Salary statistics of researchers in Sweden

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1 Salary statistics of researchers in Sweden data collection, methology and statistics Tartu, Estonia, 3 November 2017 Veronica Andersson Statistics Sweden

2 Salary and labour cost statistics in Sweden Short term statistics Structure statistics Private Municipalities County councils Government Private Municipalities County councils Government Monthly Aggregated data Public sector full coverage Private sector sample Yearly (one month) Individual data Public sector full coverage Private sector sample Labour Cost Index quarterly Labour Cost Survey Every fourth year Structure of Earnings Survey Every fourth year Annual Labour Cost Yearly Gender Pay Gap Yearly

3 Frame Private sector: The Business Register Active enterprises with 1 or more employees Around enterprises in the frame Public sector: Full coverage, Total survey (Approx. 1,2 million employees) 3

4 Sample private sector Sampling unit is enterprise. The sample is allocated by firm size and economic activity (NACE 2 digit level). All firms with 500 and more employees are included A sample of 3% of all enterprises results in collection of data on about 50% of all employees in the private sector. (Approx. 1,4 million employees) 4

5 Collecting data Data is collected from employers Collected for all individuals in the sampled firm (18-66) Web based questionnaire Excel and txt-files Cooperation with employers organisation (to reduce the response burden and costs) 5

6 ID-numbers Unique enterprise ID-number Unique personal ID-number Possible to link/connect the data between different registers and survey data (The personal ID-number also make it possible to do gender statistics, since one figure indicate if the person is a woman or a man)

7 National results Main result is average gross salary per month for full-time equivalents from the national yearly survey The results are published in the databases at SCB by a number of (combinations of) variables Sex Region Occupation (429 occupations, SSYK based on ISCO) Age Level and field of education NACE Wage interval (usually monthly salary) Women's salary in % of men's salary 7

8 Cooperation with employers organisations for collection One example: The Swedish Agency for Government Employers a membership organization for Government agencies In support of the central contract negotiations and in the local wage formation process, the parties have joint-wage salary statistics. The collective wage statistics within the state contract area are based on the BESTA classification system.

9 Occupation code BESTA => SSYK =>ISCO - BESTA- code: Occupation code that The Swedish Agency for Government Employers use for the for Government agencies -SSYK-code: Standardized Swedish occupation code for all employees - ISCO: International standard for classification of occupation

10 Classification of occupation SSYK SSYK in Sweden is smilar to ISCO international standard - 1-diget level: 10 major groups - 2-diget level: 46 sub-major groups - 3-diget level: 147 occupation groups - 4-diget level: 429 occupations

11 Major groups The classification covers the following ten broad occupational fields (Major groups): 1 Managers 2 Occupations requiring advanced level of higher education 3 Occupations requiring higher education qualifications or equivalent 4 Administration and customer service clerks 5 Service, care and shop sales workers 6 Agricultural, horticultural, forestry and fishery workers 7 Building and manufacturing workers 8 Mechanical manufacturing and transport workers, etc. 9 Elementary occupations 0 Armed forces occupations

12 Example of 3-diget and 4-diget level 231 University and higher education teachers 2311 Professors 2312 University and higher education lecturers 2313 Research assistants 2314 PhD Students 2319 University and higher education teachers not elsewhere classified

13 Are men and women equal paid in Sweden? The average mounthly gross salary for men and women kr kr Total: kr Women earn 88% of mens salary. Gender Pay Gap is 12% Source: Salary structures, whole economy 2016

14 Average monthly salary by occupation and sex 2016, SEK men women Professors 2312 University and higher education lecturers Source: Salary structures, whole economy Research assistants 2314 PhD Students 2319 University and higher education teachers not elsewhere classified

15 Number of employees by occupation and sex, men women Professors 2312 University and higher education lecturers Source: Salary structures, whole economy Research assistants 2314 PhD Students 2319 University and higher education teachers not elsewhere classified

16 Salary dispersion for professors (2311) by sex 2016 (percentiles and average) Average monthly salary Women Men Total % Source: Salary structures, whole economy 2016

17 Labour cost components - What does an employer pay more than salary to the employees? Compensation to employees (D1) Gross salary (D11) Social contributions (D12) D2 D3 D4 D5 31,42% Net salary (Approx. 70%) Income tax (Approx. 30%) Statutory Collectively Individual D2 Vocational training costs D3 Other expenditure paid by the employer D4 Taxes D5 Subsidies received by the employer Total Labour Cost = D1+D2+D3+D4-D5

18 Total Labour Cost per hour Euro , Source: Labour Cost Survey 2012 Country

19 Total Labour Cost per hour 2012 in Education sector (P) , Source: Labour Cost Survey 2012

20 % 35 Employers' social contributions (D12) of total labour cost Source: Labour Cost Survey 2012 Country

21 Useful links Salary yearly statistics - Statistics Sweden GPG-film - Eurostat

22 Some questions to consider: Do you have a survey like the one in your country? Could the statistics regarding salary and labour cost statistics in your country be improved? If yes, what is your ideas about improvement?

23 Thank you! Veronica Andersson Statistics Sweden