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Wage and salary earners' nominal earnings level rose by 2.9 per cent in January to March 2025 from one year ago

Release related to topics:Work, wages and livelihood
release | Index of wage and salary earnings 2025, 1st quarter

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Enligt Statistikcentralens preliminära uppgifter steg förtjänstnivåindexet, som beskriver ökningen av heltidsanställda löntagares nominella löner för ordinarie arbetstid, med 2,9 procent under januari–mars 2025 jämfört med motsvarande period året innan. Löntagarnas reallönenivå sjönk under samma period med 2,4 procent, eftersom inkomstnivån steg snabbare än konsumentpriserna.

Key selections

  • Examined by sector, the nominal earnings level of wage and salary earners rose most in wellbeing services county administration in January to March 2025.
  • In January to March 2025, the real earnings of wage and salary earners were clearly lower than the peak reached in 2021.
  • The average monthly earnings of full-time wage and salary earners were the highest in sector other units of central government in January to March 2025.

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      Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Index of wage and salary earnings [online publication].
      Reference period: 2025, 1st quarter. ISSN=1798-7814. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 3.6.2025].
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