The Finnish labor market is sharply segregated by sex. Previous research has shown the work of women to be inferior to that of men in that the work of women is less autonomous, allows less freedom for self-regulation and self-determination, is more restricted in space and time, and is more monotonous. This study sought to determine whether the segregation of work by sex at the work place affected the qualitative aspects of women's work. Data were taken from the Finnish Survey on the Quality of Work involving a representative sample of the Finnish wage-earning population (N=4,502), with 48 percent women workers and 52 percent men. Workers were classified into three categories (single sex, balanced, and token groups) according to functional segregation. Results showed that women usually did profit from the fact that they performed the same sort of work as men, although this effect was more apparent for the high status white-collar than for blue-collar women. Results from the Finnish Quality of Work Survey showed there were no objective reasons women should not enter the typical male-dominated occupations since the salaries are high, work is autonomous, varied and less paced. However, there are not such reasons for men to enter typical female-dominated occupations since men lost in pay with the integration of work by sex. (ABL)