Table 3 Average annual earnings for full-time equivalents, by section 2010 and 2011. NOK and per cent

3 Average annual earnings for full-time equivalents, by section¹ 2010 and 2011. NOK² and per cent
Section	Employees covered by the survey		Annual earnings, NOK		Percentage change

Section	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010-2011

All employees	1 576 963	1 605 354	435 200	453 000	4.1
Fish farming	3 172	3 679	427 100	442 700	3.7
Oil and gas extraction, mining³	44 857	47 706	665 400	696 100	4.6
Manufacturing³	140 305	140 833	430 200	449 900	4.6
Electricity supply	10 808	10 398	519 800	554 000	6.6
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	9 448	10 062	398 800	424 200	6.4
Construction	64 618	67 799	416 400	427 500	2.7
Wholesale and retail trade	186 402	180 885	392 000	406 300	3.6
Transport and storage³	82 586	81 709	428 100	445 000	3.9
Hotels and restaurants	38 846	40 269	313 400	321 100	2.5
Information and communication³	51 647	50 081	553 700	581 000	4.9
Financial intermediation	42 932	43 092	603 200	643 300	6.6
Real estate activities	6 307	7 134	502 300	532 500	6.0
Professional, scientific and technical activities	52 150	54 687	553 800	576 300	4.1
Business activities³	59 803	65 400	366 200	383 800	4.8
Education	9 600	10 536	423 000	440 600	4.2
Health and social work	58 246	61 668	378 500	395 100	4.4
Arts, entertainment and recreation activities	13 043	13 500	395 500	406 900	2.9
Personal service activities	15 570	15 852	397 400	408 100	2.7
Central government⁴	153 034	153 269	450 100	470 100	4.4
Municipalities and county municipalities⁵	417 339	424 825	400 200	416 300	4.0
Public hospitals	116 250	121 970	451 900	471 300	4.3

¹	NOS Standard Industrial Classification.
²	All wage variables are rounded to the nearest NOK 100.
³	The figures for 2010 are corrected.
⁴	Employees in cental government exclusive public hospitals.
⁵	Exclusive employees in electric supply, water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities.