Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, NA, 1969-2016
| Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Periods | Compensation of employees Amount Compensation of employees (mil euro) | Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (mil euro) | Compensation of employees Amount Employers' social contributions (mil euro) | Compensation of employees Amount Wage costs (mil euro) | Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Compensation of employees (%) | Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wages and salaries (%) | Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wage costs (%) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Compensation per fte (1 000 euro) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Wages per fte (1 000 euro) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Wage costs per fte (1 000 euro) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per hour worked Compensation per hour worked (euro) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per hour worked Wages per hour worked (euro) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (euro) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per fte Compensation per fte (%) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per fte Wages per fte (%) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per fte Wage costs per fte (%) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per hour worked Compensation per hour worked (%) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per hour worked Wages per hour worked (%) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (%) | Labour volume Number Full-time equivalent (fte) (x 1 000) | Labour volume Number Hours worked (mil hours) | Labour volume Number Hours paid (mil hours) | Labour volume Number Hours agreed (mil hours) | Labour volume Number Paid extra hours (mil hours) | Labour volume Year-on-year change Full-time equivalent (fte) (%) | Labour volume Year-on-year change Hours worked (%) | Jobs of employees Number Jobs (full-time and part-time) Total (x 1 000) | Jobs of employees Number Jobs (full-time and part-time) Male (x 1 000) | Jobs of employees Number Jobs (full-time and part-time) Female (x 1 000) | Jobs of employees Number Full-time jobs Total (x 1 000) | Jobs of employees Number Full-time jobs Male (x 1 000) | Jobs of employees Number Full-time jobs Female (x 1 000) | Jobs of employees Number Part-time jobs Total (x 1 000) | Jobs of employees Number Part-time jobs Male (x 1 000) | Jobs of employees Number Part-time jobs Female (x 1 000) | Jobs of employees Year-on-year change Jobs (full-time and part-time) Total (%) |
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| C Manufacturing | 2016* | 40,478 | 32,063 | 8,415 | 39,930 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 61.0 | 48.3 | 60.2 | 34.7 | 27.5 | 34.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 663 | 1,165 | 1,367 | 1,342 | 25 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 741 | 576 | 165 | 526 | 472 | 54 | 215 | 104 | 110 | 0.4 |
| 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages | 2016* | 6,315 | 5,026 | 1,289 | 6,280 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 60.1 | 47.8 | 59.8 | 34.0 | 27.0 | 33.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 105 | 186 | 217 | 212 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 127 | 82 | 45 | 78 | 65 | 13 | 49 | 17 | 32 | 1.3 |
| 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts | 2016* | 634 | 499 | 135 | 629 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 54.0 | 42.5 | 53.6 | 31.4 | 24.7 | 31.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 0 | -2.0 | -1.0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | -2.2 |
| 16 Manufacture of wood products | 2016* | 528 | 419 | 109 | 524 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 48.8 | 38.7 | 48.4 | 27.4 | 21.8 | 27.2 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 16-18 Man. of paper-, wood prod.,print. | 2016* | 2,433 | 1,947 | 486 | 2,416 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 55.6 | 44.4 | 55.2 | 31.8 | 25.4 | 31.6 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 44 | 77 | 89 | 87 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 49 | 39 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 17 Manufacture of paper | 2016* | 1,017 | 815 | 202 | 1,008 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 64.1 | 51.3 | 63.5 | 36.8 | 29.5 | 36.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 16 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 1 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -0.7 |
| 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum | 2016* | 614 | 448 | 166 | 614 | -4.2 | -0.4 | -4.2 | 109.4 | 79.9 | 109.4 | 64.5 | 47.1 | 64.5 | -6.1 | -2.3 | -6.1 | -6.5 | -2.8 | -6.5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.9 |
| 20 Manufacture of chemicals | 2016* | 3,541 | 2,894 | 647 | 3,495 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 85.5 | 69.9 | 84.4 | 48.7 | 39.8 | 48.1 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.9 | 41 | 73 | 86 | 85 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0.8 |
| 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals | 2016* | 924 | 737 | 187 | 895 | 1.9 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 80.3 | 64.1 | 77.8 | 45.8 | 36.5 | 44.3 | 1.9 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 1.8 | -0.4 | -0.5 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products | 2016* | 1,716 | 1,359 | 357 | 1,700 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 59.1 | 46.8 | 58.6 | 33.1 | 26.2 | 32.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 29 | 52 | 61 | 60 | 1 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3.1 |
| 22-23 Man. of plastic and building mat. | 2016* | 2,858 | 2,236 | 622 | 2,837 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 59.9 | 46.8 | 59.5 | 33.3 | 26.1 | 33.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 48 | 86 | 100 | 98 | 2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1.8 |
