Labour price index; index figures 2015=100; National Accounts

Labour price index; index figures 2015=100; National Accounts

Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Labour price index (2015=100) Year-on-year change price of labour (%) Wage costs per hour worked (2015=100) Year-on-year change wage costs per hour (%) Structural effect (%)
P Education 2023 January - 2023 December* 130.9 7.2 127.1 7.0 -0.2
Source: CBS.
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This table provides information on labour price developments, i.e. the development of wage costs per hour worked by employees, corrected for changes in the personnel structure. The labor price index divides the total increase in wage costs per hour worked into a price component and a structural effect.

Data available from:
2001

Status of the figures:
Data from 2001 up to and including 2021 are final. The figures concerning 2022 and 2023 are provisional.

Changes as of April 2024:
Compared to the previous version the figures for the reference period '2023 January - 2023 December' and for '2023' are added and the figures are adjusted for the period '2022 October - 2023 September' and onwards.

When will new figures become available?
New figures are published three to four months after the end of the reference period.

Description topics

Labour price index
The labour price index reflects changes in the price of labour. This concerns the development of the wage costs per hour worked by employees, corrected for changes in the personnel structure.
Year-on-year change price of labour
Percentage change relative to the same period one year previously.
The labour price index reflects changes in the price of labour. This concerns the development of the wage costs per hour worked by employees, corrected for changes in the personnel structure.
Wage costs per hour worked
Wage costs divided by hours worked.
The total compensation of employees paid by employers plus taxes on wage costs minus wage cost subsidies.
- 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.
- Taxes on wage costs are taxes paid by employers on certain wage components, for example wages in kind.
- Wage cost subsidies are subsidies depending on the total wage bill, the number of employees, or on the employment of certain categories of persons, such as physically disabled or long-term unemployed persons.
Year-on-year change wage costs per hour
Percentage change relative to the same period one year previously.
The total compensation of employees paid by employers plus taxes on wage costs minus wage cost subsidies.
- 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.
- Taxes on wage costs are taxes paid by employers on certain wage components, for example wages in kind.
- Wage cost subsidies are subsidies depending on the total wage bill, the number of employees, or on the employment of certain categories of persons, such as physically disabled or long-term unemployed persons.
Structural effect
The part of the development of wage costs per hour worked that is caused by changes in the employee structure. An increase in the share of highly educated employees, for example, contributes to an increase in wage costs per hour worked because highly educated employees are on average paid more.