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Increase in wages by NOK 1 000
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Earnings in the education system, 1 November 2004

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Increase in wages by NOK 1 000

Full-time employees in publicly maintained schools had average monthly earnings of NOK 30 500 per 1 November 2004, an increase of NOK 1 000 or 3.4 per cent from 1 October 2003.

Publicly maintained schools consist of primary and secondary education. For full-time employees, the monthly earnings were NOK 29 800 in primary education and NOK 32 300 in secondary education.

Full-time employees in publicly maintained schools.
Average monthly earnings, by type of school per
1 October 2003 and 1 November 2004. NOK and
percentage change
Type of school Monthly earnings Percentage
change
2003 2004
Publicly maintained schools, total 29 500     30 500 3.4
Of which      
Primary schools 28 800 29 800 3.4
Upper secondary schools 31 200 32 300 3.6

Teaching staff

The major groups of teaching staff in publicly maintained schools are secondary education teachers with a lower university degree and part of higher degree advancement or secondary education teachers with a lower university degree. Average monthly earnings for these two groups were NOK 30 300 and NOK 29 000, respectively. These figures corresponded to an increase of NOK 1 000 and NOK 1 100.

Men and women

There are more women than men employed in publicly maintained schools. However, the differences in wages are relatively smaller than in most other sections. For female full-time employees, monthly earnings averaged NOK 30 000 while the monthly earnings of males were NOK 31 200. Though, the difference between the sexes is less than 4 per cent.

About the statistical basis

The statistics are based on information on 61 198 full-time employees in publicly maintained schools reported to the Staff Administration Information System (PAI) of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities per 1 November 2004. In 2003, this information was reported to the Central Register of Government Employees in the School System per 1 October.

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