Statistics Norway

Labour cost index

1 Labour Cost Index1, 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 74.0 77.2 68.5 74.1 79.7 81.4 78.9 77.6 78.5 74.0 81.0 83.7 85.3 78.6 79.8 80.6 81.6
2. Quarter 2000 75.1 77.2 69.5 76.8 80.7 83.0 79.6 79.3 78.5 75.4 81.4 84.2 85.8 79.8 81.7 81.0 82.0
3. Quarter 2000 77.2 80.9 72.0 76.7 82.2 82.5 82.6 80.0 81.7 76.8 83.4 85.9 86.3 81.4 80.9 86.0 85.0
4. Quarter 2000 77.9 76.9 73.9 77.4 83.9 81.0 80.2 79.1 82.3 77.3 83.4 87.0 86.2 82.2 81.4 86.7 85.0
1. Quarter 2001 79.5 80.2 73.7 79.3 83.4 82.9 84.2 78.0 83.5 78.5 83.6 85.5 87.2 85.2 83.8 85.6 87.2
2. Quarter 2001 80.8 81.1 73.4 80.4 84.2 86.1 85.6 81.6 83.6 77.7 85.6 86.4 86.8 85.1 85.4 85.7 86.7
3. Quarter 2001 83.9 84.2 76.3 81.5 85.9 90.2 86.1 81.7 83.4 83.4 87.8 89.7 89.8 86.5 85.2 86.2 87.8
4. Quarter 2001 85.0 86.0 76.7 81.8 87.9 89.7 87.5 82.7 84.4 84.6 87.1 90.8 92.3 87.4 85.7 86.9 88.8
1. Quarter 2002 89.2 85.1 79.4 82.7 88.2 91.6 87.3 82.6 85.7 86.4 88.4 91.9 92.2 88.5 87.2 90.8 90.0
2. Quarter 2002 86.0 86.6 79.8 83.6 89.0 92.8 89.1 87.9 86.6 87.1 88.9 92.6 93.8 89.6 88.8 91.3 90.6
3. Quarter 2002 92.2 89.6 84.6 85.8 91.2 93.8 93.1 89.7 89.0 89.1 91.3 94.9 96.7 90.7 89.4 90.4 93.8
4. Quarter 2002 87.1 91.0 86.2 87.0 92.1 94.2 93.0 87.4 90.4 89.6 92.3 96.0 97.2 91.4 89.9 90.6 94.4
1. Quarter 2003 92.7 89.0 86.2 87.3 92.1 94.0 92.7 89.1 90.9 90.3 92.7 95.7 97.3 91.0 89.4 91.1 94.5
2. Quarter 2003 95.9 90.7 86.4 88.3 92.9 94.6 95.0 89.2 91.9 90.6 93.5 96.5 97.8 92.6 91.6 91.8 95.0
3. Quarter 2003 91.0 92.1 90.9 90.6 93.6 96.4 93.9 89.9 94.4 91.5 94.9 97.7 99.9 97.3 94.2 94.6 98.1
4. Quarter 2003 93.5 93.8 90.6 91.2 95.8 96.8 95.8 90.0 95.0 92.3 95.7 97.3  100.1 98.1 94.7 95.0 98.7
1. Quarter 2004 97.7 94.8 93.8 93.3 96.1 97.5 97.6 95.9 99.3 95.5 95.6 96.1 99.5 98.9 95.8 95.6  101.3
2. Quarter 2004 96.6 96.0 94.1 94.9 96.7 98.2 98.8 95.9 96.0 95.0 96.2 97.8 98.0 99.4 97.6 97.0 98.6
3. Quarter 2004 95.6 97.4 96.0 96.4 96.3 99.1  100.5 94.8 97.4 97.2 98.4 96.9 99.6 97.4 96.4 97.5  100.4
4. Quarter 2004 97.4 99.9  101.1 97.7 98.2 98.7 97.3 95.2 96.3 96.1 97.1 95.7 97.2 97.1 96.9 97.9 98.6
1. Quarter 2005  101.4  100.6  101.1  100.9 98.6 99.3  100.3 99.3  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 98.3  102.2 99.3 99.5 99.8 99.2  101.2 97.1 99.0  101.3 98.9 99.1  102.2  100.9 99.6
3. Quarter 2005 99.5 97.3  102.6 97.7  101.3  102.2 99.2  101.0 98.4 98.4 99.9  101.1  100.3 99.6 98.6 99.7  101.1
4. Quarter 2005 99.2 98.7 98.6  100.2  101.5 99.3  100.2  100.9 98.4  101.7 98.5 98.4 98.4 99.1 98.6 98.9 98.3
1. Quarter 2006  107.7  102.3  101.7  100.7  103.3  102.2  100.6 98.5  101.9  100.9  101.2  100.0  100.2  100.7  100.1  100.5  100.2
2. Quarter 2006  104.2  102.5  101.5  101.0  104.7  104.8  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  103.7  104.2  104.9  103.0  107.0  108.3  103.7 98.6  104.2  100.9  102.5  102.8  102.8  100.8  101.8  105.1  105.7
4. Quarter 2006  104.4  102.6  106.9  104.1  107.5  107.5  101.3 99.8  103.5  101.8  102.8  103.0  102.4  101.1  102.3  103.9  103.5
1. Quarter 2007  116.7  106.4  105.4  105.2  109.9  107.3  102.6  100.9  108.5  102.9  103.3  106.1  103.9  104.2  103.5  104.4  104.3
2. Quarter 2007  109.5  107.3  105.8  105.5  111.4  110.3  104.2  100.9  106.3  104.9  104.3  105.2  107.0  105.3  105.9  105.2  102.7
3. Quarter 2007  109.9  110.6  114.8  107.1  112.0  112.4  108.6 99.2  109.9  107.4  106.6  107.8  107.5  105.5  107.8  110.9  110.9
4. Quarter 2007  112.6  110.2  110.3  107.3  112.3  119.9  108.5 97.6  112.1  107.8  106.8  105.5  106.2  106.0  108.3  108.6  110.5
1. Quarter 2008  114.3  111.2  113.2  107.3  114.4  117.2  112.1  104.3  114.7  109.2  108.1  109.2  112.4  107.2  111.3  109.3  109.1
2. Quarter 2008  114.6  112.0  115.6  108.9  116.7  118.1  110.2  106.8  113.2  111.0  108.8  109.5  116.0  105.3  112.6  104.3  109.7
3. Quarter 2008  111.8  113.7  118.0  108.9  113.8  115.0  114.1  105.2  115.2  116.5  110.3  110.5  116.0  106.9  113.0  106.2  118.3
4. Quarter 2008  114.3  116.1  118.3  112.5  115.2  116.0  114.1  105.7  116.5  116.8  114.8  112.8  114.6  110.8  113.8  110.7  119.3
1. Quarter 2009  128.9  117.0  121.4  110.2  115.5  118.7  116.8  105.0  117.0  118.2  116.5  113.3  113.4  112.1  113.7  110.5  122.1
2. Quarter 2009  123.0  118.4  121.5  110.5  115.6  117.8  118.6  105.6  118.7  114.8  115.3  112.0  115.5  113.9  115.3  109.5  122.6
3. Quarter 2009  120.2  120.1  125.1  117.4  115.9  118.5  117.8  108.1  121.7  114.1  117.3  112.1  118.3  116.5  118.1  109.0  124.0
1  Labour Cost Index include direct costs and indirect costs.

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