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 Employers' social contributions (million euros)
A-U All economic activities 2022* 100,103
C Manufacturing 2022* 11,118
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2022* 1,799
16 Manufacture of wood products 2022* 172
17 Manufacture of paper 2022* 260
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2022* 184
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2022* 830
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2022* 291
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2022* 465
23 Manufacture of building materials 2022* 344
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2022* 355
25 Manufacture of metal products 2022* 1,175
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2022* 533
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2022* 399
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2022* 1,639
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2022* 385
30 Manufacture of other transport 2022* 267
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022* 1,687
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2022* 1,029
43 Specialised construction activities 2022* 2,588
53 Postal and courier activities 2022* 423
N Renting and other business support 2022* 7,651
78 Employment activities 2022* 5,232
Q Health and social work activities 2022* 15,261
86 Human health activities 2022* 7,271
87-88 Care and social work 2022* 7,990
S Other service activities 2022* 1,263
T Activities of households 2022* 59
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
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.