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Wages up 2.7 per cent
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Earnings in hotels and restaurants, 1 October 2005

The 2015 wage statistics for all industrial sections and various areas in the public sector will be released collectively on 3 March 2016 in the statistics Earnings of all employees.

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Wages up 2.7 per cent

Full-time employees in hotels and restaurants had average monthly earnings of NOK 23 000 per 1 October 2005. This is an increase of NOK 600 or 2.7 per cent from October 2004.

Full-time employees in hotels and other provision and short-stay accommodations had monthly earnings of NOK 23 000, an increase of 2.6 per cent. In comparison, full-time employees in restaurants and bars averaged at monthly earnings of NOK 22 500, whereas employees in canteens and catering had monthly earnings of NOK 24 700.

Cooks and waiters

Occupations as cooks, headwaiters, waiters and bartenders are in the majority in hotels and other short-stay accommodations. Cooks had monthly earnings of NOK 22 200, an increase of NOK 600 or 3 per cent. For headwaiters, waiters and bartenders average earnings were NOK 21 800, an increase of NOK 1 000 or 4.8 per cent. In comparison, headwaiters, waiters and bartenders working in restaurants and bars had monthly earnings of NOK 20 800, and here cooks earned NOK 21 500.

Elementary occupations

There are a considerable number of elementary occupations in the industry. This occupational group had average monthly earnings of NOK 20 400 per October 2005, a growth of NOK 700 from the previous year.

Annual earnings

Estimated annual earnings for full-time employees in hotels and restaurants were NOK 275 000 in 2005. This was an increase of 2.8 per cent from 2004.

The increase in annual earnings differs somewhat from the increase in monthly earnings. Monthly earnings are compared at a specific date each year, while the change in annual earnings is from one calendar year to the next. The average annual earnings are estimated by use of information from wage statistics from at least two years and the quarterly wage index. Annual earnings do not include payment for overtime work. The figures for estimated annual earnings for 2005 are preliminary until wage statistics for 2006 have been established.

About the statistical basis

The statistics are based on information from a sample of enterprises counting 15 687 full-time employees. According to figures from the National accounts for the third quarter 2005, the statistics cover around 62 300 employees.

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