Statistics Norway

Wage statistics. All employees

2 Average monthly earnings for full-time equivalents, by section 2 per 3rd quarter 2008 and 2009. NOK2 and percentage change
Section Employees covered by the survey Monthly earnings Percentage change
2008-2009		 Basic salary Percentage change
2008-2009
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
      NOK Per cent NOK Per cent
All employees 1 517 303 1 561 174 34 100 35 200 3.2 32 100 33 200 3.4
Of which                
Fish farming 2 580 2 679 33 400 34 400 3.0 31 500 32 700 3.8
Oil and gas extraction, mining 34 521 36 037 52 000 56 400 8.5 44 200 47 000 6.3
Manufacturing  152 502  151 968 33 800 35 300 4.4 31 800 33 300 4.7
Electricity supply 10 918 11 744 40 300 42 300 5.0 38 700 40 500 4.7
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities3 9 165 9 691 31 900 33 100 3.8 30 700 31 700 3.3
Construction 62 042 64 480 33 100 34 000 2.7 31 600 32 500 2.8
Wholesale and retail trade  171 905  179 923 31 000 31 700 2.3 29 400 30 000 2.0
Transport and storage 84 789 85 897 33 900 35 100 3.5 32 100 33 200 3.4
Hotels and restaurants 34 036 37 638 24 800 25 600 3.2 23 900 24 800 3.8
Information and communication 47 277 49 671 43 400 44 700 3.0 40 900 42 000 2.7
Financial intermediation 43 918 43 271 48 500 46 700 -3.7 40 700 42 000 3.2
Real estate activities 4 721 5 986 38 900 39 900 2.6 36 000 37 800 5.0
Professional, scientific and technical activities 47 570 51 674 43 700 44 900 2.7 41 500 42 800 3.1
Business activities 61 459 56 573 29 400 30 000 2.0 28 200 28 800 2.1
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security  125 656  132 282 34 500 35 600 3.2 33 500 34 600 3.3
Education3  174 544  175 631 34 000 35 200 3.5 33 100 34 400 3.9
Health and social work3  374 541  387 677 31 300 32 500 3.8 28 800 29 800 3.5
Arts, entertainment and recreation activities 12 768 12 689 31 700 32 300 1.9 30 800 31 500 2.3
Personal service activities 14 274 15 240 31 400 32 400 3.2 30 600 31 500 2.9
1  NOS Standard Industrial Clasification.
2  All wage variables are rounded to the nearest NOK 100.
3  Including public sector.

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