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Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 1 2023 Final

Compensation of Employees

Compensation of Employees increased by 1.3% in Q1 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 14 July 2023, 11am

Table 7.1 Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector of Origin, Q1 2023¹
	Amount €m	Quarterly % change
Public Admin, Education and Health	8,727	2.6
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5,561	-0.7
Industry (excl. Construction)	4,404	1.4
Professional, Admin and Support Services	4,144	4.1
Information and Communication	3,031	0.6
Financial and Insurance Activities	2,470	-1.6
Construction	1,479	-1.7
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	630	10.0
Real Estate Activities	243	-0.3
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	198	-3.4
Total	30,887	1.3
¹Constant Market Prices, seasonally adjusted.

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On a seasonally adjusted basis, total Compensation of Employees increased by 1.3% this quarter compared to the previous quarter. Many sectors experienced an increase this quarter. Largest increase in growth quarter on quarter can be seen in Arts, Entertainment and Other Services (10%). Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing had the largest decrease of 3.4% this quarter compared to the previous.

`-	Constant	Current
2017Q1	3.3588711669192	2.3992220967543
2017Q2	-1.39800876789828	1.40706279974742
2017Q3	3.91291249248378	1.5149224667753
2017Q4	0.121112786704499	1.32292015827396
2018Q1	-0.199865731432722	0.924223134658173
2018Q2	3.15927378192191	2.41660478982876
2018Q3	0.262912387287551	2.19813754148385
2018Q4	2.25715422522382	1.16869040207354
2019Q1	0.915043329456593	2.87983808429628
2019Q2	0.942610648889406	1.8135420962585
2019Q3	0.334455336390936	0.341303370154822
2019Q4	0.641618858636781	2.19638060607436
2020Q1	-1.48660041214244	1.7826083802844
2020Q2	-11.9105981271269	-11.2679000204287
2020Q3	13.2820301540146	6.96174125204584
2020Q4	-1.55913671063981	5.78938671121085
2021Q1	-1.0147006979542	-1.31549760094424
2021Q2	5.15897804574028	4.74718875519191
2021Q3	1.73498427530739	4.57025508652717
2021Q4	3.77802230568776	2.34660835712196
2022Q1	2.1015310826337	1.71041198158818
2022Q2	0.977423411063846	1.9626525079736
2022Q3	0.0559353109772739	1.24644413084637
2022Q4	1.24469192521496	1.53740894962099
2023Q1	1.3411363456913	2.30912374068132

Column1	Q1 2023	Q1 2022
Public Admin, Education and Health	9.103288188	8.699088833
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5.601283277	5.371881499
Industry (excl. Construction)	4.399713219	4.094917856
Professional, Admin and Support Services	4.225270633	4.030226909
Information and Communication	3.100513493	3.097391473
Financial and Insurance Activities	2.50730791	2.461240661
Construction	1.473478157	1.452683687
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	0.632563966	0.599993995
Real Estate Activities	0.233848984	0.251916611
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	0.188286224	0.205269868

The first quarter of 2023 sees Compensation of Employees increase by 3.8% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Most sectors experienced growth this quarter. Largest increase can be seen in Manufacturing (8.9%). Real Estate Activities had the largest decrease of 28.8% compared to the same period in the previous year.

	Foreign	Domestic
Q1 2019	8.32363322452	16.58093506316
Q2 2019	7.92175249646	17.2470695691
Q3 2019	7.76931721598	17.09930191653
Q4 2019	8.1740333634	17.86402905458
Q1 2020	9.13295502354	17.3407344602
Q2 2020	8.10328839483	15.20132462598
Q3 2020	8.02467845421	16.56292599403
Q4 2020	8.79998917425	18.15231802388
Q1 2021	9.37432471679	16.6938347268
Q2 2021	9.12460591602	18.14449155372
Q3 2021	8.86392775622	19.34231125265
Q4 2021	9.61218448715	20.04096121507
Q1 2022	10.98193841396	18.71848735327
Q2 2022	10.45366222668	19.77393413355
Q3 2022	10.22278417461	20.03926090119
Q4 2022	10.60858268246	21.10680565374
Q1 2023	11.81664172429	20.07132776288

In the first quarter of 2023, just under 63% of total Compensation of Employees comes from domestic enterprises leaving just over 37% coming from foreign enterprises.

