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 Wage costs (million euros) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wage costs (%) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Wage costs per fte (1,000 euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (euro) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per fte Wage costs per fte (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (%)
A-U All economic activities 2022* 448,443 9.8 66.4 39.4 6.3 6.1
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2022* 4,074 6.0 47.1 25.8 5.4 5.6
01 Agriculture 2022* 3,839 5.9 46.3 25.3 5.6 6.0
02 Forestry and logging 2022* 130 8.8 61.9 37.4 -3.5 -12.1
03 Fishing and aquaculture 2022* 105 7.1 77.2 37.1 4.8 6.6
B Mining and quarrying 2022* 880 13.7 124.2 68.7 11.4 13.0
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 55,418 8.3 71.9 41.8 6.5 7.3
C Manufacturing 2022* 49,411 8.1 70.6 41.1 6.5 7.3
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2022* 8,019 6.0 68.9 40.1 4.6 5.7
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2022* 737 5.7 60.5 35.9 6.3 8.4
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2022* 2,683 8.6 61.0 36.1 6.3 8.1
16 Manufacture of wood products 2022* 760 12.9 54.5 31.7 7.0 8.2
17 Manufacture of paper 2022* 1,216 5.3 71.2 42.0 4.7 7.2
18 Printing and reproduction 2022* 707 10.0 54.7 33.0 9.2 10.9
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2022* 651 18.4 134.1 78.8 20.7 22.1
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2022* 4,248 7.4 99.7 57.2 4.5 6.0
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2022* 5,712 10.3 97.4 55.9 4.5 6.0
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2022* 1,464 19.4 91.4 52.5 5.2 6.6
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2022* 2,017 8.1 64.9 37.6 5.0 1.0
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 3,461 7.2 66.7 38.2 5.0 3.3
23 Manufacture of building materials 2022* 1,444 6.0 69.5 39.1 5.1 6.5
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2022* 1,626 9.2 82.9 47.6 7.5 8.8
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2022* 6,753 7.2 67.2 38.6 6.5 7.7
25 Manufacture of metal products 2022* 5,127 6.7 63.4 36.4 6.1 7.4
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2022* 2,390 2.3 89.3 52.0 0.3 0.6
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 4,183 5.4 84.0 48.8 1.7 2.2
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2022* 1,793 10.0 77.9 45.1 4.2 4.7
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2022* 7,473 10.7 81.6 46.8 6.1 7.2
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2022* 1,729 8.0 74.4 44.2 6.8 5.4
29-30 Transport equipment 2022* 2,925 10.0 73.6 43.1 8.7 8.4
30 Manufacture of other transport 2022* 1,196 13.0 72.5 41.6 11.6 12.9
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022* 6,814 7.4 52.2 31.5 9.6 10.3
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2022* 4,164 2.6 44.8 27.8 5.6 6.3
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2022* 2,650 16.1 70.7 39.7 15.8 16.9
D Energy supply 2022* 2,654 10.8 92.8 53.3 4.6 6.2
35 Energy supply 2022* 2,654 10.8 92.8 53.3 4.6 6.2
E Water supply and waste management 2022* 2,473 8.4 70.5 38.7 5.9 7.7
36 Water collection and distribution 2022* 426 7.7 79.7 49.2 4.0 5.3
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 2022* 2,047 8.6 68.8 37.0 6.3 8.1
F Construction 2022* 21,762 6.9 67.9 38.4 4.3 5.0
41 Construction buildings, development 2022* 6,557 8.8 73.1 42.2 5.0 5.2
42 Civil engineering 2022* 3,809 5.2 78.2 42.4 3.9 4.7
43 Specialised construction activities 2022* 11,396 6.4 62.5 35.5 4.1 4.9
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022* 87,406 13.4 55.3 31.8 8.8 6.4
G Wholesale and retail trade 2022* 56,545 9.6 56.4 32.8 7.0 5.4
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 5,548 8.0 55.9 32.5 7.3 7.5
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 2022* 33,028 8.9 71.7 40.8 6.4 6.7
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 2022* 17,969 11.3 40.6 24.1 8.2 4.0
H Transportation and storage 2022* 22,311 12.9 66.5 36.5 9.6 9.1
