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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)
09-11/2020 12/2020-02/2021 03-05/2021 06-08/2021 08/2021
A-X Whole economy 0.2 1.0 5.3 7.3 5.8
B-E Total industry -0.8 2.1 6.1 6.1 4.6
F Construction -0.6 0.4 3.8 4.7 3.9
G Wholesale and retail trade 0.9 0.9 6.8 7.3 5.2
HIJLMNRS Other service activities total -2.3 -2.8 4.7 9.4 7.5
K Financial and insurance activities 1.4 3.5 3.3 4.2 5.7
P Education, excl. public sector 2.5 2.5 7.3 9.8 6.9
Q Health and social work, excl. public sector 5.1 7.2 9.1 10.8 9.0
OPQ Public sector 2.8 3.3 4.7 6.4 5.2
Private sector -0.5 0.5 6.1 8.3 6.6
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: Heidi Myllylä 029 551 3473, palkkasumma@stat.fi

Head of Department in charge: Hannele Orjala

Updated 14.10.2021

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Wage and salary indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-6125. August 2021, 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: 25.10.2025].
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