Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, NA, 1969-2016

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Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, NA, 1969-2016
Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Compensation of employees Amount Compensation of employees (mil euro) Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Compensation of employees (%)
A-U All economic activities 2016* 339,804 3.0
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2016* 2,903 4.1
01 Agriculture 2016* 2,756 4.3
02 Forestry and logging 2016* 81 -0.6
03 Fishing and aquaculture 2016* 66 -0.8
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016* 45,218 2.2
B Mining and quarrying 2016* 1,074 -7.4
C Manufacturing 2016* 40,478 2.5
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2016* 6,315 4.3
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2016* 634 0.1
16 Manufacture of wood products 2016* 528 5.7
16-18 Man. of paper-, wood prod.,print. 2016* 2,433 2.2
17 Manufacture of paper 2016* 1,017 2.2
18 Printing and reproduction 2016* 888 0.3
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2016* 614 -4.2
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2016* 3,541 0.8
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2016* 924 1.9
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2016* 4,465 1.0
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2016* 1,716 4.9
22-23 Man. of plastic and building mat. 2016* 2,858 3.4
23 Manufacture of building materials 2016* 1,142 1.2
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2016* 1,280 0.2
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2016* 5,601 3.5
25 Manufacture of metal products 2016* 4,321 4.5
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2016* 3,402 2.9
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2016* 1,980 -3.6
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2016* 1,422 13.7
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2016* 5,258 2.9
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2016* 1,220 7.9
29-30 Transport equipment 2016* 2,254 3.5
30 Manufacture of other transport 2016* 1,034 -1.3
31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2016* 4,097 -0.5
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2016* 6,644 0.8
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2016* 2,547 2.9
D Electricity and gas supply 2016* 1,825 1.1
35 Electricity and gas supply 2016* 1,825 1.1
E Water supply and waste management 2016* 1,841 2.6
36 Water collection and distribution 2016* 353 1.2
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 2016* 1,488 3.0
F Construction 2016* 16,599 2.1
41 Construction buildings, development 2016* 4,648 5.4
42 Civil engineering 2016* 3,305 1.1
43 Specialised construction activities 2016* 8,646 0.7
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2016* 68,435 3.5
G Wholesale and retail trade 2016* 44,602 3.3
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2016* 4,685 3.5
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 2016* 26,227 4.0
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 2016* 13,690 2.0
H Transportation and storage 2016* 17,592 3.1
49 Land transport 2016* 8,059 4.2
50 Water transport 2016* 922 -0.6
51 Air transport 2016* 1,917 0.7
52 Warehousing, services for transport 2016* 5,262 5.1
53 Postal and courier activities 2016* 1,432 -4.4
I Accommodation and food serving 2016* 6,241 6.4
J Information and communication 2016* 15,910 4.0
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and tv 2016* 2,574 2.0
58 Publishing 2016* 1,509 2.1
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 2016* 1,065 1.9
61 Telecommunications 2016* 2,277 -2.4
62-63 IT- and information services 2016* 11,059 5.9
K Financial institutions 2016* 19,430 0.1
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 2016* 10,329 -0.4
65 Insurance and pension funding 2016* 4,973 -0.3
66 Other financial services 2016* 4,128 2.0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2016* 3,571 0.0
M-N Business services 2016* 58,255 4.8
M Other specialised business services 2016* 32,494 2.4
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 2016* 3,571 0.0
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 2016* 20,146 1.5
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2016* 26,656 1.8
71 Architects, technical services etc. 2016* 6,510 3.0
72 Research and development 2016* 2,568 3.5
73 Advertising and market research 2016* 1,925 3.4
73-75 Advertising, design and other 2016* 3,270 6.3
74-75 Other specialised services 2016* 1,345 10.9
N Renting and other business support 2016* 25,761 8.1
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2016* 1,503 -4.1
78 Employment activities 2016* 17,202 10.9
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc. 2016* 901 12.3
80-82 Security, other business services 2016* 6,155 3.3
O-Q Government and care 2016* 100,779 2.5
O Public administration and services 2016* 31,201 2.1
84 Public administration and services 2016* 31,201 2.1
P Education 2016* 24,686 3.3
85 Education 2016* 24,686 3.3
Q Health and social work activities 2016* 44,892 2.3
86 Human health activities 2016* 23,108 2.6
87-88 Care and social work 2016* 21,784 2.0
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2016* 8,704 2.8
R Culture, sports and recreation 2016* 3,699 2.6
90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries 2016* 1,985 2.6
93 Sports and recreation 2016* 1,714 2.7
S Other service activities 2016* 4,458 2.9
94 Membership organisations 2016* 2,955 2.7
95 Repair computers and consumer goods 2016* 168 2.3
96 Other personal services 2016* 1,335 3.3
T Activities of households 2016* 547 3.5
U Extraterritorial organisations 2016* . .
99 Extraterritorial organisations 2016* . .
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: 1969 up to and including 2016.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1969 up to and including 2015 are final. Data of 2016 are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2016 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; economic activity, National Accounts. For further information see section 3.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

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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
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.
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.