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Monthly earnings up 6.2 per cent in manufacturing
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Earnings in manufacturing, 1 October 2008

The 2015 wage statistics for all industrial sections and various areas in the public sector will be released collectively on 3 March 2016 in the statistics Earnings of all employees.

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Monthly earnings up 6.2 per cent in manufacturing

Full-time employees in manufacturing had average monthly earnings, overtime pay excluded, of NOK 34 000 as of 1 October 2008. This was a year-on-year increase of 6.2 per cent, or NOK 2000

Basic salaries, in contrast, grew by 6 per cent, from NOK 30 200 to NOK 32 000.

Full-time employees in manufacturing1. Average total monthly earnings, by division. 2007-2008
Division Employees covered by the survey Monthly earnings Percentage change
total monthly earnings
2007 2008 2007 2008 2007-2008
      NOK2 Per cent
Total  141 062  138 899          32 000          34 000 6.2
Food products, beverages, tobacco 28 751 26 127 28 200 29 900 5.8
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather 2 231 1 937 27 200 29 000 6.8
Wood and wood products 7 555 6 533 26 700 28 700 7.6
Pulp, paper and paper products 4 553 4 577 31 300 32 300 3.2
Publishing, printing, reproduction 10 722 10 726 34 500 37 000 7.2
Chemichal-, non-met.mineral products 15 077 15 089 33 000 34 600 4.7
Basic chemicals 6 027 5 700 37 100 39 300 5.9
Basic metals 10 425 9 809 33 000 35 000 5.8
Machinery and equipment etc. 32 374 34 727 33 300 35 000 5.5
Ships, oil platforms and modules 18 700 19 828 34 200 36 000 5.3
Furniture, other manuf., recycling 4 647 3 846 28 300 30 200 6.8
1  NOS Standard Industrial Classification.
2  Rounded to nearest NOK 100.

Machinery, ships, and oil platforms with largest increases in salary

The two divisions of machinery and equipment and ships, oil platforms and modules have experienced a larger increase in the number of employees than the average for manufacturing as a whole. Monthly earnings grew by 5.5 per cent, to NOK 35 100 in machinery and equipment, and by 5.3 per cent, to NOK 36 000 in ships, oil platforms and modules. Hence, the level of earnings in these industries is above average for manufacturing.

Craft workers constitute the largest occupational group in both these divisions, with about a fourth of the employees in machinery and equipment and half of the employees in ships, oil platforms and modules. The climb in monthly earnings for craft workers was 4.5 per cent in machinery and equipment and 2.8 per cent in ships, oil platforms and modules. Both divisions witnessed higher earnings growth for occupational groups with higher education, where technicians and associate professionals, such as engineers, had an increase of 7.3 per cent in machinery and equipment and 6.5 per cent in ships, oil platforms and modules. Earnings for professionals also increased markedly, by 5.7 per cent in machinery and equipment and 5 per cent in ships, oil platforms and modules.

Underlying wage increase at 7.6 per cent

Structural changes, as well as results from the wage negotiations, will influence the recorded changes in earnings. This includes, among other factors, changes in the employment pattern, working hours, and professions. The development of average earnings is also influenced by the wage increase and the number of employees who join and leave the work force in the particular group of industry, or switch to other industries. In this case it can be rather informative to look at the underlying wage increase or the increase in wages for identical full-time employees in the same profession and same enterprise two years in a row. In manufacturing we found that the estimated underlying wage increase was 7.6 per cent.

Estimated annual earnings at nearly NOK 400 000

Average estimated earnings of full-time employees in manufacturing in 2008 were estimated to be NOK 399 400, a 6.6 per cent increase from 2007. Estimated annual earnings are based on salaries 12 months a year, and holiday pay allowance is not included. Annual earnings cover basic salary, variable additional allowances and bonuses, but do not include overtime pay. For the calculation, information from two years of wage statistics are used as well as information from the wage negotiations. Estimated annual earnings for the current year are preliminary until wage statistics for the next year have been established.

About the statistical basis

The statistics are based on information from a sample of enterprises covering a total of 138 899 full-time employees and 13 240 part-time employees. According to preliminary figures from the National Accounts for the 3rd quarter of 2008, the statistics cover approximately 300 500 employees in manufacturing. The term average monthly earnings is the main term in Statistics Norway's wage statistics. Monthly earnings cover basic salaries, variable additional allowances and bonuses. Payment for overtime work is not included, but is present in the statistics separately.

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