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 Compensation of employees Amount Compensation of employees (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Employers' social contributions (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 (%) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Compensation per fte (1,000 euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Wages per fte (1,000 euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Wage costs per fte (1,000 euro)
A-U All economic activities 2021* 419,764 328,443 91,321 408,938 4.2 4.4 5.1 64.3 50.3 62.6
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2021* 3,989 3,151 838 3,888 4.2 4.0 5.7 45.9 36.2 44.7
01 Agriculture 2021* 3,762 2,968 794 3,665 4.2 3.9 5.6 44.9 35.4 43.7
02 Forestry and logging 2021* 122 96 26 122 3.6 5.4 3.6 66.2 52.0 66.2
03 Fishing and aquaculture 2021* 105 87 18 101 7.0 5.7 10.8 77.9 64.4 74.9
B Mining and quarrying 2021* 778 600 178 766 -10.1 -9.2 -9.0 113.8 87.8 112.1
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2021* 52,665 41,203 11,462 51,154 2.4 3.2 3.7 69.5 54.4 67.5
C Manufacturing 2021* 47,160 36,933 10,227 45,675 2.4 3.2 3.7 68.4 53.5 66.2
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2021* 7,769 6,073 1,696 7,663 3.3 3.5 4.2 67.2 52.5 66.3
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2021* 720 558 162 693 3.0 3.0 7.7 59.3 45.9 57.0
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2021* 2,552 2,018 534 2,478 2.7 3.3 4.6 59.4 47.0 57.7
16 Manufacture of wood products 2021* 689 538 151 676 7.8 8.0 8.5 52.3 40.8 51.3
17 Manufacture of paper 2021* 1,175 938 237 1,160 2.6 3.8 5.2 69.2 55.2 68.3
18 Printing and reproduction 2021* 688 542 146 642 -1.9 -1.6 -0.1 53.8 42.4 50.2
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2021* 549 405 144 549 -7.9 -3.0 -7.3 114.7 84.6 114.7
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2021* 4,035 3,277 758 3,992 -3.5 3.1 -2.5 96.0 77.9 94.9
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2021* 5,284 4,285 999 5,229 -0.7 4.7 0.2 94.1 76.3 93.1
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2021* 1,249 1,008 241 1,237 9.8 9.9 10.0 88.4 71.3 87.6
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2021* 1,932 1,514 418 1,888 3.3 3.6 4.9 63.5 49.8 62.1
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2021* 3,292 2,560 732 3,227 3.1 3.3 4.4 64.8 50.4 63.5
23 Manufacture of building materials 2021* 1,360 1,046 314 1,339 2.9 2.8 3.7 66.7 51.3 65.6
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2021* 1,574 1,234 340 1,560 3.9 4.5 9.7 78.9 61.9 78.2
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2021* 6,524 5,080 1,444 6,359 2.8 3.1 5.8 65.1 50.7 63.4
25 Manufacture of metal products 2021* 4,950 3,846 1,104 4,799 2.5 2.7 4.6 61.6 47.9 59.8
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2021* 2,396 1,899 497 2,290 6.2 6.3 7.2 92.0 72.9 87.9
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2021* 4,023 3,159 864 3,868 5.9 6.2 6.6 85.9 67.5 82.6
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2021* 1,627 1,260 367 1,578 5.4 6.0 5.9 78.3 60.7 76.0
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2021* 7,085 5,593 1,492 6,799 7.2 7.4 9.1 80.0 63.2 76.8
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2021* 1,470 1,145 325 1,421 -10.2 -11.0 0.4 68.0 53.0 65.7
29-30 Transport equipment 2021* 2,649 2,074 575 2,502 -5.7 -6.1 2.0 69.5 54.4 65.6
30 Manufacture of other transport 2021* 1,179 929 250 1,081 0.6 0.7 4.2 71.5 56.3 65.5
