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Earnings in electricity supply, 1 October 2013

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Wage increase of NOK 3 000

Average monthly earnings for full-time employees in electricity supply were NOK 49 900 as of October 2013. This was a year-on-year increase of NOK 3 000, or 6.4 per cent.

Full-time employees in electricity supply, by occupation. Monthly earnings and basic monthly salary. Average as of October. NOK and percentage change1Published 13 March 2014
Monthly earnings Basic monthly salary
2012 2013 2012 - 2013 2012 2013 2012 - 2013
1The figures for 2011 have been corrected.
Electricity supply, total 46 900 49 900 6.4 45 200 48 000 6.2
Senior officials and managers 73 600 76 800 4.3 71 900 74 400 3.5
Professionals 56 500 61 000 8.0 55 300 59 100 6.9
Technicians and associate professionals 48 900 51 200 4.7 47 000 49 100 4.5
Electrical engineering technicians 48 400 50 900 5.2 46 200 48 400 4.8
Clerks 35 400 37 700 6.5 34 900 37 100 6.3
Craft and related trade workers 37 600 39 400 4.8 35 700 37 500 5.0
Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers 37 500 39 300 4.8 35 600 37 200 4.5
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 38 800 41 000 5.7 36 500 38 200 4.7

Source: Statistics Norway

Electrical engineering technicians and electrical line installers

About one in five working in electricity supply are electrical line installers; skilled workers who build and maintain power lines and power plants. Average monthly earnings for this group were NOK 39 300, up 4.8 per cent. Electrical engineering technicians are university college graduates, and constitute a sizeable proportion of the workforce in electricity supply. Earnings for this group were NOK 50 900, which was an increase of NOK 2 500.

Professionals and managers

Most of the professionals in this industry are civil engineers, and they earned NOK 61 000 in 2013, which was an increase of NOK 4 500. Managers had average earnings of NOK 76 800, a year-on-year growth of NOK 3 200, or 4.3 per cent

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The statistics are based on information from a sample of enterprises in the main industry of electricity supply, covering a total of 9 753 full-time employees and 725 part-time employees. According to the Norwegian Central Register of Enterprises and Establishments, the statistics cover approximately 14 600 employees as of October 2013.

Structural changes within the division along with the outcome of collective bargaining would have a certain effect on the wage increase being measured.