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 Wages and salaries (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Employers' social contributions (million euros) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wages and salaries (%) Jobs of employees Number Jobs (full-time and part-time) Total (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Number Jobs (full-time and part-time) Male (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Number Jobs (full-time and part-time) Female (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Year-on-year change Jobs (full-time and part-time) Total (%)
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2022* 3,300 855 5.4 120 77 42 -0.8
02 Forestry and logging 2022* 104 26 13.9 2 2 0 10.9
03 Fishing and aquaculture 2022* 90 19 5.2 2 1 0 2.6
B Mining and quarrying 2022* 669 216 10.6 7 6 1 2.0
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2022* 6,269 1,799 4.4 139 87 52 1.5
18 Printing and reproduction 2022* 551 159 1.9 15 10 5 1.4
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2022* 467 184 17.3 5 5 1 -1.8
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2022* 4,638 1,121 9.2 63 46 17 5.4
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 2,680 809 4.7 56 46 10 2.2
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2022* 5,274 1,530 5.0 110 96 14 0.8
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 3,368 932 3.2 54 42 12 3.9
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2022* 1,365 385 5.2 24 21 3 1.4
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022* 5,273 1,687 3.1 150 107 43 -1.8
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2022* 2,025 658 5.9 41 35 7 0.6
E Water supply and waste management 2022* 1,869 605 6.4 38 31 7 2.5
36 Water collection and distribution 2022* 322 104 6.4 6 4 2 3.6
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 2022* 1,547 501 6.5 32 26 6 2.3
G Wholesale and retail trade 2022* 45,082 11,875 7.2 1,453 779 674 1.9
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 4,360 1,221 4.7 117 98 19 0.9
H Transportation and storage 2022* 17,350 5,226 7.2 401 301 100 2.7
49 Land transport 2022* 7,577 2,392 5.0 193 160 33 2.2
53 Postal and courier activities 2022* 1,348 423 4.2 54 34 20 -2.6
I Accommodation and food serving 2022* 7,448 1,666 20.0 452 222 230 17.7
J Information and communication 2022* 20,842 4,600 9.5 325 232 93 6.3
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2022* 2,428 561 6.8 46 24 22 3.8
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 2022* 1,214 282 8.9 24 13 11 8.3
62-63 IT- and information services 2022* 16,642 3,614 10.8 253 188 65 7.9
65 Insurance and pension funding 2022* 4,038 1,244 1.3 58 30 28 -1.2
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 2022* 24,148 5,305 8.4 377 220 157 4.5
72 Research and development 2022* 2,965 837 9.7 48 27 21 5.8
73 Advertising and market research 2022* 2,175 487 17.0 44 24 20 5.3
73-75 Advertising, design and other 2022* 3,875 901 13.8 88 44 44 6.2
N Renting and other business support 2022* 28,145 7,651 10.0 1,072 607 465 4.9
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2022* 1,599 426 9.5 36 26 10 5.7
80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 6,358 1,789 7.6 244 115 129 2.4
O-Q Government and care 2022* 101,892 34,335 5.9 2,608 744 1,864 2.3
O Public administration and services 2022* 30,168 10,901 7.8 568 314 253 2.8
84 Public administration and services 2022* 30,168 10,901 7.8 568 314 253 2.8
Q Health and social work activities 2022* 47,492 15,261 2.9 1,459 230 1,229 1.5
87-88 Care and social work 2022* 23,514 7,990 3.3 873 107 765 1.2
R Culture, sports and recreation 2022* 3,928 1,038 11.8 143 69 75 13.3
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 2022* 1,998 585 10.0 59 26 33 12.6
93 Sports and recreation 2022* 1,930 453 13.6 84 42 42 13.8
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 2022* 149 41 -1.7 5 4 1 -2.7
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
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.
Year-on-year change
%-change with respect to the previous year
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.
Jobs of employees
A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit which specifies that labour will be carried out in return for (financial) remuneration.

A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons. In this table only jobs of employees are included.
Number
Jobs (full-time and part-time)
Sum of full-time jobs and part-time jobs.
Total
Male
Female
Year-on-year change
%-change with respect to the previous year
Jobs (full-time and part-time)
Sum of full-time jobs and part-time jobs.
Total