Statistics Norway

Labour cost index

3 Index on average monthly earnings1 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 62.4 72.1 65.3 69.4 79.6 81.6 72.9 80.6 76.9 71.7 82.3 83.9 85.6 79.5 79.0 90.2 91.5
2. Quarter 2000 63.4 72.4 66.7 70.6 80.6 82.8 73.8 81.9 77.2 72.5 82.8 84.3 85.8 80.5 80.4 90.2 91.6
3. Quarter 2000 64.5 75.6 67.8 73.0 82.1 82.8 76.2 82.6 79.4 73.3 84.3 86.0 86.0 81.8 80.1 93.1 93.3
4. Quarter 2000 65.9 72.8 69.3 73.4 82.9 81.9 74.8 82.0 79.8 73.8 84.8 87.3 86.3 82.5 80.6 93.3 93.0
1. Quarter 2001 66.7 75.6 70.8 74.9 82.9 83.8 76.8 81.0 79.8 74.8 81.5 82.7 83.9 83.8 82.4 92.5 94.0
2. Quarter 2001 68.9 77.0 72.4 75.8 83.9 86.5 78.1 83.8 80.2 74.6 83.1 83.6 84.0 84.0 83.6 92.4 93.6
3. Quarter 2001 71.2 78.9 72.9 76.4 85.4 89.1 79.2 84.0 80.6 77.5 85.2 85.9 86.0 85.1 83.7 92.5 94.0
4. Quarter 2001 73.2 81.0 74.0 77.7 87.1 88.8 80.2 84.8 81.6 78.2 84.8 86.8 88.0 85.9 84.1 92.8 94.5
1. Quarter 2002 78.7 84.3 79.9 82.2 89.0 93.1 83.9 86.7 86.3 84.0 89.0 90.8 91.5 88.7 89.2 97.2 97.4
2. Quarter 2002 80.0 85.8 82.0 83.3 89.9 94.3 85.6 90.9 87.2 84.5 89.7 91.7 92.7 89.6 90.4 97.5 97.7
3. Quarter 2002 81.3 88.3 81.7 85.0 91.8 95.3 89.0 92.6 89.1 85.7 91.5 93.3 94.7 90.5 91.0 96.8 99.4
4. Quarter 2002 83.3 90.0 85.0 85.9 92.6 95.4 89.0 90.6 90.0 86.1 92.4 94.3 95.4 91.2 91.4 96.9 99.6
1. Quarter 2003 85.5 87.8 86.3 86.8 91.8 95.0 90.6 91.6 91.1 88.4 92.9 94.3 95.8 92.2 91.0 97.0 99.6
2. Quarter 2003 87.1 89.6 87.4 87.9 92.9 95.9 92.7 91.5 92.0 88.7 93.8 95.2 96.5 93.4 92.7 97.3 99.7
3. Quarter 2003 87.6 91.2 88.9 89.1 93.9 97.5 92.0 92.5 93.7 89.3 94.7 96.1 98.2 96.7 94.5 99.0  101.3
4. Quarter 2003 89.3 92.5 92.1 90.5 95.7 97.4 93.8 92.3 94.6 89.9 95.4 96.2 98.5 97.4 95.0 99.0  101.4
1. Quarter 2004 94.8 94.4 94.1 93.8 96.3 98.1 96.9 97.2 98.1 95.8 96.0 96.2 98.8 98.6 96.5 97.4  100.7
2. Quarter 2004 96.1 96.2 95.1 94.6 97.3 98.7 98.4 97.1 96.7 95.8 97.0 97.9 98.5 99.2 97.8 98.3 99.4
3. Quarter 2004 97.4 97.7 96.8 99.7 97.4 99.8  100.8 96.5 98.5 97.1 98.5 97.3 99.8 98.3 97.3 98.8  100.7
4. Quarter 2004 97.1 99.6 99.1 96.2 98.2 99.6 97.6 96.9 97.1 96.5 97.8 96.8 98.4 98.2 97.6 99.0 99.5
1. Quarter 2005  100.7  100.2  100.1  101.7 99.7 99.4  100.5  100.6  101.5  100.7  100.6  101.3 99.9  100.3  100.3  100.2 99.5
2. Quarter 2005 99.9  100.7  101.0  100.9 99.5 99.7  100.1 99.3  101.3 98.7 99.2  101.4 99.4 99.5  101.4  101.2  100.4
3. Quarter 2005 99.5 97.7 99.8 98.5 99.0 99.7 98.4  100.0 98.1 98.2 99.7  100.3 99.9 99.3 98.5 99.0  100.1
4. Quarter 2005 99.8 98.5 96.8 97.9 97.1 96.9 99.2 99.1 97.7  102.3 98.5 98.4 98.5 98.4 97.7 97.9 97.4
1. Quarter 2006  100.9  101.8  101.9  101.9  101.8  101.3  101.3  100.1  102.2 99.6  101.2  100.4  100.5  101.0  100.9  101.3  101.1
2. Quarter 2006  100.1  103.1  102.2  102.5  104.2  104.0  102.2  101.9  102.7  100.9  101.8  100.5  102.4  102.7  103.9  102.5  102.3
3. Quarter 2006  100.2  103.9  103.9  100.3  105.8  105.9  103.1  101.9  104.6 98.9  102.0  102.9  102.7  102.5  103.3  104.9  105.6
4. Quarter 2006  101.0  103.6  106.0  104.3  106.5  106.1  102.0  103.2  104.2 99.7  101.9  103.1  102.5  103.0  104.0  104.2  104.1
1. Quarter 2007  106.5  103.9  102.0  101.8  107.2  106.3  100.1  103.6  106.7  100.9  102.3  105.1  103.1  106.2  105.3  104.6  104.5
2. Quarter 2007  104.3  104.6  103.1  101.8  108.7  108.4  101.2  103.2  105.6  101.9  103.0  104.6  104.8  106.9  106.8  104.9  103.6
3. Quarter 2007  105.1  107.3  106.4  103.9  109.5  109.2  104.5  102.8  107.9  102.8  104.6  106.3  105.5  106.9  107.9  108.6  108.7
4. Quarter 2007  105.1  106.7  102.8  105.1  109.7  112.4  103.8  104.0  108.7  103.0  104.3  104.7  104.6  107.3  108.3  107.0  107.9
1. Quarter 2008  107.2  107.1  106.0  104.3  109.4  113.4  107.1  106.9  110.5  103.6  105.6  107.5  108.3  108.1  110.3  107.2  106.9
2. Quarter 2008  107.7  109.2  107.0  104.6  110.9  114.0  106.3  108.7  106.1  103.4  106.1  107.8  108.8  107.0  110.7  104.4  107.2
3. Quarter 2008  108.3  109.3  107.8  107.2  111.5  112.4  108.5  109.2  106.4  106.4  107.0  108.4  109.9  107.7  111.2  105.1  112.1
4. Quarter 2008  108.3  110.9  108.6  108.5  111.5  112.4  108.9  109.2  107.1  106.6  108.0  109.7  111.7  108.7  112.0  107.2  111.3
1. Quarter 2009  115.8  110.5  109.2  106.2  112.3  113.9  110.3  108.8  107.4  107.2  109.4  109.4  107.2  109.1  111.1  106.5  110.7
2. Quarter 2009  113.1  115.6  108.9  105.4  118.6  112.2  113.8  109.7  108.3  107.0  108.3  108.4  107.8  108.7  115.1  106.5  112.2
1  Preliminary figures.

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