Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, NA, 1995-q1 2024

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Compensation of employees Amount Compensation of employees (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Compensation; seasonal adjusted (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Wages; seasonal adjusted (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Employers' social contributions (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Social contributions; seasonal adjusted (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Wage costs (million euros) 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 (%)
A-U All economic activities 2015 1st quarter 77,141 81,928 60,213 64,669 16,928 17,259 76,969 0.6 2.1 0.4
2015 2nd quarter 92,236 82,361 73,949 65,007 18,287 17,354 91,969 0.7 2.2 0.6
2015 3rd quarter 76,254 82,748 59,535 65,402 16,719 17,346 76,026 0.9 2.7 0.7
2015 4th quarter 84,636 83,192 66,993 65,638 17,643 17,554 84,550 0.4 2.0 0.4
2015 330,267 260,690 69,577 329,514 0.6 2.3 0.5
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2015 1st quarter 669 750 528 596 141 154 664 -1.7 -1.2 -1.8
2015 2nd quarter 847 759 685 607 162 152 839 -0.8 0.2 -0.8
2015 3rd quarter 767 759 607 604 160 155 760 -1.2 -0.4 -1.1
2015 4th quarter 755 770 601 614 154 156 748 1.5 2.7 1.4
2015 3,038 2,421 617 3,011 -0.5 0.3 -0.6
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2015 1st quarter 10,469 10,863 8,198 8,632 2,271 2,231 10,420 0.1 2.5 -0.1
2015 2nd quarter 12,574 11,001 10,153 8,694 2,421 2,307 12,478 0.7 3.3 0.7
2015 3rd quarter 9,941 10,952 7,746 8,652 2,195 2,300 9,870 -1.4 1.3 -1.4
2015 4th quarter 10,865 11,027 8,580 8,705 2,285 2,322 10,770 -1.9 0.6 -2.0
2015 43,849 34,677 9,172 43,538 -0.6 2.0 -0.7
C Manufacturing 2015 1st quarter 9,270 9,616 7,269 7,652 2,001 1,964 9,221 0.3 2.6 0.0
2015 2nd quarter 11,151 9,739 9,015 7,705 2,136 2,034 11,060 0.9 3.4 0.9
2015 3rd quarter 8,801 9,697 6,870 7,670 1,931 2,027 8,732 -1.3 1.2 -1.2
2015 4th quarter 9,594 9,764 7,584 7,719 2,010 2,045 9,508 -1.9 0.5 -1.9
2015 38,816 30,738 8,078 38,521 -0.5 2.0 -0.5
F Construction 2015 1st quarter 3,867 4,028 2,965 3,121 902 907 3,854 -3.1 -2.5 -3.2
2015 2nd quarter 4,462 4,029 3,506 3,121 956 908 4,449 -1.6 -0.7 -1.6
2015 3rd quarter 3,799 4,006 2,917 3,104 882 902 3,787 -1.6 -0.7 -1.5
2015 4th quarter 3,927 3,992 3,029 3,071 898 921 3,916 -3.3 -2.2 -3.3
2015 16,055 12,417 3,638 16,006 -2.4 -1.5 -2.4
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2015 1st quarter 15,642 16,383 12,498 13,142 3,144 3,241 15,586 2.8 4.1 2.6
2015 2nd quarter 18,665 16,397 15,185 13,157 3,480 3,240 18,598 2.1 3.1 2.0
2015 3rd quarter 15,411 16,487 12,266 13,236 3,145 3,251 15,352 2.1 3.2 2.1
2015 4th quarter 16,083 16,552 12,858 13,297 3,225 3,255 16,036 1.4 2.4 1.4
2015 65,801 52,807 12,994 65,572 2.1 3.2 2.0
J Information and communication 2015 1st quarter 3,750 3,812 3,029 3,093 721 719 3,723 5.4 5.3 5.1
2015 2nd quarter 4,349 3,866 3,597 3,148 752 718 4,303 5.3 5.5 5.3
2015 3rd quarter 3,564 3,868 2,863 3,138 701 730 3,529 4.4 4.6 4.4
2015 4th quarter 3,792 3,909 3,069 3,182 723 727 3,755 4.2 4.5 4.0
2015 15,455 12,558 2,897 15,310 4.8 5.0 4.7
K Financial institutions 2015 1st quarter 4,417 4,472 3,482 3,563 935 909 4,415 -5.1 -1.4 -5.9
2015 2nd quarter 4,872 4,436 3,924 3,507 948 929 4,867 -5.7 -2.1 -5.8
2015 3rd quarter 3,968 4,449 3,080 3,547 888 902 3,964 -5.8 -0.8 -5.9
2015 4th quarter 4,578 4,465 3,645 3,517 933 948 4,578 -6.9 -3.3 -7.1
2015 17,835 14,131 3,704 17,824 -5.9 -2.0 -6.2
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2015 1st quarter 820 860 626 663 194 197 820 -3.1 -1.4 -3.4
2015 2nd quarter 978 862 772 666 206 196 980 -1.4 0.7 -1.1
2015 3rd quarter 790 859 600 663 190 196 791 -2.4 -0.5 -2.2
