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Pay differentials largest in Uusimaa, smallest in North Karelia

In 2010, average earnings were highest in Uusimaa at EUR 3,369. No other region achieved the level of average earnings for the whole country. The regions with the lowest earnings were Etelä-Savo (EUR 2,682) and South Ostrobothnia (EUR 2,695). In Uusimaa, the best paid decile earned at least 2.56 times more than the decile with the lowest earnings. North Karelia was the region with the smallest pay differential of only 2-fold between the deciles. The differentials in the dispersion of earnings between the regions are mostly caused by differences in the structures of their wage and salary earning populations and jobs.

Table 1. Average monthly earnings and dispersion of earnings of full-time wage and salary earners by region in 2010 by Region and Total earnings, EUR / month

Region	Total earnings, EUR / month
	Number	Mean	1st decile	Median	9th decile
Total	1 394 260	3 040	1 937	2 715	4 498
01. Uusimaa	475 916	3 369	2 023	2 977	5 174
02. Varsinais-Suomi	113 975	2 904	1 901	2 618	4 233
04. Satakunta	53 885	2 849	1 887	2 592	4 045
05. Kanta-Häme	44 064	2 820	1 899	2 585	4 013
06. Pirkanmaa	124 838	2 926	1 909	2 653	4 246
07. Päijät-Häme	47 319	2 802	1 881	2 564	3 954
08. Kymenlaakso	41 445	2 912	1 922	2 649	4 161
09. South Karelia	30 555	2 884	1 912	2 692	3 996
10. Etelä-Savo	32 239	2 692	1 833	2 482	3 745
11. Pohjois-Savo	57 173	2 820	1 886	2 580	4 000
12. North Karelia	38 928	2 736	1 891	2 521	3 809
13. Central Finland	66 092	2 959	1 931	2 679	4 275
14. South Ostrobothnia	41 923	2 694	1 842	2 473	3 749
15. Ostrobothnia	39 439	2 931	1 933	2 666	4 190
16. Central Ostrobothnia	15 662	2 844	1 902	2 624	4 020
17. North Ostrobothnia	90 620	2 947	1 923	2 680	4 262
18. Kainuu	20 372	2 846	1 939	2 582	4 094
19. Lapland	40 901	2 813	1 902	2 592	3 947
20. Itä-Uusimaa	17 048	2 990	1 947	2 751	4 336

At the end of 2010, more than one-third of all full-time wage and salary earners were located in the region of Uusimaa. The share employed by the public sector was highest in Lapland and Itä-Uusimaa. By contrast, the share of wage and salary earners employed by the private sector was significant in Varsinais-Suomi and Etelä–Savo and, due to a large share of service industries, also in Uusimaa and South Karelia.

Figure 1. Shares of employer sectors of employment relationships recorded in statistics in different regions in 2010, % of full-time wage and salary earners in region

Source: Structure of Earnings 2010, Statistics Finland

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Updated 5.4.2012