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)
29-30 Transport equipment 95.8 3,302 45 191 3,347 3,493
30 Manufacture of other transport 85.7 1,497 37 292 1,534 1,789
E Water supply and waste management 65.6 2,845 34 1,544 2,879 4,389
36 Water collection and distribution 84.3 494 0 92 494 586
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 65.7 102,663 17,753 80,645 120,416 183,308
H Transportation and storage 70.4 25,997 2,234 14,116 28,231 40,113
49 Land transport 77.1 10,919 1,214 4,821 12,133 15,740
50 Water transport 40.3 1,279 429 2,954 1,708 4,233
51 Air transport 102.9 2,889 0 -81 2,889 2,808
52 Warehousing, services for transport 62.2 8,742 354 5,890 9,096 14,632
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