Statistics Norway

Wage statistics. Employees in construction

2 Full-time employees in construction1. Average monthly earnings, by occupational group2 per 1 October 2011. NOK3
Occupational group Employees covered by the survey Monthly earnings Percentage change Basic salary Percentage change
2010 2011 2010 2011 2010-2011 2010 2011 2010-2011
      NOK   NOK  
Construction, total 61 374 64 708 35 000 36 100 3.1 33 400 34 700 3.9
Of which                
Senior officials and managers 4 153 4 183 53 600 56 000 4.5 51 000 53 500 4.9
Of which                
Directors and chief executives  646  674 61 200 61 900 1.1 58 000 59 200 2.1
General managers of small enterprises 1 115  998 46 700 47 700 2.1 45 500 46 600 2.4
Professionals 3 238 3 631 50 800 52 200 2.8 48 000 49 600 3.3
Technicians and associate professionals 5 818 6 329 43 100 44 400 3.0 41 100 42 500 3.4
Clerks 2 017 1 993 33 400 34 600 3.6 32 600 33 900 4.0
Craft workers 37 202 39 122 32 200 33 200 3.1 30 800 31 900 3.6
Of which                
Bricklayers 1 254 1 094 30 600 31 900 4.2 29 500 30 800 4.4
Concrete workers 1 186 1 596 33 100 34 300 3.6 31 400 32 600 3.8
Formwork carpenters 2 524 2 348 35 400 36 600 3.4 32 800 34 100 4.0
Woodworkers and cabinet-makers 7 881 8 542 30 300 31 100 2.6 29 200 30 100 3.1
Road workers 5 275 5 584 36 400 37 700 3.6 34 100 35 500 4.1
Plumbers 3 212 3 208 33 700 34 900 3.6 32 400 34 000 4.9
Painters and related workers 1 187  997 28 900 30 200 4.5 28 200 29 500 4.6
Electricians, electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters 8 126 8 580 32 900 33 600 2.1 31 500 32 300 2.5
Machine operators and drivers etc. 5 821 5 975 31 800 33 000 3.8 30 700 32 000 4.2
Elementary occupations 2 775 2 686 28 000 28 200 0.7 26 900 27 300 1.5
1  Standard Industrial Classification.
2  Standard Classification of Occupations.
3  All wage variables are rounded to the nearest 100 NOK.

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