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Hotel and restaurant wages up NOK 700
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2012-03-01T10:00:00.000Z
Labour market and earnings
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Earnings in hotels and restaurants, 1 October 2011

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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Hotel and restaurant wages up NOK 700

Full-time employees in hotels and restaurants had average monthly earnings, excluding overtime pay, of NOK 29 700 as per 1 October 2011. This was an increase of NOK 700 or 2.4 per cent from the same period in the previous year.

The section includes restaurants and bars and canteens and catering as well as hotels and camping sites and other provisions of short-stay accommodation.

Monthly earnings up NOK 800 in hotels

The average monthly earnings of employees in hotels and other short-stay accommodation was NOK 29 300 as per October 2011. Compared with October 2010, this is an increase of NOK 800 or 2.8 per cent.

Chefs within this group had average monthly earnings of NOK 27 100; an increase of NOK 1 000 or 3.8 per cent compared to the corresponding period the year before.

Earnings in restaurants up NOK 600

Average monthly earnings in restaurants and bars were NOK 27 900 as per October 2011. Compared to October 2010 this is an increase of NOK 600 or 2.2 per cent. In comparison, waiters, head waiters and barkeepers had an average salary of NOK 25 300, which is NOK 1 000 or 4.1 per cent more than the corresponding period in 2010.

About the statistical basis

The statistics are based on information from a sample of hotels and restaurant enterprises covering a total of 15 735 full-time employees and 24 534 part-time employees. The total number of employees that forms the basis for weighting is 82 100 in hotels and restaurants, according to the Norwegian Central Register of Enterprises and Establishments.

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.

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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