Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, National Accounts

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Compensation of employees Amount Compensation of employees (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Compensation; seasonal adjusted (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Wages; seasonal adjusted (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Employers' social contributions (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Social contributions; seasonal adjusted (million euros) Compensation of employees Amount Wage costs (million euros) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Compensation of employees (%) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wages and salaries (%) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wage costs (%)
A-U All economic activities 129,939 140,815 98,695 108,032 31,244 32,783 129,304 6.6 6.0 6.7
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1,312 1,306 1,018 1,016 294 290 1,285 9.4 9.2 8.6
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 15,178 16,711 11,399 12,757 3,779 3,954 15,004 5.7 5.0 6.0
C Manufacturing 13,235 14,594 9,943 11,157 3,292 3,437 13,072 5.1 4.4 5.4
F Construction 6,521 6,848 5,001 5,276 1,520 1,572 6,502 8.9 8.1 9.0
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 25,383 27,147 19,501 20,966 5,882 6,181 25,256 5.3 4.6 5.5
J Information and communication 7,085 7,681 5,648 6,174 1,437 1,507 7,018 4.3 3.9 4.5
K Financial institutions 5,828 6,453 4,318 4,920 1,510 1,533 5,820 6.3 6.7 6.4
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 1,289 1,394 998 1,087 291 307 1,287 8.7 7.4 8.7
M-N Business services 23,087 24,750 18,262 19,737 4,825 5,013 22,936 6.4 6.0 6.4
78 Employment activities 6,535 6,695 5,079 5,202 1,456 1,493 6,511 7.2 6.7 7.2
O-Q Government and care 40,671 44,739 29,730 33,114 10,941 11,625 40,624 7.6 7.0 7.7
O Public administration and services 13,414 14,620 9,656 10,685 3,758 3,935 13,425 8.5 8.5 8.5
P Education 8,988 9,912 6,564 7,331 2,424 2,581 8,979 3.2 2.2 3.3
Q Health and social work activities 18,269 20,207 13,510 15,098 4,759 5,109 18,220 9.3 8.4 9.3
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 3,585 3,786 2,820 2,985 765 801 3,572 8.0 7.3 8.0
Source: CBS.
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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.

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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
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.
Compensation; seasonal adjusted
Compensation of employees corrected for seasonal effects.
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.
Employers' social contributions
Employers' social contributions consist of payments to insurers made by employers for the benefit of their employees. They can be classified in employers' social security contributions, employers' private social contributions (of which pension schemes) and the imputed social contributions.
Social contributions; seasonal adjusted
Employers' social contribution 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
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.
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.