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Employment, job vacancies and wage sums. Enterprise-based statistics, 4th quarter 2018:

Number of employees increased by 2.4 percent

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-02-22 9.30

In the fourth quarter of 2017, there were 4 686 317 employees, an increase of 2.4 percent compared with the same quarter last year.

Total gross pay amounted to SEK 442 billion, an increase of 4.6 percent. There were 101 500 job openings on the labour market, an increase of 10.0 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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Enquiries

Short-term employment:

Magnus Bråneryd

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+46 10 479 66 84
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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