Employment among immigrants, register-based

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Key figures

65.4 %

of the immigrants aged 20-66 years are employed Q4 2020

Employed (20-66 years), by immigrant-background and world region. 4th quarter1
2020Change last year
Absolute figuresPer cent share in each group2019 - 2020
Number of employedPercentage points
1As from 2015, the statistics are based on new data sources (a-ordningen), see further details in «About the statistics». The total number of employed persons is no longer coordinated with the Labour Force Survey (LFS) as before 2015, and does not correspond any more with LFS’s total number of employed. The figures for 2015 and onwards are therefore not comparable with the figures for previous years. For more information, see the article linked to the 2015-figures: http://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys/aar/2016-05-27
Population in total2 493 51075.5-20 995-1.0
 
Non-immigrant population2 057 97878.1-16 590-0.7
 
Immigrants, total435 53265.4-4 405-1.9
The Nordic Countries42 19478.4-1 111-1.4
Western Europe except the Nordic Countries44 91873.081-1.8
EU members in Eastern Europe125 36671.4-3 443-3.6
Eastern Europe outside of EU38 80568.381-1.3
North America and Oceania7 30566.965-0.8
Asia118 97258.3-324-1.2
Africa43 47153.3250-0.8
South and Central America14 50166.4-4-1.7

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Table 1 
Employees (20-66 years) by occupation, sex and country background

Employees (20-66 years) by occupation, sex and country background
2020
Non-immigrant populationImmigrants, totalGroup 1: EU/EFTA, North-America, Australia and New ZealandGroup 2: Europe except EU/EFTA, Asia, Turkey, Africa, South- and Central-America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand
Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
Absolute figures
All occupations1 952 4411 000 954951 487412 926225 657187 269207 629123 44084 189205 297102 217103 080
Managers196 905123 60173 30419 09712 1996 89811 9657 5714 3947 1324 6282 504
Professionals570 989215 996354 99378 41134 26144 15043 38518 71624 66935 02615 54519 481
Technicians and associate professionals, armed forces333 119205 690127 42939 61323 22916 38420 65512 8007 85518 95810 4298 529
Clerical support workers128 25253 81674 43623 91912 42811 49111 3795 0746 30512 5407 3545 186
Service and sales workers386 347117 039269 308101 84636 00865 83830 89510 19520 70070 95125 81345 138
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers12 9809 8073 1733 5292 6638662 7092 084625820579241
Craft and related trades workers148 954141 2227 73251 76650 2141 55240 74139 75099111 02510 464561
Plant and machine operators and assemblers113 25399 41913 83437 24429 6577 58720 20915 8084 40117 03513 8493 186
Elementary occupations54 83430 29224 54255 92623 87132 05525 17011 08214 08830 75612 78917 967
 
Per cent
Managers10.112.37.74.65.43.75.86.15.23.54.52.4
Professionals29.221.637.319.015.223.620.915.229.317.115.218.9
Technicians and associate professionals, armed forces17.120.513.49.610.38.79.910.49.39.210.28.3
Clerical support workers6.65.47.85.85.56.15.54.17.56.17.25.0
Service and sales workers19.811.728.324.716.035.214.98.324.634.625.343.8
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers0.71.00.30.91.20.51.31.70.70.40.60.2
Craft and related trades workers7.614.10.812.522.30.819.632.21.25.410.20.5
Plant and machine operators and assemblers5.89.91.59.013.14.19.712.85.28.313.53.1
Elementary occupations2.83.02.613.510.617.112.19.016.715.012.517.4

Table 2 
Employed immigrants (20-66 years), by country of birth and sex. 4th quarter

