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)
A-U All economic activities 72.9 525,311 81,733 306,937 607,044 832,248
C Manufacturing 62.6 55,286 4,323 39,871 59,609 95,157
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 68.7 9,592 1,316 6,280 10,908 15,872
16 Manufacture of wood products 72.9 848 96 447 944 1,295
17 Manufacture of paper 80.4 1,387 2 340 1,389 1,727
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 82.0 705 0 155 705 860
20 Manufacture of chemicals 93.2 5,151 3 378 5,154 5,529
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 28.7 1,878 942 7,932 2,820 9,810
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 74.5 2,282 22 811 2,304 3,093
23 Manufacture of building materials 76.2 1,543 41 537 1,584 2,080
24 Manufacture of basic metals 106.2 1,688 10 -89 1,698 1,599
25 Manufacture of metal products 71.0 5,650 570 3,115 6,220 8,765
26 Manufacture of electronic products 48.8 2,698 10 2,848 2,708 5,546
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 61.5 2,134 16 1,363 2,150 3,497
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 43.7 9,355 51 12,157 9,406 21,512
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 106.4 1,805 8 -101 1,813 1,704
30 Manufacture of other transport 85.7 1,497 37 292 1,534 1,789
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 76.1 5,434 1,051 3,083 6,485 8,517
43 Specialised construction activities 76.9 13,080 7,053 13,086 20,133 26,166
53 Postal and courier activities 89.1 2,168 237 532 2,405 2,700
78 Employment activities 87.5 25,073 445 4,098 25,518 29,171
O-Q Government and care 99.2 165,295 14,551 16,076 179,846 181,371
Q Health and social work activities 98.2 73,707 11,597 13,199 85,304 86,906
86 Human health activities 100.1 36,523 8,475 8,417 44,998 44,940
87-88 Care and social work 96.0 37,184 3,122 4,782 40,306 41,966
S Other service activities 99.3 6,543 3,704 3,774 10,247 10,317
T Activities of households 100.0 1,231 0 0 1,231 1,231
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