Statistics Norway

Wage statistics. Employees in construction

2 Full-time employees in construction1. Average monthly earnings, by occupational group2 per 1 October 2012. NOK3
Occupational group Employees covered by the survey Monthly earnings Percentage change Basic salary Percentage change
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011-2012 2011 2012 2011-2012
      NOK   NOK  
Construction, total 64 708 67 792 36 100 37 200 3.0 34 700 35 800 3.2
Of which                
Senior officials and managers 4 183 4 249 56 000 58 200 3.9 53 500 55 900 4.5
Of which                
Directors and chief executives  674  708 61 900 64 300 3.9 59 200 62 400 5.4
General managers of small enterprises  998  914 47 700 49 500 3.8 46 600 48 200 3.4
Professionals 3 631 4 086 52 200 53 000 1.5 49 600 51 100 3.0
Technicians and associate professionals 6 329 6 340 44 400 45 900 3.4 42 500 44 100 3.8
Clerks 1 993 2 039 34 600 35 500 2.6 33 900 34 700 2.4
Craft workers 39 122 41 204 33 200 34 000 2.4 31 900 32 600 2.2
Of which                
Concrete workers 1 596 1 530 34 300 34 900 1.7 32 600 33 100 1.5
Formwork carpenters 2 348 2 282 36 600 38 100 4.1 34 100 35 000 2.6
Woodworkers and cabinet-makers 8 542 9 013 31 100 32 200 3.5 30 100 31 100 3.3
Road workers 5 584 5 724 37 700 38 700 2.7 35 500 37 000 4.2
Plumbers 3 208 3 401 34 900 35 400 1.4 34 000 34 400 1.2
Painters and related workers  997 1 163 30 200 30 600 1.3 29 500 29 700 0.7
Electricians, electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters 8 580 9 140 33 600 34 400 2.4 32 300 33 000 2.2
Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers 1 144 1 116 31 600 32 500 2.8 30 000 31 100 3.7
Machine operators and drivers etc. 5 975 6 480 33 000 34 400 4.2 32 000 33 200 3.8
Elementary occupations 2 686 2 897 28 200 29 600 5.0 27 300 28 600 4.8
1  Standard Industrial Classification.
2  Standard Classification of Occupations.
3  All wage variables are rounded to the nearest NOK 100.

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