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Wage and salary earners' real earnings rose by 1.8 per cent in October to December 2024 from one year ago

Release related to topics:Work, wages and livelihood
release | Index of wage and salary earnings 2024, 4th quarter

According to Statistics Finland’s preliminary data, the index of wage and salary earnings, which measures the growth in the nominal earnings of full-time wage and salary earners, rose by 2.7 per cent in October to December 2024 when compared with the respective period in 2023. Over the same period, the real earnings level of wage and salary earners rose by 1.8 per cent because the rise in earnings level was faster than that in consumer prices.

Key selections

  • Examined by sector, the nominal earnings level of wage and salary earners rose most in wellbeing services county administration in October to December 2024.
  • The index for regular earnings, which better describes permanent changes in the level of earnings, rose more than the index of wage and salary earnings in all sectors in October to December 2024.
  • In October to December 2024, the real earnings of wage and salary earners were clearly lower than the peak reached in 2021.
  • Examined by sector, the average monthly earnings of full-time wage and salary earners were the highest in other units of central government in October to December 2024.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Index of wage and salary earnings [online publication].
Reference period: 2024, 4th quarter. ISSN=1798-7814. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 16.8.2025].
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