Compensation of employees, employment; economic activity, National Accounts
| Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Periods | Compensation of employees Amount Wages and salaries (million euros) | Compensation of employees Year-on-year change Wages and salaries (%) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per fte Wages per fte (1,000 euro) | Compensation per labour volume Amount Compensation per hour worked Wages per hour worked (euro) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per fte Wages per fte (%) | Compensation per labour volume Year-on-year change Compensation per hour worked Wages per hour worked (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-U All economic activities | 2023* | 377,580 | 8.2 | 55.1 | 32.9 | 6.4 | 7.1 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2023* | 3,446 | 6.5 | 41.2 | 22.6 | 8.2 | 8.7 |
| 01 Agriculture | 2023* | 3,249 | 6.5 | 40.5 | 22.2 | 8.4 | 8.8 |
| 02 Forestry and logging | 2023* | 106 | 9.2 | 53.2 | 33.3 | 6.6 | 7.5 |
| 03 Fishing and aquaculture | 2023* | 91 | 1.9 | 67.6 | 32.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2023* | 765 | 10.3 | 100.7 | 56.4 | 6.5 | 7.4 |
| B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2023* | 45,275 | 8.8 | 62.1 | 35.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 |
| C Manufacturing | 2023* | 40,143 | 8.5 | 61.2 | 35.5 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages | 2023* | 6,978 | 10.9 | 57.2 | 33.4 | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts | 2023* | 622 | 2.7 | 50.5 | 30.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| 16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing | 2023* | 2,210 | 6.4 | 49.9 | 29.7 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 16 Manufacture of wood products | 2023* | 624 | 7.1 | 44.4 | 26.0 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| 17 Manufacture of paper | 2023* | 1,033 | 9.0 | 58.3 | 34.7 | 4.9 | 6.0 |
| 18 Printing and reproduction | 2023* | 553 | 1.1 | 44.2 | 26.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum | 2023* | 508 | 5.9 | 97.8 | 57.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 20 Manufacture of chemicals | 2023* | 3,804 | 7.9 | 83.8 | 48.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals | 2023* | 5,150 | 9.5 | 82.0 | 47.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals | 2023* | 1,346 | 14.4 | 77.3 | 44.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products | 2023* | 1,673 | 5.7 | 53.5 | 31.0 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod | 2023* | 2,806 | 4.8 | 54.4 | 31.3 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 23 Manufacture of building materials | 2023* | 1,133 | 3.6 | 55.7 | 31.7 | 5.3 | 6.4 |
| 24 Manufacture of basic metals | 2023* | 1,296 | 3.0 | 65.4 | 37.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products | 2023* | 5,458 | 4.7 | 54.5 | 31.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 25 Manufacture of metal products | 2023* | 4,162 | 5.3 | 51.8 | 29.8 | 5.6 | 6.0 |
| 26 Manufacture of electronic products | 2023* | 1,924 | 6.3 | 73.5 | 42.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 2023* | 3,496 | 6.8 | 70.2 | 40.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 27 Manufacture of electric equipment | 2023* | 1,572 | 7.4 | 66.5 | 38.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. | 2023* | 6,780 | 13.1 | 69.5 | 40.1 | 6.4 | 7.0 |
| 29 Manufacture of cars and trailers | 2023* | 1,277 | 7.2 | 58.3 | 34.9 | 7.1 | 7.7 |
| 29-30 Transport equipment | 2023* | 2,325 | 8.3 | 59.5 | 35.0 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| 30 Manufacture of other transport | 2023* | 1,048 | 9.7 | 60.9 | 35.2 | 5.0 | 5.5 |
| 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair | 2023* | 3,810 | 7.3 | 53.8 | 31.0 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other | 2023* | 1,580 | 3.8 | 47.6 | 28.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 33 Repair and installation of machinery | 2023* | 2,230 | 10.0 | 59.3 | 33.3 | 7.7 | 7.9 |
| D Energy supply | 2023* | 2,391 | 16.3 | 77.0 | 44.8 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
| 35 Energy supply | 2023* | 2,391 | 16.3 | 77.0 | 44.8 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2023* | 1,976 | 7.2 | 56.0 | 30.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| 36 Water collection and distribution | 2023* | 336 | 5.7 | 61.0 | 37.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment | 2023* | 1,640 | 7.5 | 55.0 | 29.7 | 6.5 | 6.9 |
| F Construction | 2023* | 17,889 | 7.4 | 54.9 | 31.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 |
| 41 Construction buildings, development | 2023* | 5,404 | 6.7 | 58.6 | 34.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 42 Civil engineering | 2023* | 3,064 | 6.4 | 63.5 | 34.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 43 Specialised construction activities | 2023* | 9,421 | 8.1 | 50.7 | 28.9 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2023* | 75,404 | 8.2 | 47.0 | 27.2 | 6.7 | 7.4 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2023* | 48,320 | 7.1 | 47.9 | 27.9 | 6.6 | 7.1 |
| 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles | 2023* | 4,760 | 6.8 | 46.6 | 27.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2023* | 28,122 | 6.1 | 61.4 | 35.2 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2023* | 15,438 | 8.9 | 34.4 | 20.5 | 8.3 | 8.9 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2023* | 18,535 | 8.8 | 54.4 | 30.3 | 7.1 | 8.7 |
| 49 Land transport | 2023* | 7,833 | 6.2 | 49.7 | 26.1 | 6.2 | 8.2 |
| 50 Water transport | 2023* | 945 | 8.9 | 65.8 | 37.8 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
| 51 Air transport | 2023* | 1,813 | 20.1 | 77.6 | 48.2 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
| 52 Warehousing, services for transport | 2023* | 6,415 | 10.8 | 59.5 | 34.6 | 5.9 | 7.2 |
