Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (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 per fte Wages per fte (1,000 euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Wage costs per fte (1,000 euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per hour worked Wages per hour worked (euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (euro) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per fte Wages per fte (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per fte Wage costs per fte (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per hour worked Wages per hour worked (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (%)
A-U All economic activities 405,129 523,265 7.3 7.4 58.7 75.9 34.8 45.0 6.5 6.6 5.9 6.0
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3,719 4,708 7.8 9.2 44.0 55.7 24.0 30.3 7.8 9.2 7.1 8.5
01 Agriculture 3,506 4,437 7.8 9.3 43.3 54.7 23.5 29.8 7.9 9.4 7.2 8.7
02 Forestry and logging 119 155 11.4 10.6 57.7 75.7 36.0 47.2 8.6 7.8 7.4 6.6
03 Fishing and aquaculture 94 116 2.6 3.0 70.2 86.3 33.7 41.4 4.5 4.8 2.6 2.9
B Mining and quarrying 801 998 6.0 6.7 104.7 130.2 58.0 72.1 5.3 6.0 4.2 4.8
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 48,294 62,171 6.7 6.7 65.9 84.8 38.0 48.9 6.0 6.0 5.5 5.5
C Manufacturing 42,541 54,664 6.0 6.0 65.1 83.6 37.6 48.4 5.9 6.0 5.5 5.5
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 7,347 9,555 5.8 6.0 60.7 78.9 35.4 46.0 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.5
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 680 887 4.6 4.4 54.5 71.1 32.2 41.9 5.9 5.7 5.0 4.8
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2,292 2,954 3.5 3.6 53.1 68.4 31.5 40.6 6.0 6.0 5.5 5.5
16 Manufacture of wood products 651 839 4.3 4.2 47.2 60.8 27.5 35.4 6.2 6.1 5.5 5.3
17 Manufacture of paper 1,071 1,371 3.8 3.7 62.5 80.0 37.1 47.5 6.8 6.7 6.3 6.2
18 Printing and reproduction 570 744 2.2 2.6 46.5 60.7 28.2 36.8 4.4 4.9 4.4 4.8
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 552 705 10.3 10.0 105.1 134.1 60.5 77.2 8.5 8.2 5.6 5.3
20 Manufacture of chemicals 4,077 5,120 6.7 7.4 89.3 112.1 50.8 63.9 6.1 6.8 5.1 5.7
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 5,552 6,979 7.5 8.0 86.9 109.2 49.5 62.3 5.6 6.1 4.7 5.2
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 1,475 1,859 9.6 9.6 80.9 101.9 46.3 58.3 4.6 4.6 4.0 4.0
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 1,737 2,263 3.7 4.1 56.9 74.2 33.0 43.0 5.9 6.3 5.7 6.1
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2,896 3,801 3.0 3.3 57.7 75.8 33.2 43.5 5.8 6.1 5.4 5.7
23 Manufacture of building materials 1,159 1,538 2.0 2.1 59.0 78.3 33.4 44.4 5.6 5.7 5.0 5.1
24 Manufacture of basic metals 1,275 1,681 -1.5 -0.8 66.0 86.9 37.9 49.9 1.0 1.7 0.6 1.2
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 5,590 7,291 2.5 2.7 56.4 73.6 32.4 42.3 3.7 3.9 3.3 3.5
25 Manufacture of metal products 4,315 5,610 3.7 3.8 54.1 70.4 31.1 40.5 4.6 4.7 4.2 4.3
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2,076 2,609 7.2 5.3 77.0 96.8 44.8 56.3 4.0 2.1 3.5 1.7
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 3,675 4,706 6.0 5.2 73.2 93.7 42.5 54.4 5.1 4.3 4.5 3.7
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 1,599 2,097 4.4 5.2 68.7 90.1 39.7 52.1 6.1 6.9 5.3 6.1
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 7,257 9,129 8.1 8.0 73.6 92.6 42.5 53.4 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.4
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 1,364 1,782 6.6 6.7 68.2 89.1 40.4 52.8 16.7 16.8 15.5 15.6
29-30 Transport equipment 2,520 3,261 7.9 8.0 66.7 86.4 39.0 50.5 11.6 11.7 10.8 10.9
30 Manufacture of other transport 1,156 1,479 9.4 9.6 65.1 83.4 37.5 48.0 5.8 6.0 5.6 5.8
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 4,180 5,396 7.9 8.0 58.0 74.9 33.2 42.9 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.5
