On Thursday, the new figures came out showing how much Norwegians earned in 2022.
At the top of the salary statistics are managers in oil and gas, trade and ship brokers. Aviators and medical specialists are also high on the list.
At the bottom we find, among others, auxiliary workers in livestock production and fast food and cafe employees.
See the overview of what employees in all occupations earned at the bottom of the case.
OPEN: Many in the catering industry were made redundant during the pandemic. The fact that many are now back at work may have affected the wage trend, according to Statistics Norway. Photo: Aage Aune / TV 2
The figures show that the average wage growth is higher than in 15 years.
The increase was 4.6 per cent, a figure we have not seen since 2008.
– This growth can be characterized by how the labor market has been after we started climbing out of the corona challenges in 2021, says senior adviser Håkon Grini at Statistics Norway to TV 2.
Since then, we have had steadily better employment, lower unemployment and fewer redundancies.
Nevertheless, we received less on average for our wages. The prices of goods and services increased significantly more, according to Statistics Norway.
The price increase last year was 5.8 per cent.
The highest salary increased the most
Grini says that those who earn the most from before also increased the most in 2022.
– The 10 percent highest wages in Norway have had the greatest wage growth. This has contributed to slightly increased inequality in the distribution of wages. That means a longer distance between lower and higher wages, he says.
The oil industry accounts for the highest development. Here wages increased by as much as 7.6 per cent.
WORKPLACE: The highest wage development was in the oil industry. Photo: Jan Arne Wold
The average monthly salary in the oil industry was therefore NOK 82,130.
– The high wage growth in the oil industry is largely due to the large increase in bonuses. It may probably be connected to the fact that it has been a good year in the industry, with high activity and higher prices for oil and gas, says section manager Tonje Køber at SSB.
See the list of all occupations at the bottom of the case.
Young people are concerned about wages
On Wednesday 1 February, the application portal at Samordna opened admissions. Young promising people can now apply for education.
Sveinung Skule, director of the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, says young people today are concerned about salary when they apply for education.
– According to what the young people themselves state, knowledge about wages is important for choosing education, but not the most important thing. The most important thing for the young people’s choice of education is that the subject area interests them and that they get a job they want. Information about job opportunities, work tasks, further education and admission requirements means more.
Sveinung School in the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills. Photo: Hkdir.
In surveys, however, 67 per cent of young people answer that it is important or very important to have knowledge about wages when choosing an education.
Yet few know what kind of salary they can expect.
– Research from the Norwegian School of Economics indicates that there is poor knowledge about wages among young people who choose education, says Skule.
This competence is needed
There are a record number of people studying in Norway now.
Nevertheless, working life needs people in most sectors.
– Health and care nurses are the occupational group with the greatest shortage, but there is a shortage in the vast majority of professions in health and care. The shortage is even greater in the rural areas, where the proportion of elderly people is high, while many young people move to the cities to get an education, says Sveinung Skule.
Norway also badly needs more people taking vocational subjects.
NEED: There is a strong need for health workers in the future, Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB.
– As early as 2035, we will lack 90,000 skilled workers in Norway, given that everything continues as it is now, says Skule.
Construction and ICT and engineering are also high on this list.
