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Monthly earnings up NOK 1 500
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2006-12-20T10:00:00.000Z
Labour market and earnings
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lonnvare, Earnings in domestic trade and repair of goods, shops, car repair shops, retail trade, wholesale trade, job title (for example car mechanics, pharmacy assistants, decorators)Earnings and labour costs, Labour market and earnings
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Earnings in domestic trade and repair of goods, 1 September 2006

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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Monthly earnings up NOK 1 500

Average monthly earnings for full-time employees in wholesale and retail trade came to NOK 30 800 in 2006 - an increase of NOK 1 500 or 5.0 per cent from the previous year.

The industrial section Wholesale and retail trade include wholesale trade, retail trade and motor vehicle services.

Wholesale trade

Full-time employees in wholesale trade had average monthly earnings of NOK 34 200. This is an increase of NOK 1 700, or 5.2 per cent, from 2005. The largest occupational group in wholesale trade is sales representatives. This group had monthly earnings of NOK 35 900, giving them a rise of NOK 1 300, or 3.8 per cent, compared to 2005. Stock clerks also make up a large group in wholesale trade. Here, the monthly earnings were NOK 25 200, giving them a growth in earnings of NOK 1 100, or 4.8 per cent. Senior officers and managers had NOK 49 900, an increase of 8.8 per cent, or NOK 4 000, from the previous year.

Retail trade

For full-time employees in retail trade, the average monthly earnings came to NOK 26 500. This was an increase of NOK 1 500, or 6.1 per cent. Shop assistants are by far the largest occupational group in retail trade. With monthly earnings of NOK 22 500 they had a rise of NOK 800 or 3.8 per cent. Stock clerks had monthly earnings of NOK 23 300, giving them an increase of NOK 1 100 or 4.9 per cent. For senior officers and managers, the average monthly earnings came to NOK 31 600, an increase of 8.6 per cent from the previous year.

Average annual earnings

Full-time employees in wholesale and retail trade had average annual earnings of NOK 363 600 in 2006. This constitutes an increase of NOK 14 300, or 4.1 per cent, compared with 2005. Annual earnings for full-time employees in motor vehicle services increased to NOK 336 900, a growth of NOK 10 500, or 3.2 per cent. For full-time employees in wholesale trade the increase was NOK 16 600 or 4.3 per cent, giving them average annual earnings of NOK 403 200. In comparison, the growth for full-time employees in retail trade was NOK 15 000, or 5.0 per cent, up to NOK 312 000.

The estimated annual earnings are based on the assumption that salaries are paid for 12 months of the year, and this means that any holiday pay supplement is not included. Estimated annual earnings include basic paid wages and salaries, variable additional allowances, bonuses and commissions and the like, but do not include overtime pay. For the calculation, information from the quarterly wage index and wage statistics from two the last two years are used, as well as information from wage negotiations. The estimated annual earnings for the current year are preliminary until wage statistics for the next year have been established.

About the statistical basis

The statistics are based on information from a sample of enterprises, which covers a total of 85 173 full-time employees. According to preliminary figures from the national accounts for third quarter 2006, the statistics cover approximately 345 200 employees in wholesale and retail trade.

Average monthly earnings are the main term in Statistics Norway's 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 earnings is from one calendar year to the next.

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