Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Compensation of employees Amount Compensation of employees (million euros) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Compensation of employees (%)
A-U All economic activities 525,311 7.3
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 4,773 8.5
01 Agriculture 4,502 8.5
02 Forestry and logging 155 10.6
03 Fishing and aquaculture 116 3.0
B Mining and quarrying 1,004 6.5
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 62,832 6.8
C Manufacturing 55,286 6.1
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 9,592 6.0
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 895 4.4
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2,979 3.9
16 Manufacture of wood products 848 4.4
17 Manufacture of paper 1,387 4.4
18 Printing and reproduction 744 2.6
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 705 10.0
20 Manufacture of chemicals 5,151 7.2
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 7,029 8.0
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 1,878 10.1
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2,282 4.0
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 3,825 3.2
23 Manufacture of building materials 1,543 2.1
24 Manufacture of basic metals 1,688 -0.5
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 7,338 2.7
25 Manufacture of metal products 5,650 3.7
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2,698 7.2
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 4,832 6.3
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2,134 5.1
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 9,355 7.9
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 1,805 7.0
29-30 Transport equipment 3,302 8.1
30 Manufacture of other transport 1,497 9.4
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 5,434 7.9
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2,136 6.2
33 Repair and installation of machinery 3,298 9.0
D Energy supply 3,697 17.8
35 Energy supply 3,697 17.8
E Water supply and waste management 2,845 6.7
36 Water collection and distribution 494 9.8
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 2,351 6.1
F Construction 24,835 7.2
41 Construction buildings, development 7,405 6.8
42 Civil engineering 4,350 9.3
43 Specialised construction activities 13,080 6.7
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 102,663 6.1
G Wholesale and retail trade 65,316 6.0
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 6,733 9.4
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 37,266 4.7
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 21,317 7.2
H Transportation and storage 25,997 5.2
49 Land transport 10,919 5.2
50 Water transport 1,279 6.1
51 Air transport 2,889 11.8
52 Warehousing, services for transport 8,742 3.7
53 Postal and courier activities 2,168 3.0
I Accommodation and food serving 11,350 8.5
J Information and communication 29,180 5.6
58 Publishing 1,629 0.8
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 3,238 1.6
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 1,609 2.6
61 Telecommunications 2,382 3.5
62-63 IT- and information services 23,560 6.4
K Financial institutions 23,873 6.9
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 11,973 7.9
65 Insurance and pension funding 4,135 11.5
66 Other financial services 7,765 3.0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 5,186 9.5
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 5,186 9.5
M-N Business services 92,784 5.9
M Other specialised business services 53,177 6.2
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 33,912 6.7
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 43,915 7.2
71 Architects, technical services etc. 10,003 8.9
72 Research and development 4,040 0.8
73 Advertising and market research 2,874 0.6
73-75 Advertising, design and other 5,222 2.5
74-75 Other specialised services 2,348 4.9
N Renting and other business support 39,607 5.6
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2,767 17.2
78 Employment activities 25,073 1.6
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 2,279 39.9
80-82 Security, other business services 9,488 7.2
O-Q Government and care 165,295 9.3
O Public administration and services 53,528 11.9
84 Public administration and services 53,528 11.9
P Education 38,060 5.2
85 Education 38,060 5.2
Q Health and social work activities 73,707 9.6
86 Human health activities 36,523 8.8
87-88 Care and social work 37,184 10.5
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 13,890 9.0
R Culture, sports and recreation 6,116 11.0
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 3,202 11.2
93 Sports and recreation 2,914 10.9
S Other service activities 6,543 7.5
94 Membership organisations 4,468 6.8
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 220 15.5
96 Other personal services 1,855 8.2
T Activities of households 1,231 7.9
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
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.
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.