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 130,364 136,315 99,881 105,117 30,483 31,198 129,959 6.5 6.3 6.5
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1,151 1,244 885 967 266 277 1,142 6.5 6.6 7.1
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 15,898 16,077 12,250 12,398 3,648 3,679 15,824 4.4 4.7 4.5
C Manufacturing 13,982 14,073 10,812 10,886 3,170 3,187 13,916 3.7 4.1 3.8
F Construction 6,324 6,528 4,861 5,047 1,463 1,481 6,306 8.6 8.0 8.6
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 25,480 26,328 19,721 20,453 5,759 5,875 25,380 4.5 4.0 4.6
J Information and communication 7,769 7,730 6,296 6,260 1,473 1,470 7,727 8.6 9.3 8.7
K Financial institutions 6,490 6,294 5,010 4,794 1,480 1,500 6,480 10.6 11.2 10.4
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 1,295 1,338 1,012 1,056 283 282 1,293 6.2 5.9 6.2
M-N Business services 23,645 24,025 18,978 19,198 4,667 4,827 23,552 5.4 5.4 5.6
78 Employment activities 6,006 6,385 4,700 4,975 1,306 1,410 5,985 2.8 2.6 2.7
O-Q Government and care 38,895 43,119 28,181 32,063 10,714 11,056 38,850 7.8 7.5 7.8
O Public administration and services 12,901 14,068 9,195 10,308 3,706 3,760 12,910 9.5 9.4 9.6
P Education 8,791 9,934 6,340 7,390 2,451 2,544 8,783 6.6 6.5 6.6
Q Health and social work activities 17,203 19,117 12,646 14,365 4,557 4,752 17,157 7.1 6.7 7.2
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 3,417 3,632 2,687 2,881 730 751 3,405 7.7 7.7 7.7
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 2022 are final. Data of 2023 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.