Statistics Norway

Employment, main figures (register based)

9 Employed persons 15-74 years, by sector and industrial division. 4th quarter 2008
Industry division Total Central government Counties Municipalities Private sector and government enterprises
2000 2 262 000  154 961  118 257  397 047 1 591 735
2001 2 275 000  152 405  114 651  403 148 1 604 796
2002 2 267 000  240 176 42 744  389 751 1 594 329
2003 2 260 000  243 657 43 277  401 586 1 571 480
2004 2 274 000  246 775 40 338  404 119 1 582 768
2005 2 298 000  247 729 40 459  403 432 1 606 380
2005 New 2 308 000  248 085 40 594  401 611 1 617 710
2006 2 389 000  252 827 41 705  407 622 1 686 846
2007 2 484 000  253 723 42 754  415 090 1 772 433
           
2008 2 525 000  253 877 42 236  424 477 1 804 410
           
01-05 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 77 969 29 25 1 046 76 869
10-45 Industrial activities  521 680 2 123 - 6 011  513 546
50-74 Domestic trade, hotels, restaurants, transport and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, business activities  977 244 9 333 40  955  966 916
75 Public administration and defence, compulsory social security  156 755 92 020 4 268 57 417 3 050
80 Education  192 982 36 837 34 614  102 492 19 039
85 Health and sosial services  480 832  110 604 2 978  244 498  122 752
90-99 Other social and personal activities.  106 290 2 931  311 12 058 90 990
Unspecified 11 248 - - - 11 248

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