Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, NA, 1995-2018

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Periods Compensation of employees Amount Compensation of employees (mil euro) Compensation of employees Amount Compensation; seasonal adjusted (mil euro) Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (mil euro) Compensation of employees Amount Wages; seasonal adjusted (mil euro) Compensation of employees Amount Employers' social contributions (mil euro) Compensation of employees Amount Social contributions; seasonal adjusted (mil euro) Compensation of employees Amount Wage costs (mil euro) 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 of employees per fte Compensation per fte (1 000 euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation of employees per fte Wages per fte (1 000 euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation of employees per fte Wage costs per fte (1 000 euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation employees per hour worked Compensation per hour worked (euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation employees per hour worked Wages per hour worked (euro) Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation employees per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (euro) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation of employees per fte Compensation per fte (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation of employees per fte Wages per fte (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation of employees per fte Wage costs per fte (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation employees per hour worked Compensation per hour worked (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation employees per hour worked Wages per hour worked (%) Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation employees per hour worked Wage costs per hour worked (%) Labour volume Number Full-time equivalent (fte) (x 1 000) Labour volume Number Hours worked (mil hours) Labour volume Year-on-year change Full-time equivalent (fte) (%) Labour volume Year-on-year change Hours worked (%) Jobs of employees Number Total (x 1 000) Jobs of employees Number Male (x 1 000) Jobs of employees Number Female (x 1 000) Jobs of employees Year-on-year change Total (%) Jobs of employees Year-on-year change Male (%) Jobs of employees Year-on-year change Female (%)
2016 1st quarter* 79,127 83,978 61,674 66,248 17,453 17,730 78,839 2.6 2.9 2.6 13.6 10.6 13.6 30.4 23.7 30.3 1.3 1.6 1.2 2.1 2.4 2.1 5,808 2,604 1.3 0.5 7,768 4,081 3,687 1.1 1.2 0.9
2016 2nd quarter* 94,636 84,462 75,747 66,558 18,889 17,903 94,170 2.6 2.7 2.5 16.0 12.8 15.9 38.1 30.5 38.0 1.1 1.2 0.9 -1.9 -1.8 -2.1 5,926 2,481 1.5 4.6 7,937 4,174 3,763 1.3 1.3 1.3
2016 3rd quarter* 78,634 85,418 61,285 67,347 17,349 18,072 78,229 3.3 3.5 3.1 13.2 10.3 13.1 33.7 26.3 33.5 1.3 1.5 1.2 0.0 0.2 -0.1 5,972 2,332 1.9 3.3 7,963 4,189 3,773 1.5 1.5 1.6
2016 4th quarter* 87,407 85,946 69,011 67,564 18,396 18,382 86,890 3.4 3.4 3.1 14.5 11.5 14.5 32.7 25.8 32.5 1.0 1.1 0.8 2.3 2.4 2.1 6,012 2,676 2.3 1.0 8,011 4,213 3,799 1.8 1.8 1.8
2016* 339,804 267,717 72,087 338,128 3.0 3.1 2.8 57.3 45.1 57.0 33.7 26.5 33.5 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.5 5,930 10,093 1.8 2.3 7,920 4,164 3,756 1.4 1.5 1.4
2017 1st quarter* 81,748 86,762 63,722 68,419 18,026 18,343 81,370 3.3 3.3 3.2 13.8 10.7 13.7 29.7 23.1 29.5 0.9 0.9 0.8 -2.3 -2.3 -2.4 5,945 2,754 2.4 5.8 7,956 4,178 3,778 2.4 2.4 2.5
2017 2nd quarter* 98,119 87,623 78,463 69,041 19,656 18,582 97,556 3.7 3.6 3.6 16.1 12.9 16.0 39.2 31.4 39.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 6,102 2,503 3.0 0.9 8,136 4,277 3,859 2.5 2.5 2.6
2017 3rd quarter* 81,684 88,712 63,567 69,829 18,117 18,883 81,173 3.9 3.7 3.8 13.3 10.3 13.2 34.4 26.8 34.2 0.8 0.6 0.6 2.1 2.0 2.0 6,158 2,372 3.1 1.7 8,175 4,299 3,876 2.7 2.6 2.7
2017 4th quarter* 91,475 89,929 72,218 70,682 19,257 19,247 90,843 4.7 4.7 4.6 14.8 11.7 14.7 33.8 26.7 33.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 6,197 2,710 3.1 1.3 8,236 4,335 3,901 2.8 2.9 2.7
2017* 353,026 277,970 75,056 350,942 3.9 3.8 3.8 57.9 45.6 57.5 34.1 26.9 33.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.4 1.3 6,101 10,338 2.9 2.4 8,127 4,273 3,854 2.6 2.6 2.6
2018 1st quarter* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,127 2,777 3.1 0.8 8,197 4,315 3,882 3.0 3.3 2.8
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table provides annual and quarterly 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), 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. 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 first quarter up to and including 2018 first quarter.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2014 are final. Data of 2015 and further are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2015 and further will not become final.

Changes as of June 22nd 2018:
None. This table has been discontinued.
Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. New statistical sources and estimation methods have been used during the revision. Therefore this table has been replaced by table Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, National Accounts. For further information see section 3.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

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
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.
Compensation; seasonal adjusted
Compensation of employees corrected for seasonal effects.
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.
Wages; seasonal adjusted
Wages and salaries corrected for seasonal effects.
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.
Social contributions; seasonal adjusted
Employers' social contribution corrected for seasonal effects.
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 of employees 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).
Compensation employees per hour worked
Compensation per hour worked
Compensation of employees per hour worked.
Wages per hour worked
Wages 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 of employees 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).
Compensation employees per hour worked
Compensation per hour worked
Compensation of employees per hour worked.
Wages per hour worked
Wages per hour worked.
Wage costs per hour worked
Wage costs per hour worked.
Labour volume
The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of hours worked or full-time equivalents
Number
Full-time equivalent (fte)
A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Year-on-year change
%-change with respect to the previous year
Full-time equivalent (fte)
A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
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
Total
Male
Female
Year-on-year change
%-change with respect to the previous year
Total
Male
Female