Median for earnings in local government sector 3 124 euro per month in 2022
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release | Local government sector wages and salaries 2022Change
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Read more about the changeAccording to Statistics Finland, the median earnings for regular hours worked by monthly paid wage and salary earners who work full-time and earn full pay in the local government sector were EUR 3,124 per month in 2022. The median earnings of women were EUR 3,064 and those of men EUR 3,504 per month. Eighty-one per cent of the local government sector wage and salary earners were women.
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- The median earnings for regular hours worked were EUR 3,124 per month in 2022. The average for regular earnings was EUR 3,406 and that for total earnings EUR 3,540 per month.
- Nurses' earnings for regular hours worked were EUR 3,302 and those of health care assistants EUR 3,015 per month. Medical doctors (generalist medical practitioners, senior physicians and specialists) earned EUR 6,589 per month.
- The earnings for regular hours worked of primary school teachers were EUR 3,754 per month and those of secondary education teachers EUR 4,148. The earnings of early childhood educators were EUR 2,960 and those of childminders in kindergartens EUR 2,461 per month.
- Around 4 400 hourly paid wage and salary earners worked in the local government sector. The average median of the average hourly earnings for regular hours worked inclusive of premium pay was EUR 15.97.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Local government sector wages and salaries [online publication].
Reference period: 2022. ISSN=1799-0211. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 16.10.2024].
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