Statistics Norway

Wage statistics. Employees in health enterprises

2 Full-time employees in health enterprises1. Average monthly earnings, by occupation, 1 October 2011-2012. NOK2 and percentage change
Occupation Monthly earnings Percentage change Basic salary Percentage change
2011 2012 2011-2012 2011 2012 2011-2012
  NOK Per cent NOK Per cent
Health enterprises, total 40 700 42 200 3.7 36 700 38 000 3.5
Of which            
Senior officials and managers 54 500 56 600 3.9 52 500 54 400 3.6
Of which            
Directors and chief executives 89 700 94 100 4.9 89 400 93 500 4.6
Professionals 49 400 50 800 2.8 43 100 44 100 2.3
Of which            
Physicians 63 300 64 900 2.5 51 300 51 800 1.0
Psychologists 44 300 45 600 2.9 43 800 45 100 3.0
Specialist nurses 40 000 41 500 3.8 35 800 37 200 3.9
Technicians and associate professionals 34 700 35 900 3.5 31 900 33 100 3.8
Of which            
Nurses 34 800 35 900 3.2 30 400 31 400 3.3
Life science technicians 34 000 35 300 3.8 32 100 33 200 3.4
Radiographers and audiology associate professionals 34 700 36 200 4.3 31 900 33 300 4.4
Physioteraphists and occupational theraphists 33 000 34 400 4.2 32 500 34 000 4.6
Social workers, child welfare officers, and social educators 35 500 37 000 4.2 33 400 34 900 4.5
Clerks 28 800 29 400 2.1 28 300 29 000 2.5
Of which            
Secretaries 28 500 29 100 2.1 28 100 28 700 2.1
Market sales workers and service workers 31 200 32 300 3.5 27 700 28 600 3.2
Of which            
Physicians' secretaries 28 300 29 400 3.9 27 800 28 900 4.0
Auxiliary nurses and nursing assistants 31 100 33 100 6.4 27 600 29 100 5.4
Elementary occupations 27 300 28 300 3.7 26 000 26 900 3.5
1  Standard Occupational Classification.
2  All wage variables are rounded to the nearest NOK 100.

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