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 121,665 131,807 92,670 101,386 28,995 30,421 120,941 6.7 6.4 6.7
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1,186 1,188 921 926 265 262 1,164 7.8 7.3 8.4
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 14,339 15,814 10,770 12,074 3,569 3,740 14,146 6.4 5.9 6.4
C Manufacturing 12,538 13,851 9,455 10,600 3,083 3,251 12,356 5.4 4.9 5.5
F Construction 5,964 6,249 4,587 4,839 1,377 1,410 5,945 8.1 8.1 8.2
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 24,027 25,732 18,539 19,991 5,488 5,741 23,860 5.6 5.1 5.7
J Information and communication 6,738 7,292 5,390 5,889 1,348 1,403 6,674 5.1 5.3 5.1
K Financial institutions 5,507 6,042 4,039 4,540 1,468 1,502 5,496 6.2 5.3 6.0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 1,181 1,285 919 1,015 262 270 1,178 6.3 6.1 6.4
M-N Business services 21,629 23,197 17,220 18,586 4,409 4,611 21,460 5.0 4.8 5.2
78 Employment activities 6,128 6,301 4,752 4,888 1,376 1,413 6,080 2.1 1.6 2.4
O-Q Government and care 37,795 41,520 27,688 30,769 10,107 10,751 37,735 8.3 8.3 8.3
O Public administration and services 12,356 13,392 8,898 9,788 3,458 3,604 12,360 12.1 12.7 12.1
P Education 8,774 9,584 6,443 7,105 2,331 2,479 8,764 0.8 0.6 0.8
Q Health and social work activities 16,665 18,544 12,347 13,876 4,318 4,668 16,611 9.9 9.5 9.9
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 3,299 3,488 2,597 2,757 702 731 3,283 9.5 9.4 9.3
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.

Changes as of December 24th 2024:
Figures for the second estimate of the third quarter of 2024 are added.

When will new figures be published?
The preliminary estimate (flash estimate) of a quarter is released within 45 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.