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Employment, job vacancies and wage sums, 2nd quarter 2020

Number of employees decreased by 1.9 percent

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2020-08-20 9.30

In the second quarter of 2020, there were 4 780 900 employees. Total gross pay amounted to SEK 485 billion, a decrease of 0.4 percent. There were 86 800 job openings in the labour market, a decrease of 36.5 percent.

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A more detailed report of this survey is published in a Statistical Report.

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2020-11-19 at 09:30.

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