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 1,649 2,115 6.0 6.3 50.7 65.1 29.9 38.4 5.8 6.2 5.5 5.8
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2,531 3,281 9.2 9.1 63.9 82.9 35.8 46.4 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.0
D Energy supply 2,832 3,692 18.3 17.7 79.9 104.1 45.7 59.6 5.3 4.7 4.4 3.8
35 Energy supply 2,832 3,692 18.3 17.7 79.9 104.1 45.7 59.6 5.3 4.7 4.4 3.8
E Water supply and waste management 2,120 2,817 6.8 6.7 58.9 78.3 32.3 42.9 5.1 5.1 4.7 4.7
36 Water collection and distribution 371 493 10.4 9.8 64.5 85.7 39.1 51.9 5.5 5.0 4.8 4.3
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 1,749 2,324 6.0 6.1 57.8 76.9 31.2 41.4 5.0 5.1 4.6 4.6
F Construction 19,273 24,773 7.6 7.2 58.6 75.3 33.1 42.6 6.6 6.3 5.8 5.5
41 Construction buildings, development 5,774 7,402 7.1 7.0 62.9 80.6 36.3 46.5 6.8 6.7 5.4 5.3
42 Civil engineering 3,386 4,329 9.7 9.3 68.1 87.0 36.9 47.2 6.8 6.4 6.7 6.3
43 Specialised construction activities 10,113 13,042 7.1 6.7 54.0 69.7 30.5 39.4 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.3
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 79,931 102,124 5.9 6.2 49.8 63.6 28.5 36.5 5.7 6.0 5.0 5.3
G Wholesale and retail trade 51,030 65,016 5.6 6.2 50.6 64.4 29.3 37.3 5.5 6.1 4.9 5.5
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 5,255 6,715 9.7 9.6 49.6 63.3 28.4 36.3 6.0 5.9 4.8 4.8
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 29,497 37,150 4.5 4.8 63.7 80.2 36.3 45.7 3.9 4.2 3.3 3.6
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 16,278 21,151 6.3 7.5 37.0 48.1 21.9 28.4 7.7 9.0 7.2 8.5
H Transportation and storage 19,622 25,835 5.4 5.0 57.4 75.6 31.7 41.7 5.5 5.1 4.5 4.1
49 Land transport 8,213 10,841 5.6 4.8 52.4 69.1 27.2 35.9 5.8 5.0 4.6 3.9
50 Water transport 1,009 1,218 6.1 5.9 69.1 83.5 39.3 47.4 4.8 4.5 3.6 3.4
51 Air transport 2,124 2,885 12.6 11.7 83.5 113.4 51.4 69.8 8.3 7.4 7.6 6.7
52 Warehousing, services for transport 6,650 8,740 3.6 3.7 61.9 81.4 35.7 46.9 3.9 4.0 3.0 3.1
53 Postal and courier activities 1,626 2,151 2.7 2.8 43.6 57.7 25.7 34.0 4.8 4.9 4.0 4.1
I Accommodation and food serving 9,279 11,273 8.6 8.9 36.3 44.1 21.1 25.7 7.7 8.0 6.9 7.1
J Information and communication 23,522 28,939 5.8 5.6 78.9 97.0 45.3 55.8 5.9 5.7 5.1 4.9
58 Publishing 1,277 1,628 -0.1 0.9 71.0 90.6 42.9 54.8 5.7 6.7 5.3 6.3
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2,557 3,243 1.3 1.7 69.2 87.7 41.1 52.1 5.5 6.0 5.1 5.5
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 1,280 1,615 2.7 2.5 67.4 85.0 39.3 49.6 5.5 5.4 5.0 4.9
61 Telecommunications 1,885 2,381 3.9 3.3 78.5 99.1 45.1 56.9 4.0 3.3 2.8 2.1
62-63 IT- and information services 19,080 23,315 6.6 6.4 80.4 98.3 46.0 56.2 6.1 5.9 5.2 5.0
K Financial institutions 18,119 23,883 6.4 6.7 89.9 118.5 52.9 69.7 2.7 3.0 2.4 2.7
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 9,036 11,973 7.4 8.0 95.7 126.8 56.4 74.8 2.3 2.9 1.3 1.9
65 Insurance and pension funding 3,032 4,159 11.5 10.5 79.3 108.8 48.2 66.1 4.7 3.8 5.1 4.1
66 Other financial services 6,051 7,751 2.6 2.9 87.8 112.5 50.5 64.8 2.5 2.7 2.3 2.6
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 4,099 5,183 9.9 9.5 65.3 82.6 39.2 49.6 7.3 6.8 6.3 5.8
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 4,099 5,183 9.9 9.5 65.3 82.6 39.2 49.6 7.3 6.8 6.3 5.8
M-N Business services 74,085 92,264 5.3 6.1 59.0 73.5 33.7 41.9 6.9 7.8 6.3 7.2
M Other specialised business services 43,818 52,816 6.5 6.2 76.9 92.7 43.9 52.9 5.0 4.7 4.1 3.8
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 28,437 33,881 6.8 6.6 83.8 99.9 47.9 57.0 4.4 4.3 3.5 3.4
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 36,476 43,771 7.3 7.1 79.4 95.3 45.3 54.3 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.6
71 Architects, technical services etc. 8,039 9,890 9.3 9.0 67.0 82.5 37.9 46.7 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.5
