Statistics Norway

Wage statistics. Employees in manufacturing

1 Full-time employees in manufacturing1. Average monthly earnings and basic salary, by division. 1 October 2010-2011. NOK and annual percentage change
Division Monthly earnings Percentage change Basic salary Percentage change
20103 2011 2010-2011 20103 2011 2010-2011
  NOK2 Per cent NOK2 Per cent
Manufacturing, total 36 700 38 500 4.9 34 600 36 300 4.9
Food products, beverages, tobacco 32 300 33 900 5.0 30 800 32 000 3.9
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather 31 500 33 400 6.0 30 600 31 900 4.2
Wood and wood products 30 800 31 700 2.9 29 800 30 800 3.4
Pulp, paper and paper products 34 000 35 300 3.8 31 200 32 100 2.9
Publishing, printing, reproduction 35 600 37 400 5.1 34 300 35 600 3.8
Refined petroleum products, chemicals, pharmaceutical products 43 500 46 300 6.4 40 600 42 900 5.7
Of which            
Chemicals and chemical products 42 800 45 300 5.8 40 200 42 600 6.0
Basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 42 500 44 500 4.7 40 700 42 600 4.7
Basic chemicals 42 700 45 300 6.1 38 700 40 500 4.7
Rubber, plastic, other non-metallic mineral products 34 900 36 400 4.3 33 200 34 800 4.8
Basic metals 37 600 39 400 4.8 34 800 35 400 1.7
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 35 100 37 100 5.7 33 800 35 700 5.6
Computer, electronic and optical products, electrical equipment 41 000 42 800 4.4 39 500 41 300 4.6
Machinery and equipment 40 800 42 100 3.2 38 500 40 000 3.9
Transport equipment, not including ships 33 900 36 400 7.4 32 800 34 900 6.4
Ships, oil platforms and modules 41 900 44 000 5.0 38 000 40 700 7.1
Furniture, other manuf 33 100 35 200 6.3 32 000 33 900 5.9
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 39 700 41 000 3.3 37 500 38 900 3.7
1  NOS Standard Industrial Classification.
2  All wage variables are rounded to the nearest NOK 100.
3  The figures are corrected.

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