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Development of wage and salary earners’ real earnings made an upturn in April to June 2023

release | Index of wage and salary earnings 2023, 2nd quarter

According to Statistics Finland’s preliminary data, the index of wage and salary earnings, which measures the rise in the nominal earnings of full-time wage and salary earners, rose by 4.0 per cent in April to June 2023 when compared with the respective period in 2022. Over the same period, the real earnings level of wage and salary earners decreased by 2.8 per cent because the rise in consumer prices was faster than that of the earnings level. By contrast, real earnings increased by 0.4 per cent compared with January to March 2023.

Key selections

  • Non-recurring items contributed to the growth in the index of wage and salary earnings in the second quarter of 2023.
  • The index for regular earnings, which better describes a permanent change in the level of earnings, rose clearly less than the index of wage and salary earnings in the second quarter of 2023.
  • The development of the real earnings level of wage and salary earners made an upturn in the second quarter of 2023.
  • Due to the development of the past two years, the real earnings level of wage and salary earners fell to the level of 14 years ago.

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