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Wage and salary earners' nominal earnings level rose by 2.8 per cent in April to June 2025 from one year ago

Release related to topics:Work, wages and livelihood
release | Index of wage and salary earnings 2025, 2nd 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 2.8 per cent in April to June 2025 when compared with the respective period in 2024. Over the same period, the real earnings level of wage and salary earners rose by 2.3 per cent because the rise in earnings level was faster than that in consumer prices.

Key selections

  • Examined by sector, the annual change in wage and salary earners' nominal level of earnings was, according to preliminary data, highest in wellbeing services county
    administration, 5.4 per cent in April to June 2025.
  • Earnings level rose slowest in central government's budget economy, by 0.3 per cent.
  • The differences in the earnings development of different sectors were mainly due to
    the different timing of contractual pay increases.

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  • Base of payment
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Index of wage and salary earnings [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, 2nd quarter. ISSN=1798-7814. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 31.8.2025].
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