Employed immigrants (20-66 years), by country of birth and sex. 4th quarter1
2020
Absolute figuresPer cent
Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
1As from 2015, the statistics are based on new data sources (a-ordningen), see further details in «About the statistics». The total number of employed persons is no longer coordinated with the Labour Force Survey (LFS) as before 2015, and does not correspond any more with LFS’s total number of employed. The figures for 2015 and onwards are therefore not comparable with the figures for previous years. For more information, see the article linked to the 2015-figures: http://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys/aar/2016-05-27
All immigrants435 532239 363196 16965.468.761.8
Denmark9 9165 8414 07576.578.374.0
Finland3 5441 3032 24171.668.173.9
Iceland4 0132 0751 93874.476.172.6
Sweden24 29012 70711 58381.281.880.5
Bosnia-Herzegovina8 2574 1944 06370.371.569.1
Kosovo5 9773 3812 59661.366.156.1
Latvia6 9394 0902 84970.870.970.6
Lithuania27 18816 14111 04774.174.973.0
Netherlands4 6602 8051 85576.079.171.7
Poland65 62543 13522 49072.072.970.2
Romania9 3685 3014 06766.867.366.2
Russia10 3303 2287 10266.165.366.4
United Kingdom8 0235 8102 21373.076.066.1
Turkey5 8573 8462 01151.359.640.4
Germany15 5168 3757 14177.078.675.2
Eritrea11 5277 5973 93060.868.150.3
Ethiopia4 4362 3372 09961.666.157.2
Morocco2 6901 5931 09749.056.041.4
Somalia9 4725 7973 67540.746.933.7
Afghanistan8 2605 9332 32757.666.842.6
Philippines14 6092 85911 75072.878.571.6
India7 8634 9442 91965.574.554.4
Iraq10 3866 3204 06650.054.144.7
Iran9 6475 3534 29459.061.656.0
China4 9382 1292 80960.064.657.0
Myanmar1 9851 02496170.572.868.2
Pakistan9 6006 2583 34254.269.538.3
Sri Lanka5 9773 2282 74971.875.468.1
Syria7 7586 3301 42836.648.217.8
Thailand12 8891 46911 42068.865.569.3
Vietnam7 9003 5244 37663.465.661.6
United States4 5302 2892 24164.267.461.2
Chile3 5321 9281 60467.771.264.0

Table 3 
Employed immigrants (20-66 years) by world region and period of residence in Norway. 4th quarter

Employed immigrants (20-66 years) by world region and period of residence in Norway. 4th quarter1
2020
Group 1: EU/EFTA, North-America, Australia and New ZealandGroup 2: Europe except EU/EFTA, Asia, Turkey, Africa, South- and Central-America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand
1As from 2015, the statistics are based on new data sources (a-ordningen), see further details in «About the statistics». The total number of employed persons is no longer coordinated with the Labour Force Survey (LFS) as before 2015, and does not correspond any more with LFS’s total number of employed. The figures for 2015 and onwards are therefore not comparable with the figures for previous years. For more information, see the article linked to the 2015-figures: http://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys/aar/2016-05-27
Absolute figures
Less than 1 year7 2262 762
1 - 2 years10 6386 302
2 - 3 years9 7335 930
2 - 4 years8 7927 384
4 - 5 years9 05510 667
5 - 6 years10 7049 626
6 - 7 years12 3358 668
7 - 10 years42 35928 666
10 - 15 years59 68539 499
10 - 15 years49 20996 292
 
Per cent
Less than 1 year69.634.0
1 - 2 years66.542.8
2 - 3 years65.645.3
2 - 4 years64.246.8
4 - 5 years66.250.8
5 - 6 years66.657.8
6 - 7 years69.262.0
7 - 10 years72.164.2
10 - 15 years77.466.7
10 - 15 years77.761.3

Table 4 
Employed (20-66 years), by immigrant category, world region and age. 4th quarter.

Employed (20-66 years), by immigrant category, world region and age. 4th quarter.1
2020
Total20-24 years25-29 years30-39 years40-66 years
1As from 2015, the statistics are based on new data sources (a-ordningen), see further details in «About the statistics». The total number of employed persons is no longer coordinated with the Labour Force Survey (LFS) as before 2015, and does not correspond any more with LFS’s total number of employed. The figures for 2015 and onwards are therefore not comparable with the figures for previous years. For more information, see the article linked to the 2015-figures: http://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys/aar/2016-05-27
Absolute figures
Population in total2 493 510214 803280 912592 3581 405 437
Other population2 027 200182 510228 614434 3491 181 727
Immigrants, total435 53222 80243 532149 417219 781
The Nordic countries42 1941 0543 90012 53724 703
Western Europe else44 9181 6813 97912 34026 918
EU countries in Eastern Europe125 3664 95411 53347 76761 112
Eastern Europe else38 8051 8314 00914 06218 903
North-America and Oceania7 3051596492 4494 048
Asia118 9728 15113 05840 03357 730
Africa43 4714 4525 44115 30718 271
South and Central Amerika14 5015209634 9228 096
 
