Statistics Norway

Labour cost index

1   Labour Cost Index1 in manufacturing, oil and gas extraction and mining, construction, transport and communication, wholesale and retail trade, real estate and business activities and electricity supply. Average of year 2000=100
  Manufacturing Oil and gas extraction, mining Construction Transport and communication Wholesale and retail trade Real estate and business activities Electricity supply
1. Quarter 1998 88.0 84.6 88.0 90.6 89.3 87.3 89.4
2. Quarter 1998 89.2 86.4 90.8 91.0 91.5 88.5 90.6
3. Quarter 1998 91.8 91.1 91.2 93.9 93.6 90.3 93.5
4. Quarter 1998 93.0 94.3 94.9 95.3 95.6 91.7 94.5
               
1. Quarter 1999 92.9 91.0 93.1 94.2 94.1 92.5 93.4
2. Quarter 1999 95.0 92.8 94.6 94.7 95.6 94.3 94.8
3. Quarter 1999 96.4 93.5 96.6 96.9 96.7 95.0 96.6
4. Quarter 1999 96.9 94.5 98.2 97.9 97.1 96.7 96.3
               
1. Quarter 2000 98.9 97.2 97.8 98.3 98.8 98.0 96.8
2. Quarter 2000 99.7 98.7 98.8 99.1  100.1  100.2 98.2
3. Quarter 2000  100.4  101.8  100.8  101.4  100.7  101.1  101.3
4. Quarter 2000  101.0  102.3  102.7  101.2  100.4  100.8  103.7
               
1. Quarter 2001  102.3  105.4  102.1  103.8  102.5  103.0  103.4
2. Quarter 2001  104.7  106.9  103.1  106.5  106.8  103.5  103.6
3. Quarter 2001  105.2  111.1  105.2  106.2  107.5  105.5  106.4
4. Quarter 2001  107.8  112.3  107.4  106.8  108.6  106.5  106.4
               
1. Quarter 2002  108.2  116.3  107.9  109.0  110.1  106.6  108.9
2. Quarter 2002  108.5  117.6  108.8  110.5  112.1  109.8  109.8
3. Quarter 2002  111.7  113.7  111.4  111.3  110.4  112.1  115.4
4. Quarter 2002  112.4  114.7  112.5  112.8  112.3  111.6  116.4
               
1. Quarter 2003  112.7  122.6  112.6  113.8  114.4  111.8  115.9
2. Quarter 2003  114.8  121.3  113.5  114.7  115.2  112.1  116.8
3. Quarter 2003  115.9  116.9  114.4  112.7  112.9  116.1  122.3
4. Quarter 2003  117.7  120.2  117.1  115.4  113.7  118.3  122.0
               
1. Quarter 2004  118.1  122.5  117.1  116.7  117.0  118.7  126.3
2. Quarter 2004  120.1  120.9  117.7  119.1  118.4  118.1  125.8
3. Quarter 2004  121.4  118.7  117.0  117.4  117.2  118.6  131.6
1  Labour Cost Index include direct costs and indirect costs.

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