Wage statistics. Full-time employees

20   Development in earnings in the nordic countries, by country1. 1997-20022. Percentage change
  Percentage change
  1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-20022 1997-2001
Norway 7.4 4.1 4.9 4.5 6.6 22.6
Iceland 8.0 6.3 7.8 9.1 .. 35.1
Sweden 4.1 3.9 4.7 5.0 .. 18.9
Finland 3.6 2.8 4.0 4.5 3.3 15.7
Denmark 4.3 4.1 3.8 4.3 3.9 17.5
1  Norway: Average monthly earnings, all employees per 3rd quarter.
Iceland: Converted hourly earnings. http://www.statice.is].
Sweden: Monthly earnings, all employees. Yearly average. http://www.scb.se.
Finland: Annual percentage change in average hourly wages, all employees. http://www.stat.fi.
Denmark: Percentage cange in hourly wages, all employees in private sector. http://www.dst.dk.
2  Preliminary figures.
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