Labour Accounts; compensation of employees, quarterly; 1995-q1 2014

Table explanation


This table provides annual and quarterly data about the employment of employees and the labour volume of employees. The labour volume is given in jobs (by sex), full-time equivalent (fte) and hours worked. The seasonal adjusted time series about the compensation of employees and the wages & salaries are also available in this table.

Data available from: first quarter 1995 through first quarter 2014

Status of the figures:
The figures concerning 2011,2012,2013 and the first quarter 2014 are (revised) provisional. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.

Changes as of June 25th 2014:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

This table is replaced by Labour Accounts; compensation of employees, quarterly. See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Compensation of employees
Compensation of employees is the total remuneration paid by employers to
their employees in return for work done. Employees are all residents and
non-residents working in a paid job. Managing directors of limited
companies are considered to be employees; therefore their sa-laries are
also included in the compensation of employees. The same holds for people
working in sheltered workshops.
Compensation of employees is classified in wages and salaries and
employers' social contributions.
Compensation of employees
Compensation of employees is the total remuneration paid by employers to
their employees in return for work done. Employees are all residents and
non-residents working in a paid job. Managing directors of limited
companies are considered to be employees; therefore their salaries are
also included in the compensation of employees. The same holds for people
working in sheltered workshops.
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.
Compensation of employees per fte
Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte)
Compensation of employees per fte
Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
Wages per fte
Wages and salaries per full-time equivalent (fte).
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.
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A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed
persons. In this table only jobs of employees are included.
Total jobs
Male
Female
Labour volume
The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of hours
worked or full-time equivalents
Full-time equivalent (fte)
A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and
part-time jobs to full-time jobs