According to the wage index, wages increased by 4.7% between the years 2009 and 2010. During the same period wages in the private sector increased by 6.0% and in public sector by 1.9%.

In the private sector the change in wages ranged from 5.1% for Managers to 7.2% for Service workers. In the economic activity of Transport, storage and communication the wages rose by 8.0% while the increase of wages was 3.6% in the economic activity of Construction.

These results and more are published in a new Statistical Series, Wage Index 2010. The wage index is a quarterly index and shows the changes of regular hourly wages in the private sector by occupational group and economic activity. An aggregate index is also published for the public sector.

Wage index 2010 – Statistical Series