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents30 7789 4918 7668 5923 929
The Nordic countries1 662244230367821
Western Europe else1 205170156311568
EU countries in Eastern Europe1 126173197327429
Eastern Europe else2 5351 181883287184
North-America and Oceania16311264482
Asia19 4796 0235 7876 0741 595
Africa3 5721 4651 125801181
South and Central Amerika1 03622436238169
 
Per cent
Population in total75.563.576.480.375.7
Other population78.265.580.485.377.8
Immigrants, total65.451.661.168.865.9
The Nordic countries78.453.971.881.579.5
Western Europe else73.036.562.577.877.6
EU countries in Eastern Europe71.457.765.972.173.5
Eastern Europe else68.359.569.274.964.8
North-America and Oceania66.931.653.970.770.4
Asia58.352.457.263.356.3
Africa53.350.251.955.752.7
South and Central Amerika66.449.558.671.366.2
 
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents70.061.173.276.674.8
The Nordic countries73.456.576.779.676.7
Western Europe else71.248.967.577.279.9
EU countries in Eastern Europe70.858.469.679.071.9
Eastern Europe else72.066.577.578.476.7
North-America and Oceania72.440.776.573.378.8
Asia70.662.274.176.972.8
Africa63.757.067.271.972.7
South and Central Amerika69.357.170.876.076.7

Table 5 
Employed (20-66 years) by immigrant background, world region and age. 4th quarter

Employed (20-66 years) by immigrant background, world region and age. 4th quarter1
2020
20-66 years20-24 years25-39 years40-54 years55-66 years
1As from 2015, the statistics are based on new data sources (a-ordningen), see further details in «About the statistics». The total number of employed persons is no longer coordinated with the Labour Force Survey (LFS) as before 2015, and does not correspond any more with LFS’s total number of employed. The figures for 2015 and onwards are therefore not comparable with the figures for previous years. For more information, see the article linked to the 2015-figures: http://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys/aar/2016-05-27
2Including Turkey.
Absolute figures
Population in total2 493 510214 803873 270892 560512 877
Non-immigrant population2 057 978192 001680 321723 485462 171
Immigrants, total435 53222 802192 949169 07550 706
The Nordic Countries42 1941 05416 43716 4568 247
Western Europe except the Nordic Countries44 9181 68116 31919 1997 719
EU members in Eastern Europe125 3664 95459 30050 44010 672
Eastern Europe outside of EU38 8051 83118 07114 2574 646
North America and Oceania7 3051593 0982 7081 340
Asia2118 9728 15153 09145 05712 673
Africa43 4714 45220 74815 0293 242
South and Central America14 5015205 8855 9292 167
 
Per cent
Population in total75.563.579.081.667.2
Non-immigrant population78.165.383.384.868.9
Immigrants, total65.451.666.970.155.0
The Nordic Countries78.453.979.084.271.6
Western Europe except the Nordic Countries73.036.573.481.270.0
EU members in Eastern Europe71.457.770.876.063.5
Eastern Europe outside of EU68.359.573.671.750.0
North America and Oceania66.931.666.374.063.9
Asia258.352.461.761.742.9
Africa53.350.254.756.540.0
South and Central America66.449.568.870.157.4

Table 6 
People (20-66 years), by world region, sex and labour force status. 4th quarter

People (20-66 years), by world region, sex and labour force status. 4th quarter1
2020
TotalOutside the labour forceWage earningSelf employedUnemployed
1As from 2015, the statistics are based on new data sources (a-ordningen), see further details in «About the statistics». The total number of employed persons is no longer coordinated with the Labour Force Survey (LFS) as before 2015, and does not correspond any more with LFS’s total number of employed. The figures for 2015 and onwards are therefore not comparable with the figures for previous years. For more information, see the article linked to the 2015-figures: http://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys/aar/2016-05-27
2Turkey included.
The whole population
Total100.022.171.73.92.3
Males100.019.972.65.02.6
Females100.024.570.72.72.1
 
Of which immigrants
Total100.029.562.03.45.1
The Nordic countries100.019.074.34.12.7
Western Europe else100.023.669.04.03.4
EU countries in Eastern Europe100.023.067.53.95.6
Eastern Europe else100.027.365.72.64.4
North-America and Oceania100.030.761.94.92.5
Asia2100.036.554.83.55.2
Africa100.039.351.81.57.4
South and Central Amerika100.028.563.13.35.1
 
