Labour Market

Statistics

Employment Service Statistics

The Ministry of Employment and the Economy compiles Employment service statistics on the clients of the employment offices: jobseekers (most unemployed jobseekers) registered at the employment 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

• 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 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
• Content of the Labour Force Survey's home page is expanding
  Statistics: Labour force survey
  22 May 2007

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Latest releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Unemployment rate 9.5 per cent in January
  23 Feb 2010
• Employment turned to decline, unemployment grew in 2009
  16 Feb 2010
• Fewer job vacancies in the fourth quarter than one year earlier
  10 Feb 2010
• Number of employed goes on falling, growing number not in the labour force
  26 Jan 2010
• Number of employed 100,000 lower than one year ago
  22 Dec 2009
• 149,000 accidents at work occurred in Finland in 2007
  30 Nov 2009
• Number of employed 119,000 lower than one year ago
  24 Nov 2009

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Future releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Labour force survey 2010, february (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  23 Mar 2010
• Labour force survey 2010, march and 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  27 Apr 2010
• Job vacancy survey 2010, 1st quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  12 May 2010
• Occupational accident statistics 2008 (preliminary data) (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  20 May 2010
• Labour force survey 2010, april (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  25 May 2010
• Labour force survey 2009 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  1 Jun 2010
• Labour force survey 2010, may (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 Jun 2010
• Labour force survey 2010, june and 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  27 Jul 2010
• Job vacancy survey 2010, 2nd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  11 Aug 2010
• Labour force survey 2010, july (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  24 Aug 2010
• Labour force survey 2010, august (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  21 Sep 2010
• Labour force survey 2010, september and 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  26 Oct 2010
• Labour force survey 2009, time series data 2000-2009 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  9 Nov 2010
• Job vacancy survey 2010, 3rd quarter (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  10 Nov 2010
• Labour force survey 2010, october (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  23 Nov 2010
• Occupational accident statistics 2008 (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  30 Nov 2010
• Labour force survey 2010, november (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  21 Dec 2010

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Latest press releases

• 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
• Employment and unemployment in May 2008
  24 Jun 2008
• Employment and unemployment in April 2008
  20 May 2008

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