Table 2 Full-time employees in wholesale and retail trade. Average monthly earnings, by division per 1 September 2007 and 2008. NOK and percentage change

2 Full-time employees in wholesale and retail trade¹. Average monthly earnings, by division per 1 September 2007 and 2008. NOK and percentage change
	Employees covered by the survey		Monthly earnings		Percentage change

	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007-2008

			NOK		Per cent
Employees in wholesale and retail trade, total	86 977	95 767	32 351	33 528	3.6
Males, total	56 575	60 544	34 097	35 148	3.1
Females, total	30 402	35 223	28 319	29 868	5.5
Motor vehicle services, total	14 244	14 803	30 244	30 918	2.2
Males, total	12 289	12 807	30 801	31 407	2.0
Females, total	1 955	1 996	26 576	27 536	3.6
Wholesale trade, total	38 484	41 135	35 648	37 172	4.3
Males, total	29 112	30 735	36 941	38 306	3.7
Females, total	9 372	10 400	31 736	33 913	6.9
Retail trade, total	34 249	39 829	27 635	28 656	3.7
Males, total	15 174	17 002	29 987	31 013	3.4
Females, total	19 075	22 827	25 610	26 622	4.0

¹	NOS Standard Industrial Classification.