Males
Total100.026.264.83.95.2
The Nordic countries100.017.774.64.73.0
Western Europe else100.021.371.04.23.5
EU countries in Eastern Europe100.022.768.33.95.1
Eastern Europe else100.024.967.73.14.4
North-America and Oceania100.026.865.64.82.7
Asia2100.031.958.04.65.4
Africa100.032.856.82.28.1
South and Central Amerika100.023.367.44.15.1
 
Females
Total100.033.259.02.85.0
The Nordic countries100.020.373.93.52.3
Western Europe else100.026.866.33.83.2
EU countries in Eastern Europe100.023.466.34.06.3
Eastern Europe else100.029.164.22.24.5
North-America and Oceania100.034.858.05.02.2
Asia2100.040.552.12.55.0
Africa100.047.045.90.76.4
South and Central Amerika100.032.060.22.85.0

Table 7 
Wage earners not registered as resident (20-66 years). 4th quarter.

Wage earners not registered as resident (20-66 years). 4th quarter.
20192020Changes last year
Employed persons 20-66 yearsEmployed persons 20-66 years2019 - 2020
All countries93 78778 083-15 704
Norway3 1283 014-114
The Nordic countries else18 25315 641-2 612
Western Europe else7 6626 394-1 268
EU countries in Eastern Europe60 46649 305-11 161
Of which:
Poland32 82425 942-6 882
Lithuania14 54512 743-1 802
Eastern Europe else1 3961 218-178
North America and Oceania483361-122
Asia1 6521 500-152
Africa413399-14
South and Central America201162-39
Stateless and unknown13389-44

About the statistics

The register based statistics describe the level of employment among immigrants, divided by world regions and country of birth. The immigrant figures are compared to employment figures within the rest of the population. Occupation, industry and working hours are also included in the statistics.

Definitions

Definitions of the main concepts and variables

Employed persons are persons who performed work for pay for at least one hour in the reference week, or who were temporarily absent from work because of illness, holidays etc. are classified as employed persons. Persons engaged by government measures to promote employment are also included if they receive wages.

Immigrants are persons born abroad by foreign born parents.

Norwegian-born to immigrant parents are persons that are born in Norway with two parents that are born in another country, and that have additionaly four grandparents that are born in another country then Norway.

Country background Country background is the person's own, the mother's or possibly the father's country of birth. Persons without an immigrant background always have Norway as country background. In cases where the parents have different countries of birth the mother's country of birth is chosen. If neither the person nor the parents are born abroad, country background is chosen from the first person born abroad in the order mother's mother, mother's father, father's mother, father's father. Country of birth is mainly the mother'c country of recidence when the person was born.

We only have information about the country background from persons With a social Security number. for persons With a temporarily social Security number (D-number), we only have information on citizenship.

Citizenship is citizenship in the reference week.

Period of recidence shows the period an immigrant have lived in Norway in the Statistical year on the file.

Person-related characteristics

The characteristics of residence, gender and age are taken from the Population Register.

Residence information is at the end of the reference week for the period 2001-2014 (3rd week in November). From 2015, residence information is at the end of the statistical month.

Information about age is at the end of the year for the period 2001-2005. From 2006, the age definition changed from age at the end of the year to age at the end of the reference week (3rd week in November). At the same time, the lower age limit as employed was lowered from 16 to 15 years in line with international recommendations. From 2015, age is registered as of 16 November.

Information about the immigration category, country of origin and residence is obtained from Statistics Norway's population statistics system

Residents are defined as persons registered in the Central Population Register and also include temporary residents with a planned stay in Norway for six months or more.

Non-residents are defined as persons registered in the Central Population Register with a planned stay in Norway in less than six months. Non-residents include persons with a temporary social security number (D-number) or registered as emigrants, but work in Norway.

Employer-related characteristics

The characteristics of workplace and industry are obtained from the Business and Enterprise Register and apply to the business where the person works. For self-employed persons who cannot be linked to either business or enterprise, the business of the self-employed person is the Source of information on residence, education and Family. The place of employment for seafarers and defense personnel is equal to the municipality of residence for residents.

Information about the sector is based on institutional sectoral grouping and is obtained from the Business and Enterprise Register.

Contractual percentage of full-time equivalent

Contractual percentage of full-time equivalent is what you have agreed to work according to your contract of employment. The employer shall not consider additional work, overtime or different types of absence from work or if the hours have been paid or not. The information on contractual percentage of full-time equivalent is based on what is reported to the a-ordningen.

