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 4,014 8.8 116 74 42 1.9
02 Forestry and logging 120 2.1 2 2 1 -1.5
03 Fishing and aquaculture 100 6.0 2 1 0 -0.9
B Mining and quarrying 813 1.2 8 7 1 2.2
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 7,721 5.3 145 90 56 0.4
18 Printing and reproduction 602 5.9 14 9 5 0.3
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 547 -0.9 5 5 1 -1.6
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 5,732 3.5 69 49 20 0.4
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2,963 2.0 54 44 10 -1.3
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 5,849 4.4 108 93 14 -0.6
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 3,749 1.9 52 40 13 -3.0
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 1,217 -10.2 20 18 2 -5.3
29-30 Transport equipment 2,428 -3.1 39 33 6 -2.9
30 Manufacture of other transport 1,211 5.2 19 16 3 -0.3
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 4,440 6.2 83 63 19 2.2
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2,711 7.3 45 37 8 4.3
E Water supply and waste management 2,336 9.2 41 33 8 4.4
36 Water collection and distribution 403 9.0 7 5 2 5.5
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 1,933 9.3 34 28 6 4.2
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 83,666 4.4 2,370 1,346 1,024 0.2
G Wholesale and retail trade 52,896 3.6 1,455 789 667 -0.7
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 5,598 6.4 128 107 21 2.2
H Transportation and storage 20,883 5.6 412 308 104 1.1
49 Land transport 8,764 5.4 187 155 32 1.1
50 Water transport 1,075 7.1 17 13 4 5.0
51 Air transport 2,299 3.6 28 15 13 1.8
53 Postal and courier activities 1,666 4.5 58 39 19 -1.7
I Accommodation and food serving 9,887 6.5 502 248 254 2.0
J Information and communication 24,864 5.9 328 233 95 -0.8
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2,671 4.0 45 23 21 0.6
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 1,347 4.1 24 13 11 0.5
62-63 IT- and information services 20,325 6.7 259 192 67 -0.5
65 Insurance and pension funding 3,132 3.1 41 20 21 -1.4
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 29,658 6.1 419 245 175 3.0
72 Research and development 3,455 10.3 47 26 21 0.8
73 Advertising and market research 2,378 0.2 42 23 19 -4.5
73-75 Advertising, design and other 4,398 3.2 86 43 43 -0.9
N Renting and other business support 32,384 7.4 958 565 393 1.2
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2,029 5.0 39 29 10 2.2
O-Q Government and care 131,304 7.1 2,870 847 2,023 2.4
O Public administration and services 41,879 7.2 714 389 325 3.5
84 Public administration and services 41,879 7.2 714 389 325 3.5
Q Health and social work activities 59,512 7.8 1,543 253 1,290 2.7
87-88 Care and social work 29,674 8.3 929 123 806 2.7
R Culture, sports and recreation 5,154 8.2 161 77 84 2.6
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 2,606 6.6 67 29 38 2.2
93 Sports and recreation 2,548 9.8 94 48 46 2.9
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 179 8.8 5 3 2 0.8
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 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
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