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The statistics show the basis for employers' National Insurance contributions classified by wages, pension premiums and wage totals, by sector, zone and municipality.

Basis for employers’ National Insurance contributions, 2013

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Less growth in NI contributions

The basis for employers’ National Insurance contributions amounted to NOK 1.140 billion in 2013; an increase of 5.1 per cent from 2012. By comparison, the growth from 2011 to 2012 was 7.7 per cent.

Basis for employer's National Insurance contributions and calculated employer's National Insurance contributions by sector and zone. NOK millionPublished 24 June 2014
20122013
Total basis for employer's National insurance contributionsCalculated employer's National insurance contributionsTotal basis for employer's National insurance contributionsCalculated employer's National insurance contributions
Both private and public sector1 084 456141 3621 140 260148 854
Public sector285 75435 834298 47337 551
Private sector798 702105 527841 787111 304
Zone 1688 71597 109727 018102 510
Zone 1a24 8462 87726 1513 037
Zone 220 6042 18721 2592 257
Zone 38 1915248 399538
Zone 430 9901 60031 9901 651
Zone 4a14 9791 17516 0341 258
Zone 59 580010 1070

Source: Statistics Norway

The basis for employers' National Insurance contributions within the private sector increased by 5.4 per cent between 2012 and 2013. For the corresponding period last year, the private sector experienced a growth of 7.1 per cent.

Decrease in pension contributions and premiums within the public sector

Within the public sector, the basis for employers' National insurance contributions constitutes NOK 299 billion in 2013. Pension contributions and premiums subject to National Insurance contributions within the public sector decreased by 4.0 per cent from 2012 to 2013. By comparison, the growth in pension contributions and premiums increased by 31.4 per cent between 2011 and 2012. The variation of pension contributions and premiums is related to the nature of the liability to pay duty.

Least growth within zone 3

The basis for employers' National insurance contributions constitutes NOK 727 billion in 2013 within zone 1; an increase of 5.6 per cent from 2012. Zone 3 experienced the weakest growth in wages and other compensations , growing by 2.9 per cent since 2012.

Employers’ contributions to National Insurance are divided into different rates by region. For eastern regions and central coastal regions south of Trondheimsfjord, the rate of contributions to National Insurance is 14.1 per cent. As shown in figure 2, a total of 86 per cent of the total basis for employers’ National Insurance contributions within the private sector is from regions with this rate. The lowest rate is found in Nord-Troms, Finnmark and Svalbard, where the rate for employers’ National Insurance contributions is zero. A total of 1.2 per cent of the basis is generated from workplaces within these regions.

Urban municipalities give the highest contribution to wage totals within the private sector

Three of the largest cities account for 35 per cent of wage totals ; Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger. Furthermore, 21.9 per cent of reported wage totals are reported on enterprises in Oslo. Figure 3 shows the ten municipalities with the highest wage totals. These municipalities make up 53 per cent of the combined wage totals of all municipalities in Norway.