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Wages and salaries sum grew in June 2023

release | Wage and salary indices 2023, June

According to Statistics Finland’s data, the working day adjusted wages and salaries sum of the whole economy was 9.1 per cent higher in June 2023 than in June 2022. The seasonally adjusted wages and salaries sum of the whole economy increased by 2.4 per cent in June  from the month before.

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  • The working day adjusted wages and salaries sum grew in the industry of private health and social work by 11.5 per cent in June 2023 year-on-year.
  • The working day adjusted wages and salaries sum increased the public sector in June 2023 by 17.1 per cent from the previous year.
  • Contractual pay increases and non-recurring items raised the wages and salaries sum in June.

Wages and salaries sum grew in all main industries

The working day adjusted wages and salaries sum grew in June 2023 in all main industries compared to June 2022. The working day adjusted wages and salaries sum grew fastest in the industries of private health and social work (11.5%), financial and insurance (7.6%), other services (7.1%) and manufacturing (6.8%). The wages and salaries sum increased more moderately in the industries of private education (5.2%), trade (3.5%) and construction (2.3%).

Wages and salaries sum grew by 6.2 per cent year-on-year in the private sector in June

The working day adjusted wages and salaries sum was 6.2 per cent higher in the private sector in June than twelve months earlier. The wages and salaries sum in the public sector was 17.1 per cent higher than in the corresponding period one year previously. In the private sector, the seasonally adjusted wages and salaries sum grew by 1.5 per cent and in the public sector by 9.7 per cent in June from the month before.

The significant growth in the working day adjusted wages and salaries sum in the public sector is mainly caused by the exceptionally high contractual pay increases paid this year in many collective agreement sectors in June. In addition, non-recurring items paid widely this year and the payment of holiday bonuses were in many collective agreement sectors in June.

The factors caused by the variation in the number of weekdays are taken into account in adjustment for working days. This means taking into consideration the lengths of months, different weekdays and holidays. In addition, seasonal variation is eliminated from seasonally adjusted series, on account of which it makes sense to compare observations of two successive months as well.

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Trends in the sum of wages and salaries by industry (TOL 2008)

Trends in the sum of wages and salaries by sector (S 2012)

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Year-on-year change in the working day adjusted wages and salaries sum by industry and sector, % (TOL 2008 and S 2012)

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Revision of annual changes in the wages and salaries sum in main industries 1)

Revision of long-term annual changes in the wages and salaries sum in main industries (2020–2021)

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