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 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 525,311 405,129 120,182 523,265 7.3 7.3 7.4 76.1 58.7 75.9
C Manufacturing 55,286 42,541 12,745 54,664 6.1 6.0 6.0 84.6 65.1 83.6
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 9,592 7,347 2,245 9,555 6.0 5.8 6.0 79.2 60.7 78.9
16 Manufacture of wood products 848 651 197 839 4.4 4.3 4.2 61.5 47.2 60.8
17 Manufacture of paper 1,387 1,071 316 1,371 4.4 3.8 3.7 80.9 62.5 80.0
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 705 552 153 705 10.0 10.3 10.0 134.1 105.1 134.1
20 Manufacture of chemicals 5,151 4,077 1,074 5,120 7.2 6.7 7.4 112.8 89.3 112.1
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 1,878 1,475 403 1,859 10.1 9.6 9.6 102.9 80.9 101.9
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2,282 1,737 545 2,263 4.0 3.7 4.1 74.8 56.9 74.2
23 Manufacture of building materials 1,543 1,159 384 1,538 2.1 2.0 2.1 78.6 59.0 78.3
24 Manufacture of basic metals 1,688 1,275 413 1,681 -0.5 -1.5 -0.8 87.2 66.0 86.9
25 Manufacture of metal products 5,650 4,315 1,335 5,610 3.7 3.7 3.8 70.9 54.1 70.4
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2,698 2,076 622 2,609 7.2 7.2 5.3 100.1 77.0 96.8
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2,134 1,599 535 2,097 5.1 4.4 5.2 91.7 68.7 90.1
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 9,355 7,257 2,098 9,129 7.9 8.1 8.0 94.9 73.6 92.6
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 1,805 1,364 441 1,782 7.0 6.6 6.7 90.2 68.2 89.1
30 Manufacture of other transport 1,497 1,156 341 1,479 9.4 9.4 9.6 84.4 65.1 83.4
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 5,434 4,180 1,254 5,396 7.9 7.9 8.0 75.4 58.0 74.9
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2,136 1,649 487 2,115 6.2 6.0 6.3 65.7 50.7 65.1
43 Specialised construction activities 13,080 10,113 2,967 13,042 6.7 7.1 6.7 69.9 54.0 69.7
53 Postal and courier activities 2,168 1,626 542 2,151 3.0 2.7 2.8 58.1 43.6 57.7
78 Employment activities 25,073 19,552 5,521 25,007 1.6 2.0 2.2 53.6 41.8 53.5
O-Q Government and care 165,295 123,078 42,217 165,378 9.3 9.7 9.3 78.2 58.2 78.2
Q Health and social work activities 73,707 55,469 18,238 73,545 9.6 10.0 9.6 70.5 53.0 70.3
86 Human health activities 36,523 27,937 8,586 36,430 8.8 9.2 8.7 81.2 62.1 81.0
87-88 Care and social work 37,184 27,532 9,652 37,115 10.5 10.8 10.5 62.3 46.2 62.2
S Other service activities 6,543 5,064 1,479 6,504 7.5 8.5 7.5 69.8 54.0 69.4
T Activities of households 1,231 1,174 57 1,227 7.9 8.4 7.6 47.2 45.1 47.1
Source: CBS.
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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.
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).