Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs

Statistics

Central government monthly salaries

The statistics on central government monthly salaries describe the numbers and earnings of employees remunerated within the framework of the national budget by variables like industry, occupation, education, gender and age.

Index of wage and salary earnings

This is an index measuring development in wage and salary earners’ earnings for regular working hours.

Labour cost index

The labour cost index measures the quarterly change in average labour costs per hour worked.

Labour cost survey

The labour cost survey describes the level and structure of labour costs at intervals of a fixed number of years.

Local government sector wages and salaries

The statistics on local government sector wages and salaries describe the numbers and earnings of employees of municipalities and joint municipal boards by variables like industry, occupation, education, gender and age.

Private sector hourly wages

The statistics on private sector hourly wages describe the numbers and earnings levels of hourly paid employees by gender, age, occupational group and education.

Private sector monthly salaries

The statistics on private sector monthly salaries describe the numbers and earnings levels of the monthly paid employees of private enterprises and non-profit institutions by occupation, education of occupational group, gender and age.

Structure of Earnings

Structural statistics on wages and salaries describe the numbers, hourly and monthly earnings, and the formation and distribution of employees’ wages and salaries in all employer sectors.

Wage and salary indices

Wage and salary indices describe the monthly development of the wages and salaries sum in different industries.

See also related statistics

• Financial statement statistics on business services
  Topic: Enterprises
• Statistics on labour disputes
  Topic: Labour Market

Revisions in statistics

• The Classification of Occupations 2010 will be introduced in these statistics in September 2011
  Statistics: Private sector monthly salaries
  16 May 2011
• The Classification of Occupations 2010 will be introduced in these statistics in September 2011
  Statistics: Private sector hourly wages
  16 May 2011
• Starting from July 2010, data on agricultural wages will be released in the printed publication Private sector wages and salaries
  Statistics: Private sector hourly wages
  29 Jun 2010
• Tax account reform causes revisions to the data of wage and salary indices
  Statistics: Wage and salary indices
  16 Mar 2010
• As of July 2010, data from the statistics Forest workers' wages will be published in connection with the statistics Private sector hourly wages
  Statistics: Forest workers' wages
  17 Feb 2010
• As of July 2010, the statistics Forest workers' wages and data on agricultural wages will be published in connection with the statistics Private sector hourly wages.
  Statistics: Private sector hourly wages
  17 Feb 2010
• New data from these statistics is published on the home page of the Index of wage and salary earnings
  Statistics: Index of regular earnings
  27 Oct 2009

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Latest releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Wage and salary earners' earnings rose by 3.0 per cent in October - December
  03 Feb 2012
• Wages and salaries sum grew by 4.7 per cent in September to November
  12 Jan 2012
• Wages and salaries sum grew by 5.1 per cent in August to October
  12 Dec 2011
• Cost of labour for an hour worked increased by 2.5 per cent in July - September
  08 Dec 2011
• Age has greatest impact on pay in demanding professional tasks
  11 Nov 2011
• Wages and salaries sum grew by 5.7 per cent in July to September
  11 Nov 2011
• Wage and salary earners' earnings rose by 3.0 per cent in July - September
  14 Oct 2011

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Future releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Wage and salary indices 2011, December (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  13 Feb 2012
• Labour cost index 2011, 4th quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  9 Mar 2012
• Wage and salary indices 2012, January (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  12 Mar 2012
• Structure of Earnings 2010 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  6 Apr 2012
• Wage and salary indices 2012, February (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  12 Apr 2012
• Wage and salary indices 2012, March (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  15 May 2012
• Index of wage and salary earnings 2012, 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  31 May 2012
• Labour cost index 2012, 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  8 Jun 2012
• Wage and salary indices 2012, April (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  11 Jun 2012
• Wage and salary indices 2012, May (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  11 Jul 2012
• Wage and salary indices 2012, June (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  13 Aug 2012
• Index of wage and salary earnings 2012, 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  31 Aug 2012
• Labour cost index 2012, 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  7 Sep 2012
• Wage and salary indices 2012, July (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  11 Sep 2012
• Wage and salary indices 2012, August (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  11 Oct 2012
• Index of wage and salary earnings 2012, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  15 Oct 2012
• Structure of Earnings 2011 (preliminary data) (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  19 Oct 2012
• Wage and salary indices 2012, September (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  12 Nov 2012
• Labour cost index 2012, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  7 Dec 2012
• Wage and salary indices 2012, October (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  12 Dec 2012

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Latest press releases

• Statistics Finland is making further utilisation of statistical data easier
  25 Jan 2012
• One day of life in Finland
  07 Dec 2011

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