Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Compensation of employees Amount Wage costs (million euros) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wage costs (%) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Wage costs per fte (1,000 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 Wage costs per fte (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (%)
A-U All economic activities 557,322 6.4 79.6 47.5 4.9 6.0
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5,089 9.1 58.7 32.1 6.2 6.8
01 Agriculture 4,807 9.5 57.7 31.5 6.4 6.9
02 Forestry and logging 159 2.2 78.7 49.5 3.7 4.4
03 Fishing and aquaculture 123 5.4 91.6 44.1 4.7 5.8
B Mining and quarrying 1,023 2.6 130.6 73.2 0.3 1.4
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 65,675 5.2 88.7 51.6 4.3 5.5
C Manufacturing 57,301 4.4 87.4 51.1 4.4 5.6
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 9,974 4.2 82.0 48.2 4.2 5.3
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 865 0.6 74.0 44.0 4.5 5.3
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 3,118 5.1 71.7 42.9 4.7 5.3
16 Manufacture of wood products 910 8.3 64.6 38.3 5.9 6.6
17 Manufacture of paper 1,418 2.9 83.0 49.5 4.1 4.8
18 Printing and reproduction 790 5.8 64.2 38.9 5.3 5.6
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 711 0.2 134.6 77.7 -0.1 -0.2
20 Manufacture of chemicals 5,243 2.7 115.8 66.7 3.8 5.0
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 7,280 4.3 112.9 65.0 3.7 4.9
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2,037 8.7 106.1 61.0 3.9 5.0
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2,302 0.8 76.9 44.9 3.0 4.1
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 3,914 2.2 79.0 45.8 3.6 4.6
23 Manufacture of building materials 1,612 4.2 82.2 47.0 4.4 5.3
24 Manufacture of basic metals 1,717 2.1 90.4 52.5 3.9 5.1
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 7,688 4.8 77.8 45.3 5.5 6.8
25 Manufacture of metal products 5,971 5.6 74.8 43.5 6.0 7.4
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2,788 5.9 101.7 59.8 4.0 5.1
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 4,820 2.2 98.8 58.0 5.2 6.6
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2,032 -2.4 95.0 55.6 6.4 7.9
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 10,006 8.2 98.5 57.4 6.0 7.4
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 1,587 -10.4 84.3 51.1 -4.9 -2.8
29-30 Transport equipment 3,147 -3.2 85.9 50.9 -0.2 1.4
30 Manufacture of other transport 1,560 5.4 87.5 50.8 5.3 6.5
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 5,778 6.5 78.3 45.4 4.0 5.1
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2,227 4.6 68.1 40.5 4.4 5.3
33 Repair and installation of machinery 3,551 7.7 86.4 49.1 3.3 4.8
D Energy supply 4,239 14.4 108.2 62.6 2.0 3.1
35 Energy supply 4,239 14.4 108.2 62.6 2.0 3.1
E Water supply and waste management 3,112 9.3 82.7 45.8 5.0 5.8
36 Water collection and distribution 541 9.1 89.6 53.2 4.0 2.0
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 2,571 9.3 81.4 44.5 5.2 6.5
F Construction 27,196 9.5 79.9 45.4 5.7 6.5
41 Construction buildings, development 8,143 9.7 85.0 48.9 5.3 4.9
42 Civil engineering 4,770 10.3 91.7 50.5 5.0 6.4
43 Specialised construction activities 14,283 9.2 74.1 42.3 6.1 7.2
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 107,290 4.6 66.9 38.0 4.7 5.8
G Wholesale and retail trade 67,681 3.7 67.6 39.5 4.5 5.7
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 7,204 6.8 66.5 38.6 4.5 6.0
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 38,365 3.2 84.2 48.5 4.4 5.6
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 22,112 3.6 50.5 30.2 4.7 5.8
H Transportation and storage 27,563 6.0 80.0 41.3 5.0 6.3
49 Land transport 11,536 6.1 72.9 32.8 5.3 6.7
