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Sopot has a very advantageous employment pattern which changed in just a few years, bringing Sopot closer to the standard for modern European cities where the market services sector plays the leading role.

Changes in the employment pattern in Sopot in 2000-2005

Year	Agriculture, hunting, fishing & forestry	Industry and construction	Market services	Non-market services
2000	1,5	19	48,7	30,8
2005	0,8	14,4	56,1	28,6

Education

Due to its location, Sopot is an educational base for the inhabitants of other cities and communes of the region. On the other hand, many students residing in Sopot benefit from the education offer provided by educational institutions located in other parts of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, and especially in Gdańsk and Gdynia.

School type	Total Gdańsk-Sopot-Gdynia based	Including Sopot-based
Primary schools	117	6
Middle schools	84	6
Basic vocational schools	19	1
Secondary schools	53	5
Specialised secondary schools	26	2
Secondary technical schools	31	0
Supplementary secondary technical schools	6	0
Art schools ending with a qualification certificate	7	0
Post-secondary schools	146	7
Schools of higher education	21	2
Schools for adult learners
Primary schools	-	0
Middle schools	2	0
Basic vocational schools	3	0
Secondary schools	27	2
Supplementary secondary schools	28	2
Specialised secondary schools	-	0
Secondary technical schools	5	2
Supplementary secondary technical schools	15	0

Highly qualified human resources to be employed in the Polish business graduate from post-secondary schools as well as two Sopot-based private schools of higher education: the Higher School of Finance and Accounting and the European School of Hospitality Management, Tourism and Business. Sopot also accommodates Economics and Management Faculties of the University of Gdańsk. Sopot-based employers who are looking for qualified personnel can choose from candidates who live in different parts of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area and have been educated by other schools of higher education, including technical schools.

Schools of higher education in the Gulf of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area in the academic year 2006/07

School of higher education	Students	Graduates	Academic staff
Total	88229	16355	5112
University of Gdańsk	29001	6339	1656
Gdańsk University of Technology	18453	2262	1110
Business and Administration School in Gdynia	1936	395	43
Higher School of Tourism and Hotel Industry in Gdańsk	3697	812	57
Gdańsk School of Banking	2793	298	63
Medical University of Gdańsk	4542	826	950
Gdynia Maritime University	6871	1716	367
Physical Education and Sports Academy in Gdańsk	4096	987	170
Academy of Music in Gdansk	575	82	140
Fine Arts Academy in Gdansk	863	170	128
Academy of International Economic and Political Relations	366	7	23
Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities	4225	790	111
Gdańsk Management College	2343	315	40
Higher School of Finance and Accounting in Sopot (Sopot College)	1347	192	35
Social Economic Higher School in Gdańsk	507	101	5
Higher School of Finance and Administration in Gdańsk	472	58	14
Pomeranian Higher School of Humanities in Gdynia	1318	161	22
European School of Hospitality Management, Tourism and Business – Sopot School of Higher Education	910	187	19
Gdańsk Higher School of Administration	1028	130	46
Higher School of Social Communication in Gdynia	435	28	16
Kashubian-Pomeranian School of Higher Education in Wejherowo	562	39	38
”ATENEUM” Gdańsk School of Higher Education	1889	460	59
	176458		10224

Students who studied at selected departments of the schools of higher education in the Gulf of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area in the academic year 2005/06

Management, marketing	10091
Law, administration	7590
Economics	5733
Medicine (including pharmaceutics)	4542
Information technology, econometrics	3949
Finance, banking, accounting	3852
Mechanical engineering, machine construction	2497
Electronics, telecommunication	2059
Services (environmental studies)	1893
Social sciences	1337
Biology, chemistry, physics	1106
Ocean sciences, ocean engineering	1099
Architecture, urban development	1021
Biotechnology	816

Students who graduated from selected departments of the schools of higher education in the Gulf of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area in the academic year 2005/06

Management, marketing	1876
Services (recreation industry, tourism)	1298
Law, administration	1162
Economics	1078
Medicine (including pharmaceutics)	826
Finance, banking, accounting	792
Information technology, econometrics	549
Mechanical engineering, machine construction	340
Biology, chemistry, physics	328
Services (environmental studies)	310
Social sciences	304
Electronics, telecommunication	281
Ocean sciences, ocean engineering	173
Biotechnology	162
Architecture, urban development	56

Labour Market

Owing to the entrepreneurship and professional activity of Sopot inhabitants, the rate of unemployment in the city has long been the lowest among all the communes that make up Pomeranian Province.

Rates of unemployment in Sopot and Pomeranian Province

Year	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Sopot	8.9	8.5	7.3	5.0	2.4
Province	22.4	21.4	19.3	15.5

Wages

Gross hourly wages in 2006 in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area as compared to selected cities of the world (stated in Euro)

Copenhagen	19,91
Zurich	19,39
New York	16,80
London	15,03
Dublin	14,88
Frankfurt	14,73
Brussels	14,58
Helsinki	14,29
Berlin	14,21
Stockholm	13,55
Vienna	13,25
Amsterdam	12,95
Paris	11,55
Barcelona	9,70
Madrid	9,11
Rome	7,92
Athens	7,18
Lisbon	5,55
Ljubljana	5,26
Prague	4,07
Talinn	3,48
Budapest	3,33
Moscow	3,33
Warsaw	3,26
Vilnius	2,66
Poznań	2,42
Gdańsk – Sopot - Gdynia	2,35
Wrocław	2,33

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