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 services 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

• The sample design of the Job Vacancy Survey has been renewed
  Statistics: Job vacancy survey
  29 Aug 2013
• Postponement in the release of the Job Vacancy Survey for the first quarter
  Statistics: Job vacancy survey
  31 May 2013
• Changes in the Job Vacancy Survey
  Statistics: Job vacancy survey
  14 Feb 2013
• Revised classification of major regions has been adopted in the Job Vacancy Survey as of the first quarter of 2012
  Statistics: Job vacancy survey
  16 May 2012
• The Classification of Socio-economic Groups in the Labour Force Survey
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  09 Mar 2012
• 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

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Latest releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• There were 40,000 fewer employed persons and 9,000 fewer unemployed persons than one year ago
  24 Sep 2013
• Number of open job vacancies 32,500 in the second quarter of 2013
  29 Aug 2013
• Number of open job vacancies 45,300 in the first quarter of 2013
  29 Aug 2013
• Forty three thousand fewer employed persons and 10,000 fewer unemployed persons than one year ago
  20 Aug 2013
• Unemployment rate 7.8 per cent in June
  23 Jul 2013
• Unemployment rate 10.8 per cent in May
  25 Jun 2013
• Farmers risk of accidents at work has fallen clearly in ten years
  20 Jun 2013

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Future releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Labour force survey 2013, September and 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 Oct 2013
• Labour force survey 2012 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  5 Nov 2013
• Job vacancy survey 2013, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  14 Nov 2013
• Labour force survey 2013, October (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  26 Nov 2013
• Occupational accident statistics 2011 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  27 Nov 2013
• Labour force survey 2013, November (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  20 Dec 2013

Release calendar >>>

Latest press releases

• Statistical images of Finland and Finns
  11 Dec 2012
• 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

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