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Appendix table 1. Year-on-year change in the sum of wages and salaries by industry and sector, % (TOL 2008 and S 2012)

  Year-on-year change by three-month period, % 1) Year-on-year change in the latest month, % 1)
03-05/2017 06-08/2017 09-11/2017 12/2017-02/2018 02/2018
A-X Whole economy 1.9 1.4 3.1 3.7 4.1
B-E Total industry 0.6 2.0 2.6 3.3 3.9
F Construction 7.3 6.8 6.5 7.8 8.6
G Wholesale and retail trade 0.8 0.9 1.7 2.5 3.4
HIJLMNRS Other service activities total 4.3 4.8 5.8 6.6 7.3
K Financial and insurance activities -0.3 1.8 3.8 -0.8 -1.4
P Education, excl. public sector -0.8 -0.8 0.1 0.0 -0.6
Q Health and social work, excl. public sector 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.0
OPQ Public sector -0.5 -3.9 0.5 1.5 1.4
Private sector 3.3 4.1 4.7 5.4 6.3
1) Year-on-year change compares the value for an examined time period to the value for the corresponding time period twelve months back.

Source: Wage and salary indices, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Anna Mustonen 029 551 3651, palvelut.suhdanne@stat.fi

Director in charge: Sami Saarikivi

Updated 13.4.2018

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Wage and salary indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-6125. February 2018, Appendix table 1. Year-on-year change in the sum of wages and salaries by industry and sector, % (TOL 2008 and S 2012) . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 14.11.2025].
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