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Average monthly earnings up NOK 1 200
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Earnings in domestic trade and repair of goods, 1 September 2010

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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Average monthly earnings up NOK 1 200

Full-time employees in wholesale and retail trade had average monthly earnings, excluding overtime pay, of NOK 35 100 at 1 September 2010. This is a year-on-year growth of NOK 1 200 or 3.5 per cent.

Wholesale and retail trade includes the industries motor vehicle services, wholesale trade and retail trade, where 43 per cent of the full-time employees are working in retail, 41 per cent in wholesale and 15 per cent in motor vehicle services.

NOK 1 600 increase for retail employees

For full-time employees in retail the average monthly earnings were NOK 30 500; an increase of 5.5 per cent or NOK 1 600 from 1 September 2009 to 1 September 2010. Sales workers is the biggest occupational group in retail, with monthly earnings of NOK 25 600.

NOK 1 100 rise for wholesale employees

Average monthly earnings in wholesale were NOK 39 400; an increase of NOK 1 100 or 2.9 per cent compared to September 2009. The largest occupational group in wholesale is clerks and service workers, with average monthly earnings of NOK 30 600. This is an increase of NOK 900 or 3.0 per cent from the year before.

NOK 1 200 up for motor vehicle services employees

The largest occupational group in this trade is craft workers, with average monthly earnings of NOK 30 200. Earnings have increased by NOK 900 or 3.1 per cent from 2009 to 2010.

About the statistical basis

The statistics are based on information from a sample of enterprises covering a total of 101 393 full-time employees and 85 009 part-time employees. According to the Norwegian Central Register of Enterprises and Establishments per September 2010, wholesale and retail trade comprises in total 353 600 employees.

The term 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, but is presented in the statistics separately. Basic salary for wholesale and retail trade is measured as per 1 September, while bonuses, variable additional allowances and payment for overtime work are calculated from the annual sum as a monthly average.

The procedure of measuring increases in monthly earnings differs somewhat from that of calculating increases in annual earnings. Monthly earnings are compared at a specific date each year, while changes in annual earnings are measured from one calendar year to the next. The calculation of annual earnings is based on information from both the current and previous year, as well as information from wage negotiations. Estimated annual earnings for the current year are preliminary until wage statistics for the following year have been compiled.

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