50 Water transport 1,310 7.5 86.7 49.9 3.6 5.2
51 Air transport 3,123 3.5 123.9 77.2 1.6 2.9
52 Warehousing, services for transport 9,378 6.8 85.7 49.8 5.0 6.0
53 Postal and courier activities 2,215 4.7 61.1 36.4 6.6 7.8
I Accommodation and food serving 12,046 6.6 46.6 27.3 5.5 6.2
J Information and communication 30,617 5.8 103.5 60.1 6.4 7.6
58 Publishing 1,671 3.7 92.6 56.5 3.4 4.5
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 3,367 3.9 90.6 54.3 3.4 4.5
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 1,696 4.1 88.7 52.3 3.4 4.5
61 Telecommunications 2,366 -0.3 105.2 60.8 5.2 6.0
62-63 IT- and information services 24,884 6.6 105.4 60.9 7.0 8.2
K Financial institutions 25,688 6.2 126.5 75.8 6.0 7.4
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 12,812 5.8 134.7 81.5 5.4 7.0
65 Insurance and pension funding 4,367 3.3 115.5 71.0 4.7 5.9
66 Other financial services 8,509 8.4 121.5 70.7 7.7 8.9
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 5,564 7.8 85.1 51.7 2.6 3.9
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 5,564 7.8 85.1 51.7 2.6 3.9
M-N Business services 97,710 7.0 76.8 44.3 5.6 6.5
M Other specialised business services 55,790 6.4 96.0 55.5 4.4 5.4
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 35,592 6.6 102.4 59.4 4.0 5.0
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 46,133 6.6 98.1 56.6 4.0 5.0
71 Architects, technical services etc. 10,541 6.6 85.8 49.1 4.0 5.1
72 Research and development 4,214 7.7 99.8 58.9 7.2 8.5
73 Advertising and market research 2,934 0.3 83.5 48.3 4.9 6.2
73-75 Advertising, design and other 5,444 3.4 79.4 45.8 5.0 6.0
74-75 Other specialised services 2,510 7.3 75.1 43.2 5.4 6.3
N Renting and other business support 41,920 7.9 60.6 34.9 6.9 7.7
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2,608 5.4 79.1 44.8 3.2 4.3
78 Employment activities 26,984 7.2 57.4 32.6 6.8 7.6
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 2,204 17.5 123.4 72.6 16.8 17.8
80-82 Security, other business services 10,124 8.6 59.2 35.4 6.1 6.8
O-Q Government and care 177,280 7.1 81.8 52.9 4.5 5.4
O Public administration and services 57,504 7.0 90.1 57.4 3.3 4.6
84 Public administration and services 57,504 7.0 90.1 57.4 3.3 4.6
P Education 40,248 5.6 88.4 55.2 5.1 5.0
85 Education 40,248 5.6 88.4 55.2 5.1 5.0
Q Health and social work activities 79,528 7.9 74.0 49.1 5.1 6.2
86 Human health activities 39,147 7.4 84.6 54.4 4.5 5.5
87-88 Care and social work 40,381 8.4 66.0 44.9 5.6 6.7
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 15,213 9.0 67.9 40.7 4.8 5.8
R Culture, sports and recreation 6,598 7.2 67.6 40.4 4.6 5.2
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 3,401 6.2 70.6 42.9 4.3 5.1
93 Sports and recreation 3,197 8.3 64.7 38.1 5.0 5.5
S Other service activities 7,076 8.2 73.6 44.5 5.7 7.0
94 Membership organisations 4,897 9.0 89.4 54.8 4.9 6.1
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 231 9.3 58.7 34.4 8.5 10.8
96 Other personal services 1,948 6.2 52.1 30.9 5.7 7.0
T Activities of households 1,539 21.4 50.5 29.8 5.9 7.0
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 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.

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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
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
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).
Wage costs per fte
Wage costs per full-time equivalent (fte).
Compensation per hour worked
Compensation of employees 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).
Wage costs per fte
Wage costs per full-time equivalent (fte).
Compensation per hour worked
Compensation of employees per hour worked.
Wage costs per hour worked
Wage costs per hour worked.