Foreign enterprises are identified by using institutional sector codes which are outlined in The European System of Accounts. Institutional units are any unit that has autonomy of decision and/or a complete set of accounts. Foreign controlled enterprises are any unit with the following institutional sector code: S.11003, S.12203, S.12303, S.12403, S.12503, S.12603, S.12703, S.12803 and S.12903. The foreign/domestic split is calculated using PMOD company level data.

	Q1 2023	Q1 2022
Public Admin, Education and Health	662.692	640.59005
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	547.445	516.35085
Industry (excl. Construction)	309.289	296.59082
Professional, Admin and Support Services	228.915	217.33308
Information and Communication	152.539	148.54074
Financial and Insurance Activities	117.267	115.44108
Construction	114.67	114.4944
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	82.481	73.34891
Real Estate Activities	7.712	10.59243
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	25.883	23.98064

Table 7.2 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector² of Origin at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2021)

Table 7.2 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. A10 Sector of Origin at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2021)²												€million
Period	Agricul. Forestry and Fishing	Industry (excl. Constr.)	of which Manufacturing	Constr.	Distrib., Transport, Hotels and Restaur- ants	Inform. and Comm.	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate Activities	Profess., Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Edu. and Health	Arts, Ent. and Other Services	Total
2017	865	14,575	12,863	4,408	20,435	8,175	7,677	848	12,900	26,950	2,555	99,031
2018	829	14,622	12,955	5,008	21,086	8,663	7,461	816	13,948	28,903	2,666	103,601
2019	811	15,137	13,332	5,217	21,335	9,195	8,230	844	14,677	30,772	2,542	108,460
2020	768	15,048	13,462	4,399	18,798	9,485	8,830	843	14,357	29,893	1,928	104,281
2021	873	15,509	13,930	4,709	19,385	10,739	9,129	957	15,237	32,561	2,095	111,194
2022	800	16,959	14,935	6,005	21,794	12,070	9,776	1,038	15,838	33,795	2,351	120,427

2017
Q1	213	3,637	3,215	1,091	5,081	2,029	1,999	230	3,220	6,844	622	24,900
Q2	242	3,544	3,131	1,065	5,062	1,949	1,840	210	3,267	6,681	636	24,406
Q3	218	3,807	3,335	1,117	5,127	2,182	1,980	207	3,251	6,337	657	24,729
Q4	192	3,587	3,182	1,135	5,165	2,014	1,858	200	3,163	7,088	640	24,997
2018
Q1	203	3,601	3,187	1,167	4,997	2,138	1,870	186	3,290	7,110	654	25,137
Q2	213	3,699	3,267	1,301	5,321	2,148	1,952	222	3,638	7,503	653	26,564
Q3	212	3,765	3,353	1,325	5,316	2,289	1,790	176	3,525	6,611	705	25,526
Q4	201	3,557	3,148	1,215	5,452	2,088	1,850	233	3,495	7,679	654	26,374
2019
Q1	200	3,821	3,362	1,232	5,390	2,210	2,026	211	3,730	7,875	616	27,251
Q2	213	3,764	3,266	1,331	5,365	2,292	2,084	229	3,739	7,792	659	27,394
Q3	186	3,878	3,438	1,328	5,329	2,431	2,083	205	3,594	7,152	635	26,724
Q4	212	3,673	3,267	1,326	5,251	2,262	2,036	200	3,615	7,953	631	27,092
2020
Q1	211	3,741	3,346	1,266	5,277	2,313	2,171	211	3,811	7,832	615	27,387
Q2	167	3,425	3,051	694	3,763	2,393	2,412	203	3,474	7,289	297	24,196
Q3	191	3,987	3,528	1,248	5,077	2,354	2,168	224	3,696	6,964	617	26,464
Q4	200	3,896	3,536	1,192	4,681	2,425	2,078	205	3,376	7,809	400	26,234
2021
Q1	212	4,015	3,677	922	4,254	2,623	2,241	181	3,539	8,145	357	26,519
Q2	244	4,030	3,625	1,139	4,728	2,597	2,371	222	3,896	8,525	499	28,270
Q3	209	3,709	3,281	1,302	5,304	2,621	2,164	293	3,882	7,494	617	27,551
Q4	208	3,755	3,348	1,346	5,099	2,898	2,353	260	3,920	8,397	622	28,853
2022
Q1	192	4,095	3,629	1,453	5,372	3,097	2,461	328	4,030	8,699	600	30,328
Q2	215	4,283	3,780	1,487	5,577	3,039	2,472	232	4,006	8,537	571	30,419
Q3	187	4,383	3,839	1,583	5,343	2,960	2,380	226	3,930	7,948	599	29,538
Q4	205	4,199	3,687	1,483	5,502	2,973	2,462	252	3,873	8,611	581	30,141
2023
Q1	188	4,400	3,952	1,473	5,601	3,101	2,507	234	4,225	9,103	633	31,466

