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Monthly earnings up NOK 1 300
Full-time employees in wholesale and retail trade had average monthly earnings, excluding overtime pay, of NOK 38 700 at 1 September 2013. This is a year-on-year growth of NOK 1 300 or 3.5 per cent.
Monthly earnings | Basic monthly salary | |||
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2013 | 2012 - 2013 | 2013 | 2012 - 2013 | |
Employees in wholesale and retail trade, total | 36 300 | 3.4 | 34 200 | 3.3 |
Males | 39 200 | 3.2 | 36 600 | 3.1 |
Females | 32 400 | 3.8 | 31 000 | 3.7 |
Full-time employees | 38 700 | 3.5 | 36 500 | 3.7 |
Males | 40 800 | 3.3 | 38 100 | 3.3 |
Females | 34 800 | 4.2 | 33 400 | 3.7 |
Part-time employees | 27 900 | 3.7 | 26 300 | 3.1 |
Males | 27 400 | 4.2 | 25 500 | 4.1 |
Females | 28 100 | 3.3 | 26 700 | 2.7 |
Wholesale and retail trade includes the industries motor vehicle services, wholesale trade and retail trade. Full-time employees in wholesale trade have the highest monthly wages of these, at an average of NOK 43 900. The corresponding level for full-time employees in motor vehicle services was NOK 37 100, whereas full-time employees in retail trade had NOK 33 300.
Retail trade
Full-time employees in retail trade had a growth in monthly earnings, excluding overtime pay, of NOK 1 400, or 4.4 per cent. The group with the highest number of employees in retail trade is the shop assistants, and their earnings edged up 4.9 per cent, or NOK 1 300.
Wholesale trade
Full-time employed clerks in wholesale trade had a year-on-year rise in earnings of 3.3 per cent, to NOK 34 400.
Motor vehicle services
Craftsmen, such as car mechanics and panel beaters constitute the majority of this industry. Full-time employed craftsmen had average earnings of NOK 33 000, up NOK 800 or 2.5 per cent.
Part-time employees
The trade industry employs a large number of part-time workers. Average monthly earnings for this group, calculated to full-time equivalents, were NOK 27 900, a year-on-year escalation of NOK 1 000 or 3.7 per cent.
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The statistics are based on information from a sample of enterprises covering a total of 106 225 full-time employees and 83 603 part-time employees. According to the Norwegian Central Register of Enterprises and Establishments per September 2013, wholesale and retail trade comprises 358 300 employees in total.
The statistics is published with Earnings.
Additional information
Structural changes within the division along with the outcome of collective bargaining would have a certain effect on the wage increase being measured.
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