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Private sector cost of an hour worked increased by 5.9 per cent in January to March 2025

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release | Labour cost index 2025, 1st quarter

According to Statistics Finland, labour costs in the private sector increased by 5.9 per cent in January to March 2025 when compared to the respective period of the year before. In the central government sector, costs grew by 5.3 per cent and in local government by 7.7 per cent.

Key selections

  • The first quarter of 2025 had 62 working days, which is the same as in the corresponding period of 2024.
  • In the local government, the cost of an hour worked grew more than in private sector and in the central government in January to March 2025 from one year ago.
  • Among private sector industries, the biggest rise in labour costs was recorded in metal industry (C 24-30), 7.2 %.
  • Costs in the private sector grew least in chemical industry (C 19-22), 1.9 %.
  • In the labour cost index, growth in costs is usually curbed by growth in the number of working days.

Tables

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Labour costs, index points 2023Q1-2025Q1

Labour costs, annual change percentages 2023Q1-2025Q1

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Revisions to annual changes in the original labour cost index by sector

Revisions to annual changes in the seasonally adjusted labour cost index by sector

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      Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Labour cost index [online publication].
      Reference period: 2025, 1st quarter. ISSN=1798-3746. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 7.6.2025].
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