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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 wages and salaries sum in main industries 1)

Industry / Reference period Year-on-year change,% Revision, precentage point
1st release Latest release (2017-08-11)
A-X Whole economy 01/2017 2.7 2.6 -0.1
02/2017 1.8 2.1 0.3
03/2017 2.5 2.2 -0.3
04/2017 0.5 0.0 -0.5
05/2017 3.3 3.4 0.1
B-E Total industry 01/2017 0.2 0.2 0.0
02/2017 0.9 0.9 0.0
03/2017 0.6 0.8 0.2
04/2017 -1.1 -1.2 -0.1
05/2017 2.4 2.5 0.1
F Construction 01/2017 11.8 11.1 -0.7
02/2017 9.8 9.1 -0.7
03/2017 14.2 13.5 -0.7
04/2017 1.1 0.3 -0.8
05/2017 8.9 9.3 0.4
G Wholesale and retail trade 01/2017 2.3 2.3 0.0
02/2017 1.3 1.2 -0.1
03/2017 0.9 -0.6 -1.5
04/2017 2.6 1.6 -1.0
05/2017 2.5 2.6 0.1
HIJLMNRS Other service activities total 01/2017 4.6 4.4 -0.2
02/2017 4.4 4.1 -0.3
03/2017 5.3 5.2 -0.1
04/2017 3.1 2.3 -0.8
05/2017 4.7 4.9 0.2
K Financial and insurance activities 01/2017 5.1 5.3 0.2
02/2017 3.5 3.7 0.2
03/2017 -0.5 -0.6 -0.1
04/2017 -2.3 -2.4 -0.1
05/2017 3.5 3.5 0.0
P Education, excl. public sector 01/2017 -0.9 -0.9 0.0
02/2017 -0.9 -0.6 0.3
03/2017 -0.9 -0.9 0.0
04/2017 -1.6 -1.6 0.0
05/2017 -1.3 -0.9 0.4
Q Health and social work, excl. public sector 01/2017 3.7 3.2 -0.5
02/2017 3.3 2.9 -0.4
03/2017 2.4 2.6 0.2
04/2017 0.7 0.4 -0.3
05/2017 4.9 5.2 0.3
OPQ Public sector 01/2017 0.2 0.3 0.1
02/2017 -1.3 -0.7 0.6
03/2017 -0.7 -0.6 0.1
04/2017 -1.9 -1.9 0.0
05/2017 1.1 1.1 0.0
Private sector 01/2017 4.3 3.9 -0.4
02/2017 3.7 3.7 0.0
03/2017 4.7 4.3 -0.4
04/2017 1.7 1.1 -0.6
05/2017 4.9 5.0 0.1
1) The 1st release refers to the time when data for the reference period were released for the first time. The revision describes the difference of annual change percentages between the first and latest release.

Revision of long-term annual changes in 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 -0.4 0.5
Manufacturing (BCDE) 2014 -0.2 0.4
2015 -0.2 0.2
2016 -0.1 0.3
Construction (F) 2014 -2.0 2.0
2015 -1.7 1.7
2016 -0.9 1.3
Trade (G) 2014 -0.7 0.7
2015 -0.8 0.8
2016 -0.5 0.7
Other services (HIJLMNRS) 2014 -0.8 0.8
2015 -1.1 1.1
2016 -0.6 0.8
Financial intermediation (K) 2014 -0.3 0.8
2015 -0.4 0.5
2016 -0.2 0.6
Education (P) excl. public sector 2014 -0.1 0.5
2015 -0.6 0.6
2016 -0.3 0.6
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 0.1
Private sector 2015 -0.8 0.8
2016 -0.5 0.8
1) Average for data revised between the first and seventh release in the statistical reference year.
2) Average for absolute values of differences between the first and seventh release.

Source: Wage and salary indices, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Godfrey Lowndes 029 551 3423, palvelut.suhdanne@stat.fi

Director in charge: Sami Saarikivi


Updated 11.8.2017

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Wage and salary indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-6125. June 2017, Revisions in these statistics . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ktps/2017/06/ktps_2017_06_2017-08-11_rev_001_en.html