Salary statistics NITO Private 2025
NITO's members in the private sector continue to have high wage growth in 2025. The figures show that the labour market for engineers and technologists is good, and that loyalty is rewarded.
The salary statistics for NITO Private in 2025 show:
- The average salary as of 1 October 2025 was NOK 911,460 per year
- The average starting salary was NOK 649,352 per year
- The general wage increase from 1 October 2024 to 1 October 2025 was 4.1 per cent
- The wage increase for identical persons was 6.1 per cent
The consumer price index increased by 3.4 per cent in this period, which gives a real wage increase of 0.8 per cent.
"These are good figures for NITO's members and show that our union representatives have done a good job in last year's wage negotiations," says Øyvind Kyrkjebø, head of NITO Privat.
The average salary increase is at the same level as in 2022.
This figure does not take into account the fact that someone has quit or started a new job. That's why it's just as interesting to look at identical people.
Loyalty pays off
- Changing jobs is often a driver of wage growth. Getting a new position with more responsibility in the company you work for gives better results than changing jobs to a competitor," says Kyrkjebø.
- New position group in the same company resulted in an average salary increase of 7.0 per cent
- New position group in another company gave 6.3 per cent in average salary increase
- This means that it still pays to be loyal in the company you are employed in. Companies in the private sector are increasingly providing career opportunities within and are conscious of providing career opportunities in order to retain employees.
- Loyalty has started to pay off more in recent years. We are pleased that some money is included for NITO's engineers and technologists who are loyal to their employer.
Øyvind Kyrkjebø, subject manager at NITO Privat.
Engineers and technologists are still in demand
" NITO's members in the private sector continue to have high wage growth, which shows that the labour market is good. Engineers and technologists have skills that are in demand," says Kyrkjebø. At the same time, possible trends in several industries result in greater variations in this year's statistics.
"We see that for a period now it has been wise to have the flexibility to dare to move between industries or to have the opportunity to move geographically to continue wage growth. This will probably be just as decisive for the salary level of engineers and technologists in the future, along with the awareness of continuous competence replenishment.
"The fact that there are differences between industries and companies also means that NITO's wage policy works," Kyrkjebø concludes.
