Statistics Norway

5 Average monthly earnings and basic salaries for full-time employees, by section
Section Monthly earnings, change in per cent,
3rd quarter 2008-4th quarter 2008
Basic salaries, change in per cent,
3rd quarter 2008-4th quarter 2008
Monthly earnings, change in per cent,
3rd quarter 2009-4th quarter 20091
Basic salaries, change in per cent,
3rd quarter 2009-4th quarter 20091
Oil and gas extraction and mining 1.9 3.5 -0.3 1.0
Manufacturing 0.4 1.8 0.3 0.8
Electricity supply -0.4 0.2 0.0 0.5
Water, sewerage, waste, materials recovery 1.0 0.5 -0.7 0.2
Construction 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.6
Wholesale and retail trade 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.9
Transport and warehousing 0.8 0.0 0.6 0.2
Lodging and service 0.1 0.1 1.9 1.3
Information and communication 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.4
Sale and management of real estate 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.5
Professional, scientific and technical activities 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.8
Administrative, support service 1.1 0.3 -0.2 1.0
Education 0.7 1.7 0.0 0.0
Human health, residential care 0.3 0.6 2.0 0.0
Arts, entertainment and recreation 1.3 0.6 0.3 1.2
Other service activities 1.5 0.5 1.2 1.1
1  Preliminary figures.

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