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Annual earnings increased by 6.9 per cent
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Earnings in oil and gas production and mining, 1 October 2002

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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Annual earnings increased by 6.9 per cent

The estimated average annual earnings for full-time employees in oil and gas extraction were NOK 505 000. This was NOK 33 000 or 6.9 per cent more than in 2001.

Full-time employees in oil and gas extraction and mining had estimated annual earnings of NOK 480 100, an increase of 5.8 per cent compared to 2001. Annual earnings for full-time employees in mining were NOK 314 000. This was NOK 12 000 or 4.1 per cent more than in 2001.

Full-time employees in oil and gas extraction and mining1.
Average yearly earnings, by division. 2001-2002. NOK and
annual percentage change
Division Yearly earnings Percentage change
2001        20022 2001-2002
  NOK
Oil and gas extraction and mining, total  453 700  480 100 5.8
Oil and gas extraction, total  472 200  505 000 6.9
Mining, total  301 500  313 700 4.1
1  NOS Standard Industrial Classification.
2  Preliminary figures.

Average monthly earnings increased by NOK 2 700

Per 1 October 2002, full-time employees in oil and gas extraction had average monthly earnings of NOK 42 500. This was NOK 2 700 or 6.8 per cent more than the previous year.

Average monthly earnings are the main term in Statistics Norways wage statistics. Monthly earnings cover basic paid salaries, variable additional allowances and bonuses, commissions and the like. Payment for overtime work is not included in monthly earnings. The increase in monthly earnings differs somewhat from the increase in annual earnings. Monthly earnings are compared at a specific date each year, while the change in annual earning is from one calendar year to the next.

About 25 per cent of all employees in oil and gas extraction are craft and related workers, machine operators and drivers. This occupational group obtained monthly earnings of NOK 36 800, an increase of NOK 1 900 or 5.5 per cent from the previous year.

Technicians and associate professionals had average monthly earnings of NOK 41 600, an increase of NOK 3 100 or 8.1 per cent.

Senior officials and managers had the largest increase in monthly earnings, NOK 5 500 or 9.1 per cent.

Full-time employees in oil and gas extraction and mining1.
Average monthly earnings, by division per 1 October 2001
and 2002. NOK and percentage change
  Monthly earnings, total
           2001             2002          Change
  NOK Per cent
Oil and gas extraction and mining, total 38 200 40 400 5.7
Oil and gas extraction, total 39 800 42 500 6.8
Mining, total 25 200 26 500 4.8
1  NOS Standard Industrial Classification.

Large additional allowances in oil and gas extraction

Variable additional allowances comprise a large amount of average monthly earnings of full-time employees in oil and gas extraction. About NOK 6 000 or 14.2 per cent of NOK 42 500 in monthly earnings are additional allowances. By comparison additional allowances of employees in mining are in average less than NOK 1 000 or 3.7 per cent of monthly earnings.

For craft and related workers and machine operators and drivers additional allowances comprise as much as 20 per cent of monthly earnings with NOK 6 800 and NOK 7 900, respectively.

About the statistical basis

The statistics are based on information from a sample of enterprises that cover a total of 21 972 full-time employees and 868 part time employees. According to preliminary figures from the national accounts from third quarter 2002, the statistics cover around 27 200 employees in oil and gas extraction and mining.

The estimated annual earnings for 2002 are preliminary until wage statistics for 2003 are established. Due to changes in the reporting system for occupations in 2002 it has not been possible to publish tables on occupation quite similar to those of previous years.

A number of employees in the statistics for 2002 are, according to changes in the agreement on working hours, registered with 30 to 33 working hours per week.

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