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Employment, job vacancies and wage sums. Enterprise-based statistics, 3rd quarter 2018

Number of employees increased by 2.8 percent

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-11-22 9.30

In the third quarter of 2018, there were 4 838 300 employees, an increase of 2.8 percent compared with the same quarter last year. Total gross pay amounted to SEK 463 billion, an increase of 4.7 percent. There were 103 400 job openings on the labour market, an increase of 5.8 percent.

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

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Short-term employment:

Magnus Bråneryd

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magnus.braneryd@scb.se

Job openings and unmet labour demand:

Haris Zemanic

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+46 10 479 60 53
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haris.zemanic@scb.se

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

Per Åslund

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+46 10 479 67 61
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per.aslund@scb.se