Revisions in these statistics
The data of the statistics have become revised according to the table below. For more information about data revisions, see Section 3 of the quality description (only in Finnish).
Revision of annual changes in the wages and salaries sum in main industries 1)
Industry / Reference period | Year-on-year change,% | Revision, percentage point | ||
1st release | Latest release (2018-04-13) | |||
A-X Whole economy | 09/2017 | 2.6 | 2.5 | -0.1 |
10/2017 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 0.1 | |
11/2017 | 3.7 | 3.5 | -0.2 | |
12/2017 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 0.6 | |
01/2018 | 4.5 | 4.3 | -0.2 | |
B-E Total industry | 09/2017 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
10/2017 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 0.1 | |
11/2017 | 4.2 | 4.1 | -0.1 | |
12/2017 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | |
01/2018 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
F Construction | 09/2017 | 5.8 | 5.4 | -0.4 |
10/2017 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 0.2 | |
11/2017 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 0.2 | |
12/2017 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 1.6 | |
01/2018 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 0.3 | |
G Wholesale and retail trade | 09/2017 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
10/2017 | 1.8 | 1.7 | -0.1 | |
11/2017 | 3.6 | 1.7 | -1.9 | |
12/2017 | 2.3 | 1.5 | -0.8 | |
01/2018 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.1 | |
HIJLMNRS Other service activities total | 09/2017 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
10/2017 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 0.4 | |
11/2017 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 0.6 | |
12/2017 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 1.4 | |
01/2018 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 0.3 | |
K Financial and insurance activities | 09/2017 | 8.9 | 8.5 | -0.4 |
10/2017 | 1.4 | 0.9 | -0.5 | |
11/2017 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.1 | |
12/2017 | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | |
01/2018 | -0.6 | -0.9 | -0.3 | |
P Education, excl. public sector | 09/2017 | -0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
10/2017 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | |
11/2017 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
12/2017 | -0.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | |
01/2018 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
Q Health and social work, excl. public sector | 09/2017 | 2.7 | 1.6 | -1.1 |
10/2017 | 4.1 | 3.1 | -1.0 | |
11/2017 | 3.5 | 3.4 | -0.1 | |
12/2017 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | |
01/2018 | 3.5 | 3.4 | -0.1 | |
OPQ Public sector | 09/2017 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
10/2017 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | |
11/2017 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.2 | |
12/2017 | 1.1 | 0.7 | -0.4 | |
01/2018 | 2.9 | 2.3 | -0.6 | |
Private sector | 09/2017 | 3.9 | 3.8 | -0.1 |
10/2017 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | |
11/2017 | 5.8 | 5.7 | -0.1 | |
12/2017 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 0.8 | |
01/2018 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
Revision of long-term annual changes in the wages and salaries sum in main industries
Industry | Year | Average 1) | Average for absolute values 2) |
Whole economy (A-X) | 2014 | -0.7 | 0.7 |
2015 | -0.7 | 0.7 | |
2016 | -0.5 | 0.6 | |
Manufacturing (BCDE) | 2014 | -0.2 | 0.4 |
2015 | -0.2 | 0.2 | |
2016 | -0.2 | 0.3 | |
Construction (F) | 2014 | -2.0 | 2.0 |
2015 | -1.7 | 1.7 | |
2016 | -1.2 | 1.5 | |
Trade (G) | 2014 | -0.7 | 0.7 |
2015 | -0.8 | 0.8 | |
2016 | -0.7 | 0.9 | |
Other services (HIJLMNRS) | 2014 | -0.8 | 0.8 |
2015 | -1.1 | 1.1 | |
2016 | -0.7 | 0.9 | |
Financial intermediation (K) | 2014 | -0.3 | 0.8 |
2015 | -0.4 | 0.5 | |
2016 | -0.5 | 0.7 | |
Education (P) excl. public sector | 2014 | -0.1 | 0.5 |
2015 | -0.6 | 0.6 | |
2016 | -0.1 | 0.5 | |
Health and social work (Q) excl. public sector | 2014 | -0.6 | 0.6 |
2015 | -0.8 | 0.8 | |
2016 | -0.9 | 1.2 | |
Public sector (OPQ) | 2014 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
2015 | -0.3 | 0.3 | |
2016 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
Private sector | 2015 | -0.8 | 0.8 |
2016 | -0.5 | 0.8 |
2) In 2014 to 2015, the average was calculated from the absolute values of differences between the first and seventh release months. The average for 2016 was calculated from the absolute values of differences between the first and last release months in the statistical reference year, when the official structural business and financial statement statistics are also published.
Source: Wage and salary indices, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Anna Mustonen 029 551 3651, palvelut.suhdanne@stat.fi
Director in charge: Sami Saarikivi
Updated 13.4.2018
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Wage and salary indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-6125. February 2018,
Revisions in these statistics
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 18.8.2024].
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