For persons that are paid by the hour without contractual working hours per week, e.g on-call temporary workers, the employer can report 0 as contractual percentage of full-time equivalent. Statistics Norway will then calculate contractual percentage of full-time equivalent from what is reported as paid hours and number of hours that corresponds to a 100 per cent position in the moth of Reporting.

Contractual working hours per week

By combining information regarding contractual percentage of full-time equivalent and number of hours per week in a full position, contractual working hours per week is calculated for each employment (job) and wage earner (person).

The number of hours in a full position is the number of working hours that makes a full position in a similar employment. Unpaid lunchbreaks are withdrawn, but it is not adjusted for potential additional work, overtime or different types of absence from work

Contractual full-time/part-time

Full time is when the contractual percentage of full-time equivalent equals 100 or more. Part-time is when the contractual percentage of full-time equivalent is less than 100.

 

Standard classifications

The industrial classification is in accordance with the revised Standard Industrial Classification (NOS D 383), which is based on the EU-standard of NACE Rev. 2.

The occupational classification is in accordance with Standard Classification of Occupations (STYRK 2008), which is based on ISCO 08 (COM).

Distribution by municipality follows municipal list per. 1.1. in the production year for the statistics.

Statistics Norway's use of names in immigrant-related statistics is linked to the Standard for Grouping Persons by Immigration Background

The following sections are used for grouping persons by immigrant background:

  • Born in Norway with two Norwegian-born parents
  • Immigrants
  • Norwegian-born with immigrant parents.
  • Foreign-born with one Norwegian-born parent.
  • Norwegian-born with one foreign-born parent.
  • Foreign-born with two Norwegian-born parents (includes foreign-adopted)

In our labor market statistics for immigrants, the three latter groups are usually merged with the first. These four groups are called "the population otherwise" or "the rest of the population."

The educational classification is in accordance with the Norwegian Standard Classification of Education Revised 2000 (NOS C 617).

Breakdown by municipality is in accordance with the list of municipalities as of 1 January in the year the statistics are produced.

World regions of birth (tables 1 &– 5, 7, 8 and 13): The Nordic countries, Western Europe else, EU-countries in Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe else, Northern America and Oceania, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

EU countries in Eastern Europe (tables 1 &– 5, 7, 8 and 13): Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria.

Country group of birth (tables 6, 10-12):

Group 1 (The Nordic countries, Western Europe else, EU-countries in Eastern Europe , Northern America, Australia and New-Zealand).

Group 2 (Eastern Europe outside the EU, Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania except Australia and New-Zealand).

Administrative information

Name and topic

Name: Employment among immigrants, register-based
Topic: Labour market and earnings

Responsible division

Division for Labour Market and Wage Statistics

Regional level

Municipality, County and the whole country

Frequency and timeliness

Annual per 4th quarter

International reporting

Some to OECD

Microdata

Not relevant

Background

Background and purpose

The statistics show the proportion of immigrants and Norwegian born with immigrant parents who are employed. Employment figures for immigrants and Norwegian born with immigrant parents in total, by sex and country of origin, are compared with the rest of the population.

The purpose is to describe employment and industry distribution at a detailed regional level among immigrants and employed short-term immigrants stays in Norway

As of 2018, statistics on Employed short-term immigrants is shut down and the statistics bank tables from these statistics are published together with the immigrant tables. The purpose of including this group is to describe the situation for wage earners on short-term stays in Norway, ie persons working in Norway without being registered resident according to the Central Population Register (the criterion is that one is expected to stay for at least six months in the country). This applies, for example, to persons commuting to work in Norway for longer and shorter periods of time. Persons living abroad can thus have a working relationship in Norway that extends over several years.

Users and applications

Public administration and local government, researchers, business organizations and the media are the key users of the statistics.

Equal treatment of users

Not relevant

Coherence with other statistics

Starting in 2015

The figures have the same number of figures as the Employment, register-based statistics, which until 2014 were built on various public registers, where NAV's Aa Register was the most important. From 2015, reporting from the employers to the Aa registry and some reports to the Tax Administration and Statistics Norway were collected in a new joint reporting solution called the a-ordningen. See more information about the a-ordningen under "Production."

The total number of wage earners in total was determined by the number of wage earners in the Labor Force Surveys (LFS) before 2015. Now it is determined from just the register numbers, and therefore the sample uncertainty that followed the LFS figures is missing. The numbers from 2015 will thus differ from the LFS figures, while they are quite similar at country level for the period 2000-2014.

