diff --git a/src/FACT_jobs.jl b/src/FACT_jobs.jl
index 3dcc197168baee86a95bc974edd802ceee5cb687..0fa9b0ae70f642418fbb3a23ebe28b6c817d926a 100644
--- a/src/FACT_jobs.jl
+++ b/src/FACT_jobs.jl
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ function eu_lfs(conn::MySQL.Connection, selection::Dict)
     # iterate over geo objects
     for id in geo_id
         # prepare query
-        query = "SELECT Nace as industry, ((EmpTh_Q1+EmpTh_Q2+EmpTh_Q3+EmpTh_Q4)/4)*1000 as jobs FROM LFS WHERE Year = $year AND GeoID = '$id';"
+        query = "SELECT Nace as industry, ((COALESCE(EmpTh_Q1, 0) + COALESCE(EmpTh_Q2, 0) + COALESCE(EmpTh_Q3, 0) + COALESCE(EmpTh_Q4, 0)) / (CASE WHEN EmpTh_Q1 IS NOT NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END + CASE WHEN EmpTh_Q2 IS NOT NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END + CASE WHEN EmpTh_Q3 IS NOT NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END + CASE WHEN EmpTh_Q4 IS NOT NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END)) * 1000 as jobs FROM LFS WHERE Year = $year AND GeoID = '$id';"
         # execute
         result = query_connection(conn, query)
         if !("industry" in names(result))