Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts
| Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Periods | Compensation of employees Amount Compensation of employees (million euros) | Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (million euros) | Compensation of employees Amount Employers' social contributions (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 (%) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Compensation per fte (1,000 euro) | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-U All economic activities | 2025* | 559,411 | 429,856 | 129,555 | 557,322 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 79.9 | 61.4 | 79.6 |
| C Manufacturing | 2025* | 57,949 | 44,398 | 13,551 | 57,301 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 88.4 | 67.7 | 87.4 |
| 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages | 2025* | 10,014 | 7,721 | 2,293 | 9,974 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 82.4 | 63.5 | 82.0 |
| 16 Manufacture of wood products | 2025* | 920 | 700 | 220 | 910 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 65.3 | 49.7 | 64.6 |
| 17 Manufacture of paper | 2025* | 1,433 | 1,102 | 331 | 1,418 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 83.9 | 64.5 | 83.0 |
| 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum | 2025* | 711 | 547 | 164 | 711 | 0.2 | -0.9 | 0.2 | 134.6 | 103.6 | 134.6 |
| 20 Manufacture of chemicals | 2025* | 5,280 | 4,128 | 1,152 | 5,243 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 116.7 | 91.2 | 115.8 |
| 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals | 2025* | 2,058 | 1,604 | 454 | 2,037 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 107.2 | 83.5 | 106.1 |
| 22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products | 2025* | 2,323 | 1,752 | 571 | 2,302 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 77.6 | 58.5 | 76.9 |
| 23 Manufacture of building materials | 2025* | 1,618 | 1,211 | 407 | 1,612 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 82.5 | 61.8 | 82.2 |
| 24 Manufacture of basic metals | 2025* | 1,719 | 1,292 | 427 | 1,717 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 90.6 | 68.0 | 90.4 |
| 25 Manufacture of metal products | 2025* | 6,013 | 4,557 | 1,456 | 5,971 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 75.3 | 57.1 | 74.8 |
| 26 Manufacture of electronic products | 2025* | 2,881 | 2,214 | 667 | 2,788 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 105.1 | 80.8 | 101.7 |
| 27 Manufacture of electric equipment | 2025* | 2,067 | 1,535 | 532 | 2,032 | -2.5 | -3.7 | -2.4 | 96.7 | 71.8 | 95.0 |
| 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. | 2025* | 10,245 | 7,908 | 2,337 | 10,006 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 100.8 | 77.8 | 98.5 |
| 29 Manufacture of cars and trailers | 2025* | 1,611 | 1,217 | 394 | 1,587 | -10.3 | -10.2 | -10.4 | 85.6 | 64.7 | 84.3 |
| 30 Manufacture of other transport | 2025* | 1,579 | 1,211 | 368 | 1,560 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 88.5 | 67.9 | 87.5 |
| 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair | 2025* | 5,815 | 4,440 | 1,375 | 5,778 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 78.8 | 60.2 | 78.3 |
| 31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other | 2025* | 2,247 | 1,729 | 518 | 2,227 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 68.7 | 52.9 | 68.1 |
| 43 Specialised construction activities | 2025* | 14,328 | 11,002 | 3,326 | 14,283 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 74.3 | 57.1 | 74.1 |
| 53 Postal and courier activities | 2025* | 2,228 | 1,666 | 562 | 2,215 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 61.4 | 45.9 | 61.1 |
| 78 Employment activities | 2025* | 27,051 | 20,654 | 6,397 | 26,984 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 57.6 | 44.0 | 57.4 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2025* | 177,278 | 131,304 | 45,974 | 177,280 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 81.8 | 60.6 | 81.8 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2025* | 79,717 | 59,512 | 20,205 | 79,528 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 74.2 | 55.4 | 74.0 |
| 86 Human health activities | 2025* | 39,262 | 29,838 | 9,424 | 39,147 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 84.9 | 64.5 | 84.6 |
| 87-88 Care and social work | 2025* | 40,455 | 29,674 | 10,781 | 40,381 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 66.1 | 48.5 | 66.0 |
| S Other service activities | 2025* | 7,119 | 5,445 | 1,674 | 7,076 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 74.1 | 56.7 | 73.6 |
| T Activities of households | 2025* | 1,543 | 1,462 | 81 | 1,539 | 21.4 | 21.1 | 21.4 | 50.7 | 48.0 | 50.5 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||||
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 through 2024 are final. Data from 2025 are provisional.
Changes as of July 2nd 2026:
The figures for 2024 have been updated and are final now, the figures for 2025 have been updated.
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Compensation per labour volume
- Compensation of employees per labour volume.
- Amount
- Compensation per fte
- Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
- 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).