Statistics Norway

10.2 Monthly and hourly earnings1 of employees in agriculture and horticulture. September. NOK
Year Employees in agriculture Employees in horticulture
Males paid by the month Paid by the hour Males paid by the month Paid by the hour
Total Farm managers Agronomists, foremen Farm hands Animal technicians Males Of which farm hands Females Males Females
1968 1 570 2 187 1 806 1 403 1 597 8.38 8.41 7.88 .. .. ..
1969 1 700 2 298 1 909 1 489 1 721 8.77 8.77 8.15 .. .. ..
1970 1 941 2 500 2 205 1 684 1 947 10.06 10.07 9.45 .. .. ..
1971 2 146 2 726 2 372 1 878 2 153 11.14 11.17 10.66 2 230 11.42 9.48
1972 2 356 3 022 2 612 2 055 2 372 12.16 12.10 11.85 2 483 12.55 10.57
1973 2 677 3 356 2 952 2 386 2 643 13.64 13.69 12.97 2 696 13.93 11.87
1974 3 111 3 760 3 447 2 772 3 086 16.26 16.27 14.85 3 147 16.82 13.99
1975 3 528 4 253 3 902 3 182 3 503 18.76 18.65 17.18 3 589 18.75 16.02
1976 4 058 4 970 4 443 3 677 3 998 22.00 22.23 21.05 4 088 22.12 19.39
1977 4 583 5 597 4 991 4 128 4 475 24.67 24.75 23.49 4 523 25.55 22.06
1978 5 054 6 207 5 483 4 452 4 937 26.55 26.66 24.74 4 961 26.78 23.92
1979 5 092 6 230 5 441 4 495 4 968 27.09 26.95 25.27 5 077 26.61 24.24
1980 5 895 7 222 6 332 5 285 5 827 31.63 31.79 29.53 5 961 31.93 28.63
1981 6 533 8 037 6 943 5 888 6 418 34.48 34.67 33.02 6 430 34.23 31.48
1982 7 225 8 905 7 653 6 568 6 897 37.42 37.58 35.24 7 196 36.96 34.69
1983 7 758 9 574 8 356 6 982 7 423 40.39 40.16 37.71 7 628 40.85 36.17
1984 8 223 10 277 8 766 7 261 7 847 42.63 42.39 40.09 8 105 43.20 39.74
1985 8 908 10 985 9 309 7 746 8 418 46.00 46.01 43.58 8 534 46.26 42.29
1986 9 747 11 741 10 295 8 621 9 226 50.34 49.67 47.07 9 474 51.95 47.25
1987 10 337 12 374 10 682 8 909 9 807 54.54 54.15 51.81 10 101 57.34 53.71
1  Average earnings are defined as fixed gross payment in cash and payment in kind, excluding payment for overtime.
Source: NOS Wage Statistics 1987.

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