Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (million euros) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wages and salaries (%) 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 Year-on-year change Jobs (full-time and part-time) Total (%)
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3,719 7.8 114 73 42 -0.3
02 Forestry and logging 119 11.4 2 2 1 2.3
03 Fishing and aquaculture 94 2.6 2 1 0 -2.4
B Mining and quarrying 801 6.0 8 7 1 1.0
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 7,347 5.8 144 89 55 0.5
18 Printing and reproduction 570 2.2 14 9 5 -2.4
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 552 10.3 6 5 1 2.2
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 5,552 7.5 68 49 19 1.7
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2,896 3.0 54 44 10 -2.6
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 5,590 2.5 108 94 14 -1.1
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 3,675 6.0 54 41 13 0.8
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 1,364 6.6 21 19 3 -8.1
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 4,180 7.9 81 62 19 2.1
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2,531 9.2 44 36 7 3.7
E Water supply and waste management 2,120 6.8 39 31 8 2.0
36 Water collection and distribution 371 10.4 6 4 2 4.8
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 1,749 6.0 33 27 6 1.5
G Wholesale and retail trade 51,030 5.6 1,465 790 675 0.3
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 5,255 9.7 125 105 21 3.5
H Transportation and storage 19,622 5.4 408 305 103 0.3
49 Land transport 8,213 5.6 185 153 32 0.0
53 Postal and courier activities 1,626 2.7 60 40 20 -0.8
I Accommodation and food serving 9,279 8.6 492 241 251 1.9
J Information and communication 23,522 5.8 331 235 96 -0.1
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2,557 1.3 44 23 21 -3.5
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 1,280 2.7 24 13 11 -2.0
62-63 IT- and information services 19,080 6.6 261 193 68 0.4
65 Insurance and pension funding 3,032 11.5 42 21 21 6.3
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 28,437 6.8 408 238 170 2.5
72 Research and development 3,119 2.2 46 26 20 -3.8
73 Advertising and market research 2,330 1.1 43 24 20 -4.3
73-75 Advertising, design and other 4,223 2.9 87 43 43 -2.1
N Renting and other business support 30,267 3.7 945 550 395 -4.7
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 1,935 4.5 38 28 10 -2.6
O-Q Government and care 123,078 9.7 2,801 823 1,978 2.1
O Public administration and services 39,250 12.6 690 379 311 3.6
84 Public administration and services 39,250 12.6 690 379 311 3.6
Q Health and social work activities 55,469 10.0 1,501 239 1,262 2.1
87-88 Care and social work 27,532 10.8 904 115 789 3.1
R Culture, sports and recreation 4,771 10.6 157 75 81 4.4
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 2,445 11.0 66 29 37 5.8
93 Sports and recreation 2,326 10.3 91 47 45 3.5
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 165 11.2 5 4 2 2.5
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

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
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.
Year-on-year change
%-change with respect to the previous year
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.
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
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