Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, National Accounts

Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, National Accounts

Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Wages; seasonal adjusted (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Wage costs (million euros) 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 of employees per fte Wages per fte (1,000 euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation of employees per fte Wage costs per fte (1,000 euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation employees per hour worked Wages per hour worked (euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation employees per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (euro) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation of employees per fte Wages per fte (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation of employees per fte Wage costs per fte (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation employees per hour worked Wages per hour worked (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation employees per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (%)
A-U All economic activities 2023* 380,796 483,829 8.3 7.9 55.5 70.5 33.1 42.1 6.6 6.2 7.2 6.8
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 3,518 4,342 6.5 6.5 41.3 50.9 22.7 28.0 8.1 8.1 8.6 8.6
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 47,500 60,154 8.9 8.5 60.4 76.4 35.2 44.6 6.6 6.3 7.0 6.7
C Manufacturing 2023* 42,305 53,410 8.5 8.1 59.3 74.9 34.7 43.8 6.5 6.1 6.8 6.5
F Construction 2023* 18,243 23,218 7.6 6.7 55.9 71.2 31.6 40.2 5.8 4.9 5.4 4.5
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 75,569 94,939 8.1 8.6 47.2 59.3 27.3 34.3 6.7 7.2 7.4 7.9
J Information and communication 2023* 22,525 27,275 8.1 8.3 75.2 91.1 43.6 52.8 4.9 5.1 5.7 5.9
K Financial institutions 2023* 17,520 22,324 7.6 7.0 87.0 110.8 51.5 65.6 4.5 3.9 5.4 4.9
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 3,650 4,596 6.9 6.3 61.2 77.0 37.1 46.8 4.2 3.7 4.9 4.4
M-N Business services 2023* 70,883 87,173 7.2 7.1 54.8 67.4 31.4 38.7 7.6 7.4 8.3 8.2
78 Employment activities 2023* 19,475 24,289 2.7 2.3 38.2 47.7 21.5 26.8 8.4 8.0 9.0 8.5
O-Q Government and care 2023* 111,251 147,204 9.2 7.8 55.5 73.4 35.9 47.6 6.4 5.1 7.2 5.8
O Public administration and services 2023* 33,094 44,855 9.7 8.2 62.5 84.7 38.9 52.7 4.8 3.4 5.7 4.3
P Education 2023* 26,666 35,128 10.0 8.5 60.3 79.5 38.8 51.1 7.8 6.3 8.5 7.0
Q Health and social work activities 2023* 51,491 67,221 8.4 7.3 49.8 65.0 33.1 43.2 6.6 5.4 7.3 6.1
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 10,137 12,604 9.3 9.7 48.4 60.2 29.1 36.2 5.8 6.1 6.1 6.4
Source: CBS.
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This table provides annual and quarterly 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), full-time equivalent (fte) and hours worked. The seasonal adjusted time series about the compensation of employees and the wages & salaries are also available in this table. 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: 1995 first quarter.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2020 are final. Data of 2021 and further are provisional.

Changes as of March 25th 2024:
Data of the second estimate of the fourth quarter 2023 have been added to the table. The data of the previous three quarters 2023 are revised.

When will new figures be published?
The preliminary estimate (flash estimate) of a quarter is released within 45 days. The second estimate is published after 85 days. At the second estimate of the fourth quarter, data of the previous three quarters will also be revised.

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
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.
Wages; seasonal adjusted
Wages and salaries corrected for seasonal effects.
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
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 of employees 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 employees per hour worked
Wages per hour worked
Wages 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 of employees 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 employees per hour worked
Wages per hour worked
Wages per hour worked.
Wage costs per hour worked
Wage costs per hour worked.