| 53 Postal and courier activities | 2023* | 1,529 | 3.0 | 40.7 | 24.4 | 6.0 | 6.9 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2023* | 8,549 | 13.2 | 33.7 | 19.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 |
| J Information and communication | 2023* | 22,175 | 8.1 | 74.3 | 43.0 | 4.9 | 5.6 |
| 58 Publishing | 2023* | 1,279 | 5.1 | 67.2 | 40.9 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| 58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV | 2023* | 2,504 | 4.7 | 64.9 | 38.8 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| 59-60 Movies, TV and radio | 2023* | 1,225 | 4.3 | 62.7 | 36.8 | 5.1 | 6.0 |
| 61 Telecommunications | 2023* | 1,821 | 1.7 | 76.8 | 44.8 | 2.5 | 4.0 |
| 62-63 IT- and information services | 2023* | 17,850 | 9.2 | 75.5 | 43.5 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
| K Financial institutions | 2023* | 17,165 | 8.0 | 87.7 | 51.9 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| 64 Financial institutions, no insurance | 2023* | 8,524 | 9.9 | 93.9 | 56.1 | 5.0 | 5.9 |
| 65 Insurance and pension funding | 2023* | 2,587 | 3.4 | 76.6 | 46.6 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| 66 Other financial services | 2023* | 6,054 | 7.3 | 85.1 | 49.1 | 5.0 | 5.6 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2023* | 3,721 | 6.6 | 60.9 | 36.9 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 68 Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2023* | 3,721 | 6.6 | 60.9 | 36.9 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| M-N Business services | 2023* | 70,503 | 7.3 | 55.3 | 31.7 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2023* | 41,267 | 8.9 | 73.3 | 42.2 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 69-70 Legal and management consultancy | 2023* | 26,816 | 9.8 | 80.6 | 46.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 69-71 Management, technical consultancy | 2023* | 34,112 | 9.6 | 76.1 | 43.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
| 71 Architects, technical services etc. | 2023* | 7,296 | 8.7 | 63.2 | 36.1 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 72 Research and development | 2023* | 3,045 | 3.6 | 69.9 | 41.1 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 73 Advertising and market research | 2023* | 2,340 | 7.3 | 61.0 | 35.2 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| 73-75 Advertising, design and other | 2023* | 4,110 | 7.7 | 58.0 | 33.5 | 6.6 | 7.3 |
| 74-75 Other specialised services | 2023* | 1,770 | 8.2 | 54.5 | 31.5 | 7.6 | 8.4 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2023* | 29,236 | 5.1 | 41.0 | 23.5 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| 77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods | 2023* | 1,821 | 11.8 | 56.2 | 31.7 | 6.3 | 6.9 |
| 78 Employment activities | 2023* | 19,279 | 2.9 | 39.1 | 22.0 | 8.6 | 9.2 |
| 79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc | 2023* | 1,365 | 26.6 | 79.8 | 46.9 | 11.6 | 12.9 |
| 80-82 Security, other business services | 2023* | 6,771 | 6.1 | 39.9 | 23.8 | 6.4 | 7.6 |
| O-Q Government and care | 2023* | 112,028 | 8.8 | 54.0 | 35.0 | 6.3 | 7.0 |
| O Public administration and services | 2023* | 34,798 | 9.0 | 58.4 | 36.5 | 5.0 | 5.9 |
| 84 Public administration and services | 2023* | 34,798 | 9.0 | 58.4 | 36.5 | 5.0 | 5.9 |
| P Education | 2023* | 26,896 | 9.8 | 59.3 | 38.1 | 7.7 | 8.3 |
| 85 Education | 2023* | 26,896 | 9.8 | 59.3 | 38.1 | 7.7 | 8.3 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 50,334 | 8.2 | 49.0 | 32.6 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
| 86 Human health activities | 2023* | 25,542 | 8.2 | 57.3 | 37.0 | 6.4 | 7.0 |
| 87-88 Care and social work | 2023* | 24,792 | 8.2 | 42.7 | 29.1 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
| R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2023* | 9,974 | 9.1 | 47.9 | 28.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2023* | 4,308 | 10.4 | 47.2 | 28.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries | 2023* | 2,207 | 10.6 | 49.0 | 29.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| 93 Sports and recreation | 2023* | 2,101 | 10.1 | 45.4 | 26.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| S Other service activities | 2023* | 4,570 | 7.2 | 49.9 | 30.2 | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| 94 Membership organisations | 2023* | 3,079 | 7.5 | 60.6 | 37.2 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 95 Repair computers and consumergoods | 2023* | 148 | 1.1 | 38.8 | 22.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 96 Other personal services | 2023* | 1,343 | 7.0 | 36.3 | 21.6 | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| T Activities of households | 2023* | 1,096 | 12.7 | 43.2 | 25.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| U Extraterritorial organisations | 2023* | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 99 Extraterritorial organisations | 2023* | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| 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
Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2022 are final. Data over 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. 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
- 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.
- Compensation per labour volume
- Compensation of employees per labour volume.
- Amount
- Compensation per fte
- Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Wages per fte
- Wages and salaries per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Compensation per hour worked
- Compensation of employees per hour worked.
- Wages per hour worked
- Wages and salaries per hour worked.
- Year-on-year change
- %-change with respect to the previous year
- Compensation per fte
- Compensation of employees per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Wages per fte
- Wages and salaries per full-time equivalent (fte).
- Compensation per hour worked
- Compensation of employees per hour worked.
- Wages per hour worked
- Wages and salaries per hour worked.