Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, NA, 1969-2016

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (mil euro) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wages and salaries (%) 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 Year-on-year change Jobs (full-time and part-time) Total (%)
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2,308 3.7 103 69 34 1.7
02 Forestry and logging 64 0.0 2 1 0 -1.6
03 Fishing and aquaculture 55 -1.1 1 1 0 -2.2
B Mining and quarrying 819 -4.6 9 8 1 -6.7
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 5,026 3.9 127 82 45 1.3
18 Printing and reproduction 713 0.9 20 14 6 -1.7
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 448 -0.4 6 5 1 1.9
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 3,631 0.4 57 43 14 0.6
22-23 Man. of plastic and building mat. 2,236 3.4 51 43 8 1.8
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 4,415 3.3 104 92 12 1.6
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2,707 2.5 46 37 9 0.2
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 965 8.1 21 19 2 4.2
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 5,164 1.3 169 123 46 -1.8
33 Repair and installation of machinery 1,995 2.7 41 35 6 1.4
D Electricity and gas supply 1,475 0.9 24 18 6 0.0
35 Electricity and gas supply 1,475 0.9 24 18 6 0.0
E Water supply and waste management 1,436 2.2 33 27 6 1.2
36 Water collection and distribution 279 0.7 5 4 1 0.7
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 1,157 2.6 27 23 4 1.3
G Wholesale and retail trade 36,025 3.1 1,328 710 618 1.4
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 3,719 3.7 112 95 17 2.4
H Transportation and storage 13,645 3.1 365 274 91 0.4
49 Land transport 6,197 3.8 175 146 28 1.4
53 Postal and courier activities 1,084 -1.1 60 34 26 -6.2
I Accommodation and food serving 5,094 5.7 390 189 201 4.3
J Information and communication 13,072 5.2 245 179 67 4.0
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and tv 2,087 2.4 46 24 21 -0.3
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 871 2.5 20 11 9 3.2
62-63 IT- and information services 9,148 6.0 169 132 37 5.6
65 Insurance and pension funding 3,526 -2.1 58 30 28 -2.7
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 16,308 2.4 284 159 125 2.1
72 Research and development 2,023 3.1 37 22 15 2.8
73 Advertising and market research 1,580 3.7 43 24 19 -1.2
73-75 Advertising, design and other 2,693 6.5 78 40 37 2.9
N Renting and other business support 20,703 7.1 1,008 577 431 6.4
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 1,188 -5.4 30 22 8 3.2
O-Q Government and care 77,257 3.0 2,273 691 1,582 -0.2
O Public administration and services 23,096 2.9 512 306 206 -0.2
84 Public administration and services 23,096 2.9 512 306 206 -0.2
Q Health and social work activities 35,308 2.5 1,244 199 1,045 -0.6
87-88 Care and social work 16,977 2.2 727 85 642 -1.3
R Culture, sports and recreation 2,970 2.6 127 61 67 0.9
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 1,569 2.8 51 23 28 1.3
93 Sports and recreation 1,401 2.4 76 37 39 0.6
95 Repair computers and consumer goods 135 2.3 5 4 2 -0.4
Source: CBS.
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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.

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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
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.
Year-on-year change
%-change with respect to the previous year
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.
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
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