Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, National Accounts

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Compensation of employees Amount Wage costs (million euros) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wage costs (%) 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 Wage costs per hour worked (euro) 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 Wage costs per hour worked (%)
A-U All economic activities . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing . . . . . .
B-E Industry (no construction), energy . . . . . .
C Manufacturing . . . . . .
F Construction . . . . . .
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering . . . . . .
J Information and communication . . . . . .
K Financial institutions . . . . . .
L Renting, buying, selling real estate . . . . . .
M-N Business services . . . . . .
78 Employment activities . . . . . .
O-Q Government and care . . . . . .
O Public administration and services . . . . . .
P Education . . . . . .
Q Health and social work activities . . . . . .
R-U Culture, recreation, other services . . . . . .
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 2021 are final. Data of 2022 and further are provisional.

Adjustment as of May 6th 2025:
Annual data of 2021, 2022 and 2023 were not correct due to a technical error.
This has been adjusted in this version.

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
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
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).
Wage costs per fte
Wage costs per full-time equivalent (fte).
Compensation employees 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).
Wage costs per fte
Wage costs per full-time equivalent (fte).
Compensation employees per hour worked
Wage costs per hour worked
Wage costs per hour worked.