Statistics Norway

Wage statistics. All employees

2   Full-time employees. Average monthly earnings. Lower quartile, median, mean and upper quartile, by sex and section1 per 3rd quarter 2002. NOK
Sex and section Employees covered by the survey Monthly earnings
Lower quartile Median Mean Upper quartile
    NOK
Males and females, total  857 776 21 015      24 585       27 232       30 077
Fish farming 2 036 19 338 22 328 24 572 27 173
Oil and gas extraction, mining 21 972 29 618 38 199 40 429 47 476
Manufacturing  133 767 20 465 23 417 25 991 28 352
Electricity, gas and water supply 11 397 22 910 25 372 27 969 29 882
Construction 40 269 21 921 24 356 25 702 27 917
Employees in wholesale and retail trade 83 255 20 000 23 361 26 376 29 388
Hotels and restaurants 15 135 17 383 19 215 20 872 22 500
Transport, storage and communication 71 299 20 340 23 617 26 871 29 834
Financial intermediation 35 626 23 790 28 273 33 285 37 178
Real estate, renting and business activities 56 419 22 761 29 067 32 013 37 667
Central government2  109 495 22 317 25 350 26 983 30 200
Teaching staff, publicly maintained schools 64 935 26 391 28 617 28 808 30 583
Municipality and county municipality2  117 876 20 019 22 482 23 238 25 100
Public hospitals 54 289 21 550 24 515 27 451 28 275
Private education 4 384 21 823 25 497 26 894 30 675
Health and social work 16 362 18 767 21 658 22 874 25 000
Social and personal service activities 19 260 21 550 25 796 28 102 31 410
           
Males, total  519 040 21 596 25 493 28 583 31 922
Fish farming 1 664 19 784 22 872 25 158 27 794
Oil and gas extraction, mining 18 381 30 213 39 312 41 297 48 466
Manufacturing  105 317 20 900 23 912 26 623 29 037
Electricity, gas and water supply 9 776 23 138 25 605 28 341 30 268
Construction 37 999 21 929 24 356 25 782 27 991
Employees in wholesale and retail trade 54 979 20 696 24 441 27 652 30 833
Hotels and restaurants 6 884 17 800 20 000 22 155 24 640
Transport, storage and communication 50 628 20 460 24 393 27 670 30 788
Financial intermediation 19 182 26 426 32 506 37 902 43 161
Real estate, renting and business activities 37 926 24 955 32 000 34 583 41 053
Central government2 69 644 23 313 26 692 28 085 31 275
Teaching staff, publicly maintained schools 28 466 27 158 29 117 29 576 31 833
Municipality and county municipality2 43 261 20 367 23 127 24 406 26 833
Public hospitals 16 528 22 817 26 708 32 489 39 000
Private education 2 222 22 905 27 159 28 640 32 345
Health and social work 5 243 20 157 23 358 25 425 27 775
Social and personal service activities 10 940 22 190 27 175 29 799 33 333
           
Females, total  338 736 20 097 23 018 24 595 27 166
Fish farming  372 17 973 19 744 21 709 23 884
Oil and gas extraction, mining 3 591 27 726 33 785 35 777 41 500
Manufacturing 28 450 19 156 21 484 23 483 25 791
Electricity, gas and water supply 1 621 21 425 23 480 25 728 27 626
Construction 2 270 20 163 23 000 24 177 26 500
Employees in wholesale and retail trade 28 276 18 616 21 164 23 116 25 458
Hotels and restaurants 8 251 17 114 18 697 19 832 21 187
Transport, storage and communication 20 671 20 000 22 251 24 380 26 651
Financial intermediation 16 444 22 570 25 026 27 809 29 777
Real estate, renting and business activities 18 493 20 946 24 750 26 998 30 651
Central government2 39 851 21 440 23 717 25 056 27 158
Teaching staff, publicly maintained schools 36 469 26 058 28 125 28 208 29 683
Municipality and county municipality2 74 615 19 742 22 061 22 562 24 358
Public hospitals 37 761 21 124 24 125 25 245 26 817
Private education 2 162 20 728 23 802 24 761 28 258
Health and social work 11 119 18 333 21 022 21 679 23 845
Social and personal service activities 8 320 20 906 24 125 25 756 28 756
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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