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Employees in kindergartens and schools

The statistics cover wage earners (employed as of the 3rd week of November) in kindergarten, primary and lower secondary school, upper secondary school, post-secondary vocational school and in adult education institutions by characteristics such as occupation, age and educational background. Non-residents are excluded.

Updated: 18 June 2025
Next update: Not yet determined

Selected figures from these statistics

  • Employees in kindergarten and schools. Number and per centage of women
    Employees in kindergarten and schools. Number and per centage of women
    2024
    KindergartensPrimary and lower secondary schoolsUpper secondary schoolsPost-secondary vocational schoolsAdult education institutions
    NumberWomen (per cent)NumberWomen (per cent)NumberWomen (per cent)NumberWomen (per cent)NumberWomen (per cent)
    All employees96 16788.8119 42273.841 18359.22 58548.26 23376.2
    Teachers32 67189.780 09773.228 06756.61 63142.14 44977.9
    Kindergarten leaders4 40190.35 33767.02 70256.123949.435870.4
    Other employees working with the children/pupils57 13188.528 88176.43 93367.37181.760368.5
    Other employees1 96474.85 10775.96 48166.564459.382374.8
    Explanation of symbols
  • Employed teachers in school, by competance. Per cent.
    Employed teachers in school, by competance. Per cent.
    2024
    Primary and lower secondary schoolsUpper secondary schoolsVocational schoolAdult education institutions
    Number of teachers80 09728 0671 6314 449
    Long tertiary education with a teachers education20.738.818.522.3
    Long tertiary education with other educational sciences2.33.32.54.2
    Long tertiary education without educational science1.63.912.04.2
    Short tertiary education with a teachers education54.438.624.851.4
    Short tertiary education with other educational sciences9.75.83.48.7
    Short tertiary education without educational science3.64.318.95.7
    Upper secondary education7.75.319.83.3
    Explanation of symbols
  • Employed teachers in kindergartens and schools, by age. Per cent.
    Employed teachers in kindergartens and schools, by age. Per cent.
    2024
    KindergartensPrimary and lower secondary schoolsUpper secondary schoolsPost-secondary vocational schoolsAdult education institutions
    Number of teachers32 67180 09728 0671 6314 449
    29 years or younger18.721.49.06.64.9
    30-39 years34.126.622.424.214.2
    40-49 years25.122.625.123.925.1
    50-59 years17.421.729.829.734.7
    60 years or older4.77.713.715.621.1
    Explanation of symbols
  • Employees in kindergartens, by competance and occupation. Per cent.
    Employees in kindergartens, by competance and occupation. Per cent.
    2024
    Kindergarten teachersKindergarten leadersOther employees working with the children/pupils
    Number of employees32 6714 40157 131
    Tertiary education with kindergarten-related pedagogical education87.290.22.8
    Upper secondary trade certificate in Child Care and Youth Work2.80.331.4
    Other10.09.565.8
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 16 June 2025.

Employed persons are defined as individuals who engaged in at least one hour of paid work during the reference week, or those who were temporarily absent from such work due to reasons such as illness, vacation, or paid leave.

Wage earners (also referred to as employees) are individuals who are compensated for their work through wages

Employment: A person may hold multiple jobs across various firms. Should a person have multiple employments within the same industry (e.g. with two different primary schools), only one employment is selected.

Contractual percentage of full-time equivalent: This term refers to the proportion of full-time hours an employee is contractually agreed to work, as specified in their employment contract. The employer shall not consider additional work, overtime or different types of absence from work or if the hours have been paid or not. The information on contractual percentage of full-time equivalent is based on what is reported to the A-ordningen. For persons that are paid by the hour without contractual working hours per week, e.g on-call temporary workers, the employer can report 0 as contractual percentage of full-time equivalent. Statistics Norway will then calculate contractual percentage of full-time equivalent from what is reported as paid hours and number of hours that corresponds to a 100 per cent position in the month of reporting.

Contractual hours of full-time equivalent is defined as: Contractual percentage of full-time equivalent/100.

Place of residence, sex, and age are taken from the National Population Register. Place of residence is registered at the end of November. Age on the 31st December is used in the statistic.

Residents are defined as individuals registered in the National Population Register encompassing both permanent residents and temporary residents who plan to stay in Norway for at least six months.

Occupation is based on information from A-ordningen and coded according to the standard Classification of occupations (1998 Version STYRK-98 until 2023 and 2008 version STYRK-08 thereafter). The statistic for 2024 was updated to use a variant of the latest version of the classification of occupations (STYRK-08).

  • Up to and including 2023 Kindergarten Teachers/Teachers are employees with occupational codes (STYRK-98) beginning with 23 or 33 (except 2352).
  • Up to and including 2023, Leaders are employees with occupational codes (STYRK-98) starting with 1210, 1227, 1228, 1319, 2352.
  • Up to and including 2023, Other employees working with the children/pupils are employees with occupational codes (STYRK-98) starting with 5131, 5139, 5132, 3460, 3232.

The characteristics of place of work and industry division are obtained from the Central Register of Business Establishments and Enterprises (CRE) and apply to the local unit where the person works. The industrial code describes the unit’s activity.Information about the industry is retrieved from the CRE. Industry is classified according to the Classification of Standard Industrial Classification based on their primary activities.

  • Kindergartens are local units with industrial code 88.911.
  • Primary and lower secondary schools are local units with industrial code 85.201.
  • Upper secondary schools are local units with industrial codes 85.310/85.320.
  • Post-secondary vocational schools are local units with industrial code 85.410
  • Adult education institutions are local units with industrial code 85.594.

Pedagogical education and kindergarten-relevant pedagogical education are based on information about completed tertiary education in the National Education Database (NUDB) and relevant education is selected based on codes according to the The Norwegian Standard Classification of Education (NUS2000).

Starting from 2024 a variant of NUS is used to group teacher educations. The category Subject specific- and vocational teacher education has been split into two new categories: Subject specific teacher education and Vocational teacher education. Driving school instructors, included in the category until 2023, are now excluded.

The industrial classification is in accordance with the revised Standard Industrial Classification (NOS D 383), which is based on the EU-standard of NACE Rev. 2. A variation of this classification is used in this statistic.

The occupational classification is in accordance with the Standard Classification of Occupations (the 1998 Version was used until 2023 when the statistic was updated to use the 2008 Version). A variant of the classification is used in this statistic.

Breakdown by county is in accordance with the list of counties and municipalities as of the 1st day of the middle month of a given quarter.

Educational programmes are classified according to the Norwegian Standard Classification of Education (NUS).

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