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2021* 6,713 5,128 1,585 6,308 0.1 0.5 -2.2 50.3 38.4 47.2
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2021* 4,201 3,234 967 4,053 1.1 1.7 1.6 43.6 33.5 42.0
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2021* 2,512 1,894 618 2,255 -1.4 -1.6 -8.3 67.7 51.1 60.8
D Energy supply 2021* 2,416 1,912 504 2,413 6.6 6.4 6.6 91.2 72.2 91.1
35 Energy supply 2021* 2,416 1,912 504 2,413 6.6 6.4 6.6 91.2 72.2 91.1
E Water supply and waste management 2021* 2,311 1,758 553 2,300 4.7 4.8 5.7 67.3 51.2 67.0
36 Water collection and distribution 2021* 397 302 95 397 3.8 3.2 4.4 76.9 58.5 76.9
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 2021* 1,914 1,456 458 1,903 4.9 5.1 6.0 65.6 49.9 65.3
F Construction 2021* 20,511 16,000 4,511 20,272 3.7 4.5 4.6 65.7 51.2 64.9
41 Construction buildings, development 2021* 6,041 4,733 1,308 5,983 3.4 4.9 4.7 70.1 54.9 69.4
42 Civil engineering 2021* 3,640 2,864 776 3,600 1.7 2.5 2.0 75.9 59.7 75.1
43 Specialised construction activities 2021* 10,830 8,403 2,427 10,689 4.7 4.9 5.5 60.8 47.1 60.0
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2021* 82,032 64,683 17,349 77,414 4.0 3.8 4.5 54.2 42.7 51.1
G Wholesale and retail trade 2021* 53,287 42,194 11,093 51,828 4.8 4.6 5.7 54.4 43.1 53.0
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2021* 5,507 4,340 1,167 5,329 4.7 5.4 6.7 55.0 43.3 53.2
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 2021* 30,953 24,748 6,205 30,295 5.2 5.1 6.4 68.8 55.0 67.3
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 2021* 16,827 13,106 3,721 16,204 4.2 3.5 4.0 39.2 30.6 37.8
H Transportation and storage 2021* 21,168 16,322 4,846 19,930 4.1 3.9 4.6 64.8 50.0 61.0
49 Land transport 2021* 9,549 7,268 2,281 9,349 4.8 4.3 5.0 59.4 45.2 58.2
50 Water transport 2021* 1,042 827 215 952 0.6 0.4 1.1 72.7 57.7 66.4
51 Air transport 2021* 2,093 1,638 455 1,322 -7.4 -8.0 -10.8 105.5 82.6 66.6
52 Warehousing, services for transport 2021* 6,786 5,287 1,499 6,622 6.4 6.2 6.8 70.2 54.7 68.5
53 Postal and courier activities 2021* 1,698 1,302 396 1,685 9.9 11.4 10.1 48.4 37.1 48.0
I Accommodation and food serving 2021* 7,577 6,167 1,410 5,656 -1.8 -1.7 -5.4 36.3 29.5 27.1
J Information and communication 2021* 23,150 18,981 4,169 22,656 10.8 10.4 11.7 84.4 69.2 82.6
58 Publishing 2021* 1,438 1,163 275 1,410 2.2 1.5 2.9 75.3 60.9 73.8
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2021* 2,800 2,269 531 2,719 4.3 3.8 5.8 74.4 60.2 72.2
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 2021* 1,362 1,106 256 1,309 6.6 6.2 9.0 73.4 59.6 70.5
61 Telecommunications 2021* 2,158 1,744 414 2,149 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 87.2 70.5 86.8
62-63 IT- and information services 2021* 18,192 14,968 3,224 17,788 13.3 12.9 14.4 85.9 70.6 84.0
K Financial institutions 2021* 19,708 15,384 4,324 19,760 6.4 6.2 7.1 102.7 80.2 103.0
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 2021* 10,422 8,110 2,312 10,368 6.4 5.8 6.6 110.8 86.3 110.3
65 Insurance and pension funding 2021* 5,096 3,918 1,178 5,234 1.0 0.9 3.4 97.2 74.7 99.9
66 Other financial services 2021* 4,190 3,356 834 4,158 13.5 14.0 13.6 92.4 74.0 91.7
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2021* 4,140 3,283 857 4,121 2.2 4.0 2.9 72.1 57.2 71.8
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 2021* 4,140 3,283 857 4,121 2.2 4.0 2.9 72.1 57.2 71.8
M-N Business services 2021* 75,120 60,029 15,091 72,774 4.9 5.3 6.1 61.1 48.8 59.2
M Other specialised business services 2021* 42,544 34,509 8,035 41,724 3.8 4.8 4.6 83.0 67.4 81.4
