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 87.1 84.3 87.6 90.3 88.2 86.3 87.6
2. Quarter 1998 88.4 86.0 90.4 90.7 90.5 87.5 89.0
3. Quarter 1998 91.2 90.6 90.9 93.7 92.7 89.3 91.9
4. Quarter 1998 92.4 93.8 94.7 95.2 94.8 90.7 93.1
1. Quarter 1999 92.4 90.7 92.8 94.1 93.4 91.7 92.2
2. Quarter 1999 94.6 92.5 94.4 94.6 95.0 93.4 93.8
3. Quarter 1999 96.1 93.2 96.4 96.9 96.2 94.2 95.7
4. Quarter 1999 96.6 94.0 98.1 98.0 96.7 95.9 95.7
1. Quarter 2000 98.8 97.3 97.7 98.2 98.6 97.9 96.6
2. Quarter 2000 99.7 98.8 98.7 99.1  100.1  100.2 98.2
3. Quarter 2000  100.4  101.6  100.8  101.4  100.7  101.1  101.3
4. Quarter 2000  101.1  102.4  102.8  101.2  100.5  100.8  103.9
1. Quarter 2001  102.4  105.4  102.2  104.0  102.8  102.9  104.0
2. Quarter 2001  104.9  107.3  103.3  106.8  107.2  103.5  104.5
3. Quarter 2001  105.5  111.4  105.4  106.5  108.1  105.5  107.2
4. Quarter 2001  108.2  112.9  107.7  107.1  109.2  106.6  107.5
1. Quarter 2002  108.7  116.6  108.3  108.5  110.9  106.8  110.7
2. Quarter 2002  109.1  117.9  109.3  110.0  113.0  110.0  111.9
3. Quarter 2002  112.5  116.4  112.0  110.9  111.4  112.3  116.9
4. Quarter 2002  113.3  122.3  113.2  112.4  113.4  112.0  118.5
1. Quarter 2003  113.5  121.7  112.8  113.7  115.4  112.4  120.8
2. Quarter 2003  115.8  122.4  113.8  114.7  116.4  112.8  122.0
3. Quarter 2003  117.0  120.9  114.8  113.2  114.2  115.3  127.1
4. Quarter 2003  118.9  123.0  117.6  115.5  115.0  117.8  127.8
1. Quarter 2004  120.4  128.0  118.2  118.1  116.2  118.7  132.7
2. Quarter 2004  122.6  126.9  119.0  119.9  118.1  120.3  132.7
3. Quarter 2004  124.1  125.7  118.6  118.9  116.9  120.4  136.5
4. Quarter 2004  123.0  128.1  120.8  120.8  118.8  122.6  136.9
1. Quarter 2005 2  125.6  133.5  121.5  123.0  123.3  123.0  138.4
2. Quarter 2005 2  126.8  131.9  122.4  124.3  124.8  122.4  138.1
3. Quarter 2005 2  127.1  131.2  124.7  123.7  125.1  122.8  141.4
4. Quarter 2005 2  127.7  130.8  125.1  123.5  125.5  122.6  142.2
1. Quarter 2006 2  131.5  141.5  127.4  127.4  127.5  126.1  145.0
2. Quarter 2006 2  132.2  137.4  129.3  128.8  128.6  126.6  146.3
3. Quarter 2006 2  133.2  136.4  132.1  130.0  130.2  127.3  148.0
4. Quarter 2006 2  134.2  137.5  132.8  128.8  130.6  127.0  147.2
1. Quarter 2007 2  137.2  152.5  135.9  129.7  133.2  130.0  149.9
2. Quarter 2007 2  138.2  148.0  137.2  131.1  134.8  136.0  151.7
3. Quarter 2007 2  140.4  148.0  140.1  134.5  137.0  139.5 3
1  Labour Cost Index include direct costs and indirect costs.
2  Preliminary figures.
3  Figures for electricity supply are not yet ready for publication.

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