Labour income share, economic activity

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Economic activities/branches (SIC 2008) Labour income share (%) Compensation of employees (mln euro) Imputed labour income (mln euro) Net operating surplus (mln euro) Remuneration of labour (mln euro) Remuneration of labour and capital (mln euro)
52 Warehousing, services for transport 62.2 8,742 354 5,890 9,096 14,632
62-63 IT- and information services 83.7 23,560 2,894 8,038 26,454 31,598
66 Other financial services 70.8 7,765 517 3,934 8,282 11,699
M-N Business services 73.4 92,784 18,337 58,699 111,121 151,483
M Other specialised business services 74.9 53,177 13,040 35,245 66,217 88,422
71 Architects, technical services etc. 83.0 10,003 1,947 4,397 11,950 14,400
74-75 Other specialised services 78.7 2,348 2,278 3,527 4,626 5,875
80-82 Security, other business services 84.0 9,488 4,532 7,209 14,020 16,697
O Public administration and services 100.0 53,528 0 -1 53,528 53,527
84 Public administration and services 100.0 53,528 0 -1 53,528 53,527
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 87.9 13,890 6,033 8,767 19,923 22,657
96 Other personal services 101.3 1,855 3,444 3,378 5,299 5,233
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table presents data on the labour income share and the components used to calculate it. The labour income share is a measure of the distribution of earned income between providers of labour (employees and the self-employed) and providers of capital.

Data available from: 1995.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2022 are final. Data of 2023 and 2024 are provisional. The labour income share is based on data from the system of supply and use tables and the Sector accounts. Because the Sector accounts are revised annually, definitive figures can be subject to changes.

Changes as of July 28th 2025:
Data of 2024 have been added to this table. Furthermore, the amount of economic activities in this table has been extended from Eurostat's A21 to A64.

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

Labour income share
The share of compensation of labor (employees and self-employed) in the total earned income of a country.
Compensation of employees
The total compensation, in cash or in kind, due by an employer to an employee for the work performed during a reporting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the total of wages and social contributions at the expense of employers.
Imputed labour income
Imputed labour income by self-employed and family workers.
Net operating surplus
The surplus that remains after compensation of employees and taxes less subsidies on production and imports have been subtracted from the sum of value added at basic prices. For the self-employed (who are part of the sector households) the surplus is called mixed income, it is partly a reward for their entrepreneurship compensation for their labour.
Remuneration of labour
Remuneration of labour and capital