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Fall in basic paid salaries for offshore employees
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2005-02-04T10:00:00.000Z
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Earnings in oil and gas production and mining, 1 October 2004

The 2015 wage statistics for all industrial sections and various areas in the public sector will be released collectively on 3 March 2016 in the statistics Earnings of all employees.

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Fall in basic paid salaries for offshore employees

Gradual changes in working hours for offshore employees resulted in a decrease in basic paid salaries for operators and craftsmen from 2003 to 2004.

Working hours and the corresponding basic paid salaries have decreased on a yearly basis, but at the same time giving room for use of more overtime work.

Wage development for craft workers and operators in the oil sector. Basic paid salaries

On average, the basic salary of offshore crew fell by NOK 400 or 1.3 per cent per month from 2003 to 2004. However, additional allowances and bonuses increased in the same period, resulting in an increase in average monthly earnings of NOK 700, or 1.8 per cent, to NOK 38 100.

Craftsmen saw a reduction in their basic salary of NOK 1 200, or 3.9 per cent, to NOK 28 300. In the same period total monthly earnings increased by NOK 400, or 1 per cent.

The group Professionals includes civil engineers, economists and senior advisers. Employees in this group had average monthly earnings of NOK 50 000, a rise of NOK 1 200, or 2.5 per cent, from 2003.

Senior officials and managers had monthly earnings of NOK 67 400, an increase of NOK 1 800, or 2.7 per cent. Technicians and associate professionals had monthly earnings of NOK 43 500, an increase of NOK 400, or 0.9 per cent.

Full-time employees in oil and gas extraction and mining1.
Average monthly earnings, by division. 1 October 2003-
2004. NOK and annual percentage change
Division Monthly earnings, total      Percentage
change
2003-2004
2003 2004
  NOK
Oil and gas extraction and mining, total 41 400 42 900 3.6
Oil and gas extraction, total 43 500 44 600 2.5
Mining, total 27 000 29 300 8.3
1  NOS Standard Industrial Classification.


Wage increase in mining

The average monthly earnings for full-time employees in mining were NOK 29 300. This is an increase of NOK 2 300, or 8.3 per cent, from 2003. A large part of the full-time employees in mining are machine operators and drivers. This group had monthly earnings of NOK 27 000, an increase of NOK 2 300, or 9.3 per cent. Craftsmen had monthly earnings of NOK 28 500, up by NOK 2 300 or 8.9 per cent from 2003.

Full-time employees in oil and gas extraction and mining1.
Average annual earnings, by division. 2003-2004. NOK
and annual percentage change
Division Annual earnings      Percentage
change
2003-2004
2003 20042
  NOK
Oil and gas extraction and mining, total  491 000       512 400 4.4
Oil and gas extraction, total  515 200  532 900 3.4
Mining, total  324 100  343 900 6.1
1  NOS Standard Industrial Classification.
2  Preliminary figures.


Average annual earnings increased by 4.4 per cent

Full-time employees in oil and gas extraction and mining had average annual earnings of NOK 512 400, an increase of NOK 21 400, or 4.4 per cent, from 2003.

In oil and gas extraction the average annual earnings were NOK 532 900, up by NOK 17 700, or 3.4 per cent. Annual earnings for full-time employees in mining increased by NOK 19 800 or 6.1 per cent, up to NOK 343 900.

The average annual earnings are estimated by use of information from wage statistics for at least two years, the quarterly wage index as well as information from wage negotiations. The annual earnings measure the average earnings for a calendar year. The figures for 2003 are final whereas the figures for 2004 are preliminary until wage statistics for 2005 become available .

About the statistical basis

The statistics are based on information from a sample of enterprises with a total of 24 079 full-time employees. According to preliminary figures from the national accounts for the third quarter of 2004, the statistics cover approximately 31 800 employees in oil and gas extraction and mining.