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Employment, job vacancies and wage sums. Enterprise-based statistics, 3rd quarter 2017:

Number of employees increased by 3.0 percent

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-11-23 9.30

In the third quarter of 2017 the number of employees amounted to 4 707 800, an increase of 3.0 percent compared with the same quarter last year.

Total gross pay amounted to SEK 442 billion, an increase of 5.0 percent. There were 97 700 job openings on the labour market, an increase of 17.1 percent.

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A more detailed report of this survey is published in a Statistical Report.

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2018-02-22 at 09:30.

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Short-term employment:

Magnus Bråneryd

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magnus.braneryd@scb.se

Aggregate gross pay, payroll taxes and prel. tax statistics from employers monthly tax returns:

Per Åslund

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per.aslund@scb.se

Job openings and unmet labour demand:

Per Åslund

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per.aslund@scb.se