Income distribution of households; National Accounts

Income distribution of households; National Accounts

Characteristics of households Periods Total amount Resources Compensation of employees Total (million euros) Total amount Resources Compensation of employees Wages and salaries (million euros) Total amount Resources Compensation of employees Employers' social contributions (million euros) Average amount Resources Compensation of employees Total (1,000 euro) Average amount Resources Compensation of employees Wages and salaries (1,000 euro) Average amount Resources Compensation of employees Employers' social contributions (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Compensation of employees Total (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Compensation of employees Wages and salaries (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Compensation of employees Employers' social contributions (1,000 euro) Share in adjusted disposable income Resources Compensation of employees Total (%) Share in adjusted disposable income Resources Compensation of employees Wages and salaries (%) Share in adjusted disposable income Resources Compensation of employees Employers' social contributions (%)
Total 2021* 408,557 319,313 89,244 48.9 38.2 10.7 33.0 25.8 7.2 68.3 53.4 14.9
Disposable income: 1st 20%-group 2021* 7,521 5,783 1,737 4.5 3.5 1.0 3.6 2.8 0.8 13.5 10.4 3.1
Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 30,235 23,102 7,133 18.1 13.8 4.3 13.1 10.0 3.1 34.8 26.6 8.2
Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 72,290 55,342 16,947 43.3 33.1 10.1 28.0 21.5 6.6 65.0 49.8 15.2
Disposable income: 4th 20%-group 2021* 118,185 90,979 27,206 70.8 54.5 16.3 43.8 33.7 10.1 86.8 66.8 20.0
Disposable income: 5th 20%-group 2021* 180,326 144,107 36,221 108.0 86.3 21.7 66.6 53.3 13.4 86.7 69.3 17.4
Type: Single man 2021* 40,990 31,980 9,010 27.3 21.3 6.0 27.4 21.4 6.0 69.2 54.0 15.2
Type: Single woman 2021* 25,390 19,490 5,899 16.1 12.4 3.7 16.2 12.5 3.8 39.9 30.6 9.3
Type: One-parent family 2021* 23,387 18,114 5,273 41.4 32.1 9.3 25.5 19.8 5.8 58.5 45.3 13.2
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 2021* 200,564 157,547 43,017 102.8 80.7 22.0 46.5 36.6 10.0 85.5 67.2 18.3
Type: Couple, no children 2021* 104,297 81,328 22,970 46.5 36.3 10.2 31.1 24.3 6.9 61.6 48.0 13.6
Other types of households 2021* 13,929 10,854 3,075 26.9 21.0 5.9 18.7 14.6 4.1 44.7 34.8 9.9
Source of income: mixed income 2021* 15,089 11,972 3,117 18.2 14.4 3.8 11.3 9.0 2.3 16.4 13.1 3.4
Source of income: compensation of employ 2021* 386,346 301,679 84,667 91.1 71.1 20.0 55.6 43.4 12.2 112.7 88.0 24.7
Source of income: old age benefits 2021* 3,132 2,576 556 1.5 1.2 0.3 1.2 1.0 0.2 2.6 2.1 0.5
Source of income: other 2021* 3,990 3,086 904 3.6 2.8 0.8 2.8 2.2 0.6 9.7 7.5 2.2
Main earner: to 35 years 2021* 82,449 63,132 19,317 47.3 36.2 11.1 35.9 27.5 8.4 88.9 68.0 20.8
Main earner: 35 to 50 years 2021* 148,433 116,358 32,075 75.7 59.4 16.4 43.4 34.0 9.4 86.8 68.1 18.8
Main earner: 50 to 65 years 2021* 166,110 130,410 35,700 72.4 56.8 15.6 45.0 35.4 9.7 86.7 68.1 18.6
Main earner: 65 years or older 2021* 11,565 9,413 2,152 4.9 4.0 0.9 3.9 3.2 0.7 8.1 6.6 1.5
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 2021* 313,000 245,671 67,329 70.0 54.9 15.1 42.3 33.2 9.1 76.1 59.8 16.4
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy 2021* 13,176 10,076 3,100 9.1 7.0 2.2 7.1 5.5 1.7 21.1 16.1 5.0
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy 2021* 79,793 61,538 18,255 38.5 29.7 8.8 29.1 22.5 6.7 71.7 55.3 16.4
Home ownership: Other 2021* 2,588 2,028 560 7.1 5.5 1.5 6.6 5.1 1.4 19.7 15.5 4.3
Net worth: 1st 20%-group 2021* 35,164 27,019 8,145 21.1 16.2 4.9 17.4 13.3 4.0 52.9 40.6 12.2
Net worth: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 53,963 41,477 12,486 32.3 24.8 7.5 24.5 18.8 5.7 62.7 48.2 14.5
Net worth: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 89,278 68,745 20,533 53.4 41.2 12.3 34.9 26.9 8.0 77.4 59.6 17.8
Net worth: 4th 20%-group 2021* 103,728 80,653 23,075 62.1 48.3 13.8 37.7 29.4 8.4 73.9 57.4 16.4
Net worth: 5th 20%-group 2021* 126,424 101,419 25,005 75.7 60.7 15.0 44.5 35.7 8.8 66.7 53.5 13.2
Source: CBS.
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This table describes the income distribution of the sector households in the national accounts over different household groups. Households are identified by main source of income, living situation, household composition, age classes of the head of the household, income class by 20% groups, and net worth class by 20% groups.

