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Index of wage costs
The index of wage costs,
The wage and salary index, which is part of the labour cost index, measures the change in wage and salary costs calculated per hour worked. Wage and salary costs include all pay and bonuses according to Section 13 of the pre-liminary tax withholding act, thus also costs incurred by payments in kind and incentive stock options.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
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