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Increase in wages of 6.8 per cent
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2008-01-18T10:00:00.000Z
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Earnings in oil and gas production and mining, 1 October 2007

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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Increase in wages of 6.8 per cent

Full-time employees in oil and gas extraction had average monthly earnings of NOK 52 100 in October 2007, an increase of NOK 3 300 or 6.8 per cent from the previous year.

The basic salary increased by 5.7 per cent from NOK 41 500 to NOK 43 900. Machine operators, the largest occupational group in oil and gas extraction, had average monthly earnings of NOK 44 100 in October 2007. This represented an increase of NOK 2 100 or 4.9 per cent.

Professionals, technicians and associate professionals in the oil sector had average monthly earnings of NOK 55 300 in 2007, an increase of NOK 4 200 or 8.3 per cent from 2006.

Mining

Full-time employees in mining had average monthly earnings of NOK 33 600, an increase of NOK 2 800 or 9 per cent from the previous year. As in oil and gas extraction, machine operators represent a large share of employees in the mining industry. This group had an increase in monthly earnings of NOK 2 100, or 7.3 per cent, to NOK 30 200 in 2007.

Average annual earnings

In 2007, the estimated average annual earnings of full-time employees in oil and gas extraction were NOK 612 200, an increase of NOK 42 200 or 7.4 per cent compared to 2006. Annual earnings of full-time employees in mining were NOK 389 800, up NOK 27 100 or 7.5 per cent.

About the statistical basis

The statistics are based on information from a sample of enterprises with a total of 32 730 full-time employees. According to preliminary figures from the national accounts for the third quarter of 2007, the statistics cover approximately 45 200 employees in oil and gas extraction and mining.

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 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 earnings is from one calendar year to the next. For the calculation, information on wage statistics for two years is used, as well as information from wage negotiations. Estimated annual earnings for the current year are preliminary until wage statistics for the next year have been established.

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