Labour cost index

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Cost of labour for an hour worked increased by 2.5 per cent in July - September 08 Dec 2011 Private sector labour costs increased by 2.5 per cent in July-September 2011 when compared with the respective period of the year before. Labour costs excluding one-off items, such as performance-based bonuses, rose by 3.0 per cent compared with the respective period of the year before. In the corresponding period the index of wage and salary earnings rose by 2.9 per cent in the private sector. Next release: 9 Mar 2012
Description:	The labour cost index measures the quarterly change in average labour costs per hour worked. The statistics cover almost the whole private sector. Excluded from the statistics are agriculture, forestry and fishing and the public sector. In addition to the actual labour cost index, the labour cost index includes three complementing indices: the index of wage costs, the index of social costs and the labour cost index without one-off and extraordinary cost components. Read full description >>>

Producer:

Statistics Finland

Data:

Latest release:
Cost of labour for an hour worked increased by 2.5 per cent in July - September
08 Dec 2011
Private sector labour costs increased by 2.5 per cent in July-September 2011 when compared with the respective period of the year before. Labour costs excluding one-off items, such as performance-based bonuses, rose by 3.0 per cent compared with the respective period of the year before. In the corresponding period the index of wage and salary earnings rose by 2.9 per cent in the private sector.

Next release:
9 Mar 2012

Description:

The labour cost index measures the quarterly change in average labour costs per hour worked. The statistics cover almost the whole private sector. Excluded from the statistics are agriculture, forestry and fishing and the public sector. In addition to the actual labour cost index, the labour cost index includes three complementing indices: the index of wage costs, the index of social costs and the labour cost index without one-off and extraordinary cost components.
Read full description >>>

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Labour cost index [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3746. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 13.2.2012].
Access method: http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/tvki/index_en.html.

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