Statistics Norway

Wage statistics. All employees

1   Full-time employees. Average monthly earnings. Lower quartile, median, mean and upper quartile, by sex and section1 per 3rd quarter 2003. NOK
Sex and section Employees covered by the survey Monthly earnings
Lower quartile Median Mean Upper quartile
    NOK
Males and females, total  857 787 21 667       25 350       28 145       31 060
Fish farming 1 481 20 297 23 490 25 283 27 368
Oil and gas extraction, mining 25 219 30 676 38 850 41 424 49 146
Manufacturing  133 772 21 089 24 217 26 944 29 644
Electricity, gas and water supply 10 176 24 166 26 790 29 863 32 189
Construction 41 762 22 408 24 931 26 423 28 727
Employees in wholesale and retail trade 82 402 20 750 24 387 27 254 30 126
Hotels and restaurants 13 794 18 079 20 010 21 734 24 000
Transport, storage and communication 70 786 20 877 24 050 27 594 30 312
Financial intermediation 35 652 24 481 29 134 34 262 38 409
Real estate, renting and business activities 58 404 23 692 30 000 33 207 39 180
Central government2  105 533 22 992 26 233 27 850 31 275
Teaching staff, publicly maintained schools 63 546 27 158 29 117 29 524 31 275
Municipality and county municipality2  116 873 20 608 23 083 23 907 25 875
Public hospitals 54 718 22 016 25 301 29 073 29 687
Private education 4 072 23 008 26 691 27 847 31 291
Health and social work 18 426 19 550 22 807 24 111 26 426
Social and personal service activities 21 171 22 346 26 500 28 905 32 150
           
Males, total  517 237 22 263 26 322 29 549 33 000
Fish farming 1 253 20 597 23 800 25 578 27 604
Oil and gas extraction, mining 20 857 31 250 39 616 42 208 50 288
Manufacturing  105 861 21 515 24 740 27 625 30 303
Electricity, gas and water supply 8 649 24 494 27 104 30 377 32 722
Construction 39 536 22 497 24 967 26 480 28 760
Employees in wholesale and retail trade 53 936 21 562 25 200 28 542 31 700
Hotels and restaurants 6 229 18 567 21 098 23 189 26 000
Transport, storage and communication 50 848 20 991 24 842 28 402 31 510
Financial intermediation 19 251 27 074 33 508 39 070 44 688
Real estate, renting and business activities 39 569 25 550 32 933 35 698 42 057
Central government2 64 712 24 108 27 642 29 127 32 392
Teaching staff, publicly maintained schools 27 938 27 642 29 650 30 255 32 392
Municipality and county municipality2 42 872 20 833 23 750 25 046 27 407
Public hospitals 16 617 23 200 27 658 35 169 44 498
Private education 2 056 24 166 28 210 29 459 32 992
Health and social work 5 574 20 970 24 416 26 899 29 552
Social and personal service activities 11 479 23 070 27 852 30 556 34 192
           
Females, total  340 550 20 750 23 815 25 430 28 125
Fish farming  228 18 991 21 096 23 508 25 564
Oil and gas extraction, mining 4 362 28 739 35 049 37 498 43 355
Manufacturing 27 911 19 761 22 213 24 260 26 666
Electricity, gas and water supply 1 527 22 565 24 583 26 952 29 181
Construction 2 226 20 820 23 916 25 267 27 850
Employees in wholesale and retail trade 28 466 19 400 22 077 24 105 26 617
Hotels and restaurants 7 565 17 837 19 523 20 459 22 102
Transport, storage and communication 19 938 20 646 22 910 25 015 27 101
Financial intermediation 16 401 23 177 25 675 28 463 30 431
Real estate, renting and business activities 18 835 21 667 25 813 28 067 31 884
Central government2 40 821 22 317 24 108 25 827 28 125
Teaching staff, publicly maintained schools 35 608 26 725 28 642 28 949 30 575
Municipality and county municipality2 74 001 20 417 22 750 23 247 25 258
Public hospitals 38 101 21 487 24 691 26 414 28 231
Private education 2 016 21 750 24 942 25 890 29 268
Health and social work 12 852 19 117 22 316 22 931 25 417
Social and personal service activities 9 692 21 675 25 000 26 662 29 658
1  NOS Standard Industrial Classification.
2  Exclusive hospitals.
Source:  Wage statistics, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/06/05/ .

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