Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts

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Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts
Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Labour volume Number Hours worked (million hours) Labour volume Number Hours paid (million hours) Labour volume Number Hours agreed (million hours) Labour volume Number Paid extra hours (million hours) Labour volume Year-on-year change Hours worked (%)
A-U All economic activities 2022* 11,387 13,663 13,522 141 3.4
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2022* 158 184 179 4 0.3
01 Agriculture 2022* 152 176 172 4 -0.1
02 Forestry and logging 2022* 3 4 4 0 23.8
03 Fishing and aquaculture 2022* 3 3 3 0 0.4
B Mining and quarrying 2022* 13 15 15 0 0.7
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 1,327 1,583 1,559 24 0.9
C Manufacturing 2022* 1,201 1,434 1,414 21 0.8
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2022* 200 238 234 4 0.3
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2022* 21 25 25 0 -2.5
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2022* 74 89 87 1 0.4
16 Manufacture of wood products 2022* 24 29 28 0 4.3
17 Manufacture of paper 2022* 29 34 34 1 -1.8
18 Printing and reproduction 2022* 21 26 25 0 -0.8
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2022* 8 10 10 0 -3.0
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2022* 74 89 88 1 1.3
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2022* 102 122 121 1 4.0
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2022* 28 34 33 0 12.0
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2022* 54 65 64 1 7.0
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 91 108 106 2 3.8
23 Manufacture of building materials 2022* 37 44 43 1 -0.5
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2022* 34 41 40 0 0.4
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2022* 175 208 204 4 -0.5
25 Manufacture of metal products 2022* 141 167 164 3 -0.6
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2022* 46 56 55 0 1.6
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 86 103 103 1 3.2
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2022* 40 48 47 0 5.1
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2022* 160 190 187 3 3.2
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2022* 39 47 47 0 2.4
29-30 Transport equipment 2022* 68 81 81 1 1.5
30 Manufacture of other transport 2022* 29 34 34 0 0.2
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022* 216 259 256 3 -2.6
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2022* 150 180 180 1 -3.5
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2022* 67 79 77 2 -0.6
D Energy supply 2022* 50 59 58 0 4.3
35 Energy supply 2022* 50 59 58 0 4.3
E Water supply and waste management 2022* 64 75 72 3 0.7
36 Water collection and distribution 2022* 9 11 11 0 2.4
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 2022* 55 64 61 3 0.4
F Construction 2022* 566 674 665 9 1.8
41 Construction buildings, development 2022* 155 190 189 1 3.4
42 Civil engineering 2022* 90 105 103 2 0.5
43 Specialised construction activities 2022* 321 379 373 6 1.4
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022* 2,746 3,257 3,200 57 6.6
G Wholesale and retail trade 2022* 1,725 2,046 2,029 17 4.0
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 171 204 202 2 0.5
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 2022* 809 956 946 11 2.1
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 2022* 746 886 882 4 7.0
H Transportation and storage 2022* 611 725 687 38 3.4
49 Land transport 2022* 315 365 333 32 2.5
50 Water transport 2022* 25 30 30 0 -1.1
51 Air transport 2022* 35 44 44 0 20.5
52 Warehousing, services for transport 2022* 179 215 211 4 4.6
53 Postal and courier activities 2022* 58 70 69 1 -1.8
I Accommodation and food serving 2022* 410 486 484 1 25.2
J Information and communication 2022* 505 600 599 1 5.2
58 Publishing 2022* 32 37 37 0 -1.5
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2022* 65 77 77 0 2.0
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 2022* 34 40 40 0 5.5
61 Telecommunications 2022* 42 49 49 0 -3.3
62-63 IT- and information services 2022* 398 475 474 1 6.8
K Financial institutions 2022* 334 392 391 1 1.6
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 2022* 163 191 191 0 2.4
65 Insurance and pension funding 2022* 87 103 102 0 -2.4
66 Other financial services 2022* 84 98 98 0 4.6
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2022* 96 115 115 0 0.4
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 2022* 96 115 115 0 0.4
M-N Business services 2022* 2,277 2,692 2,655 37 4.2
M Other specialised business services 2022* 946 1,119 1,116 3 4.3
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 2022* 548 648 647 1 4.0
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2022* 748 885 882 3 3.6
71 Architects, technical services etc. 2022* 200 237 235 1 2.5
72 Research and development 2022* 74 88 88 0 5.1
73 Advertising and market research 2022* 65 77 77 0 5.7
73-75 Advertising, design and other 2022* 124 146 146 0 8.0
74-75 Other specialised services 2022* 59 70 69 0 10.8
N Renting and other business support 2022* 1,331 1,573 1,539 34 4.2
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2022* 53 63 62 1 3.2
78 Employment activities 2022* 960 1,128 1,099 29 3.3
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 2022* 27 32 32 0 37.6
80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 291 350 346 3 5.2
O-Q Government and care 2022* 3,038 3,760 3,754 7 1.2
O Public administration and services 2022* 820 983 980 3 1.2
84 Public administration and services 2022* 820 983 980 3 1.2
P Education 2022* 678 838 837 1 3.1
85 Education 2022* 678 838 837 1 3.1
Q Health and social work activities 2022* 1,540 1,940 1,936 4 0.5
86 Human health activities 2022* 683 845 843 2 0.1
87-88 Care and social work 2022* 857 1,095 1,094 2 0.8
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022* 338 406 405 1 7.7
R Culture, sports and recreation 2022* 145 174 173 0 19.9
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 2022* 70 84 84 0 22.7
93 Sports and recreation 2022* 75 89 89 0 17.4
S Other service activities 2022* 154 184 184 1 -1.2
94 Membership organisations 2022* 84 102 102 0 -4.1
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 2022* 7 8 8 0 -5.3
96 Other personal services 2022* 62 75 74 0 3.6
T Activities of households 2022* 40 48 48 0 5.6
U Extraterritorial organisations 2022* . . . . .
99 Extraterritorial organisations 2022* . . . . .
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: 1995

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2021 are final. Data over 2022 are provisional.

Changes as of June 23rd 2023:
Data of 2022 have been added. Data of 2021 have been revised.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional data are published 6 months after the end of the reporting year. Final data are released 18 months after the end of the reporting year.

Description topics

Labour volume
The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of hours worked or full-time equivalents
Number
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours paid
The sum of the hours agreed and the paid extra hours.
Hours agreed
Paid extra hours
Year-on-year change
%-change with respect to the previous year
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.