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Monthly earnings up 3.4 per cent
Full-time employees in fish farming had average monthly earnings, excluding overtime pay, of NOK 39 800 as per 1 October 2013. This is a year-on-year increase of 3.4 per cent or NOK 1 300.
Monthly earnings | Basic monthly salary | |||||
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2012 | 2013 | 2012 - 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 - 2013 | |
Fish farming, total | 38 500 | 39 800 | 3.4 | 36 100 | 36 900 | 2.2 |
Of which | ||||||
Senior officials and managers | 59 300 | 62 900 | 6.1 | 55 800 | 58 300 | 4.5 |
Fish farmers, etc. | 35 200 | 35 900 | 2.0 | 32 800 | 33 000 | 0.6 |
Fish farmers, which is the largest occupational group in fish farming, had average monthly earnings of NOK 35 900. This corresponds to a year-on-year increase of NOK 700 or 2.0 per cent. Average monthly earnings of senior officials and managers were NOK 62 900, which gives a year-on-year growth of 6.1 per cent or NOK 3 600.
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The statistics are based on a sample of enterprises that cover a total of 3 212 full-time employees and 322 part-time employees. According to the Norwegian Central Register of Enterprises and Establishments as per October 2013, fish farming activities comprise 5 348 employees in total.
The term average monthly earnings is the main term in Statistics Norway's wage statistics. Monthly earnings cover basic salaries, variable additional allowances and bonuses. Payment for overtime work is not included, but is presented in the statistics separately. Basic salary is measured as per 1 October, while bonuses, variable additional allowances and payment for overtime work are calculated from the annual sum as a monthly average.
The statistics is published with Earnings.
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Structural changes within the division along with the outcome of collective bargaining would have a certain effect on the wage increase being measured.
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