Statistics Norway

Wage statistics. All employees

5   Full-time employees. Average monthly earnings1, by sex and section2 per 3rd quarter. 2001-2003. NOK and percentage change
Sex and section Monthly earnings Percentage change
2001 2002 2003 2001-2002 2002-2003
  NOK Per cent
Males and females, total 25 535      27 232     28 145 6.6 3.4
Fish farming   24 572 25 283   2.9
Oil and gas extraction, mining 38 248 40 429 41 424 5.7 2.5
Manufacturing 24 426 25 991 26 944 6.4 3.7
Electricity, gas and water supply4 25 103 27 969 29 863   6.8
Construction 24 252 25 702 26 423 6.0 2.8
Employees in wholesale and retail trade 25 091 26 376 27 254 5.1 3.3
Hotels and restaurants 19 805 20 872 21 734 5.4 4.1
Transport, storage and communication 25 655 26 871 27 594 4.7 2.7
Financial intermediation 31 459 33 285 34 262 5.8 2.9
Real estate, renting and business activities 30 412 32 013 33 207 5.3 3.7
Central government3 25 310 26 983 27 850 6.6 3.2
Teaching staff, publicly maintained schools 26 067 28 808 29 524 10.5 2.5
Municipality and county municipality3 21 893 23 238 23 907 6.1 2.9
Public hospitals 25 444 27 451 29 073 7.9 5.9
Private education 25 445 26 894 27 847 5.7 3.5
Health and social work 21 740 22 874 24 111 5.2 5.4
Social and personal service activities 26 264 28 102 28 905 7.0 2.9
           
Males 26 873 28 583 29 549 6.4 3.4
Fish farming   25 158 25 578   1.7
Oil and gas extraction, mining 39 588 41 297 42 208 4.3 2.2
Manufacturing 25 006 26 623 27 625 6.5 3.8
Electricity, gas and water supply4 25 450 28 341 30 377   7.2
Construction 24 314 25 782 26 480 6.0 2.7
Employees in wholesale and retail trade 26 464 27 652 28 542 4.5 3.2
Hotels and restaurants 21 072 22 155 23 189 5.1 4.7
Transport, storage and communication 26 536 27 670 28 402 4.3 2.6
Financial intermediation 35 920 37 902 39 070 5.5 3.1
Real estate, renting and business activities 33 034 34 583 35 698 4.7 3.2
Central government3 26 346 28 085 29 127 6.6 3.7
Teaching staff, publicly maintained schools 26 898 29 576 30 255 10.0 2.3
Municipality and county municipality3 23 098 24 406 25 046 5.7 2.6
Public hospitals 30 327 32 489 35 169 7.1 8.2
Private education 27 384 28 640 29 459 4.6 2.9
Health and social work 23 774 25 425 26 899 6.9 5.8
Social and personal service activities 27 820 29 799 30 556 7.1 2.5
           
Females 22 981 24 595 25 430 7.0 3.4
Fish farming   21 709 23 508   8.3
Oil and gas extraction, mining 32 190 35 777 37 498 11.1 4.8
Manufacturing 22 051 23 483 24 260 6.5 3.3
Electricity, gas and water supply4 22 768 25 728 26 952   4.8
Construction 23 032 24 177 25 267 5.0 4.5
Employees in wholesale and retail trade 21 905 23 116 24 105 5.5 4.3
Hotels and restaurants 18 711 19 832 20 459 6.0 3.2
Transport, storage and communication 22 977 24 380 25 015 6.1 2.6
Financial intermediation 26 271 27 809 28 463 5.9 2.4
Real estate, renting and business activities 25 608 26 998 28 067 5.4 4.0
Central government3 23 445 25 056 25 827 6.9 3.1
Teaching staff, publicly maintained schools 25 416 28 208 28 949 11.0 2.6
Municipality and county municipality3 21 191 22 562 23 247 6.5 3.0
Public hospitals 23 287 25 245 26 414 8.4 4.6
Private education 23 108 24 761 25 890 7.2 4.6
Health and social work 20 777 21 679 22 931 4.3 5.8
Social and personal service activities 24 232 25 756 26 662 6.3 3.5
1  Including basic paid salaries, irregular payments, bonuses, commission etc., excluding payment for overtime work.
2  NOS Standard Industrial Classification.
3  Exclusive hospitals.
4  The figures for 2002 are corrected, and should not be compared directly with the 2001-figures.
Source: Wage statistics, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/06/05/ .

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