2015 4th quarter 874 881 673 681 201 200 876 0.8 2.8 0.7
2015 3,462 2,671 791 3,467 -1.5 0.4 -1.5
M-N Business services 2015 1st quarter 13,614 14,262 10,992 11,517 2,622 2,745 13,562 2.4 4.5 2.0
2015 2nd quarter 15,945 14,391 13,048 11,643 2,897 2,748 15,874 3.0 4.9 3.0
2015 3rd quarter 13,681 14,530 10,955 11,735 2,726 2,795 13,613 2.8 4.8 2.8
2015 4th quarter 14,775 14,831 11,941 12,046 2,834 2,785 14,723 3.9 6.0 3.9
2015 58,015 46,936 11,079 57,772 3.0 5.0 3.0
78 Employment activities 2015 1st quarter 3,527 3,892 2,828 3,124 699 768 3,503 9.6 10.0 9.6
2015 2nd quarter 4,412 4,005 3,563 3,218 849 787 4,394 11.5 12.4 12.0
2015 3rd quarter 4,055 4,116 3,249 3,311 806 805 4,028 11.0 11.7 11.5
2015 4th quarter 4,273 4,242 3,426 3,405 847 837 4,247 11.7 12.4 12.3
2015 16,267 13,066 3,201 16,172 11.0 11.7 11.4
O-Q Government and care 2015 1st quarter 21,887 24,348 16,289 18,600 5,598 5,748 21,919 -0.3 0.4 -0.2
2015 2nd quarter 27,127 24,464 21,102 18,722 6,025 5,742 27,168 -0.3 0.6 -0.6
2015 3rd quarter 22,300 24,663 16,861 18,956 5,439 5,707 22,329 1.5 3.1 0.9
2015 4th quarter 26,776 24,577 20,804 18,757 5,972 5,820 26,934 0.3 1.6 0.3
2015 98,090 75,056 23,034 98,350 0.3 1.4 0.1
O Public administration and services 2015 1st quarter 6,617 7,321 4,715 5,405 1,902 1,916 6,652 -0.7 -0.7 -0.5
2015 2nd quarter 8,134 7,378 6,151 5,473 1,983 1,905 8,182 -0.3 0.1 -1.1
2015 3rd quarter 6,636 7,431 4,788 5,531 1,848 1,900 6,667 1.2 2.5 -0.3
2015 4th quarter 8,169 7,424 6,181 5,425 1,988 1,999 8,327 0.0 0.9 0.4
2015 29,556 21,835 7,721 29,828 0.0 0.7 -0.4
P Education 2015 1st quarter 5,129 5,780 3,780 4,389 1,349 1,391 5,148 0.4 1.0 0.7
2015 2nd quarter 6,412 5,796 4,968 4,409 1,444 1,387 6,427 0.8 1.7 0.6
2015 3rd quarter 5,420 5,886 4,105 4,520 1,315 1,366 5,439 3.8 5.6 3.5
2015 4th quarter 6,383 5,865 4,959 4,482 1,424 1,383 6,401 2.0 3.5 1.8
2015 23,344 17,812 5,532 23,415 1.7 2.9 1.6
Q Health and social work activities 2015 1st quarter 10,141 11,247 7,794 8,806 2,347 2,441 10,119 -0.4 0.8 -0.5
2015 2nd quarter 12,581 11,290 9,983 8,840 2,598 2,450 12,559 -0.8 0.4 -0.9
2015 3rd quarter 10,244 11,346 7,968 8,905 2,276 2,441 10,223 0.4 2.2 0.3
2015 4th quarter 12,224 11,288 9,664 8,850 2,560 2,438 12,206 -0.3 1.1 -0.5
2015 45,190 35,409 9,781 45,107 -0.3 1.1 -0.4
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2015 1st quarter 2,006 2,150 1,606 1,742 400 408 2,006 -0.5 0.8 -0.4
2015 2nd quarter 2,417 2,156 1,977 1,742 440 414 2,413 -1.5 -0.4 -1.5
2015 3rd quarter 2,033 2,175 1,640 1,767 393 408 2,031 -0.7 1.1 -0.4
2015 4th quarter 2,211 2,188 1,793 1,768 418 420 2,214 -1.0 0.1 -0.9
2015 8,667 7,016 1,651 8,664 -1.0 0.3 -0.8
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 up to and including 2024 first quarter.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2020 are final. Data of 2021 and further are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2021 and further will not become final.

Changes as of June 24th 2024:
None. This table has been discontinued.
Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. New statistical sources, methods and concepts are implemented in the national accounts, in order to align the picture of the Dutch economy with all underlying source data and international guidelines for the compilation of the 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
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.
Compensation; seasonal adjusted
Compensation of employees corrected for seasonal effects.
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.
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.
Social contributions; seasonal adjusted
Employers' social contribution 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
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.