Employments March 2025
Small changes in the labour market in March 2025
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2025-05-27 8.00
The number of ongoing employments has continued to decrease. In March 2025, the decrease was 0.5 percent compared to the same month the previous year. During the same period, worked time increased by 0,3 percent, amounting to 662 million hours. The proportion of sickness was 2.3 percent. The total gross pay was 195 000 millions SEK.
Linked data between Employments and Short-term employment is now published
From the reference year 2024, Short-term employments was replaced by Employments. Now, the linked data between the number of employees in Short-term employment and the number of ongoing employments is published. This means that time series for the variable Number of ongoing employments at the total level, as well as broken down by the sector level and by industry (at department level) within the business sector is extended by the period 2015M04 – 2019M12. Tables in the Statistical Database that are extended are:
- Number of ongoing employments by length of employment, sex and sector.
- Number of ongoing employments by length of employment, sector and industrial classification (NACE Rev.2).
- Number of ongoing employments in business sector by length of employment and industrial classification (NACE Rev.2).
Ongoing employments continues to decrease
The number of ongoing employments decreased in March 2025 by 0.5 percent compared to the same period the previous year, amounting to 5 300 000.
Distributed by gender, 2 599 000 of the employments were held by women and 2 702 000 by men.
The number of employments lasting more than six month was 4 241 000 and the number of employments lasting six month or less was 1 059 000.
Percentage change compared to the same month in the previous year
Worked time
The total number of hours worked in amounted to 662 million, which is an increase of 0,3 percent compared to the same period the previous year.
Sickness absence
The total proportion of sickness absence for March 2025 was 2.3 percent. For women, it was 2.6 percent, while for men it was 1.9 percent.
Ongoing employments, length of employment and flow in employments
| March 2025 | Change compared to the same period the previous year | Proportion of ongoing employments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Number | (%) | (%) | |
| Ongoing employments | 5 300 000 | -25 000 | -0,5 | 100,0 |
| Women | 2 599 000 | -7 000 | -0,3 | 49,0 |
| Men | 2 702 000 | -18 000 | -0,7 | 51,0 |
| Length of employments > 6 months | 4 241 000 | -8 000 | -0,2 | 80,0 |
| Women | 2 061 000 | 7 000 | 0,3 | 38,9 |
| Men | 2 180 000 | -14 000 | -0,7 | 41,1 |
| Length of employments <= 6 months | 1 059 000 | -17 000 | -1,6 | 20,0 |
| Women | 537 000 | -14 000 | -2,5 | 10,1 |
| Men | 521 000 | -3 000 | -0,6 | 9,8 |
| Started employments | 161 000 | -4 000 | -2,3 | 3,0 |
| Women | 79 000 | -2 000 | -2,1 | 1,5 |
| Men | 82 000 | -2 000 | -2,4 | 1,5 |
| Terminated employments | 216 000 | -3 000 | -1,6 | .. |
| Women | 107 000 | -3 000 | -2,5 | .. |
| Men | 109 000 | -1 000 | -0,7 | .. |
Worked time, gross pay, payroll taxes and preliminary tax
| March 2025 | Change compared to the same period the previous year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hours | Number of hours | (%) | |
| Worked time | 662 000 | 1 700 | 0,3 |
| Business sector | 442 000 | -8 600 | -1,9 |
| General government sector | 206 000 | 10 000 | 5,1 |
| SEK | SEK | (%) | |
| Gross pay | 195 000 | 5 000 | 2,9 |
| Payroll taxes | 62 000 | 2 000 | 3,0 |
| Preliminary tax | 54 000 | 1 000 | 1,0 |
Sickness absence
| March 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion of sickness absence | Number of compensations days per employment | Number of ongoing sickperiods per employmnet | |
| Total | 2,3 | 0,50 | 0,17 |
| Women | 2,6 | 0,59 | 0,19 |
| Men | 1,9 | 0,42 | 0,14 |
| Buisness sector | 2,0 | 0,44 | 0,14 |
| Central government | 1,8 | 0,40 | 0,13 |
| Regions | 2,9 | 0,65 | 0,23 |
| Municipalities | 3,4 | 0,76 | 0,25 |
| Non-profit institutions serving households | 1,5 | 0,34 | 0,10 |
Definitions and explanations
Employments (ANST) consists of two parts. One part is register-based and is based on employer declarations at the individual level (PAYE) collected by the Swedish Tax Agency. The second part consists of the Sickness Absence during the Sick Pay Period (SuS), a sample survey where Statistics Sweden collects the data from employers.
The purpose of the register-based part is to depict the state of the labour market and its development over time. The statistics are used, among other things, for economic forecasts and are part of the European Union's labour market statistics.
The variable worked time is not entirely register-based; instead, it is derived from a model.
The purpose of SuS is to highlight sickness absence during the sick pay period, which is the first 14 days of sickness absence funded by the employer. The statistics are used for forecasts, analyses, and decision-making.
Comments
In Statistical Database all flows in employments are reported: new employments, resumed employments, interrupted employments and re-interrupted employment.