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2017	-6.7	5.5	3.7	12.3	5.0	8.1	0.9	-0.3	4.6	5.6	2.1	5.1
2018	-4.1	0.3	0.7	13.6	3.2	6.0	-2.8	-3.8	8.1	7.2	4.3	4.6
2019	-2.2	3.5	2.9	4.2	1.2	6.1	10.3	3.4	5.2	6.5	-4.7	4.7
2020	-5.3	-0.6	1.0	-15.7	-11.9	3.2	7.3	-0.1	-2.2	-2.9	-24.1	-3.9
2021	13.6	3.1	3.5	7.0	3.1	13.2	3.4	13.5	6.1	8.9	8.7	6.6
2022	-8.3	9.3	7.2	27.5	12.4	12.4	7.1	8.5	3.9	3.8	12.2	8.3

2017
Q1	0.3	7.3	7.2	19.7	6.4	5.5	5.8	17.6	7.0	6.3	-1.1	6.7
Q2	-6.8	1.0	-1.0	5.4	5.3	2.1	-7.4	-10.5	5.2	0.0	-0.4	1.3
Q3	-8.4	7.7	5.0	10.0	3.3	14.5	4.9	0.2	3.2	8.9	3.9	6.6
Q4	-11.7	6.0	3.6	14.8	5.1	10.4	0.7	-6.2	3.0	7.6	6.2	5.9
2018
Q1	-4.6	-1.0	-0.9	6.9	-1.7	5.4	-6.5	-19.2	2.2	3.9	5.2	1.0
Q2	-11.7	4.4	4.3	22.2	5.1	10.2	6.1	5.5	11.4	12.3	2.7	8.8
Q3	-2.7	-1.1	0.6	18.7	3.7	4.9	-9.6	-15.3	8.4	4.3	7.3	3.2
Q4	4.6	-0.9	-1.1	7.0	5.6	3.7	-0.4	16.2	10.5	8.3	2.2	5.5
2019
Q1	-1.5	6.1	5.5	5.6	7.9	3.4	8.4	13.1	13.4	10.8	-5.8	8.4
Q2	-0.1	1.7	-0.0	2.3	0.8	6.7	6.8	3.3	2.8	3.9	1.0	3.1
Q3	-12.1	3.0	2.5	0.2	0.2	6.2	16.4	16.7	1.9	8.2	-9.9	4.7
Q4	5.4	3.3	3.8	9.2	-3.7	8.3	10.1	-14.3	3.4	3.6	-3.6	2.7
2020
Q1	5.2	-2.1	-0.5	2.7	-2.1	4.6	7.2	0.2	2.2	-0.5	-0.3	0.5
Q2	-21.7	-9.0	-6.6	-47.9	-29.9	4.4	15.7	-11.2	-7.1	-6.5	-55.0	-11.7
Q3	2.2	2.8	2.6	-6.0	-4.7	-3.2	4.1	9.2	2.8	-2.6	-2.9	-1.0
Q4	-5.3	6.1	8.3	-10.1	-10.8	7.2	2.1	2.7	-6.6	-1.8	-36.6	-3.2
2021
Q1	0.4	7.3	9.9	-27.1	-19.4	13.4	3.2	-14.1	-7.1	4.0	-41.9	-3.2
Q2	46.2	17.7	18.8	64.1	25.6	8.5	-1.7	9.2	12.1	17.0	67.9	16.8
Q3	9.9	-7.0	-7.0	4.3	4.5	11.3	-0.2	31.2	5.0	7.6	0.1	4.1
Q4	3.8	-3.6	-5.3	13.0	8.9	19.5	13.2	26.9	16.1	7.5	55.6	10.0
2022
Q1	-9.2	2.0	-1.3	57.5	26.3	18.1	9.8	81.3	13.9	6.8	68.0	14.4
Q2	-11.7	6.3	4.3	30.6	18.0	17.0	4.3	4.2	2.8	0.1	14.6	7.6
Q3	-10.6	18.2	17.0	21.6	0.7	13.0	10.0	-22.9	1.2	6.1	-3.1	7.2
Q4	-1.3	11.8	10.1	10.1	7.9	2.6	4.6	-3.1	-1.2	2.6	-6.6	4.5
2023
Q1	-2.0	7.4	8.9	1.4	4.3	0.1	1.9	-28.8	4.8	4.6	5.4	3.8
¹Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done. Compensation of employees is made up of the following components: (a) wages and salaries and (b) employers’ social contributions.
²Chain linked series not additive

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Table 7.3 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector of Origin at Constant Market Prices - Seasonally Adjusted (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2021)

