High Technology Indicators 
Tables according to approach by sectors
Employed persons in high tech sectors by branches of activity and  sex.
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	Females	% of females	
High tech and medium-high tech manufacturing sectors	784.1	219.3	28.0	
High tech manufacturing sectors	162.8	67.1	41.2	
21 Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Products	88.7	44.7	50.4	
26 Manufacture of computers, electronic and optical products	38.6	15.1	39.1	
303 Manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft	35.5	7.4	20.8	
Intermediate-high tech manufacturing sectors	621.3	152.2	24.5	
20 Chemical industry	127.0	42.0	33.1	
254,27-29 Manufacture of weapons and ammunition, Manufacture of electrical material and equipment, Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c., Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	448.0	95.6	21.3	
30-301-303 Manufacture of other transport equipment, except: naval construction aircraft and spacecraft construction and machinery thereof	22.3	3.4	15.2	
325 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies	24.0	11.3	47.1	
High tech or state-of-the-art services	619.4	204.5	33.0	
59-63 Motion picture, video and tv programme activities, sound recording and music edition Radio and tv programming and broadcasting activities Telecommunications Programming, consultancy and other activities related to IT Information services	556.6	172.0	30.9	
72 Research and development	62.7	32.6	52.0	
Total high and medium-high technology sectors	1,403.5	423.8	30.2	
Total employed	19,202.4	8,772.7	45.7	
Notes:
1) Source:    Economically Active Population Survey (Annual Averages)    
    
 High technology sector, according to NACE 2009: 20, 21, 25.4, 26, 27-29, 30 except  30.1, 32.5, 59-63 y 72  
    
 The change of nomenclature in the literals is for clarity and not a methodological change
Source: National Statistics Institute