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Employment, job vacancies and wage sums, 3rd quarter 2023. Corrected 2024-01-03

Number of employees increased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2023-11-24 8.00

In the third quarter of 2023, there were 5 105 854 employees. The number of employees increased by 0.1 percent compared with the corresponding quarter a year ago. Total gross pay amounted to SEK 578 billion, an increase of 5.7 percent. There were 115 900 job openings in the labour market, a decrease of 19.4 percent compared with the corresponding quarter in 2022.

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Enquiries

Short-term employment:

Weronika Nowak

Telephone
+46 10-479 61 32
E-mail
weronika.nowak@scb.se

Job openings and unmet labour demand:

Freja Sahrblom

Telephone
+ 46 10 479 61 36
E-mail
freja.sahrblom@scb.se

Aggregate gross pay, payroll taxes and prel. tax statistics from employers monthly tax returns:

Kenneth Lambertson

Telephone
+46 10 479 62 91
E-mail
kenneth.lambertson@scb.se