Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, National Accounts
| Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Periods | Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (million euros) | Compensation of employees Amount Wages; seasonal adjusted (million euros) | Compensation of employees Amount Wage costs (million euros) | Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wages and salaries (%) | Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wage costs (%) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation of employees per fte Wages per fte (1,000 euro) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation of employees per fte Wage costs per fte (1,000 euro) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation employees per hour worked Wages per hour worked (euro) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation employees per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (euro) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation of employees per fte Wages per fte (%) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation of employees per fte Wage costs per fte (%) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation employees per hour worked Wages per hour worked (%) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation employees per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (%) |
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| A-U All economic activities | 2025 3rd quarter* | 98,695 | 108,032 | 129,304 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 14.1 | 18.4 | 35.4 | 46.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2025 3rd quarter* | 1,018 | 1,016 | 1,285 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 13.6 | 24.5 | 31.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2025 3rd quarter* | 11,399 | 12,757 | 15,004 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 15.5 | 20.4 | 38.0 | 50.0 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| C Manufacturing | 2025 3rd quarter* | 9,943 | 11,157 | 13,072 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 15.3 | 20.1 | 37.5 | 49.4 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| F Construction | 2025 3rd quarter* | 5,001 | 5,276 | 6,502 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 14.7 | 19.1 | 34.8 | 45.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2025 3rd quarter* | 19,501 | 20,966 | 25,256 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 12.0 | 15.6 | 29.2 | 37.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| J Information and communication | 2025 3rd quarter* | 5,648 | 6,174 | 7,018 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 19.4 | 24.0 | 47.4 | 58.9 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| K Financial institutions | 2025 3rd quarter* | 4,318 | 4,920 | 5,820 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 21.0 | 28.3 | 52.3 | 70.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2025 3rd quarter* | 998 | 1,087 | 1,287 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 15.2 | 19.6 | 38.7 | 49.9 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| M-N Business services | 2025 3rd quarter* | 18,262 | 19,737 | 22,936 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 14.3 | 17.9 | 34.5 | 43.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 78 Employment activities | 2025 3rd quarter* | 5,079 | 5,202 | 6,511 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 10.6 | 13.6 | 25.1 | 32.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2025 3rd quarter* | 29,730 | 33,114 | 40,624 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 13.8 | 18.9 | 37.7 | 51.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| O Public administration and services | 2025 3rd quarter* | 9,656 | 10,685 | 13,425 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 15.1 | 21.1 | 40.4 | 56.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| P Education | 2025 3rd quarter* | 6,564 | 7,331 | 8,979 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 14.8 | 20.2 | 38.7 | 53.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2025 3rd quarter* | 13,510 | 15,098 | 18,220 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 17.0 | 35.5 | 47.9 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 6.0 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2025 3rd quarter* | 2,820 | 2,985 | 3,572 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 12.7 | 16.1 | 31.8 | 40.4 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||||||
Table explanation
This table provides annual and quarterly 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), full-time equivalent (fte) and hours worked. The seasonal adjusted time series about the compensation of employees and the wages & salaries are also available in this table. 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 first quarter.
Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2023 are final. Data of 2024 and further are provisional.
When will new figures be published?
The preliminary estimate (flash estimate) of a quarter is released after 30 days. The second estimate is published after 85 days. At the second estimate of the fourth quarter, data of the previous three quarters will also be revised.
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
- Wages and salaries
- Wages and salaries include income taxes and employees' social contributions even if they are actually withheld by the employer and paid directly to tax authorities, social security schemes and pension schemes. Besides wages that are periodically and directly paid to employees, wages and salaries also contain wages in kind and holiday allowances. Furthermore, certain refunds for costs made by the employee are included as well.
- Wages; seasonal adjusted
- Wages and salaries corrected for seasonal effects.
- Wage costs
- The total of wages, social contributions paid by employers and taxes on wage costs minus wage cost subsidies.
- Year-on-year change
- %-change with respect to the previous year
- Wages and salaries
- Wages and salaries include income taxes and employees' social contributions even if they are actually withheld by the employer and paid directly to tax authorities, social security schemes and pension schemes. Besides wages that are periodically and directly paid to employees, wages and salaries also contain wages in kind and holiday allowances. Furthermore, certain refunds for costs made by the employee are included as well.
- Wage costs
- The total of wages, social contributions paid by employers and taxes on wage costs minus wage cost subsidies.
- Compensation per labour volume
- Compensation of employees per labour volume.
- Amount
- Compensation of employees per fte
- Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Wages per fte
- Wages and salaries per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Wage costs per fte
- Wage costs per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Compensation employees per hour worked
- Wages per hour worked
- Wages per hour worked.
- Wage costs per hour worked
- Wage costs per hour worked.
- Year-on-year change
- %-change with respect to the previous year
- Compensation of employees per fte
- Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Wages per fte
- Wages and salaries per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Wage costs per fte
- Wage costs per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Compensation employees per hour worked
- Wages per hour worked
- Wages per hour worked.
- Wage costs per hour worked
- Wage costs per hour worked.