Table 7.3 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector of Origin at Constant Market Prices- Seasonally Adjusted (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2021)												€million
Period	Agricul. Forestry and Fishing	Industry (excl. Constr.)	of which Manufacturing	Constr.	Distrib., Transport, Hotels and Restaur- ants	Inform. and Comm.	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate Activities	Profess., Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Edu. and Health	Arts, Ent. and Other Services	Total
2017
Q1	221	3,629	3,208	1,084	5,107	2,009	1,994	236	3,183	6,552	622	24,635
Q2	222	3,533	3,139	1,071	5,061	1,940	1,778	208	3,243	6,595	640	24,291
Q3	216	3,718	3,261	1,088	5,111	2,138	1,992	206	3,221	6,906	644	25,241
Q4	205	3,698	3,259	1,165	5,170	2,090	1,925	198	3,263	6,912	645	25,272
2018
Q1	209	3,591	3,177	1,213	5,002	2,115	1,861	191	3,352	7,031	656	25,221
Q2	197	3,690	3,279	1,256	5,328	2,140	1,875	220	3,479	7,169	664	26,018
Q3	212	3,668	3,269	1,291	5,283	2,242	1,811	174	3,518	7,196	690	26,087
Q4	211	3,670	3,232	1,240	5,488	2,163	1,920	230	3,601	7,499	653	26,675
2019
Q1	205	3,819	3,353	1,230	5,379	2,186	2,012	216	3,679	7,574	618	26,920
Q2	197	3,748	3,271	1,345	5,373	2,281	1,994	228	3,677	7,652	677	27,173
Q3	189	3,778	3,354	1,291	5,280	2,396	2,124	203	3,608	7,776	619	27,264
Q4	220	3,792	3,360	1,348	5,317	2,331	2,108	196	3,718	7,786	625	27,439
2020
Q1	217	3,741	3,332	1,269	5,249	2,283	2,149	217	3,754	7,536	617	27,031
Q2	154	3,409	3,052	703	3,772	2,381	2,310	204	3,414	7,146	319	23,812
Q3	196	3,882	3,445	1,211	5,021	2,342	2,223	221	3,719	7,560	600	26,974
Q4	205	4,023	3,644	1,209	4,765	2,482	2,141	200	3,470	7,667	391	26,554
2021
Q1	219	4,020	3,659	953	4,219	2,583	2,213	187	3,550	7,982	358	26,284
Q2	223	4,001	3,614	1,123	4,735	2,581	2,274	224	3,762	8,194	524	27,640
Q3	218	3,616	3,212	1,261	5,242	2,635	2,230	289	3,903	8,124	601	28,120
Q4	210	3,880	3,455	1,366	5,196	2,950	2,412	252	4,030	8,273	613	29,182
2022
Q1	201	4,098	3,604	1,459	5,328	3,037	2,425	341	3,956	8,352	599	29,796
Q2	196	4,250	3,765	1,509	5,587	3,020	2,379	235	3,955	8,358	598	30,087
Q3	196	4,272	3,763	1,532	5,277	3,001	2,462	222	3,947	8,610	583	30,104
Q4	205	4,342	3,809	1,505	5,601	3,012	2,511	244	3,982	8,504	573	30,478
2023
Q1	198	4,404	3,923	1,479	5,561	3,031	2,470	243	4,144	8,727	630	30,887