Previously, there have been published statistics of workers by occupational and workplace. The employee statistics are based on data from the Aa registry, and comprise about 80 per cent of the employed (see Employees by Housing and Labour Employees by Workplace Municipality and Industry).

there are also published more detailed figures for Health care personnel based on data from the registry-based employment statistics, but where the specification of the population has been extended to include non-residents as well as second jobs. For more information on these statistics, see the individual statistics "About the statistics". With regard to the measurement of employment in national accounts and other economic statistics, there are other international recommendations that apply than for the labour market statistics. Here, you are based on resident production units / companies and not in residents. The issue was discussed more closely with the latest publication of  quarterly national accounts figures.

The statistics Number of employments also shows an overview of the number of wage earners on short-term stays and immigrants. These statistics are also based on the a-ordningen.

Until 2018,Employed short-term immigrants was a own statistics. In the statistics bank there are numbers for only wage earners on short-term stays from previous years. Read more about this statistic in the '' About Statistics '' in the referenced link.

Legal authority

The Statistical Act $3-2 (Administrative Registers)

EEA reference

Not relevant

Production

Population

The statistics of immigrants include settled persons 15-74 years who have worked for at least one hour in the reference week or who were temporarily absent from such work. The exception is persons resident in Norway with a workplace abroad.

In addition to resident immigrants, there are also published tables of employed short-term immigrants (non-residents).

From 2000-2014 the reference week the third week in November. From 2015, the reference week is the week containing the 16th, which is generally 3rd week in November.

From 4th quarter 2007 reference week has changed from beginning November to 3rd week in November. Surveys so far suggest that this only gives less results in the figures.

Data sources and sampling

Data Sources

Starting in 2015

From 2015, reporting from the employers to the NAV Aa registry and some reports to the Tax Administration and Statistics Norway were collected in a new joint reporting solution called the a-ordningen. The A-ordningen is a coordinated digital collection of employment, income and tax deductions for the Tax Administration, NAV and Statistics Norway. The scheme entails that Statistics Norway receives information about salaries and employees directly from the a-meldingen, which is the electronic message containing all the information collected instead of several different sources as today. On the website https://www.skatteetaten.no/bedrifts-og-organisation/arbeidsgiver/a-meldingen/ is more information about the scheme.

The A-ordningen has replaced NAV's Employer / Employee Register (Aa Registry) and Payroll and Deduction Register (LTO Registry). In addition to the a-ordningen, other registers are used, the most important being the tax return register administered by the Tax Directorate, the register of consular officers from Vernepliktsverket and the Unit Register.

Employees who are not residents also use registers of persons / employment from the Central Tax Office for Foreign Affairs (SFU). Norwegian and foreign business operators and public bodies shall provide the SFU with information about workers on assignments at the place of construction and assembly activities, the Norwegian Continental Shelf or at the place under the control of the contractor in Norway. Information shall be provided when the contractor is a company domiciled abroad or a resident of a foreign country. The reporting obligation also includes any subcommittees.

The registrations mentioned above as well as several other registers, such as NAV's ARENA registry, which provide data on unemployed persons and persons on government measures, are used  to quality assure the data.

4th quarter 2001 - 4th quarter 2014

Data for register-based employment among immigrants is based on several different registries. The most important are NAV's Employer / Employee Register (Aa Register), Payroll and Trafficking Register (LTO) and Tax Records Registry, administered by the Tax Directorate, the Registry of Consular Officers and Civilian Workers from the Vernepliktsverket and Civil Service Administration, and the Unit Register.

The Aa registry is the main source of data on wage earners, but the payroll and trafficking register constitutes an important supplement by capturing payroll conditions that are not reported to the Aa registry. Both registries have employment (jobs) as a unit. The tax return register is the main source of information about self-employed persons. The unit register, and the Enterprise and Business Register provide information about the companies where the employees work. In addition, supplementary data from a number of other sources are used to quality assure data from the registries mentioned above: NAV's ARENA registry, which provides data on unemployed persons and persons on government measures, state employee statistics, municipal government statistics, wage statistics for employees in the private sector, sickness absence register etc.

The demarcation of employees is thus based on a number of different sources, and a system has been developed in Statistics Norway for a total utilization of these. The systems include modules for consistency processing between different data sources, selection of key working conditions and classification as employed.

selection

Full Count.

