Table
| 4th quarter 2011 | 4th quarter 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute figures | Per cent | Absolute figures | Per cent | |
| 1Self employed persons, and non-residents in Norway who come from countries outside the EU and work on a Norwegian ship abroad, are not included in the statistics. | ||||
| All industries | 70 998 | 100.0 | 82 765 | 100.0 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 3 092 | 4.4 | 3 424 | 4.1 |
| Mining and quarrying | 3 567 | 5.0 | 4 212 | 5.1 |
| Manufacture | 7 835 | 11.0 | 8 613 | 10.4 |
| Construction, electricity, water supply, sewerage, waste management | 14 916 | 21.0 | 18 018 | 21.8 |
| Domestic trade, car repair shop | 3 660 | 5.2 | 3 998 | 4.8 |
| Transportation and storage | 5 129 | 7.2 | 5 947 | 7.2 |
| Accomommodation and food service activities | 3 355 | 4.7 | 4 019 | 4.9 |
| Information, communication, financial and insurance activites | 1 314 | 1.9 | 1 213 | 1.5 |
| Real estate, professional, scientific and technical activities | 3 441 | 4.8 | 4 489 | 5.4 |
| Business activities, without labour recruitment and provision of personnel | 2 223 | 3.1 | 2 618 | 3.2 |
| Labour recruitment and provision of personnel | 13 724 | 19.3 | 17 106 | 20.7 |
| Public adm., defence, soc. security | 389 | 0.5 | 407 | 0.5 |
| Education | 1 047 | 1.5 | 1 080 | 1.3 |
| Human health and social work activities | 4 848 | 6.8 | 4 857 | 5.9 |
| Other service activities | 1 101 | 1.6 | 1 243 | 1.5 |
| Unspecified | 1 357 | 1.9 | 1 521 | 1.8 |