Sweden - Real wages decreased by 6.4% - December 31, 2022

According to the Mediation Institute (Medlingsinstitutet), average wages rose by 2.9% in October, but real wages decreased by 6.4% compared to the same month last year. A majority of the employees had local wage negotiations in the spring and since then the rate of wage increase each month has been close to the average of 2.9%. The average wage has increased faster for white-collar workers than for blue-collar workers in the private sector in recent years, but in October wages are expected to have increased by 3.2% for both blue-collar workers and white-collar workers when the statistics become final.

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