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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 (2019-07-12)
A-X Whole economy 10/2018 4.8 5.1 0.3
11/2018 6.3 6.4 0.1
12/2018 2.6 3.6 1.0
01/2019 4.4 4.5 0.1
02/2019 . 4.0 .
B-E Total industry 10/2018 3.7 3.8 0.1
11/2018 6.3 6.4 0.1
12/2018 1.0 1.5 0.5
01/2019 3.3 3.4 0.1
02/2019 . 3.5 .
F Construction 10/2018 6.6 6.8 0.2
11/2018 14.3 14.4 0.1
12/2018 -1.6 0.4 2.0
01/2019 1.3 1.3 0.0
02/2019 . 4.2 .
G Wholesale and retail trade 10/2018 3.4 3.6 0.2
11/2018 4.0 4.2 0.2
12/2018 2.0 3.0 1.0
01/2019 2.2 2.1 -0.1
02/2019 . 1.8 .
HIJLMNRS Other service activities total 10/2018 6.4 6.4 0.0
11/2018 6.9 7.1 0.2
12/2018 3.0 4.7 1.7
01/2019 3.5 3.6 0.1
02/2019 . 4.6 .
K Financial and insurance activities 10/2018 9.8 9.4 -0.4
11/2018 4.2 4.1 -0.1
12/2018 2.8 3.7 0.9
01/2019 1.6 1.6 0.0
02/2019 . 4.9 .
P Education, excl. public sector 10/2018 2.4 2.5 0.1
11/2018 2.0 2.3 0.3
12/2018 1.0 2.2 1.2
01/2019 4.1 3.5 -0.6
02/2019 . 4.3 .
Q Health and social work, excl. public sector 10/2018 6.5 6.9 0.4
11/2018 6.8 6.9 0.1
12/2018 4.4 5.4 1.0
01/2019 7.7 8.0 0.3
02/2019 . 5.9 .
OPQ Public sector 10/2018 3.1 3.6 0.5
11/2018 4.2 4.2 0.0
12/2018 4.7 4.7 0.0
01/2019 7.7 7.9 0.2
02/2019 . . .
Private sector 10/2018 5.5 5.7 0.2
11/2018 7.8 8.0 0.2
12/2018 2.1 3.4 1.3
01/2019 3.7 3.8 0.1
02/2019 . 4.2 .
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) 2015 -0.7 0.7
2016 -0.5 0.6
2017 0.2 0.3
Manufacturing (BCDE) 2015 -0.2 0.2
2016 -0.2 0.3
2017 0.1 0.1
Construction (F) 2015 -1.7 1.7
2016 -1.2 1.5
2017 0.3 0.5
Trade (G) 2015 -0.8 0.8
2016 -0.7 0.9
2017 -0.7 0.7
Other services (HIJLMNRS) 2015 -1.1 1.1
2016 -0.7 0.9
2017 0.2 0.3
Financial intermediation (K) 2015 -0.4 0.5
2016 -0.5 0.7
2017 -0.2 0.4
Education (P) excl. public sector 2015 -0.6 0.6
2016 -0.1 0.5
2017 1.5 1.5
Health and social work (Q) excl. public sector 2015 -0.8 0.8
2016 -0.9 1.2
2017 0.0 0.4
Public sector (OPQ) 2015 -0.3 0.3
2016 0.0 0.2
2017 0.0 0.3
Private sector 2016 -0.5 0.8
2017 0.1 0.3
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: Anna Mustonen 029 551 3651, palvelut.suhdanne@stat.fi

Director in charge: Mari Ylä-Jarkko


Updated 12.7.2019

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Wage and salary indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-6125. March 2019, Revisions in these statistics . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ktps/2019/03/ktps_2019_03_2019-07-12_rev_001_en.html