Work & Labour in Norway 981 indicators covering work & labour for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Employment by professional status 2,923 Persons 2025 up 10.7% 27th Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Number of strikes and lockouts 10 2024 unchanged 48th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 2,903 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.9% 23rd Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 2,903 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.9% 23rd Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 1,700 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.9% 23rd Incidence of unemployment by duration 28.02 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 1.2% 8th Annual population and employment, national concept — Total employment 2,943 Persons 2025 up 11.6% 27th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 32.6 2024 down 4.2% 97th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 32.45 2024 down 3.7% 98th Youth unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 65.56 2024 up 48.0% 58th Monthly unemployment levels 136.92 Persons 2025 up 4.9% 28th Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts 4.3 2024 down 52.1% 47th Gender share of part-time employment 62.65 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 10.1% 25th Full-time and part-time employment 2,191 Persons 2025 up 12.6% 31st Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition 2,191 Persons 2025 up 12.6% 31st Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on national 74.95 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 1.3% 30th Youth employees 674.27 2024 up 15.1% 50th Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts 31,200 2024 down 78.9% 30th Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person 37.88 2025 up 11.8% 71st Average weekly hours usually worked per employee 37.73 2025 up 12.4% 72nd Monthly unemployment rates 4.51 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 down 3.9% 22nd Annual population and employment, national concept — Employees 2,789 Persons 2025 up 12.4% 25th Annual population and employment, national concept — Self employed 154 Persons 2025 down 0.6% 32nd Average monthly earnings of employees 5,699 2025 up 0.4% 55th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on 80.19 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 0.4% 29th Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition 2,327 Persons 2025 up 13.7% 31st Average monthly earnings of employees 5,699 2025 up 0.4% 53rd Days lost due to cases of occupational injury with temporary 0 2022 — 93rd Infra-annual registered unemployment and job vacancies 63,036 Persons 2025 down 21.8% 20th Long usual weekly working hours — Employment 142.9 Persons 2025 up 15.6% 30th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Population 4.79 million Persons 2026 up 11.5% 36th Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked — Share of 4.94 Percentage of workers in the same age, sex and employment status 2025 up 2.3% 33rd Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.301 2025 up 1.0% 67th Median monthly earnings of employees 5,217 2025 up 0.9% 44th Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 6.7% 2024 down 26.9% 113th Female share of employment in senior and middle management 30.8% 2024 down 1.0% 66th Median monthly earnings of employees 5,217 2025 up 0.9% 43rd Median monthly earnings of employees 5,217 2025 up 0.9% 43rd Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 119.3 Thousand persons 2024 up 13.1% 22nd Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 0 2024 — 190th Own-account workers, total 5.0% 2016 down 18.1% 178th Incidence of involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time 2.53 Percentage of employment 2025 down 31.9% 17th STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment 4,175 Hours 2025 up 9.1% 23rd Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 34.56 Hours per week per person 2025 up 1.3% 34th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 91.69 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 0.3% 13th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 8.31 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 2.9% 25th Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 59.24 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 2.8% 3rd Involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time employment 73.99 Persons 2025 down 24.6% 25th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 7.52 2024 up 9.9% 59th Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 107.25 2024 up 17.2% 50th Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3.69 2024 up 5.8% 38th Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 8.89 2024 up 130.3% 65th Labor market, S1 - Additional requirements for collective dismissal 0.7682 2014 unchanged 59th Labor market, S1 - Firing costs 0.7461 2014 unchanged 36th Labor market, Overall 0.5422 2014 unchanged 76th Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience 0.5249 2014 unchanged 80th Labor market, S1 - Redress measures 0.4399 2014 unchanged 74th Labor market, S1 - Valid grounds 0.5168 2014 unchanged 81st LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 7.08 2024 up 22.3% 55th ← Previous Page 6 of 17 Next →