Collection of data, editing and estimations

Data collection A-ordningen: Statistics Norway receives data monthly from the ETAT Joint Undertaking (EFF), a management unit subject to the Tax Administration, which manages the scheme on behalf of the three etat's that own the data; Tax Administration, NAV and Statistics Norway.

NAV Aa register: Statistics Norway (SSB) received weekly files of change from the Aa registry, as well as an annual total withdrawal. The Aa registry has been replaced by the a-ordningen from 1.1.2015.

Salary and deduction register: As of 1.1.2015, the LTO registry has been replaced by the a-ordningen.

Tax return register: Statistics Norway annually extracts the data from the Norwegian Tax Directorate.

Register of civil servants and conscripts: Statistics Norway received quarterly files from the Vernepliktsverket and Siviltjenesteadministrasjonen at Dillingøy until 2014. The data is processed and assembled into a register containing annual information. From 2015, Statistics Norway receives monthly files from Vernepliktsverket.

Unit Register / Business and Enterprises Register: Business-related variables such as workplace municipality and industry are obtained from the Unit Register and Statistics Norway's Business and Enterprise Register.

Central Tax Office for Foreign Affairs: Statistics Norway receives monthly total deductions from the SFU.

For the two most important registries on which production is based from 2015, control and auditing will take place as follows:

A scheme

Multiple check checks are carried out:

  • Business rules at the reception of the United Nations Joint Management (EFF)
  • In Statistics Sweden's production system for pay and employment

Business rules (controls) at the reception of EFF:

After the a-meldingen has been received by EFF, a number of business rules (controls) are executed to detect errors in the submitted information. Small and medium-sized companies will receive feedback in a short period of time (less than one minute), while large companies have to wait a little longer.

Business rules and error messages are documented on the a-order pages:https://www.skatteetaten.no/bedrifts-og-organisation/arbeidsgiver/a-meldingen/

Controls in Statistics Norway's production plans:

In the production plan, a number of controls and automated measures are implemented, aiming at ensuring data quality for statistical purposes. We distinguish between three types of controls:

a) Automatic controls and measures

b) Reports (monitoring)

c) Manual controls

In addition to this, checks will be carried out throughout the year regardless of publication.

Controls aimed at detecting defects and deficiencies that should be corrected are mainly aimed at working conditions. Many checks have been made which show errors and shortcomings in the time-to-date full-time position and employment rate, combined with other characteristics such as working conditions, working time and remuneration type, including:

  • Time full-time is missing
  • Time count full time likely error reported
  • The time total full-time deviates from the reported work schedule
  • Time count full time extremely high or low
  • percentage of employment is missing

In the production plan, many registered employment conditions are removed (not considered active) because there is no registered salary in the employment relationship during the reference month. This may apply to seasonal workers who have not worked in the reference month (and therefore have not received a salary), where there is (wrongly) no reported end date of terminated employment conditions and cases where people have been incorrectly reported with active employment (e.g. Persons on a weekly list who have not worked during the period).

Tax returns Register

A number of machine checks are carried out for the tax return register. First, it is checked whether the sum of sub items matches the main items from the tax return. It is further investigated whether extreme values ​​are logical in relation to the rest of the tax return. Internal consistency checks are also carried out.

Until 2014, when the Aa registry and the LTO registry were the main sources, control and audit occurred as follows:

NAV performs a yearly audit of the Aa register. A selection of employers with manual reporting is sent lists of all persons who have been registered with active employment. Errors are reported to the NAV Aa register. Statistics Norway controls that multi-enterprise companies have their own numbers for each business, and that employees are associated with the right business. Furthermore, professional codes are checked. Errors detected are reported to the employer via NAV for registrations. This is important for proper information about industry and workplace municipality.

In addition, Statistics Norway makes automatic checks and adjustments based on reasonableness of total working hours in employee relationships, by the existence of wage income from the payroll and treasury records and that the person is not to be registered as fully unemployed according to NAV's ARENA registry. A complete overview of controls and machining can be found in "Register-based Employment Statistics". Documentation (Note 2010/08)

 

Seasonal adjustment

Not relevant

Confidentiality

According to the common rules for this at Statistics Norway

Comparability over time and space

Register-based employment among immigrants was first published in connection with FoB2001, where figures for Q4 2000 were also included.

