.69%	9.18%	3.42%
EU average	20.85%	22.27%	26.15%	18.95%	7.73%	3.59%
Electric/electronic workers	21.32%	19.29%	29.71%	20.1%	5.79%	3.81%
Software developers	46.65%	28.03%	17.54%	6.94%	0.61%	0.23%

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December 2023

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Europe, EU

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2023

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As of 2023, the least well resourced occupations in Europe were nurses and midwives, healthcare workers, and truck and bus drivers. Staff in these occupations felt a higher level of job strain - that is, a difficult work environment, organization, and working times - which often contributed to shortages of staff due to high turnover and poor incentives to join these professions. The European Labour Authority has identified job strain as being a key factor in stimulating certain labor shortages, particularly in low-paid work. On average, almost a third of workers in the EU find that their positions cause at least moderate strain.

While most high strain professions are also areas with staff shortages, software developers are the group which are the most resourced and under the least strain in 2023, in spite of being a profession with a shortage of workers. This likely relates to the relatively high skill-level involved in the job, resulting in a shortage of workers with appropriate skills.