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Employment, job vacancies and wage sums. Enterprise-based statistics, 1st quarter 2019

Number of employees increased by 2.3 percent

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2019-05-23 9.30

In the first quarter of 2019, there were 4 762 600 employees, an increase of 2.3 percent compared with the same quarter last year. Total gross pay amounted to SEK 459 billion, an increase of 4.7 percent. There were 143 800 job openings on the labour market, an increase of 2.3 percent.

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

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2019-08-22 at 09:30.

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Short-term employment:

Nicole Nguyen

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nicole.nguyen@scb.se

Job openings and unmet labour demand:

Emma Strand

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+46 10 479 61 01
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emma.strand@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