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Monthly earnings up NOK 500
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2012-03-08T10:00:00.000Z
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Earnings in personal service activities, 1 October 2011

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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Monthly earnings up NOK 500

Average monthly earnings, excluding overtime payment, of full-time employees in personal service activities were NOK 35 000 as at 1 October 2011. This is an increase of NOK 500 or 1.4 per cent from 1 October 2010.

Personal service activities is an industry classification that covers very diverse activities, including membership organisations, repair of computers, washing and dry-cleaning, hairdressing, and funerals.

Trade unions

Full-time employees in trade unions had average monthly earnings of NOK 45 500; a year-on-year increase of NOK 1 300, or 2.9 per cent. The largest occupational group here is professionals. This group had an increase in monthly earnings of NOK 700, or 1.5 per cent from the same period in the previous year.

Repair of computers

Average monthly earnings for full-time employees in enterprises that repair computers and other electric and electronic household appliances were NOK 34 000, up NOK 1 400 or 4.3 per cent from the same period in 2010.

Washing and dry-cleaning of textile and fur products

Full-time employees in washing and dry-cleaning of textile and fur products had average monthly earnings of NOK 29 400, up 4.3 per cent from the same period in the previous year. A large share of the full-time employees working in washing and dry-cleaning of textile and fur products is made up of machine operators or drivers, with average monthly earnings of NOK 27 100. This corresponds to a year-on-year increase of 4.6 per cent.

About the statistical basis

The statistics are based on information from a sample of personal service activities enterprises covering a total of 11 940 full-time employees and 3 912 part-time employees. The total number of employees that forms the basis for weighting is 33 300 in personal service activities, according to the Norwegian Central Register of Enterprises and Establishments.

The term average monthly earnings is the main term in Statistics Norway's wage statistics. Monthly earnings cover basic salaries, variable additional allowances and bonuses. Payment for overtime work is not included but is presented in the statistics separately.

Structural changes within the division along with the outcome of collective bargaining would have a certain effect on the wage increase being measured.

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