Data available from: 2015.

Status of the figures:
All data are provisional.

Changes as of October 19th 2023:
The figures of 2015-2020 are revised, because national accounts figures are changed due to the revision policy of Statistics Netherlands. Results for 2021 are added to the table.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be released in October 2024.

Description topics

Total amount
Resources
Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
Compensation of employees
The compensation of employees is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during an accounting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the sum of wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
Total
Wages and salaries
Wages and salaries are the remunerations an employee receives in return for work done during an accounting period. Wages and salaries include social contributions, income taxes and other payments payable by the employee, including those withheld by the employer and paid directly to social insurance schemes, tax authorities etc. on behalf of the employee. The most important form of wages and salaries is wages in cash (including withheld income taxes and social contributions). Wages in cash are composed of regular gross wages, standard extra allowances (for instance for hazardous work), bonuses, overtime pay, tips and compensation for costs related to employment (for instance refunds of fares to and from work). Bonuses include holiday pay, tantième, gratifications, profit shares and a thirteenth or fourteenth month. Wages in kind occur if an employee benefits from his or her job besides being paid wages. Examples of payment in kind are private use of a company car, free housing, free food, lower interest rates on mortgages, free or cheap use of the company's products or services, and company supplied or subsidized child care.
Employers' social contributions
Employers' social contributions are social contributions payable by employers to social security schemes or other employment-related social insurance schemes to secure social benefits for their employees. Employer's social contributions may be either actual or imputed. As set out by the ESA 2010, pay over periods in which no work is done due to illness or bad weather is registered as part of employers' social contributions.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Resources
Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
Compensation of employees
The compensation of employees is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during an accounting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the sum of wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
Total
Wages and salaries
Wages and salaries are the remunerations an employee receives in return for work done during an accounting period. Wages and salaries include social contributions, income taxes and other payments payable by the employee, including those withheld by the employer and paid directly to social insurance schemes, tax authorities etc. on behalf of the employee. The most important form of wages and salaries is wages in cash (including withheld income taxes and social contributions). Wages in cash are composed of regular gross wages, standard extra allowances (for instance for hazardous work), bonuses, overtime pay, tips and compensation for costs related to employment (for instance refunds of fares to and from work). Bonuses include holiday pay, tantième, gratifications, profit shares and a thirteenth or fourteenth month. Wages in kind occur if an employee benefits from his or her job besides being paid wages. Examples of payment in kind are private use of a company car, free housing, free food, lower interest rates on mortgages, free or cheap use of the company's products or services, and company supplied or subsidized child care.
Employers' social contributions
Employers' social contributions are social contributions payable by employers to social security schemes or other employment-related social insurance schemes to secure social benefits for their employees. Employer's social contributions may be either actual or imputed. As set out by the ESA 2010, pay over periods in which no work is done due to illness or bad weather is registered as part of employers' social contributions.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Resources
Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
Compensation of employees
The compensation of employees is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during an accounting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the sum of wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
Total
Wages and salaries
Wages and salaries are the remunerations an employee receives in return for work done during an accounting period. Wages and salaries include social contributions, income taxes and other payments payable by the employee, including those withheld by the employer and paid directly to social insurance schemes, tax authorities etc. on behalf of the employee. The most important form of wages and salaries is wages in cash (including withheld income taxes and social contributions). Wages in cash are composed of regular gross wages, standard extra allowances (for instance for hazardous work), bonuses, overtime pay, tips and compensation for costs related to employment (for instance refunds of fares to and from work). Bonuses include holiday pay, tantième, gratifications, profit shares and a thirteenth or fourteenth month. Wages in kind occur if an employee benefits from his or her job besides being paid wages. Examples of payment in kind are private use of a company car, free housing, free food, lower interest rates on mortgages, free or cheap use of the company's products or services, and company supplied or subsidized child care.
Employers' social contributions
Employers' social contributions are social contributions payable by employers to social security schemes or other employment-related social insurance schemes to secure social benefits for their employees. Employer's social contributions may be either actual or imputed. As set out by the ESA 2010, pay over periods in which no work is done due to illness or bad weather is registered as part of employers' social contributions.
Share in adjusted disposable income
Percentage in gross adjusted disposable income
Resources
Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
Compensation of employees
The compensation of employees is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during an accounting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the sum of wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
Total
Wages and salaries
Wages and salaries are the remunerations an employee receives in return for work done during an accounting period. Wages and salaries include social contributions, income taxes and other payments payable by the employee, including those withheld by the employer and paid directly to social insurance schemes, tax authorities etc. on behalf of the employee. The most important form of wages and salaries is wages in cash (including withheld income taxes and social contributions). Wages in cash are composed of regular gross wages, standard extra allowances (for instance for hazardous work), bonuses, overtime pay, tips and compensation for costs related to employment (for instance refunds of fares to and from work). Bonuses include holiday pay, tantième, gratifications, profit shares and a thirteenth or fourteenth month. Wages in kind occur if an employee benefits from his or her job besides being paid wages. Examples of payment in kind are private use of a company car, free housing, free food, lower interest rates on mortgages, free or cheap use of the company's products or services, and company supplied or subsidized child care.
Employers' social contributions
Employers' social contributions are social contributions payable by employers to social security schemes or other employment-related social insurance schemes to secure social benefits for their employees. Employer's social contributions may be either actual or imputed. As set out by the ESA 2010, pay over periods in which no work is done due to illness or bad weather is registered as part of employers' social contributions.