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Labour cost growth, wage-earners (year on year) / Sweden
Change in the labour cost index (AKI) for wage-earners in the private sector compared with the same month a year earlier, in percent.
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Labour cost growth, wage-earners (year on year) in Sweden was 2.2 % (August 2026).
-0.7 percentage points
Compared with a year earlier
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Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB3657, processed by SwedenMetrics.
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Change in the labour cost index (AKI) for wage-earners in the private sector compared with the same month a year earlier, in percent.
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Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB3657, processed by SwedenMetrics.
The figures behind the chart
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 2.2 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.7 |
| Jun 2026 | 2.7 |
| May 2026 | 2.9 |
| Apr 2026 | 2.8 |
| Mar 2026 | 3.4 |
| Feb 2026 | 3.7 |
| Jan 2026 | 3.4 |
| Dec 2025 | 3.4 |
| Nov 2025 | 3.3 |
| Oct 2025 | 3.2 |
| Sept 2025 | 3.3 |
Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB3657, processed by SwedenMetrics.