72 Research and development 3,119 3,846 2.2 1.7 74.6 92.0 43.5 53.6 6.1 5.5 5.5 4.9
73 Advertising and market research 2,330 2,864 1.1 0.7 64.2 78.9 36.7 45.1 5.7 5.3 4.7 4.3
73-75 Advertising, design and other 4,223 5,199 2.9 2.6 61.2 75.4 34.9 43.0 5.5 5.2 4.4 4.1
74-75 Other specialised services 1,893 2,335 5.2 5.0 57.9 71.5 33.0 40.7 5.6 5.4 4.4 4.2
N Renting and other business support 30,267 39,448 3.7 6.0 44.2 57.6 25.2 32.8 7.8 10.3 7.5 9.9
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 1,935 2,763 4.5 17.2 60.0 85.8 33.7 48.1 5.7 18.6 5.1 18.0
78 Employment activities 19,552 25,007 2.0 2.2 41.8 53.5 23.5 30.0 7.4 7.6 6.9 7.1
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 1,588 2,276 15.5 39.4 89.4 128.3 52.3 74.9 11.0 33.9 10.6 33.5
80-82 Security, other business services 7,192 9,402 5.7 7.3 43.1 56.3 25.6 33.5 7.8 9.5 7.6 9.3
O-Q Government and care 123,078 165,378 9.7 9.3 58.2 78.2 37.4 50.2 7.5 7.0 6.7 6.2
O Public administration and services 39,250 53,780 12.6 11.8 63.7 87.3 40.1 54.9 8.6 7.8 8.0 7.2
84 Public administration and services 39,250 53,780 12.6 11.8 63.7 87.3 40.1 54.9 8.6 7.8 8.0 7.2
P Education 28,359 38,053 5.6 5.2 62.7 84.2 39.2 52.6 5.2 4.9 4.0 3.6
85 Education 28,359 38,053 5.6 5.2 62.7 84.2 39.2 52.6 5.2 4.9 4.0 3.6
Q Health and social work activities 55,469 73,545 10.0 9.6 53.0 70.3 34.9 46.3 7.8 7.5 7.1 6.8
86 Human health activities 27,937 36,430 9.2 8.7 62.1 81.0 39.6 51.6 8.0 7.6 7.0 6.6
87-88 Care and social work 27,532 37,115 10.8 10.5 46.2 62.2 31.1 42.0 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.1
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 11,009 13,842 9.4 9.0 51.2 64.4 30.4 38.2 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.3
R Culture, sports and recreation 4,771 6,111 10.6 10.9 50.2 64.3 29.8 38.2 6.2 6.5 5.5 5.8
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 2,445 3,200 11.0 11.0 51.8 67.8 31.3 40.9 5.8 5.8 5.1 5.1
93 Sports and recreation 2,326 2,911 10.3 10.8 48.6 60.8 28.4 35.6 6.6 7.1 6.0 6.4
S Other service activities 5,064 6,504 8.5 7.5 54.0 69.4 32.2 41.4 7.4 6.4 6.3 5.3
94 Membership organisations 3,429 4,464 8.0 6.8 65.1 84.7 39.4 51.3 6.8 5.6 5.5 4.3
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 165 220 11.2 15.5 42.2 56.2 24.2 32.3 8.7 12.9 7.4 11.5
96 Other personal services 1,470 1,820 9.4 8.4 39.6 49.0 23.2 28.7 8.6 7.6 7.6 6.6
T Activities of households 1,174 1,227 8.4 7.6 45.1 47.1 26.3 27.5 5.5 4.7 4.4 3.7
U Extraterritorial organisations . . . . . . . . . . . .
99 Extraterritorial organisations . . . . . . . . . . . .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table provides annual 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 and by full-time or part-time), full-time equivalent (fte), hours paid, hours agreed and hours worked. 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

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2023 are final. Data over 2024 are provisional.

Changes as of June 24th 2025:
Data of the year 2024 was added.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional data are published 6 months after the end of the reporting year. Final data are released 18 months after the end of the reporting year.

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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
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.
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 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 per hour worked
Compensation of employees per hour worked.
Wages per hour worked
Wages and salaries 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 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 per hour worked
Compensation of employees per hour worked.
Wages per hour worked
Wages and salaries per hour worked.
Wage costs per hour worked
Wage costs per hour worked.