Statistics Norway

Labour cost index

1 Index1 on average monthly earnings2 for full-time employees, by section. Average of year 2005=100. Preliminary figures.
  Oil and gas extraction and mining Manufacturing Electricity supply Water, sewerage, waste, materials recovery Construction Wholesale and retail trade Transport and warehousing Lodging and service Information and communication Financial Intermediation Sale and management of real estate Professional, scientific and technical activities Administrative, support service Education Human health, residential care Arts, entertainment and recreation Other service activities
1. Quarter 2000 73.6 77.2 67.3 74.1 80.3 81.6 78.9 78.9 78.5 74.0 81.0 83.7 85.3 78.6 79.8 80.6 81.6
2. Quarter 2000 74.7 77.2 68.3 76.8 81.2 83.2 79.6 80.7 78.5 75.4 81.4 84.2 85.8 79.8 81.7 81.0 82.0
3. Quarter 2000 76.9 80.9 70.6 76.7 82.9 82.8 82.6 81.4 81.7 76.8 83.4 85.9 86.3 81.4 80.9 86.0 85.0
4. Quarter 2000 77.5 76.9 72.5 77.4 84.6 81.3 80.2 80.4 82.3 77.3 83.4 87.0 86.2 82.2 81.4 86.7 85.0
1. Quarter 2001 79.2 80.2 72.5 79.3 83.9 83.2 84.2 79.2 83.5 78.5 83.6 85.5 87.2 85.2 83.8 85.6 87.2
2. Quarter 2001 80.5 81.1 73.0 80.4 84.8 86.3 85.6 83.0 83.6 77.7 85.6 86.4 86.8 85.1 85.4 85.7 86.7
3. Quarter 2001 83.6 84.2 74.3 81.5 86.6 90.4 86.1 83.0 83.4 83.4 87.8 89.7 89.8 86.5 85.2 86.2 87.8
4. Quarter 2001 84.7 86.0 75.3 81.8 88.4 90.0 87.5 84.0 84.4 84.6 87.1 90.8 92.3 87.4 85.7 86.9 88.8
1. Quarter 2002 88.5 85.1 78.2 82.7 88.7 91.7 87.3 84.1 85.7 86.4 88.4 91.9 92.2 88.5 87.2 90.8 90.0
2. Quarter 2002 90.0 86.6 79.3 83.6 89.5 93.0 89.1 89.8 86.6 87.1 88.9 92.6 93.8 89.6 88.8 91.3 90.6
3. Quarter 2002 88.1 89.6 82.5 85.8 91.7 94.0 93.1 91.6 89.0 89.1 91.3 94.9 96.7 90.7 89.4 90.4 93.8
4. Quarter 2002 88.8 91.0 84.7 87.0 92.7 94.3 93.0 89.1 90.4 89.6 92.3 96.0 97.2 91.4 89.9 90.6 94.4
1. Quarter 2003 93.8 89.0 85.3 87.3 92.5 94.1 92.7 90.0 90.9 90.3 92.7 95.7 97.3 91.0 89.4 91.1 94.5
2. Quarter 2003 94.9 90.7 86.2 88.3 93.3 94.7 95.0 90.1 91.9 90.6 93.5 96.5 97.8 92.6 91.6 91.8 95.0
3. Quarter 2003 91.8 92.1 89.3 90.6 94.0 96.6 93.9 90.7 94.4 91.5 94.9 97.7 99.9 97.3 94.2 94.6 98.1
4. Quarter 2003 93.4 93.8 90.4 91.2 96.4 96.9 95.8 90.8 95.0 92.3 95.7 97.3  100.1 98.1 94.7 95.0 98.7
1. Quarter 2004 97.8 94.8 93.3 93.3 96.7 97.7 97.6 97.5 99.3 95.5 95.6 96.1 99.5 98.9 95.8 95.6  101.3
2. Quarter 2004 97.0 96.0 93.5 94.9 97.3 98.5 98.8 97.3 96.0 95.0 96.2 97.8 98.0 99.4 97.6 97.0 98.6
