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Index of wage and salary earnings

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
The index of wage and salary earnings measures the development in the average earnings of full-time wage and salary earners. It includes performance-based bonuses and agreement-based non-recurring items. The data are collected from different sources and published quarterly.

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Statistics Finland

Change

The database tables of the index of wage and salary earnings were renewed. Annual change percentages were added to the industry tables.
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Key figures

Average earnings

3,818euros
1st quarter 2023
Index of wage and salary earnings
Updated: 26/05/2023

Releases

release | Index of wage and salary earnings 2023, 1st quarter
release | Index of wage and salary earnings 2022, 4th quarter
release | Index of wage and salary earnings 2022, 3rd quarter
database release | Index of wage and salary earnings and average monthly earnings 2022, 2nd quarter
database release | Index of wage and salary earnings and average monthly earnings 2021
database release | Index of wage and salary earnings 2021, index of regular earnings fixed by the main category of occupations

Future releases

Figures

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26.05.2023

Index of wage and salary earnings and index of real wage and salary earnings

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2015Q12015Q22015Q32015Q42016Q12016Q22016Q32016Q42017Q12017Q22017Q32017Q42018Q12018Q22018Q32018Q42019Q12019Q22019Q32019Q42020Q12020Q22020Q32020Q42021Q12021Q22021Q32021Q42022Q1*2022Q2*2022Q3*2022Q4*2023Q1*
Index of wage and salary earnings99.699.8100.1100.5100.6100.9100.9101.1100.9101.0101.1101.3101.9102.8103.1103.4104.1105.1105.3105.5106.1106.8107.4107.8108.4109.6110.0110.4110.9111.9112.9113.4114.4
Index of real wage and salary earnings99.899.8100.1100.3100.9100.5100.5100.2100.199.9100.099.9100.4100.7100.7100.6101.4101.6101.8101.9102.5103.5103.5103.9103.7104.0103.8102.8101.199.598.897.096.2
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Index of wage and salary earnings by gender

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Average monthly earnings by employer sector

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Average monthly earnings by employer sector and gender

Tables

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26.05.2023

Index of wage and salary earnings, index of regular earnings and index of real wage and salary earnings by employer sector

Index of wage and salary earnings 2015=100Index of regular earnings 2015=100Index of real wage and salary earnings 2015=100Index of wage and salary earnings, annual change percentageIndex of regular earnings, annual change percentageIndex of real wage and salary earnings, annual change percentage
2015Q199.699.699.81.61.31.7
2015Q299.899.899.81.51.21.6
2015Q3100.1100.1100.11.31.11.6
2015Q4100.5100.5100.31.31.11.5
2016Q1100.6100.7100.91.01.11.1
2016Q2100.9100.9100.51.01.10.7
2016Q3100.9100.9100.50.80.80.4
2016Q4101.1101.1100.20.60.7-0.1
2017Q1100.9101.2100.10.20.5-0.7
2017Q2101.0101.399.90.20.4-0.6
2017Q3101.1101.5100.00.20.5-0.4
2017Q4101.3101.799.90.20.5-0.4
2018Q1101.9102.1100.41.00.80.3
2018Q2102.8103.0100.71.81.60.8
2018Q3103.1103.3100.72.01.80.7
2018Q4103.4103.6100.62.01.90.7
2019Q1104.1104.3101.42.12.21.0
2019Q2105.1105.3101.62.22.21.0
2019Q3105.3105.5101.82.12.11.1
2019Q4105.5105.8101.92.12.11.3
2020Q1106.1106.0102.52.01.71.1
2020Q2106.8106.7103.51.71.41.8
2020Q3107.4107.3103.52.01.71.6
2020Q4107.8107.7103.92.21.92.0
2021Q1108.4108.3103.72.22.11.1
2021Q2109.6109.5104.02.62.60.5
2021Q3110.0109.9103.82.52.50.3
2021Q4110.4110.3102.82.42.4-1.0
2022Q1*110.9110.5101.12.32.1-2.5
2022Q2*111.9111.599.52.11.9-4.4
2022Q3*112.9112.598.82.62.4-4.8
2022Q4*113.4113.097.02.72.4-5.7
2023Q1*114.4113.196.23.22.3-4.8
* Preliminary figures
26.05.2023

Index of wage and salary earnings, index of regular earnings and index of real wage and salary earnings by employer sector

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