Statistics Norway

Wage statistics. Employees in manufacturing

2 Full-time employees in manufacturing1. Average total monthly earnings and basic salary, by division. 2007-2008. NOK and annual percentage change
Division Employees covered by the survey Monthly earnings Percentage change total
monthly earnings		 Basic salary Percentage change
basic salary
2007 2008 2007 2008 2007-2008 2007 2008 2007-2008
      NOK Per cent NOK Per cent
Total  141 062  138 899 31 983 33 977 6.2 30 184 31 985 6.0
Food products, beverages, tobacco 28 751 26 127 28 207 29 852 5.8 26 899 28 480 5.9
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather 2 231 1 937 27 181 29 039 6.8 26 493 28 146 6.2
Wood and wood products 7 555 6 533 26 660 28 694 7.6 25 827 27 626 7.0
Pulp, paper and paper products 4 553 4 577 31 300 32 295 3.2 28 979 29 998 3.5
Publishing, printing, reproduction 10 722 10 726 34 532 37 006 7.2 32 633 34 752 6.5
Chemichal-, non-met.mineral products 15 077 15 089 33 004 34 555 4.7 31 232 32 686 4.7
Basic chemicals 6 027 5 700 37 146 39 346 5.9 34 175 36 544 6.9
Basic metals 10 425 9 809 33 057 34 984 5.8 30 152 31 581 4.7
Machinery and equipment etc. 32 374 34 727 33 255 35 077 5.5 31 810 33 433 5.1
Ships, oil platforms and modules 18 700 19 828 34 211 36 029 5.3 31 682 33 231 4.9
Furniture, other manuf., recycling 4 647 3 846 28 265 30 178 6.8 26 918 28 901 7.4
1  NOS Standard Industrial Classification.

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