Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Labour volume Number Full-time equivalent (fte) (x 1,000) Labour volume Year-on-year change Full-time equivalent (fte) (%) Jobs of employees Number Jobs (full-time and part-time) Total (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Number Jobs (full-time and part-time) Male (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Number Jobs (full-time and part-time) Female (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Number Full-time jobs Total (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Number Full-time jobs Male (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Number Full-time jobs Female (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Number Part-time jobs Total (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Number Part-time jobs Male (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Number Part-time jobs Female (x 1,000) Jobs of employees Year-on-year change Jobs (full-time and part-time) Total (%)
A-U All economic activities 6,898 0.7 9,056 4,656 4,400 3,966 2,936 1,031 5,090 1,721 3,369 0.7
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 84 0.0 114 73 42 59 45 14 56 28 28 -0.3
01 Agriculture 81 -0.1 110 70 41 56 43 13 54 27 27 -0.3
02 Forestry and logging 2 2.6 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.3
03 Fishing and aquaculture 1 -1.8 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -2.4
B Mining and quarrying 8 0.7 8 7 1 6 6 1 2 1 1 1.0
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 733 0.7 810 620 190 565 491 75 244 129 115 0.8
C Manufacturing 654 0.1 723 554 170 506 439 67 217 115 102 0.1
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 121 0.2 144 89 55 86 66 20 58 23 35 0.5
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 12 -1.2 14 9 5 9 7 2 6 2 4 -1.7
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 43 -2.3 48 37 10 34 29 4 14 8 6 -2.2
16 Manufacture of wood products 14 -1.8 15 13 2 11 11 1 4 2 1 -1.6
17 Manufacture of paper 17 -2.8 18 15 4 13 12 2 5 3 2 -2.7
18 Printing and reproduction 12 -2.2 14 9 5 9 7 2 6 2 3 -2.4
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 5 1.7 6 5 1 4 3 0 2 1 0 2.2
20 Manufacture of chemicals 46 0.6 49 38 11 36 30 6 13 8 5 0.6
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 64 1.8 68 49 19 49 39 10 20 10 9 1.7
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 18 4.8 20 12 8 13 9 4 7 3 4 4.4
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 31 -2.1 33 26 7 23 21 3 10 6 4 -2.0
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 50 -2.6 54 44 10 39 36 4 15 9 6 -2.6
23 Manufacture of building materials 20 -3.4 21 18 3 16 15 1 5 3 2 -3.4
24 Manufacture of basic metals 19 -2.5 20 18 2 17 16 1 2 2 1 -2.6
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 99 -1.2 108 94 14 81 77 5 27 17 10 -1.1
25 Manufacture of metal products 80 -0.9 88 76 12 64 60 4 24 15 9 -0.7
26 Manufacture of electronic products 27 3.1 29 22 7 21 17 4 8 5 3 3.2
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 50 0.9 54 41 13 39 33 7 15 8 6 0.8
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 23 -1.6 25 19 6 18 15 3 7 4 3 -1.9
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 99 2.1 105 88 17 80 72 8 25 16 9 2.2
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 20 -8.6 21 19 3 17 15 1 4 3 1 -8.1
29-30 Transport equipment 38 -3.3 40 34 6 31 28 3 9 6 3 -3.0
30 Manufacture of other transport 18 3.4 19 16 3 14 13 1 5 3 2 3.3
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 72 2.0 81 62 19 54 48 6 27 14 13 2.1
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 32 0.1 38 26 12 23 19 4 15 6 8 0.3
33 Repair and installation of machinery 40 3.6 44 36 7 31 29 2 12 7 5 3.7
D Energy supply 35 12.4 39 28 11 26 22 4 14 7 7 12.4
35 Energy supply 35 12.4 39 28 11 26 22 4 14 7 7 12.4
E Water supply and waste management 36 1.5 39 31 8 27 25 2 12 7 5 2.0
36 Water collection and distribution 6 4.6 6 4 2 4 4 1 2 1 1 4.8
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 30 1.0 33 27 6 23 21 2 10 6 4 1.5
F Construction 329 0.9 361 310 51 269 255 14 92 55 37 1.0
41 Construction buildings, development 92 0.3 102 86 16 74 70 4 28 16 12 0.3
42 Civil engineering 50 2.7 53 46 7 43 40 3 10 6 4 3.0
43 Specialised construction activities 187 0.7 206 178 28 152 145 7 54 33 21 0.9
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 1,606 0.1 2,365 1,336 1,029 949 740 209 1,417 597 820 0.6
G Wholesale and retail trade 1,009 0.0 1,465 790 675 586 455 132 879 336 543 0.3
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 106 3.5 125 105 21 80 74 6 46 31 15 3.5
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 463 0.6 533 360 173 343 275 68 190 85 105 0.5
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 440 -1.3 807 326 481 164 106 58 643 220 423 -0.4
H Transportation and storage 342 -0.1 408 305 103 250 210 40 158 95 63 0.3
49 Land transport 157 -0.2 185 153 32 118 107 11 67 45 21 0.0