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 2021* 26,949 21,933 5,016 26,726 2.7 4.1 3.0 91.1 74.1 90.3
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2021* 34,899 28,406 6,493 34,484 3.0 4.1 3.5 86.0 70.0 85.0
71 Architects, technical services etc. 2021* 7,950 6,473 1,477 7,758 4.0 4.4 5.2 72.3 58.9 70.6
72 Research and development 2021* 3,503 2,739 764 3,289 9.9 9.5 10.8 84.5 66.1 79.4
73 Advertising and market research 2021* 2,288 1,860 428 2,159 2.7 3.5 6.9 65.5 53.2 61.8
73-75 Advertising, design and other 2021* 4,142 3,364 778 3,951 5.8 6.3 9.5 63.6 51.7 60.7
74-75 Other specialised services 2021* 1,854 1,504 350 1,792 9.9 9.9 12.8 61.5 49.9 59.4
N Renting and other business support 2021* 32,576 25,520 7,056 31,050 6.3 6.1 8.1 45.4 35.6 43.3
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2021* 1,900 1,512 388 1,826 0.1 2.1 1.7 64.3 51.2 61.8
78 Employment activities 2021* 21,994 17,140 4,854 21,016 8.2 7.4 10.0 43.1 33.6 41.2
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 2021* 1,092 918 174 900 -9.7 -8.6 1.4 80.7 67.8 66.5
80-82 Security, other business services 2021* 7,590 5,950 1,640 7,308 5.3 6.1 5.7 46.2 36.2 44.5
O-Q Government and care 2021* 127,502 96,916 30,586 126,868 3.5 3.4 4.4 66.8 50.8 66.5
O Public administration and services 2021* 38,078 28,162 9,916 38,199 4.6 4.6 4.3 77.2 57.1 77.5
84 Public administration and services 2021* 38,078 28,162 9,916 38,199 4.6 4.6 4.3 77.2 57.1 77.5
P Education 2021* 29,360 22,151 7,209 29,208 3.8 4.1 4.2 70.5 53.2 70.1
85 Education 2021* 29,360 22,151 7,209 29,208 3.8 4.1 4.2 70.5 53.2 70.1
Q Health and social work activities 2021* 60,064 46,603 13,461 59,461 2.8 2.3 4.6 60.1 46.6 59.5
86 Human health activities 2021* 30,261 23,790 6,471 29,936 2.0 1.4 4.4 69.5 54.6 68.7
87-88 Care and social work 2021* 29,803 22,813 6,990 29,525 3.6 3.3 4.8 52.9 40.5 52.4
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2021* 10,947 8,813 2,134 10,031 3.0 3.0 2.2 56.3 45.3 51.6
R Culture, sports and recreation 2021* 4,413 3,515 898 3,730 2.2 2.2 0.4 56.4 44.9 47.7
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 2021* 2,325 1,821 504 1,949 1.8 1.9 -0.6 60.3 47.2 50.6
93 Sports and recreation 2021* 2,088 1,694 394 1,781 2.6 2.6 1.6 52.6 42.7 44.9
S Other service activities 2021* 5,516 4,330 1,186 5,320 2.2 2.1 2.5 58.9 46.2 56.8
94 Membership organisations 2021* 3,817 2,978 839 3,782 2.8 2.9 3.3 71.7 56.0 71.1
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 2021* 192 151 41 188 -0.9 -0.9 1.2 46.3 36.5 45.3
96 Other personal services 2021* 1,507 1,201 306 1,350 1.1 0.7 0.3 41.5 33.1 37.2
T Activities of households 2021* 1,018 968 50 981 11.9 10.8 7.9 45.0 42.8 43.4
U Extraterritorial organisations 2021* . . . . . . . . . .
99 Extraterritorial organisations 2021* . . . . . . . . . .
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 2020 are final. Data over 2021 are provisional.

Changes as of MArch 24th 2023:
This table has been updated additionally to the standard update cycle, to ensure consistency with other publication.

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

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.
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.
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.
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.
Compensation per labour volume
Compensation of employees per labour volume.
Amount
Compensation per fte
Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
Compensation 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).