3. Quarter 2004 96.0 97.4 95.3 96.4 97.0 99.3  100.5 96.1 97.4 97.2 98.4 96.9 99.6 97.4 96.4 97.5  100.4
4. Quarter 2004 97.9 99.9  100.3 97.7 98.8 98.9 97.3 96.6 96.3 96.1 97.1 95.7 97.2 97.1 96.9 97.9 98.6
1. Quarter 2005  101.6  100.6 99.1  100.9 99.2 99.4  100.3  100.6  101.6  100.0  100.7  101.6 99.9  100.5  100.3  100.0 99.0
2. Quarter 2005  100.1  101.1 99.5  102.2 99.2 99.3 99.8 99.1  101.2 97.1 99.0  101.3 98.9 99.1  102.2  100.9 99.6
3. Quarter 2005 98.0 97.3  101.8 97.7 99.9  100.9 99.2  101.1 98.4 98.4 99.9  101.1  100.3 99.6 98.6 99.7  101.1
4. Quarter 2005 96.8 98.7 97.6  100.2 98.9 98.0  100.2  101.1 98.4  101.7 98.5 98.4 98.4 99.1 98.6 98.9 98.3
1. Quarter 2006  104.6  102.3  100.8  100.7  100.5 99.9  100.6 98.6  101.9  100.9  101.2  100.0  100.2  100.7  100.1  100.5  100.2
2. Quarter 2006  101.5  102.5  100.3  101.0  101.9  102.4  100.6 99.0  101.7  100.8  101.6 99.7  102.8  101.8  103.2  101.1  101.3
3. Quarter 2006  101.0  104.2  104.3  103.0  104.2  105.9  103.7 98.5  104.2  100.9  102.5  102.8  102.8  100.8  101.8  105.1  105.7
4. Quarter 2006  101.7  102.6  105.4  104.1  104.7  105.1  101.3 99.6  103.5  101.8  102.8  103.0  102.4  101.1  102.3  103.9  103.5
1. Quarter 2007  113.3  106.4  104.3  105.2  107.1  104.9  102.6  100.7  108.5  102.9  103.3  106.1  103.9  104.2  103.5  104.4  104.3
2. Quarter 2007  106.6  107.3  106.4  105.5  108.4  107.9  104.2  100.7  106.3  104.9  104.3  105.2  107.0  105.3  105.9  105.2  102.7
3. Quarter 2007  107.2  110.6  110.8  107.1  109.0  109.9  108.6 99.5  109.9  107.4  106.6  107.8  107.5  105.5  107.8  110.9  110.9
4. Quarter 2007  109.6  110.2  108.6  107.3  109.2  114.5  108.5  100.9  112.1  107.8  106.8  105.5  106.2  106.0  108.3  108.6  110.5
1. Quarter 2008  110.9  111.2  112.0  107.3  111.3  114.6  112.1  104.2  114.7  109.2  108.1  109.2  111.7  107.2  111.3  109.3  109.1
2. Quarter 2008  111.4  112.0  113.8  108.9  113.5  115.3  110.2  106.6  113.2  111.0  108.8  109.5  112.5  105.3  112.6  104.3  109.7
3. Quarter 2008  111.4  113.7  116.1  108.9  113.7  112.8  114.3  107.2  115.2  116.5  110.3  110.5  114.3  106.9  113.0  106.2  118.3
4. Quarter 2008  114.2  116.1  118.4  112.5  114.7  113.8  114.1  106.6  116.5  117.0  112.1  112.8  117.6  108.3  113.8  109.5  117.0
1. Quarter 2009  128.4  117.0  119.5  110.2  115.4  116.5  116.8  106.5  117.0  118.7  114.0  113.3  110.7  109.4  112.6  109.5  116.3
1  Preliminary figures.
2  Labour Cost Index include direct costs and indirect costs.

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