Description

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.

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

Adjustment as of May 6th 2025:
Annual data of 2021, 2022 and 2023 were not correct due to a technical error.
This has been adjusted in this version.

When will new figures be published?
The preliminary estimate (flash estimate) of a quarter is released after 30 days. The second estimate is published after 85 days. At the second estimate of the fourth quarter, data of the previous three quarters will also be revised.

Status

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Public
Available since
Updated

Features

Change frequency
Quarterly
High value
Basic register

Ownership

Contact

Name
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek

Metadata

Identifier
https://opendata.cbs.nl/ODataApi/OData/85917ENG
Metadata language
English

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Compensation of employees, wages, jobs (by sex) , fte, hours worked
quarterly, economic activity

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Compensation of employees, wages, jobs (by sex) , fte, hours worked
quarterly, economic activity

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