Table
| 4th quarter 2013 | 4th quarter 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 90 248 | 100.0 | 96 621 | 100.0 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 3 348 | 3.7 | 3 720 | 3.9 |
| Mining and quarrying | 4 897 | 5.4 | 4 932 | 5.1 |
| Manufacture | 9 737 | 10.8 | 10 633 | 11.0 |
| Construction, electricity, water supply, sewerage, waste management | 21 007 | 23.3 | 22 801 | 23.6 |
| Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 4 661 | 5.2 | 4 810 | 5.0 |
| Transportation and storage | 6 410 | 7.1 | 6 311 | 6.5 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | 4 711 | 5.2 | 5 311 | 5.5 |
| Information, communication, financial and insurance activites | 1 529 | 1.7 | 1 525 | 1.6 |
| Real estate, professional, scientific and technical activities | 5 038 | 5.6 | 4 747 | 4.9 |
| Business activities, without labour recruitment and provision of personnel | 2 758 | 3.1 | 3 122 | 3.2 |
| Labour recruitment and provision of personnel | 17 437 | 19.3 | 19 790 | 20.5 |
| Public adm., defence, soc. security | 398 | 0.4 | 401 | 0.4 |
| Education | 1 196 | 1.3 | 1 392 | 1.4 |
| Human health and social work activities | 4 936 | 5.5 | 4 986 | 5.2 |
| Other service activities | 1 334 | 1.5 | 1 395 | 1.4 |
| Unspecified | 851 | 0.9 | 745 | 0.8 |