Short-term employment

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The statistics show how the number of employees is changing across the total labour market. The statistics are reported broken down by detailed industry level and county. There is also data available on personnel turnover and sick leave.

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Number of employees increased

2023-02-24

In the fourth quarter of 2022, there were 5 052 084 employees. The number of employees increased by 2.0 percent compared with the corresponding quarter a year ago. Total gross pay amounted to SEK 544 billion, an increase of 6.2 percent. There were 134 100 job openings in the labour market, an increase of 5.5 percent compared with the corresponding quarter in 2021.

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Tables and graphs

Name	Type	Date
Proportion of employees by sector, fourth quarter 2022	Graph	2023-02-24
Proportion of absent employees due to sick leave in relation to total number of employees by sector and sex, fourth quarter 2022	Graph	2023-02-24

Tables in the Statistical Database

Employed population

Name	Date
Number of employees by region and sector. Quarter 2015K2 - 2022K4	2023-02-24
Employment by sector, sex and terms of employment. Quarter 2015K2 - 2022K4	2023-02-24
Number of employees, business sector, by industry SNI2007. Quarter 2015K2 - 2022K4	2023-02-24
Employees in Business sector by county and industry. Quarter 2015K2 - 2022K4	2023-02-24

Sick Leave

Name	Date
Proportion of employees absent due to sick leave in the business sector, by county. Quarter 2015K2 - 2022K4	2023-02-24
Proportion of absent employees due to sick leave by branch of industry in business sector. Quarter 2015K2 - 2022K4	2023-02-24
Proportion of absent employees due to sick leave by sector and sex. Quarter 2015K2 - 2022K4	2023-02-24
Proportion of employees absent from work by industry in business sector. Quarter 2015K2 - 2022K4	2023-02-24

Old tables, not updated

Name	Date
Number of employees, private sector, index 2000Q1=100, by industry SNI2007. Quarter 2000K1 - 2015K1	2015-05-21
Number of employees, private sector by industry. Quarter 1993K1 - 2008K4	2009-02-17

Publications

Title	Language	Type	Date
Short-term employment 3rd quarter of 2021	Swedish	SM	2021-11-19
Short-term employment 2nd quarter of 2021	Swedish	SM	2021-08-20
Short-term employment 1st quarter of 2021	Swedish	SM	2021-05-20
Short-term employment 4th quarter of 2020	Swedish	SM	2021-02-19
Short-term employment 3rd quarter of 2020	Swedish	SM	2020-11-19
Short-term employment 2nd quarter of 2020	Swedish	SM	2020-08-20
Short-term employment 1st quarter of 2020	Swedish	SM	2020-05-20
Short-term employment 4th quarter of 2019	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2020-02-20
Short-term employment 3rd quarter of 2019	Swedish	SM	2019-11-21
Short-term employment 2nd quarter of 2019. Corrected 2020-08-20	Swedish	SM	2019-08-22
Short-term employment 1st quarter of 2019	Swedish	SM	2019-05-23
Short-term employment 4th quarter of 2018	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2019-02-21
Short-term employment 3rd quarter of 2018	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2018-11-22
Short-term employment 2nd quarter of 2018	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2018-08-23
Short-term employment 1st quarter of 2018	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2018-05-24
Short-term employment 4th quarter of 2017	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2018-02-22
Short-term employment 3rd quarter of 2017	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2017-11-23
Short-term employment 2nd quarter of 2017	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2017-08-24
Short-term employment 1st quarter of 2017	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2017-05-23
Short-term employment 4th quarter of 2016	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2017-02-21

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