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XI. Employment, Prices, Incomes
Table 1. Unemployment Registration
Annual averages Quarter I
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985 1986
Unemployment days pr. month 7179 8827 16661 25722 32080 23978 44165 31013
Reykjavík area 2195 2817 4992 10058 11256 6733 11290 7974
Outside Reykjavík 4984 6010 11669 15664 20824 17245 32875 23039
Average number of unemployed 331 407 770 1184 1480 1106 2037 1431
Unemployment as a ratio
of the work force') 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.8 1.2
1) Percent.
Source: Ministry of Social Affairs.
Table2. Wage Rates , Incomes, Prices
Irtdices: 1978=100 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 19853) 19864)
Wage rates 144.3 217.5 324.0 487.0 728.1 864.9 1146.9 1382.0
Disposable income, per capita 149.4 234.9 374.1 581.4 918.6 1185.0 1688.6 2102.3
Cost of living 145.5 230.6 348.0 525.5 968.5 1251.3 1656.7 1996.3
Building cost 147.0 228.7 346.3 540.2 919.5 1121.8 1475.1 1821.8
Purchasing power of wage rates1) 99.2 94.3 93.1 92.6 75.1 69.3 69.5 69.5
Purchasing power of disposable in-
come2) 101.6 102.2 108.1 109.1 95.2 95.2 102.4 106.0
Real gross national income 101.3 105.6 108.1 106.9 102.4 105.1 108.6 114.1
Real GNI percapita 100.4 103.5 104.8 102.2 96.7 98.2 100.8 104.8
Change from previous year (%)
Wage rates 44.3 50.7 49.0 50.3 49.5 18.8 32.6 20.5
Disposable income per capita 49.4 57.2 59.3 55.4 58.0 29.0 42.5 24.5
Cost of living 45.5 58.5 50.9 51.0 84.3 29.2 32.4 20.5
Building cost 47.0 55.6 51.4 56.0 70.2 22.0 31.5 23.5
Purchasing power of wage rates .. -0.8 -4.9 -1.3 -0.5 -18.9 -7.7 0.2 0.0
Purchasing power of disposable in-
come per capita 1.6 0.6 5.8 0.9 -12.7 0.0 7.6 3.5
Real gross national income 1.3 4.2 2.4 -1.1 -4.2 2.6 3.3 5.1
Real GNI percapita 0.4 3.1 1.3 -2.5 -5.4 1.5 2.6 4.0
1) Deflated with cost of living index. 2) Deflated with the price index of private consumption. 3) Preliminary. 4)Prediction.
Source: National Economic Institute, Statistical Bureau of lceland.
Table3. Wage and Salary Indices1)
Quarterl Aprii
1982 1983 1984 1985 1985 1986 1985 1986
Hourly wages (1980= 100)
Unskilled labour: Males 227.5 337.4 406.5 535.8 483.0 615.5 490.7 634.5
Unskilled labour: Females 225.7 334.8 402.4 528.6 475.4 611.4 482.7 630.3
Skilled labour 230.3 341.8 405.3 537.2 491.7 606.8 502.8 625.6
Skilled and unskilled labour 227.2 337.9 405.1 534.2 483.2 612.1 491.7 631.0
Monthlysalaries
Office and commercial clerks 214.9 317.4 376.7 500.3 451.8 569.2 462.3 586.8
State, municipal and bank
employees 223.2 338.8 402.8 537.4 480.7 622.5 489.0 632.6
All employees 223.7 334.5 399.1 529.2 476.6 608.0 485.4 623.5
1) Period averages except two last columns.
Source: National Economic Institute.
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