The collective labor agreement wage is the hourly wage including special rewards, such as vacation pay. In the public sector, wages rise the least, at 3.1 percent. A year earlier, wages in this sector also increased the least.
In private companies and in the subsidized institutions, which largely consist of care institutions, collective labor agreement wages rise by 4.8 and 5.1 percent, respectively.
In the third quarter of 2025, collective labor agreement wages rose the least in the public administration sector, with 2.1 percent. A year earlier, the wage increase in this sector was still higher than average at 7.7 percent. The strongest wage increase is 6.6 percent in information and communication. A year earlier, wages there rose by 6.2 percent, which was lower than average.
The real collective labor agreement wage increase, adjusted for inflation, was 1.6 percent in the past quarter. Along with the lower wage increase, inflation is also decreasing. In the first half of 2025, the real wage increase was 1.7 percent. In 2024, the real collective labor agreement wage development was 3.3 percent.
The provisional figures for the third quarter of 2025 are based on 97 percent of the collective labor agreements from which the statistics are compiled. Three-quarters of employees fall under a collective labor agreement.