| 23 Manufacture of building materials | 2016* | 1,142 | 877 | 265 | 1,137 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 61.1 | 46.9 | 60.8 | 33.7 | 25.8 | 33.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 19 | 34 | 39 | 38 | 1 | -0.1 | 0.8 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -0.2 |
| 24 Manufacture of basic metals | 2016* | 1,280 | 1,019 | 261 | 1,275 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.5 | 67.9 | 54.1 | 67.7 | 38.1 | 30.3 | 38.0 | -0.2 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -1.2 | -1.6 | -0.9 | 19 | 34 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products | 2016* | 5,601 | 4,415 | 1,186 | 5,555 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 58.5 | 46.1 | 58.0 | 32.4 | 25.5 | 32.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 96 | 173 | 201 | 196 | 5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 104 | 92 | 12 | 83 | 79 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1.6 |
| 25 Manufacture of metal products | 2016* | 4,321 | 3,396 | 925 | 4,280 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 56.2 | 44.1 | 55.6 | 31.0 | 24.3 | 30.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 77 | 139 | 161 | 157 | 4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 66 | 63 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1.8 |
| 26 Manufacture of electronic products | 2016* | 1,980 | 1,602 | 378 | 1,889 | -3.6 | -3.8 | -5.9 | 86.2 | 69.7 | 82.2 | 49.4 | 40.0 | 47.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | -1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | -1.3 | 23 | 40 | 48 | 47 | 0 | -5.0 | -4.6 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | -5.0 |
| 27 Manufacture of electric equipment | 2016* | 1,422 | 1,105 | 317 | 1,392 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 72.7 | 56.5 | 71.2 | 41.3 | 32.1 | 40.4 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 20 | 34 | 41 | 40 | 0 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6.9 |
| 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. | 2016* | 5,258 | 4,197 | 1,061 | 5,111 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 69.5 | 55.5 | 67.5 | 38.1 | 30.4 | 37.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | -0.1 | 76 | 138 | 160 | 156 | 4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 81 | 71 | 10 | 65 | 61 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1.1 |
| 29 Manufacture of cars and trailers | 2016* | 1,220 | 965 | 255 | 1,199 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 61.8 | 48.8 | 60.7 | 35.0 | 27.7 | 34.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 20 | 35 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4.2 |
| 30 Manufacture of other transport | 2016* | 1,034 | 828 | 206 | 1,017 | -1.3 | -1.6 | -1.6 | 65.9 | 52.8 | 64.8 | 36.5 | 29.2 | 35.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 16 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 1 | -3.1 | -3.8 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | -3.0 |
| 31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other | 2016* | 4,097 | 3,169 | 928 | 4,068 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -0.6 | 37.6 | 29.0 | 37.3 | 23.1 | 17.9 | 22.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 109 | 177 | 212 | 211 | 1 | -2.8 | -2.0 | 128 | 87 | 40 | 71 | 59 | 12 | 57 | 28 | 29 | -2.8 |
| 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair | 2016* | 6,644 | 5,164 | 1,480 | 6,601 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 45.2 | 35.2 | 45.0 | 27.0 | 21.0 | 26.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 147 | 246 | 291 | 288 | 3 | -1.8 | -1.1 | 169 | 123 | 46 | 102 | 89 | 13 | 67 | 34 | 33 | -1.8 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2016* | 1,841 | 1,436 | 405 | 1,826 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 61.4 | 47.9 | 60.9 | 32.6 | 25.4 | 32.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 30 | 56 | 65 | 62 | 3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1.2 |
| 69-70 Legal and management consultancy | 2016* | 20,146 | 16,308 | 3,838 | 20,099 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 84.4 | 68.3 | 84.2 | 47.8 | 38.7 | 47.7 | -0.8 | 0.1 | -1.1 | -1.2 | -0.3 | -1.5 | 239 | 421 | 491 | 489 | 1 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 284 | 159 | 125 | 173 | 125 | 48 | 112 | 34 | 77 | 2.1 |
| 69-71 Management, technical consultancy | 2016* | 26,656 | 21,604 | 5,052 | 26,535 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 80.0 | 64.9 | 79.7 | 44.9 | 36.4 | 44.7 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -0.6 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -1.0 | 333 | 593 | 687 | 684 | 3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 391 | 240 | 150 | 244 | 188 | 56 | 146 | 53 | 94 | 2.0 |
| 86 Human health activities | 2016* | 23,108 | 18,331 | 4,777 | 23,068 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 59.8 | 47.4 | 59.6 | 38.1 | 30.3 | 38.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 387 | 606 | 738 | 736 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 517 | 114 | 404 | 154 | 72 | 82 | 363 | 42 | 322 | 0.4 |
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This table provides annual data about the compensation of employees, the wage costs and the labour volume of employees. Compensation of employees is classified in wages and salaries and employers' social contributions. The wage costs are the total of wages, social contributions paid by employers and taxes on wage costs minus wage cost subsidies. The labour volume is given in jobs (by sex and by full-time or part-time), full-time equivalent (fte), hours paid, hours agreed and hours worked. The table additionally provides the compensation of employees, wages and salaries and wage costs related to full-time equivalents and hours worked.
