Wages and income - Hagstofa

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Wage statistics are mainly based on data from the Icelandic Survey on Wages, Earnings and Labour Cost. The target population contains all business units (company, institution or municipality) with more than 10 employees. In the survey, data is collected directly from business unit through the software used for calculating wages. Every month, a business unit in the survey sends information containing detailed information on the structure of earnings and labour cost items for all their employees, as well as background data on the employees and the business unit..

Analysis on gender pay gap 2008–2016 7 March 2018
Income and education 2014 22 June 2015
Earnings in the private sector by occupational group 2013 8 May 2014
Wage index 2013 24 March 2014
Unadjusted gender pay gap 2008-2012 23 April 2013

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The wage index in April 2018 is 0.3% higher than in the previous month 24 May 2018

The wage index in March 2018 is 0.3% higher than in the previous month 24 April 2018

The wage index in February 2018 is 0.4% higher than in the previous month 22 March 2018

The gender pay gap narrows 7 March 2018

The wage index in January 2018 is 0.4% higher than in the previous month 22 February 2018

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