According to Statistics Finland’s Structure of Earnings statistics, in the last quarter of 2011 the average monthly earnings of all full-time wage and salary earners were €3,111 and the median earnings €2,776. The average hourly earnings of wage and salary earners were €18.35 and the median earnings €16.17. Wage and salary earners were best paid in the central government sector where their hourly earnings were €21. 65. In the private sector the average hourly earnings were €18.70 and in the local government sector €16.84. The statistical office provides also tables and figures of earnings by major occupational groups.
English: http://www.artto.kaapeli.fi/unions/T2012/p42
http://www.stat.fi/til/pra/2011/pra_2011_2012-10-19_tie_001_en.html
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