Statistics Norway

Quarterly index on earnings

2   Changes in average monthly earnings1 from the corresponding quarter the year before by industry. Per cent
  Manufacturing Oil and gas extraction, mining Construction Transport and communication2 Wholesale and retail trade Real estate and business activities Electricity supply Hotels and restaurants
1. Quarter 1999 6.3 7.8 6.5 6.9 6.9 6.1 4.3  
2. Quarter 1999 5.9 6.4 5.1 5.6 5.3 5.5 4.1  
3. Quarter 1999 4.6 4.3 5.0 4.1 4.7 5.4 4.1  
4. Quarter 1999 4.0 2.8 4.4 4.4 3.3 5.2 4.2  
                 
1. Quarter 2000 4.1 4.6 4.6 3.6 3.4 4.5 4.4  
2. Quarter 2000 3.9 4.2 4.7 4.3 3.8 4.6 4.6  
3. Quarter 2000 4.2 5.2 4.4 5.0 4.2 4.0 5.0  
4. Quarter 2000 4.2 6.0 4.5 4.9 4.5 4.1 5.3  
                 
1. Quarter 2001 4.5 9.6 4.8 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.8  
2. Quarter 2001 4.4 7.1 4.7 5.7 4.7 4.6 5.9  
3. Quarter 2001 4.7 7.5 4.1 5.1 7.0 4.4 5.9  
4. Quarter 2001 4.5 7.0 4.2 5.0 6.4 4.3 5.6  
                 
1. Quarter 2002 4.6 10.5 4.3 5.1 5.9 4.5 5.5  
2. Quarter 2002 4.9 10.9 4.4 5.3 6.2 4.7 5.6  
3. Quarter 2002 6.4 4.8 6.2 4.9 3.1 4.8 7.8  
4. Quarter 2002 5.2 4.6 5.9 4.9 4.4 5.1 7.9  
                 
1. Quarter 2003 5.3 5.3 5.7 4.8 4.2 4.1 7.2  
2. Quarter 2003 5.4 4.6 5.2 4.4 3.1 3.6 6.9  
3. Quarter 2003 4.2 4.6 3.0 2.3 3.2 4.7 6.8  
4. Quarter 2003 4.0 3.4 2.9 2.6 3.2 3.8 6.4  
                 
1. Quarter 2004 4.3 1.3 3.2 3.4 3.8 3.9 8.6 3.2
2. Quarter 2004 4.1 1.1 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.5 7.9 2.5
3. Quarter 2004 4.3 2.5 3.3 2.6 3.6 2.4 6.7 3.0
4. Quarter 2004 3.9 2.4 32.6 32.2 3.5 3.3 37.5 32.7
                 
1. Quarter 2005 4.1 2.6 32.4 32.4 3.3 3.3 35.1 33.7
2. Quarter 2005 3.8 2.2 32.7 32.0 3.6 2.5 35.0 33.7
3. Quarter 2005 2.7 1.4 35.0 31.8 3.7 2.4 34.0 33.5
4. Quarter 20053 3.1 -0.1 33.9 31.5 3.0 1.9 ...4 33.4
1  Salaries including irregular payments, bonuses, commission etc.
2  Excluding publicly maintained establishments.
3  Preliminary figures.
4  Figure for the 4th quarter 2005 concerning electricity supply is not yet ready for publication.

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