Data available from: 1969 up to and including 2016.
Status of the figures:
Data from 1969 up to and including 2015 are final. Data of 2016 are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2016 will not become final.
Changes as of June 22nd 2018:
None. This table has been discontinued.
Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. New statistical sources and estimation methods have been used during the revision. Therefore this table has been replaced by table Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts. For further information see section 3.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
Description topics
- Compensation of employees
- Compensation of employees is the total remuneration paid by employers to their employees in return for work done. Compensation of employees is classified in wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
- Amount
- Compensation of employees
- Compensation of employees is the total remuneration paid by employers to their employees in return for work done. Compensation of employees is classified in wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
- Wages and salaries
- Wages and salaries include income taxes and employees' social contributions even if they are actually withheld by the employer and paid directly to tax authorities, social security schemes and pension schemes. Besides wages that are periodically and directly paid to employees, wages and salaries also contain wages in kind and holiday allowances. Furthermore, certain refunds for costs made by the employee are included as well.
- Employers' social contributions
- Employers' social contributions consist of payments to insurers made by employers for the benefit of their employees. They can be classified in employers' social security contributions, employers' private social contributions (of which pension schemes) and the imputed social contributions.
- Wage costs
- The total of wages, social contributions paid by employers and taxes on wage costs minus wage cost subsidies.
- Year-on-year change
- %-change with respect to the previous year
- Compensation of employees
- Compensation of employees is the total remuneration paid by employers to their employees in return for work done. Compensation of employees is classified in wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
- Wages and salaries
- Wages and salaries include income taxes and employees' social contributions even if they are actually withheld by the employer and paid directly to tax authorities, social security schemes and pension schemes. Besides wages that are periodically and directly paid to employees, wages and salaries also contain wages in kind and holiday allowances. Furthermore, certain refunds for costs made by the employee are included as well.
- Wage costs
- The total of wages, social contributions paid by employers and taxes on wage costs minus wage cost subsidies.
- Compensation per labour volume
- Compensation of employees per labour volume.
- Amount
- Compensation per fte
- Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Compensation per fte
- Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Wages per fte
- Wages and salaries per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Wage costs per fte
- Wage costs per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Compensation per hour worked
- Compensation of employees per hour worked.
- Compensation per hour worked
- Compensation of employees per hour worked.
- Wages per hour worked
- Wages and salaries per hour worked.
- Wage costs per hour worked
- Wage costs per hour worked.
- Year-on-year change
- %-change with respect to the previous year
- Compensation per fte
- Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Compensation per fte
- Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Wages per fte
- Wages and salaries per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Wage costs per fte
- Wage costs per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Compensation per hour worked
- Compensation of employees per hour worked.
- Compensation per hour worked
- Compensation of employees per hour worked.
- Wages per hour worked
- Wages and salaries per hour worked.
- Wage costs per hour worked
- Wage costs per hour worked.
- Labour volume
- The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of hours worked or full-time equivalents
- Number
- Full-time equivalent (fte)
- A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
- Hours worked
- The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
- Hours paid
- The sum of the hours agreed and the paid extra hours.
- Hours agreed
- Paid extra hours
- Year-on-year change
- %-change with respect to the previous year
- Full-time equivalent (fte)
- A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
- Hours worked
- The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
- Jobs of employees
- A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit which specifies that labour will be carried out in return for (financial) remuneration.
A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons. In this table only jobs of employees are included.- Number
- Jobs (full-time and part-time)
- Sum of full-time jobs and part-time jobs.
- Total
- Male
- Female
- Full-time jobs
- An employee's job when he or she has a contract and tasks for a full working day and full working week.
- Total
- Male
- Female
- Part-time jobs
- A job for which there is a permanent contract and for which a fixed number of hours was agreed that is less than the number of hours in a full day's or working week.
- Total
- Male
- Female
- Year-on-year change
- %-change with respect to the previous year
- Jobs (full-time and part-time)
- Sum of full-time jobs and part-time jobs.
- Total