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Published: 12 June 2018

Wages and salaries sum grew by 4.5 per cent year-on-year in February to April

According to Statistics Finland’s data, the wages and salaries sum of the whole economy was 4.5 per cent greater in the February to April period than in the corresponding period twelve months earlier. In April, the wages and salaries sum of the whole economy increased by 4.5 per cent from the year before. One year previously in February to April, the wages and salaries sum of the whole economy increased by 1.7 per cent.

Three months’ year-on-year change in the wages and salaries sum, % (TOL 2008)

In February to April, the wages and salaries sum went up in all main industries. The wages and salaries sum grew fastest in construction (6.9 %), other services (6.8 %), manufacturing (4.9 %), private health and social work (3.9 %) and trade (3.1 %). The increase in the wages and salaries sum was most moderate in private education (0.5 %) and financial intermediation (2.5 %).

The wages and salaries sum grew by 6.0 per cent in the private sector in February to April from one year ago

The wages and salaries sum in the private sector was 6.0 per cent greater in February to April than twelve months earlier. The wages and salaries sum of the public sector was 2.1 per cent higher than in the corresponding period one year previously. In April, the wages and salaries sum in the private sector increased by 5.4 per cent and in the public sector by 3.0 per cent from one year earlier. In the February to April period one year ago, the wages and salaries sum grew by 3.2 per cent in the private sector, while in the public sector the wages and salaries sum decreased 1.0 per cent from one year ago.

Three months’ year-on-year change in the wages and salaries sum of the whole economy, and the private and the public sector, % (TOL 2008 and S 2012)

The wages and salaries sum refers to the sum total of the gross wages and salaries paid to employees without incentive stock options. The wages and salaries sum is influenced by changes in employment and in the earnings level of wage and salary earners.

Source: Wage and salary indices, Statistics Finland

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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) (12.6.2018)

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• Appendix figure 1. Trends in the sum of wages and salaries by industry (TOL 2008) (12.6.2018)
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Updated 12.6.2018