Work & Labour in Norway 981 indicators covering work & labour for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Cultural employment by age 127.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.9% 22nd Cultural employment by educational attainment level 127.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.9% 22nd Cultural employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 127.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.9% 22nd Cultural employment by sex and selected labour market characteristics 75.0% 2025 up 2.9% 36th Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors 75.0% 2025 up 2.9% 36th Employed persons in sport by sex 30 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.8% 20th Employed persons in sport by age 30 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.8% 20th Employed persons in sport by educational attainment level 30 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.8% 20th Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings 7.1% 2015 down 24.5% 23rd Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data 182 Thousand persons 2020 down 0.5% 13th Job vacancy rate by NACE Rev. 2.1 activity - annual data 2.2 Annual average 2025 up 4.8% 13th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 705 Thousand persons 2020 down 0.7% 17th Percentage of persons having a second job by household composition 13.7% 2025 — 4th Persons who cannot afford to get-together with friends or family 6.2% 2025 up 113.8% 18th Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week 4.6% 2025 up 31.4% 43rd Persons who cannot afford to replace worn-out clothes by some new 7.4% 2025 up 124.2% 14th Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.3% 2025 down 50.0% 42nd Persons who cannot afford to regularly participate in a leisure 5.7% 2025 up 67.6% 38th Transition from unemployment to employment by duration of 34.0% 2025 up 30.8% 4th Job-to-job transitions (annual averages of quarterly transitions) 8.0% 2025 up 166.7% 2nd Transition from outside the labour force to employment by labour 9.0% 2025 up 50.0% 1st Employed persons working at atypical working time by European 36.4% 2025 up 10.6% 14th Transition from unemployment to employment by previous work 34.0% 2025 up 30.8% 4th Transition from employment to unemployment by degree of urbanisation 1.0% 2025 unchanged 12th Disability employment gap by level of activity limitation and sex 15.7% 2025 down 41.2% 22nd Transition from unemployment to employment by degree of urbanisation 34.0% 2025 up 30.8% 5th Unemployed persons by type of employment sought - quarterly data 131.6 Thousand persons 2020 up 58.0% 33rd Unemployed persons by previous occupation - quarterly data 131.6 Thousand persons 2020 up 58.0% 33rd Unemployed persons by methods used for seeking work - % of total 47.3% 2020 down 17.5% 29th Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 129.8 Thousand 2020 up 37.2% 16th Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 57.6 Thousand 2020 up 46.6% 16th Persons outside the labour force not seeking employment by main reason 0.0% 2024 — 19th Recent immigrants in the labour force by country of birth 89.3% 2025 up 2.1% 3rd Employed recent immigrants by country of birth 84.1% 2025 up 6.6% 4th Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by age and NACE Rev. 2 activity 1.7% 2024 down 57.5% 25th Long-term unemployment by sex - quarterly data 24 Thousand persons 2020 up 41.2% 35th Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by NACE Rev. 2 activity - structure 12.8% 2024 down 17.9% 14th Unemployed persons by methods used for seeking work - % of total 43.7% 2020 down 20.7% 30th Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by type of ownership and NACE Rev. 6.7% 2024 down 56.8% 24th Unemployment by educational attainment level - quarterly data 41 Thousand persons 2020 up 32.3% 24th Recent immigrants in the labour force by citizenship 88.5% 2025 up 2.4% 5th Accidents at work of employees by sex and age, excluding road traffic 6,609 Number 2023 — 23rd Employed recent immigrants by citizenship 83.1% 2025 up 7.2% 5th Employment by educational attainment level - quarterly data 120 Thousand persons 2020 down 17.8% 16th Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 19th ICLS 1.4% 2024 down 30.6% 43rd Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data 42 Thousand persons 2020 up 10.5% 25th Employment by educational attainment level - annual data 124 Thousand persons 2020 down 18.4% 16th Long-term unemployment by sex - annual data 24 Thousand persons 2020 up 33.3% 35th Accidents at work of employees by sex and severity 18,898 Number 2024 up 85.9% 21st Job vacancy rate by NACE Rev. 2 activity - annual data 1.2 Annual average 2025 up 20.0% 9th Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 19th ICLS 3.9% 2024 up 23.1% 39th Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity - quarterly data 431 2025 up 113.4% 8th Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by working time and NACE Rev. 2 2.4% 2024 up 271.4% 21st Employment in Foreign Controlled Enterprises 22.4% 2023 up 11.0% 14th Enterprises that employ ICT specialists by NACE Rev.2 activity 11.3% 2024 down 23.9% 41st Employed persons by actual hours worked in main and second job during 422 Thousand persons 2026 down 7.3% 13th Employment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 70.1% 2026 up 0.4% 6th Employed persons by usual weekly hours of work in main and second job 417 Thousand persons 2026 up 13.0% 11th Employed HRST by category, NACE Rev. 1.1 activity and NUTS 1 region 1,151 Thousand 2008 up 28.5% 21st Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 2,514 Thousand persons 2008 up 11.6% 23rd ← Previous Page 15 of 17 Next →