Table
| 4th quarter 2012 | 4th quarter 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 82 765 | 100.0 | 90 248 | 100.0 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 3 424 | 4.1 | 3 348 | 3.7 |
| Mining and quarrying | 4 212 | 5.1 | 4 897 | 5.4 |
| Manufacture | 8 613 | 10.4 | 9 737 | 10.8 |
| Construction, electricity, water supply, sewerage, waste management | 18 018 | 21.8 | 21 007 | 23.3 |
| Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 3 998 | 4.8 | 4 661 | 5.2 |
| Transportation and storage | 5 947 | 7.2 | 6 410 | 7.1 |
| Accomommodation and food service activities | 4 019 | 4.9 | 4 711 | 5.2 |
| Information, communication, financial and insurance activites | 1 213 | 1.5 | 1 529 | 1.7 |
| Real estate, professional, scientific and technical activities | 4 489 | 5.4 | 5 038 | 5.6 |
| Business activities, without labour recruitment and provision of personnel | 2 618 | 3.2 | 2 758 | 3.1 |
| Labour recruitment and provision of personnel | 17 106 | 20.7 | 17 437 | 19.3 |
| Public adm., defence, soc. security | 407 | 0.5 | 398 | 0.4 |
| Education | 1 080 | 1.3 | 1 196 | 1.3 |
| Human health and social work activities | 4 857 | 5.9 | 4 936 | 5.5 |
| Other service activities | 1 243 | 1.5 | 1 334 | 1.5 |
| Unspecified | 1 521 | 1.8 | 851 | 0.9 |