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Wages up 0.6 per cent in construction
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2014-05-30T10:00:00.000Z
Labour market and earnings
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lonnkvart, Wage index, wage development, main business sectors (for example manufacturing, building and construction, oil)Earnings and labour costs, Labour market and earnings
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Wage indexQ1 2014, preliminary figures

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Wages up 0.6 per cent in construction

Preliminary figures for average basic salaries for full-time employees in construction show a 0.6 per cent increase between the 4th quarter of 2013 and the 1st quarter of 2014. Equivalent figures for the first quarter of 2013 show an increase of 0.2 per cent.

Wage index, percentage change from last quarter
4th quarter 2012 - 1st quarter 20134th quarter 2013 - 1st quarter 2014
Oil and gas extraction and mining0.50.2
Manufacture0.2-0.1
Electricity, gas and steam1.7-0.3
Water supply, sewerage, waste-0.20.1
Construction0.20.6
Wholesale and retail trade-0.11.0
Transportation and storage1.2-0.1
Hotels and restaurants0.30.5
Information and communication0.60.0
Real estate activities3.01.0
Professional, scientific and technical activities1.0-0.1
Administrative and support service activities1.10.4
Education0.70.6
Human health and social work activities0.41.0
Arts, entertainment and recreation0.70.1
Personal service activities1.10.4

Preliminary figures for the wage index show a 0.1 per cent decrease in average basic salaries for the last quarter in manufacturing. In comparison, figures from 2013 show a 0.2 per cent increase between the 4th and 1st quarter.