Labour Market

Statistics

Employment Service Statistics

The Ministry of Employment and the Economy compiles Employment service statistics on the clients of the employment and economic development offices: jobseekers (most unemployed jobseekers) registered at the employment and economic development offices, vacancies reported by employers and also labour market policy measures which aim to advance the employment of the job seekers.

Job vacancy survey

The job vacancy survey produces quarterly information about open job vacancies in Finland.

Labour force survey

The Labour Force Survey collects statistical data on the participation in work, employment, unemployment and activity of persons outside the labour force among the population aged between 15 and 74.

Occupational accident statistics

The statistics on occupational accidents contain annual data on the occupational accidents that have occurred to wage and salary earners and own-account workers in agriculture.

Quality of work life survey

The quality of work life survey is an extensive personal interview survey conducted since 1977 to monitor employees’ working conditions and changes in them.

Statistics on labour disputes

The statistics on labour disputes describe the labour disputes organised in Finland by employees or employers.

See also related statistics

• Central government monthly salaries
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Employment
  Topic: Population
• Employment of students
  Topic: Education
• Index of wage and salary earnings
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Labour cost index
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Labour cost survey
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Local government sector wages and salaries
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Private sector hourly wages
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Private sector monthly salaries
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Structure of Earnings
  Topic: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs
• Transition from school to further education and work
  Topic: Education
• Unemployment Protection in Finland
  Topic: Social Protection

Revisions in statistics

• Monthly figures for Lapland State Regional Administrative Agency (AVI)
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  22 Feb 2011
• The way of publishing annual data from the Labour force Survey is being revised
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  26 Jan 2010
• Data on laid-off employees are only published from the Labour Force Survey quarterly and annually
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  23 Dec 2008
• Labour Force Survey first quarter data will be published according to TOL 2008 in April 2009
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  25 Nov 2008
• Labour Force Survey data content has been revised
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  19 Feb 2008
• Provision of quarterly data on the Labour Force Survey Internet home page expanded
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  24 Jul 2007
• Seasonal adjustment of Labour Force Survey time series with the TRAMO/SEATS method
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  19 Jun 2007

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Latest releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Unemployment decreased in 2011
  26 Jan 2012
• Unemployment rate 7.4 per cent in December
  24 Jan 2012
• Employment increased in November 2011
  20 Dec 2011
• The number of accidents at work in Finland 128,000 in 2009
  30 Nov 2011
• Unemployment rate 7.0 per cent in October
  22 Nov 2011
• More open job vacancies in the third quarter than one year earlier
  09 Nov 2011
• Employment of over 55-year-olds increased in 2010
  01 Nov 2011

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Future releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Job vacancy survey 2011, 4th quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  15 Feb 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, January (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  21 Feb 2012
• Labour force survey 2011, Employment and unemployment in 2011 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  6 Mar 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, February (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  20 Mar 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, March and 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Apr 2012
• Job vacancy survey 2012, 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  16 May 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, April (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 May 2012
• Occupational accident statistics 2010 (preliminary data) (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 May 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, May (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  26 Jun 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, June and 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Jul 2012
• Job vacancy survey 2012, 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  16 Aug 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, July (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  21 Aug 2012
• Labour force survey 2011, Families and work in 2011 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  11 Sep 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, August (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  25 Sep 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, September and 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  23 Oct 2012
• Labour force survey 2011, Time series data 2002-2011 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  6 Nov 2012
• Job vacancy survey 2012, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  14 Nov 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, October (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  20 Nov 2012
• Occupational accident statistics 2010 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  30 Nov 2012
• Labour force survey 2012, November (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  21 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
• Teamwork has become increasingly difficult in the 2000s
  13 Aug 2009
• Employment and unemployment in September 2008
  21 Oct 2008
• Employment and unemployment in August 2008
  23 Sep 2008
• Employment and unemployment in July 2008
  26 Aug 2008
• Employment and unemployment in June 2008
  22 Jul 2008

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