50 Water transport 15 1.3 17 13 4 12 11 1 5 2 2 1.7
51 Air transport 25 4.0 28 15 13 18 12 6 10 3 7 3.9
52 Warehousing, services for transport 107 -0.2 119 84 35 83 65 19 35 19 16 0.2
53 Postal and courier activities 37 -2.0 60 40 20 19 15 3 41 25 16 -0.8
I Accommodation and food serving 255 0.8 492 241 251 112 75 37 380 166 213 1.9
J Information and communication 298 -0.2 331 235 96 223 176 47 108 59 49 -0.1
58 Publishing 18 -5.4 21 10 10 12 7 4 9 3 6 -5.2
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 37 -4.0 44 23 21 24 15 9 21 8 12 -3.5
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 19 -2.7 24 13 11 12 8 4 11 5 6 -2.0
61 Telecommunications 24 -0.1 26 19 7 18 15 3 8 4 4 0.6
62-63 IT- and information services 237 0.5 261 193 68 181 146 35 80 47 33 0.4
K Financial institutions 202 3.5 225 126 99 143 99 45 81 27 54 3.7
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 94 5.0 101 58 43 74 49 25 27 9 18 5.5
65 Insurance and pension funding 38 6.5 42 21 21 25 16 9 17 4 12 6.3
66 Other financial services 69 0.1 82 47 35 44 33 11 37 13 24 0.4
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 63 2.5 76 39 37 39 28 12 37 11 26 2.3
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 63 2.5 76 39 37 39 28 12 37 11 26 2.3
M-N Business services 1,255 -1.5 1,622 956 666 774 562 213 847 394 453 -2.2
M Other specialised business services 570 1.4 677 406 270 396 291 105 281 115 166 1.6
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 339 2.2 408 238 170 241 174 67 167 64 103 2.5
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 459 2.6 544 337 207 324 244 80 220 93 127 2.7
71 Architects, technical services etc. 120 3.5 136 99 37 83 70 13 53 29 24 3.5
72 Research and development 42 -3.6 46 26 20 30 20 10 16 7 10 -3.8
73 Advertising and market research 36 -4.3 43 24 20 24 16 9 19 8 11 -4.3
73-75 Advertising, design and other 69 -2.5 87 43 43 42 28 15 44 16 29 -2.1
74-75 Other specialised services 33 -0.4 43 20 23 18 12 6 25 8 17 0.1
N Renting and other business support 685 -3.9 945 550 395 379 271 108 567 279 287 -4.7
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 32 -1.2 38 28 10 23 20 3 15 8 7 -2.6
78 Employment activities 468 -5.0 655 397 258 252 175 77 403 222 181 -5.2
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 18 4.1 20 9 12 12 7 6 8 2 6 3.8
80-82 Security, other business services 167 -2.0 232 117 115 91 69 22 141 47 93 -4.4
O-Q Government and care 2,114 2.1 2,801 823 1,978 859 489 371 1,942 335 1,607 2.1
O Public administration and services 616 3.7 690 379 311 422 285 137 268 94 174 3.6
84 Public administration and services 616 3.7 690 379 311 422 285 137 268 94 174 3.6
P Education 452 0.3 610 205 405 184 102 81 426 103 323 0.3
85 Education 452 0.3 610 205 405 184 102 81 426 103 323 0.3
Q Health and social work activities 1,046 2.0 1,501 239 1,262 253 102 152 1,248 138 1,110 2.1
86 Human health activities 450 1.1 598 125 473 145 65 81 452 60 393 0.8
87-88 Care and social work 596 2.8 904 115 789 108 37 71 796 78 718 3.1
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 215 2.6 350 137 213 85 51 33 265 86 180 2.7
R Culture, sports and recreation 95 4.2 157 75 81 41 28 14 116 48 68 4.4
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 47 4.9 66 29 37 21 14 8 44 15 29 5.8
93 Sports and recreation 48 3.4 91 47 45 20 14 6 71 32 39 3.5
S Other service activities 94 1.0 130 45 85 41 23 18 89 22 68 1.1
94 Membership organisations 53 1.2 68 27 40 25 14 11 42 13 29 0.5
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 4 2.3 5 4 2 2 2 0 3 1 1 2.5
96 Other personal services 37 0.7 57 14 44 13 7 6 44 7 37 1.7
T Activities of households 26 2.8 63 17 46 3 1 2 60 16 44 1.6
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.

Description topics

Labour volume
The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of hours worked or full-time equivalents
Number
Full-time equivalent (fte)
A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
Year-on-year change
%-change with respect to the previous year
Full-time equivalent (fte)
A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
Jobs of employees
A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit which specifies that labour will be carried out in return for (financial) remuneration.

A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons. In this table only jobs of employees are included.
Number
Jobs (full-time and part-time)
Sum of full-time jobs and part-time jobs.
Total
Male
Female
Full-time jobs
An employee's job when he or she has a contract and tasks for a full working day and full working week.
Total
Male
Female
Part-time jobs
A job for which there is a permanent contract and for which a fixed number of hours was agreed that is less than the number of hours in a full day's or working week.
Total
Male
Female
Year-on-year change
%-change with respect to the previous year
Jobs (full-time and part-time)
Sum of full-time jobs and part-time jobs.
Total