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 (2017-11-13) | |||
A-X Whole economy | 04/2017 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
05/2017 | 3.3 | 3.0 | -0.3 | |
06/2017 | 2.7 | 2.5 | -0.2 | |
07/2017 | -1.3 | -1.6 | -0.3 | |
08/2017 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.2 | |
B-E Total industry | 04/2017 | -1.1 | -1.2 | -0.1 |
05/2017 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | |
06/2017 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 0.0 | |
07/2017 | -2.2 | -2.3 | -0.1 | |
08/2017 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | |
F Construction | 04/2017 | 1.1 | 0.5 | -0.6 |
05/2017 | 8.9 | 8.4 | -0.5 | |
06/2017 | 15.2 | 14.6 | -0.6 | |
07/2017 | -2.1 | -2.6 | -0.5 | |
08/2017 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 0.5 | |
G Wholesale and retail trade | 04/2017 | 2.6 | 1.1 | -1.5 |
05/2017 | 2.5 | 1.3 | -1.2 | |
06/2017 | 2.7 | 1.5 | -1.2 | |
07/2017 | 0.6 | -0.3 | -0.9 | |
08/2017 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | |
HIJLMNRS Other service activities total | 04/2017 | 3.1 | 2.4 | -0.7 |
05/2017 | 4.7 | 4.4 | -0.3 | |
06/2017 | 5.6 | 5.5 | -0.1 | |
07/2017 | 2.9 | 2.4 | -0.5 | |
08/2017 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 0.4 | |
K Financial and insurance activities | 04/2017 | -2.3 | -2.5 | -0.2 |
05/2017 | 3.5 | 3.2 | -0.3 | |
06/2017 | 1.9 | 1.7 | -0.2 | |
07/2017 | 2.4 | 2.2 | -0.2 | |
08/2017 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 0.3 | |
P Education, excl. public sector | 04/2017 | -1.6 | -1.7 | -0.1 |
05/2017 | -1.3 | -1.3 | 0.0 | |
06/2017 | -1.0 | -1.1 | -0.1 | |
07/2017 | -2.4 | -2.7 | -0.3 | |
08/2017 | -0.5 | -0.1 | 0.4 | |
Q Health and social work, excl. public sector | 04/2017 | 0.7 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
05/2017 | 4.9 | 4.5 | -0.4 | |
06/2017 | 3.9 | 3.6 | -0.3 | |
07/2017 | 2.4 | 1.9 | -0.5 | |
08/2017 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.3 | |
OPQ Public sector | 04/2017 | -1.9 | -1.9 | 0.0 |
05/2017 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | |
06/2017 | -5.2 | -5.2 | 0.0 | |
07/2017 | -5.7 | -5.7 | 0.0 | |
08/2017 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
Private sector | 04/2017 | 1.7 | 1.1 | -0.6 |
05/2017 | 4.9 | 4.4 | -0.5 | |
06/2017 | 7.1 | 6.8 | -0.3 | |
07/2017 | 0.8 | 0.5 | -0.3 | |
08/2017 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 0.3 |
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 |
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: Sami Saarikivi
Updated 13.11.2017
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Wage and salary indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-6125. September 2017,
Revisions in these statistics
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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