Index of wage and salary earnings

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Wage and salary earners' earnings rose by 3.0 per cent in October - December 03 Feb 2012 According to preliminary data of Statistics Finland, the nominal earnings of wage and salary earners rose by 3.0 per cent in October - December 2011 when compared with the respective period in 2010. Real earnings fell by 0.3 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of the previous year, because the rise in consumer prices was faster than that in earnings level in the fourth quarter of 2011. Next release: 31 May 2012
Description:	This is an index measuring development in wage and salary earners’ earnings for regular working hours. The base year of the index is 2000=100. The index is not influenced by the effects of overtime work or one-off bonuses or remuneration items. The basic data cover approximately two-thirds of the full-time wage and salary earners in Finland. Wage and salary earner groups by industry are weighted together in the index with fixed wage sum weights. By-products from the index are data on the average earnings of wage and salary earners according to different classifications. The data relating to individual units in the basic data are confidential. Read full description >>>

Producer:

Statistics Finland

Data:

Latest release:
Wage and salary earners' earnings rose by 3.0 per cent in October - December
03 Feb 2012
According to preliminary data of Statistics Finland, the nominal earnings of wage and salary earners rose by 3.0 per cent in October - December 2011 when compared with the respective period in 2010. Real earnings fell by 0.3 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of the previous year, because the rise in consumer prices was faster than that in earnings level in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Next release:
31 May 2012

Description:

This is an index measuring development in wage and salary earners’ earnings for regular working hours. The base year of the index is 2000=100. The index is not influenced by the effects of overtime work or one-off bonuses or remuneration items. The basic data cover approximately two-thirds of the full-time wage and salary earners in Finland. Wage and salary earner groups by industry are weighted together in the index with fixed wage sum weights. By-products from the index are data on the average earnings of wage and salary earners according to different classifications. The data relating to individual units in the basic data are confidential.
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Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Index of wage and salary earnings [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-7814. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 13.2.2012].
Access method: http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/ati/index_en.html.

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