Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts

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 Year-on-year change Compensation of employees (%)
A-U All economic activities 2021* 419,764 4.2
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2021* 3,989 4.2
01 Agriculture 2021* 3,762 4.2
02 Forestry and logging 2021* 122 3.6
03 Fishing and aquaculture 2021* 105 7.0
B Mining and quarrying 2021* 778 -10.1
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2021* 52,665 2.4
C Manufacturing 2021* 47,160 2.4
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2021* 7,769 3.3
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2021* 720 3.0
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2021* 2,552 2.7
16 Manufacture of wood products 2021* 689 7.8
17 Manufacture of paper 2021* 1,175 2.6
18 Printing and reproduction 2021* 688 -1.9
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2021* 549 -7.9
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2021* 4,035 -3.5
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2021* 5,284 -0.7
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2021* 1,249 9.8
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2021* 1,932 3.3
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2021* 3,292 3.1
23 Manufacture of building materials 2021* 1,360 2.9
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2021* 1,574 3.9
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2021* 6,524 2.8
25 Manufacture of metal products 2021* 4,950 2.5
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2021* 2,396 6.2
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2021* 4,023 5.9
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2021* 1,627 5.4
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2021* 7,085 7.2
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2021* 1,470 -10.2
29-30 Transport equipment 2021* 2,649 -5.7
30 Manufacture of other transport 2021* 1,179 0.6
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2021* 6,713 0.1
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2021* 4,201 1.1
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2021* 2,512 -1.4
D Energy supply 2021* 2,416 6.6
35 Energy supply 2021* 2,416 6.6
E Water supply and waste management 2021* 2,311 4.7
36 Water collection and distribution 2021* 397 3.8
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 2021* 1,914 4.9
F Construction 2021* 20,511 3.7
41 Construction buildings, development 2021* 6,041 3.4
42 Civil engineering 2021* 3,640 1.7
43 Specialised construction activities 2021* 10,830 4.7
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2021* 82,032 4.0
G Wholesale and retail trade 2021* 53,287 4.8
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2021* 5,507 4.7
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 2021* 30,953 5.2
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 2021* 16,827 4.2
H Transportation and storage 2021* 21,168 4.1
49 Land transport 2021* 9,549 4.8
50 Water transport 2021* 1,042 0.6
51 Air transport 2021* 2,093 -7.4
52 Warehousing, services for transport 2021* 6,786 6.4
53 Postal and courier activities 2021* 1,698 9.9
I Accommodation and food serving 2021* 7,577 -1.8
J Information and communication 2021* 23,150 10.8
58 Publishing 2021* 1,438 2.2
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2021* 2,800 4.3
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 2021* 1,362 6.6
61 Telecommunications 2021* 2,158 -0.2
62-63 IT- and information services 2021* 18,192 13.3
K Financial institutions 2021* 19,708 6.4
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 2021* 10,422 6.4
65 Insurance and pension funding 2021* 5,096 1.0
66 Other financial services 2021* 4,190 13.5
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2021* 4,140 2.2
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 2021* 4,140 2.2
M-N Business services 2021* 75,120 4.9
M Other specialised business services 2021* 42,544 3.8
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 2021* 26,949 2.7
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2021* 34,899 3.0
71 Architects, technical services etc. 2021* 7,950 4.0
72 Research and development 2021* 3,503 9.9
73 Advertising and market research 2021* 2,288 2.7
73-75 Advertising, design and other 2021* 4,142 5.8
74-75 Other specialised services 2021* 1,854 9.9
N Renting and other business support 2021* 32,576 6.3
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2021* 1,900 0.1
78 Employment activities 2021* 21,994 8.2
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 2021* 1,092 -9.7
80-82 Security, other business services 2021* 7,590 5.3
O-Q Government and care 2021* 127,502 3.5
O Public administration and services 2021* 38,078 4.6
84 Public administration and services 2021* 38,078 4.6
P Education 2021* 29,360 3.8
85 Education 2021* 29,360 3.8
Q Health and social work activities 2021* 60,064 2.8
86 Human health activities 2021* 30,261 2.0
87-88 Care and social work 2021* 29,803 3.6
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2021* 10,947 3.0
R Culture, sports and recreation 2021* 4,413 2.2
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 2021* 2,325 1.8
93 Sports and recreation 2021* 2,088 2.6
S Other service activities 2021* 5,516 2.2
94 Membership organisations 2021* 3,817 2.8
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 2021* 192 -0.9
96 Other personal services 2021* 1,507 1.1
T Activities of households 2021* 1,018 11.9
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.
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.