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547 000 employed in local authorities
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2016-03-23T10:00:00.000Z
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Preliminary figures show a total of 498 000 employees in local authorities and 49 000 in county authorities.

Employment in municipal activities, 2015, preliminary figures, 4th quarter

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547 000 employed in local authorities

Preliminary figures show a total of 498 000 employees in local authorities and 49 000 in county authorities. A new data source has led to a break in the time series.

Employed persons and contracted man-years in municipalities and counties1Published 23 March 2016
20142015Change in absolute figuresChange in per cent
2014 - 20152014 - 2015
1The figures for Oslo municipality are included in the figures for the county authority for upper secondary school and dental health services only.
2The figures for dental services in Finnmark county were not complete in 4th. quarter of 2014.
Minicipalities
Employed persons470 310497 98427 6745.9
Contracted man-years363 055.4......
Contracted man-years adjusted for long term leaves328 274.2......
 
Counties2
Employed persons47 86449 4101 5463.2
Contracted man-years41 743.2......
Contracted man-years adjusted for long term leaves38 878.9......

Source: Statistics Norway

Compared to the 4th quarter of 2014, the figures show a 5.9 per cent rise in employed persons. The growth in the number of employees is mainly related to the change of data source. Published figures from the quarterly national accounts (QNA) for the 4th quarter of 2015 show a growth in employees in local government of 1.7 per cent compared to the 4th quarter of 2014.

Compared to 2014, the new data source for register-based statistics shows small changes in the distribution of employees between the municipal activities. Health and care services, an area where employees traditionally have various small jobs, are therefore more affected by the change of data source than other municipal activities.

Compared to the QNA, the level of employed persons is about 21 000 higher in register-based statistics. The main reason for this is that QNA only counts main jobs while register-based statistics also count all second jobs related to municipal activities.

New data sourceOpen and readClose

Register-based statistics are now based on a joint report of several administrative registers. The quality of data on employed persons is improved compared to earlier years, and has shown a higher number of employed persons with small jobs.

Man-yearsOpen and readClose

There have been some initial problems with the new data source related to working hours. Figures for man-years will therefore be published at a later stage.