49 Land transport 2022* 9,925 7.2 61.1 31.6 5.3 4.5
50 Water transport 2022* 1,033 8.0 72.0 41.4 8.1 9.2
51 Air transport 2022* 2,174 68.7 100.0 61.6 59.8 40.0
52 Warehousing, services for transport 2022* 7,420 12.6 72.4 41.6 6.0 7.7
53 Postal and courier activities 2022* 1,759 5.1 51.1 30.2 6.2 7.0
I Accommodation and food serving 2022* 8,550 50.2 35.5 20.9 30.7 20.0
J Information and communication 2022* 25,194 11.0 86.7 49.9 4.5 5.5
58 Publishing 2022* 1,489 6.1 78.4 47.2 6.5 7.7
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2022* 2,977 9.7 77.1 45.7 6.6 7.5
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 2022* 1,488 13.5 75.9 44.2 6.8 7.6
61 Telecommunications 2022* 2,199 2.6 91.6 52.8 6.5 6.1
62-63 IT- and information services 2022* 20,018 12.3 87.8 50.3 3.9 5.2
K Financial institutions 2022* 20,863 5.7 106.7 62.5 3.3 4.0
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 2022* 10,875 5.3 113.6 66.9 2.3 2.8
65 Insurance and pension funding 2022* 5,307 0.8 101.6 60.7 2.3 3.2
66 Other financial services 2022* 4,681 13.0 98.3 56.0 7.1 8.0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2022* 4,323 4.8 74.2 44.8 3.4 4.5
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 2022* 4,323 4.8 74.2 44.8 3.4 4.5
M-N Business services 2022* 81,410 11.6 62.8 35.8 7.0 7.1
M Other specialised business services 2022* 46,210 10.1 85.1 48.8 4.8 5.6
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 2022* 29,378 9.0 93.5 53.6 3.8 4.7
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2022* 37,896 9.2 88.5 50.6 4.3 5.4
71 Architects, technical services etc. 2022* 8,518 9.9 74.7 42.5 6.0 7.2
72 Research and development 2022* 3,577 10.4 82.7 48.3 4.0 5.1
73 Advertising and market research 2022* 2,640 22.2 70.8 40.7 14.7 15.6
73-75 Advertising, design and other 2022* 4,737 18.1 66.6 38.2 10.3 9.3
74-75 Other specialised services 2022* 2,097 13.3 61.9 35.5 5.2 2.3
N Renting and other business support 2022* 35,200 13.6 46.7 26.4 9.5 9.0
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2022* 2,011 13.3 67.2 37.8 8.4 9.9
78 Employment activities 2022* 23,754 12.6 44.1 24.7 8.8 9.0
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 2022* 1,377 55.7 89.0 51.4 36.7 13.1
80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 8,058 11.4 47.2 27.7 7.8 5.9
O-Q Government and care 2022* 136,498 7.8 69.8 44.9 5.3 6.5
O Public administration and services 2022* 41,442 9.0 82.0 50.5 6.4 7.7
84 Public administration and services 2022* 41,442 9.0 82.0 50.5 6.4 7.7
P Education 2022* 32,386 10.6 74.8 47.8 6.2 7.4
85 Education 2022* 32,386 10.6 74.8 47.8 6.2 7.4
Q Health and social work activities 2022* 62,670 5.6 61.7 40.7 4.0 5.1
86 Human health activities 2022* 31,222 5.3 71.2 45.7 3.7 5.2
87-88 Care and social work 2022* 31,448 5.9 54.4 36.7 4.3 5.1
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022* 11,495 15.1 56.7 34.0 10.4 6.8
R Culture, sports and recreation 2022* 4,868 30.4 56.0 33.6 17.7 8.7
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 2022* 2,533 30.3 59.5 36.1 18.0 6.2
93 Sports and recreation 2022* 2,335 30.5 52.7 31.2 17.3 11.1
S Other service activities 2022* 5,613 5.7 60.6 36.5 7.3 7.0
94 Membership organisations 2022* 3,868 2.0 74.8 45.8 5.5 6.4
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 2022* 189 0.9 47.5 27.4 5.6 6.6
96 Other personal services 2022* 1,556 16.8 42.1 25.0 15.1 12.7
T Activities of households 2022* 1,014 7.7 43.5 25.6 1.6 2.0
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

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
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
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).
Wage costs per fte
Wage costs per full-time equivalent (fte).
Compensation per hour worked
Compensation of employees 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 per fte
Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
Wage costs per fte
Wage costs per full-time equivalent (fte).
Compensation per hour worked
Compensation of employees per hour worked.
Wage costs per hour worked
Wage costs per hour worked.