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Half a million local authority employees
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2017-03-15T08:00:00.000Z
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The number of employees in the municipal authorities has exceeded half a million, and consists of 507 000 in the 4th quarter of 2016. This is an increase of less than two per cent compared to the 4th quarter of 2015.

Employment in municipal activities, 2016, 4th quarter

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As from 2018 the statistics is published with KOSTRA - Municipality-State-Reporting

Half a million local authority employees

The number of employees in the municipal authorities has exceeded half a million, and consists of 507 000 in the 4th quarter of 2016. This is an increase of less than two per cent compared to the 4th quarter of 2015.

Employed persons and contracted man-years in municipalities and counties12Published 15 March 2017
20152016Change in absolute figuresChange in per cent
2015 - 20162015 - 2016
1The figures for Oslo municipality are included in the figures for the county authority for upper secondary school and dental health services only.
2As 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
Municipalities
Employed persons497 656506 8799 2231.9
Contracted man-years371 236.1380 447.19 211.02.5
Contracted man-years adjusted for long term leaves333 747.4342 638.28 890.82.7
 
Counties
Employed persons49 01349 1341210.2
Contracted man-years42 723.942 900.1176.20.4
Contracted man-years adjusted for long term leaves39 603.639 745.1141.50.4

Source: Statistics Norway

Measured by the number of contracted FTEs (formerly known as man-years), the growth in the municipalities was 2.5 per cent compared to the 4th quarter of the previous year. Most of the growth occurred in primary school and health and social services, with an increase in contracted FTEs of 2.3 and 3.3 per cent respectively. In kindergartens and cultural activities on the other hand, there was a slight decrease in the number of contracted FTEs, amounting to about 1 per cent. 

The county authorities with its 49 000 employees experienced a small increase in the number of employees as well as in the contracted FTEs of about 0.2 and 0.4 per cent, compared to the same period in 2015. Contracted FTEs dropped by 0.7 per cent in upper secondary education, which accounted for 34 000 contracted FTEs in the 4th quarter of 2016, amounting to 79.5 per cent of the total. 

Increase in nursing and care services

The share of contracted FTEs performed by skilled personnel, i.e. personnel with qualifications in nursing or care services, has increased slightly. From a total of 138 000 contracted FTEs, the share has gone up from 71.4 to 71.9 per cent in the 4th quarter of 2016.