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Statistics about

Employees in kindergartens and schools

The statistics cover wage earners (employed as of the 3rd week of November) in kindergarten, primary and lower secondary school, upper secondary school, post-secondary vocational school and in adult education institutions by characteristics such as occupation, age and educational background. Non-residents are excluded.

Updated: 19 June 2024
Next update: Not yet determined

Selected figures from this statistics

  • Employees in kindergarten and schools. Number and per centage of women
    Employees in kindergarten and schools. Number and per centage of women
    2023
    KindergartensPrimary and lower secondary schoolsUpper secondary schoolsPost-secondary vocational schoolsAdult education institutions
    NumberWomen (per cent)NumberWomen (per cent)NumberWomen (per cent)NumberWomen (per cent)NumberWomen (per cent)
    All employees95 72989.1119 59474.141 14459.22 42249.56 18375.8
    Teachers32 68989.979 49673.627 64156.41 48741.94 40177.5
    Kindergarten leaders4 40490.76 25266.92 83756.532956.542471.5
    Other employees working with the children/pupils56 68688.828 62476.73 84967.64383.761166.4
    Other employees1 9502.75 22276.46 81766.756362.774776.0
    Explanation of symbols
  • Employed teachers in school, by competance. Per cent.
    Employed teachers in school, by competance. Per cent.
    2023
    Primary and lower secondary schoolsUpper secondary schoolsVocational schoolAdult education institutions
    Number of teachers79 49627 6411 4874 401
    Long tertiary education with a teachers education17.737.216.721.2
    Long tertiary education with other educational sciences2.13.32.14.5
    Long tertiary education without educational science1.64.012.63.9
    Short tertiary education with a teachers education56.640.023.551.8
    Short tertiary education with other educational sciences10.25.73.68.7
    Short tertiary education without educational science3.64.521.76.2
    Upper secondary education8.15.319.93.8
    Explanation of symbols
  • Employed teachers in kindergartens and schools, by age. Per cent.
    Employed teachers in kindergartens and schools, by age. Per cent.
    2023
    KindergartensPrimary and lower secondary schoolsUpper secondary schoolsPost-secondary vocational schoolsAdult education institutions
    Number of teachers32 68979 49627 6411 4874 401
    29 years or younger19.021.88.78.35.1
    30-39 years34.426.322.421.414.7
    40-49 years25.423.225.825.026.0
    50-59 years16.820.929.629.732.8
    60 years or older4.57.813.515.721.5
    Explanation of symbols
  • Employees in kindergartens, by competance and occupation. Per cent.
    Employees in kindergartens, by competance and occupation. Per cent.
    2023
    Kindergarten teachersKindergarten leadersOther employees working with the children/pupils
    Number of employees32 6894 40456 686
    Tertiary education with kindergarten-related pedagogical education87.290.32.8
    Upper secondary trade certificate in Child Care and Youth Work2.80.331.4
    Other10.19.465.8
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 19 December 2023.

Employed persons are defined as individuals who engaged in at least one hour of paid work during the reference week, or those who were temporarily absent from such work due to reasons such as illness, vacation, or paid leave.

Wage earners (also referred to as employees) are individuals who are compensated for their work through wages

Employment: A person may hold multiple jobs across various firms. Should a person have multiple employments within the same industry (e.g. with two different primary schools), only one employment is selected.

Occupation is based on information from A-ordningen and coded according to the Standard Classification of Occupations (1998 Version STYRK-98)

Contractual percentage of full-time equivalent: This term refers to the proportion of full-time hours an employee is contractually agreed to work, as specified in their employment contract. The employer shall not consider additional work, overtime or different types of absence from work or if the hours have been paid or not. The information on contractual percentage of full-time equivalent is based on what is reported to the a-ordningen. For persons that are paid by the hour without contractual working hours per week, e.g on-call temporary workers, the employer can report 0 as contractual percentage of full-time equivalent. Statistics Norway will then calculate contractual percentage of full-time equivalent from what is reported as paid hours and number of hours that corresponds to a 100 per cent position in the month of reporting.

Contractual hours of full-time equivalent is defined as: Contractual percentage of full-time equivalent/100.

Kindergarten Teachers/Teachers are employees with occupational codes beginning with 23 or 33 (except 2352).

Leaders are employees with occupational codes starting with 1210, 1227, 1228, 1319, 2352.

Other employees working with the children/pupils are employees with occupational codes starting with 5131, 5139, 5132, 3460, 3232.

The characteristics of place of work and industry division are obtained from the Central Register of Business Establishments and Enterprises (CRE) and apply to the local unit where the person works.

Information about the industry is retrieved from the CRE. Industry is classified according to the Classification of Standard Industrial Classification

Kindergartens are local units with industrial code 88.911.

Primary and lower secondary schools are local units with industrial code 85.201.

Upper secondary schools are local units with industrial codes 85.310/85.320.

Post-secondary vocational schools are local units with industrial code 85.410

Adult education institutions are local units with industrial code 85.594.

Characteristics such as place of residence, sex, and age are obtained from the National Registry.

Residents are defined as individuals registered in the National Registry, encompassing both permanent residents and temporary residents who intend to stay in Norway for six months or longer

Pedagogical education and kindergarten-relevant pedagogical education are based on information about completed tertiary education in the National Education Database (NUDB) and relevant education is selected based on codes according to the The Norwegian Standard Classification of Education (NUS2000). T

The industrial classification is in accordance with the revised Standard Industrial Classification (NOS D 383), which is based on the EU-standard of NACE Rev. 2.

The occupational classification is in accordance with the Standard Classification of Occupations (the 1998 Version is used).

Breakdown by county is in accordance with the list of counties and municipalities as of the 1st day of the middle month of a given quarter.

Educational programmes are classified according to the Norwegian Standard Classification of Education (NUS). NUS is a six-digit education code, where the 1. digit indicates the level of education, 2.-4. digits indicate field of study and a full six-digit education code indicates an individual programme of education.

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