Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs

The scope of this topic extends to statistics on the levels of earnings and numbers of wage and salary earners, as well as labour costs and their structure, including the Survey of Wage and Salary Structures, Index of Wage and Salary Earnings and the Labour Cost Index.

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 fixed intervals 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.

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  • Index of wage and salary earnings 2019, 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
    28 Aug 2019
  • Labour cost index 2019, 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
    6 Sep 2019
  • Structure of Earnings 2018 (preliminary data) (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
    6 Sep 2019
  • Index of wage and salary earnings 2019, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
    15 Oct 2019
  • Labour cost index 2019, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
    9 Dec 2019

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