Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, NA, 1995-2022
| Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Periods | 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 | 2022* | 3,300 | 5.4 | 120 | 77 | 42 | -0.8 |
| 02 Forestry and logging | 2022* | 104 | 13.9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10.9 |
| 03 Fishing and aquaculture | 2022* | 90 | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2022* | 669 | 10.6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages | 2022* | 6,269 | 4.4 | 139 | 87 | 52 | 1.5 |
| 18 Printing and reproduction | 2022* | 551 | 1.9 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1.4 |
| 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum | 2022* | 467 | 17.3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | -1.8 |
| 20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals | 2022* | 4,638 | 9.2 | 63 | 46 | 17 | 5.4 |
| 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod | 2022* | 2,680 | 4.7 | 56 | 46 | 10 | 2.2 |
| 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products | 2022* | 5,274 | 5.0 | 110 | 96 | 14 | 0.8 |
| 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 2022* | 3,368 | 3.2 | 54 | 42 | 12 | 3.9 |
| 29 Manufacture of cars and trailers | 2022* | 1,365 | 5.2 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 1.4 |
| 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair | 2022* | 5,273 | 3.1 | 150 | 107 | 43 | -1.8 |
| 33 Repair and installation of machinery | 2022* | 2,025 | 5.9 | 41 | 35 | 7 | 0.6 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2022* | 1,869 | 6.4 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 2.5 |
| 36 Water collection and distribution | 2022* | 322 | 6.4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3.6 |
| 37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment | 2022* | 1,547 | 6.5 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 2.3 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 69,880 | 8.4 | 2,306 | 1,301 | 1,005 | 4.8 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 45,082 | 7.2 | 1,453 | 779 | 674 | 1.9 |
| 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles | 2022* | 4,360 | 4.7 | 117 | 98 | 19 | 0.9 |
| 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 26,593 | 7.3 | 533 | 361 | 172 | 2.3 |
| 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 14,129 | 7.7 | 803 | 319 | 484 | 1.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2022* | 17,350 | 7.2 | 401 | 301 | 100 | 2.7 |
| 49 Land transport | 2022* | 7,577 | 5.0 | 193 | 160 | 33 | 2.2 |
| 53 Postal and courier activities | 2022* | 1,348 | 4.2 | 54 | 34 | 20 | -2.6 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2022* | 7,448 | 20.0 | 452 | 222 | 230 | 17.7 |
| J Information and communication | 2022* | 20,842 | 9.5 | 325 | 232 | 93 | 6.3 |
| 58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV | 2022* | 2,428 | 6.8 | 46 | 24 | 22 | 3.8 |
| 59-60 Movies, TV and radio | 2022* | 1,214 | 8.9 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 8.3 |
| 62-63 IT- and information services | 2022* | 16,642 | 10.8 | 253 | 188 | 65 | 7.9 |
| 65 Insurance and pension funding | 2022* | 4,038 | 1.3 | 58 | 30 | 28 | -1.2 |
| 69-70 Legal and management consultancy | 2022* | 24,148 | 8.4 | 377 | 220 | 157 | 4.5 |
| 72 Research and development | 2022* | 2,965 | 9.7 | 48 | 27 | 21 | 5.8 |
| 73 Advertising and market research | 2022* | 2,175 | 17.0 | 44 | 24 | 20 | 5.3 |
| 73-75 Advertising, design and other | 2022* | 3,875 | 13.8 | 88 | 44 | 44 | 6.2 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2022* | 28,145 | 10.0 | 1,072 | 607 | 465 | 4.9 |
| 77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods | 2022* | 1,599 | 9.5 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 5.7 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2022* | 101,892 | 5.9 | 2,608 | 744 | 1,864 | 2.3 |
| O Public administration and services | 2022* | 30,168 | 7.8 | 568 | 314 | 253 | 2.8 |
| 84 Public administration and services | 2022* | 30,168 | 7.8 | 568 | 314 | 253 | 2.8 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2022* | 47,492 | 2.9 | 1,459 | 230 | 1,229 | 1.5 |
| 87-88 Care and social work | 2022* | 23,514 | 3.3 | 873 | 107 | 765 | 1.2 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2022* | 3,928 | 11.8 | 143 | 69 | 75 | 13.3 |
| 90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries | 2022* | 1,998 | 10.0 | 59 | 26 | 33 | 12.6 |
| 93 Sports and recreation | 2022* | 1,930 | 13.6 | 84 | 42 | 42 | 13.8 |
| 95 Repair computers and consumergoods | 2022* | 149 | -1.7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | -2.7 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||
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 up to and including 2022.
Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2021 are final. Data over 2022 are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2022 will not become final.
Changes as of June 24th 2024:
None. This table has been discontinued.
Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. New statistical sources, methods and concepts are implemented in the national accounts, in order to align the picture of the Dutch economy with all underlying source data and international guidelines for the compilation of the 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
- 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