Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, National Accounts

Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, National Accounts

Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods
A-U All economic activities 2023*
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023*
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023*
C Manufacturing 2023*
F Construction 2023*
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023*
J Information and communication 2023*
K Financial institutions 2023*
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023*
M-N Business services 2023*
78 Employment activities 2023*
O-Q Government and care 2023*
O Public administration and services 2023*
P Education 2023*
Q Health and social work activities 2023*
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023*
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.

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