About new data

Registry-based employment statistics are based on a new data base for wage earners from 2015. The main source until 2014 was NAV's Employee Register (Aa-register). In 2015, reporting to NAV to this register was coordinated with reporting of salary and personnel data to the Tax Administration and Statistics Norway. The common reporting system is called the a-ordningen. The A-ordningen generally provides a better data base because it is more accurate at the individual level and that it covers more payroll relationships than the Aa registry. Furthermore, it allows for more frequent publishing of wage earners. It will provide very detailed figures for developments in the labour market. This applies, among other things, to statistics on municipality level by age and industry.

Change in time series

With the transition to the new data base from 2014 to 2015, we get more precise figures for the number of employed. The number of employed was 60,000 lower in the new data base than in the old scheme, which was based on the employment rate of employed persons in the Labour Force Surveys (LFS). Compared with the total number of employed, the difference is the message 2.4 percent, but it means that the number of employees in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the fourth quarter of 2015 does not indicate an actual change. Therefore, when you want a change in the national level between 2014 and 2015, you should use LFS with numbers for people employed in Norway. You can also use quarterly national accounts that provide numbers for employed by industry. Quarterly national accounts also include those who work in Norway without being a part of the Norwegian population.

Overall, Statistics Norway estimates that the quality of the registry-based employment statistics has improved since 2015. Due to computer challenges, too, in the new registry, we do not currently publish tables on working hours. Efforts are being made to improve reporting quality, while SSB is testing methods for adjusting for reporting errors. Tables of working hours will therefore come eventually.

Data from 4th Quarter 2001 - 4th Quarter 2014:

The production of figures for the fourth quarter of 2004 produced revised figures for residents in the fourth quarter of 2003. This is partly due to improvements in the production plan and partly to improvements in data reported to the registers on which the statistics are based.

Improvements in the production plan affect wage earners in small jobs where information about actual workplace has been inadequate. Especially in the government administration of Oslo this resulted. Due to the fact that the new scheme has been run on figures for the fourth quarter of 2003, this should not be a mistake in the fourth quarter 2004 change figures.

For the primary municipalities, there have been shortcomings in the reporting to the Aa registry previously, and a quality improvement was started towards the end of 2004. This is mainly based on a more correct distribution of employees in the various parts of the municipalities. Most of the improvements have been included in the data base for the fourth quarter of 2005.

From 2006, the lower age limit was counted as employed decreased from 16 to 15 years, in line with international recommendations. At the same time, the age definition changed from age at the end of the year to age at the end of the reference week. This resulted in 10,000 more employed in Q4 2005, as new comparable figures have also been created.

By publishing figures for Q4 2009, one went over to a new standard for industry grouping (SN2007). This resulted in a break compared with previous years. At the same time, comparable figures were published for the fourth quarter of 2008 according to a new nutrition standard.

To read about revisions made by the figures for employed short-term immigrants, see '' about the statistics '' at https://www.ssb.no/kortsys.

Accuracy and reliability

Sources of error and uncertainty

Starting in 2015

Self-employed persons are identified by the tax return register. Due to the long production time, information on business activities from the previous year was based on the compilation of the statistics. As a consequence of this time shift, people can thus be mistakenly classified as employed if they completed the business the previous year.

The total number of employed was determined by LFS until 2015 and divided between wage earners and self-employed persons. Starting in 2015, only the number of self-employed persons determined by LFS. For wage earners, therefore, the sample uncertainty that followed the LFS figures will be eliminated. On the other hand, the level of wage earners is a little too low.

2001-2014

For persons defined as wage earners only on the basis of information from the payroll and trades register (about 10 per cent of wage earners), we do not have information on the period of the employment. For about half of who this applies to, information is gathered from other administrative sources that help date the employment. For the remainder, wage information is based on whether a person is considered to be employed. There is therefore some uncertainty about the employment relationship actually being active in the reference week.

For large enterprises with many businesses, the distribution of employees in the Aa register is sometimes inadequate. This can give noticeable results in changes in municipality level when such errors occur and when corrected.

Because the basis registers do not provide secure information about all those employed at the reference date, the land survey for wage earners and independents from the interview survey, Labor Force Surveys (LFS), is used to determine the same size in the register-based employment statistics. This means that the sample uncertainty in LFS is also reflected in the registers for employed at the country level.

Some people do not get links to SSB files with information about immigrant category, country of birth etc. Most of the people who lived during the fiscal year. In these cases, citizenship is used as a substitute for a country of origin provided that he / she is a foreign citizen and the person is assigned a code for immigrant. This information may be revised next year when a new file with immigration data is available.

Revision

Not relevant