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Pay differentials largest in Uusimaa, smallest in North Karelia

In 2008, average earnings were highest in Uusimaa at EUR 3,202. No other region achieved the level of average earnings for the whole country. The regions with the lowest earnings were Etelä-Savo (EUR 2,550) and South Ostrobothnia (EUR 2,574). In Uusimaa, the best paid decile earned at least 2.62 times more than the decile with the lowest earnings. North Karelia was the region with the smallest pay differential of only 2-fold between the deciles. The differentials in the dispersion of earnings between the regions are mostly caused by differences in the structures of their wage and salary earning populations and jobs.

Average monthly earnings and dispersion of earnings of full-time wage and salary earners by region in 2008 by Region and Total earnings, EUR / month

Region	Total earnings, EUR / month
	Number	Mean	1st decile	Median	9th decile
Total	1 438 034	2 876	1 826	2 551	4 287
01. Uusimaa	492 613	3 202	1 899	2 806	4 984
02. Varsinais-Suomi	118 897	2 728	1 796	2 449	4 000
04. Satakunta	55 904	2 681	1 785	2 446	3 842
05. Kanta-Häme	41 734	2 654	1 782	2 417	3 787
06. Pirkanmaa	128 499	2 789	1 807	2 527	4 065
07. Päijät-Häme	51 308	2 632	1 772	2 391	3 739
08. Kymenlaakso	42 108	2 749	1 802	2 507	3 887
09. South Karelia	34 585	2 746	1 816	2 521	3 838
10. Etelä-Savo	35 292	2 550	1 738	2 338	3 541
11. Pohjois-Savo	60 876	2 656	1 783	2 415	3 762
12. North Karelia	35 363	2 578	1 800	2 360	3 612
13. Central Finland	65 668	2 724	1 814	2 468	3 879
14. South Ostrobothnia	42 380	2 574	1 738	2 354	3 612
15. Ostrobothnia	41 892	2 794	1 851	2 549	4 010
16. Central Ostrobothnia	14 403	2 651	1 781	2 462	3 743
17. North Ostrobothnia	95 406	2 778	1 807	2 492	4 046
18. Kainuu	17 471	2 591	1 791	2 384	3 652
19. Lapland	42 250	2 680	1 806	2 455	3 769
20. Itä-Uusimaa	19 351	2 809	1 821	2 498	4 209

At the end of 2008, more than one-third of all full-time wage and salary earners were located in the region of Uusimaa. The share employed by the public sector was highest in Kainuu, Lapland and North Karelia. By contrast, the share of wage and salary earners employed by the private sector was significant in industrialised regions like Itä-Uusimaa, Päijät-Häme and Satakunta and, due to a large share of service industries, also in Uusimaa, South Karelia and Pirkanmaa.

Shares of employer sectors of employment relationships recorded in statistics in different regions in 2008, % of full-time wage and salary earners in region

Source: Structure of Earnings 2008, Statistics Finland

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Updated 9.4.2010