Wage index, Q1 2007, preliminary figures

Monthly average earnings include basic salaries, irregular payments and bonuses. Wage increases like bonuses is seldom paid each period which means that the indexes are subject to higher fluctuations than the index for basic salaries. Overtime pay is not included in the statistics.

For more tables about wage indexes, see StatBank Norway .

Tables:

• Table 1 Index on average monthly earnings in manufacturing, oil and gas extraction and mining, construction, transport and communication, wholesale and retail trade, real estate and business activities, electricity supply and hotels and restaurants. Average of year 2000=100
• Table 2 Changes in average monthly earnings from the corresponding quarter the year before by section. Per cent
• Table 3 Index on average basic salaries in manufacturing, oil and gas extraction and mining, construction, transport and communication, wholesale and retail trade, real estate and business activities, electricity supply and hotels and restaurants. Average of year 2000=100
• Table 4 Changes in average basic salaries from the corresponding quarter the year before by section. Per cent
• Table 5 Average monthly earnings and basic salaries for full-time employees, by section
• Table 6 Employess in the sample