Labour income share, economic activity

Labour income share, economic activity

Economic activities/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Labour income share (%) Compensation of employees (mln euro) Imputed labour income (mln euro) Net operating surplus (mln euro) Remuneration of labour (mln euro) Remuneration of labour and capital (mln euro)
A-U All economic activities 2023* 71.1 489,593 77,687 307,745 567,280 797,338
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 72.0 4,386 5,365 9,162 9,751 13,548
B Mining and quarrying 2023* 12.1 1,060 21 7,881 1,081 8,941
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 52.5 59,027 5,713 64,220 64,740 123,247
C Manufacturing 2023* 57.4 52,149 4,363 46,293 56,512 98,442
D Energy supply 2023* 37.5 3,168 1,299 8,746 4,467 11,914
E Water supply and waste management 2023* 67.8 2,650 30 1,300 2,680 3,950
F Construction 2023* 78.0 23,136 11,980 21,896 35,116 45,032
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 67.5 96,654 16,800 71,408 113,454 168,062
G Wholesale and retail trade 2023* 61.7 61,575 9,669 53,954 71,244 115,529
H Transportation and storage 2023* 76.6 24,617 2,093 10,269 26,710 34,886
I Accommodation and food serving 2023* 87.8 10,462 5,038 7,185 15,500 17,647
J Information and communication 2023* 79.9 27,501 3,311 11,066 30,812 38,567
K Financial institutions 2023* 52.9 22,664 523 21,141 23,187 43,805
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 4.5 4,728 -3,236 28,722 1,492 33,450
M-N Business services 2023* 72.4 87,738 17,964 58,262 105,702 146,000
M Other specialised business services 2023* 74.8 50,234 13,036 34,398 63,270 84,632
N Renting and other business support 2023* 69.1 37,504 4,928 23,864 42,432 61,368
O-Q Government and care 2023* 99.8 151,114 13,414 13,691 164,528 164,805
O Public administration and services 2023* 100.0 47,824 0 0 47,824 47,824
P Education 2023* 100.1 36,211 2,644 2,588 38,855 38,799
Q Health and social work activities 2023* 99.6 67,079 10,770 11,103 77,849 78,182
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 88.8 12,645 5,853 8,177 18,498 20,822
R Culture, sports and recreation 2023* 76.3 5,510 2,282 4,697 7,792 10,207
S Other service activities 2023* 101.0 5,963 3,571 3,480 9,534 9,443
T Activities of households 2023* 100.0 1,172 0 0 1,172 1,172
U Extraterritorial organisations 2023* 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
68A Imp. rents owner-occupided dwellings 2023* 0.0 0 0 22,933 0 22,933
68B Real estate excl. imputed rents 2023* 14.2 4,728 -3,236 5,789 1,492 10,517
A-U (excl. O and P) 2023* 67.6 405,558 75,043 305,157 480,601 710,715
A-U (excl. B, K, L, O, P and Q) 2023* 69.0 310,027 66,965 236,310 376,992 546,337
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table presents data on the labour income share and the components used to calculate it. The labour income share is a measure of the distribution of earned income between providers of labour (employees and the self-employed) and providers of capital.

Data available from: 1995.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2021 are final. Data of 2022 and 2023 are provisional.

Changes as of June 24th 2024:
This is a new table. Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. The Dutch national accounts are recently revised. 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. This table contains revised data. For further information see section 3.

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.

Description topics

Labour income share
The share of compensation of labor (employees and self-employed) in the total earned income of a country.
Compensation of employees
The total compensation, in cash or in kind, due by an employer to an employee for the work performed during a reporting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the total of wages and social contributions at the expense of employers.
Imputed labour income
Imputed labour income by self-employed and family workers.
Net operating surplus
The surplus that remains after compensation of employees and taxes less subsidies on production and imports have been subtracted from the sum of value added at basic prices. For the self-employed (who are part of the sector households) the surplus is called mixed income, it is partly a reward for their entrepreneurship compensation for their labour.
Remuneration of labour
Remuneration of labour and capital