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Wage increase of NOK 900
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Earnings in electricity supply, 1 October 2012

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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Wage increase of NOK 900

Average monthly earnings for full-time employees in electricity supply were NOK 46 900 as of October 2012. This was a year-on-year increase of NOK 900, or 2 per cent.

Full-time employees in electricity supply, by occupation. Monthly earnings and basic monthly salary. Average as of October. NOK and percentage change1Published 14 March 2013
Monthly earningsBasic monthly salary
201120122011 - 2012201120122011 - 2012
1The figures for 2011 have been corrected.
Electricity supply, total46 00046 9002.044 00045 2002.7
Senior officials and managers70 60073 6004.268 20071 9005.4
Professionals56 20056 5000.554 50055 3001.5
Technicians and associate professionals47 60048 9002.745 40047 0003.5
Electrical engineering technicians47 10048 4002.844 60046 2003.6
Clerks34 90035 4001.434 20034 9002.0
Craft and related trade workers36 80037 6002.234 70035 7002.9
Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers36 70037 5002.234 50035 6003.2
Plant and machine operators and assemblers38 80038 8000.036 10036 5001.1

Source: Statistics Norway

About one in five who work in electricity supply are electrical line installers, i.e. skilled workers who build and maintain power lines and power plants. Their average monthly earnings were NOK 37 500, up 2.2 per cent. Electrical engineering technicians are university college graduates and constitute a sizeable proportion of the workforce in electricity supply. Earnings for this group were NOK 48 400, which was an increase of NOK 1 300.

Professionals and managers

Most of the professionals in this industry are civil engineers, and these earned NOK 56 500 in 2012, which was an increase of NOK 300. Managers had average earnings of NOK 73 600.

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The statistics are based on a sample of firms in the main industry of electricity supply, with a total of 10 090 full-time employees and 754 part-time employees. According to the Norwegian Central Register of Enterprises and Establishments, the statistics cover approximately 14 600 employees as of October 2012.