Percentage change on previous quarter
2017
Q1	-5.0	4.3	2.4	6.4	4.2	6.4	4.6	11.3	0.5	2.1	1.5	3.4
Q2	0.2	-2.6	-2.2	-1.2	-0.9	-3.4	-10.8	-11.7	1.9	0.7	2.8	-1.4
Q3	-2.5	5.2	3.9	1.6	1.0	10.2	12.0	-1.0	-0.7	4.7	0.7	3.9
Q4	-5.4	-0.5	-0.1	7.1	1.2	-2.2	-3.3	-3.8	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
2018
Q1	2.1	-2.9	-2.5	4.2	-3.3	1.2	-3.3	-3.6	2.7	1.7	1.7	-0.2
Q2	-5.6	2.8	3.2	3.5	6.5	1.1	0.8	15.1	3.8	2.0	1.2	3.2
Q3	7.7	-0.6	-0.3	2.8	-0.8	4.8	-3.4	-20.9	1.1	0.4	4.0	0.3
Q4	-0.5	0.1	-1.1	-4.0	3.9	-3.5	6.0	32.1	2.4	4.2	-5.5	2.3
2019
Q1	-2.9	4.1	3.7	-0.8	-2.0	1.1	4.8	-6.0	2.2	1.0	-5.2	0.9
Q2	-3.9	-1.9	-2.5	9.4	-0.1	4.3	-0.9	5.6	-0.1	1.0	9.5	0.9
Q3	-4.0	0.8	2.5	-4.1	-1.7	5.0	6.5	-11.2	-1.9	1.6	-8.7	0.3
Q4	16.0	0.4	0.2	4.4	0.7	-2.7	-0.8	-3.3	3.1	0.1	1.0	0.6
2020
Q1	-1.4	-1.3	-0.8	-5.9	-1.3	-2.0	1.9	10.7	1.0	-3.2	-1.2	-1.5
Q2	-29.0	-8.9	-8.4	-44.6	-28.1	4.3	7.5	-6.1	-9.1	-5.2	-48.3	-11.9
Q3	27.4	13.9	12.9	72.3	33.1	-1.7	-3.8	8.3	8.9	5.8	87.9	13.3
Q4	4.8	3.6	5.8	-0.2	-5.1	6.0	-3.7	-9.4	-6.7	1.4	-34.8	-1.6
2021
Q1	6.9	-0.1	0.4	-21.2	-11.5	4.1	3.3	-6.6	2.3	4.1	-8.5	-1.0
Q2	1.7	-0.5	-1.2	17.8	12.2	-0.1	2.8	19.9	6.0	2.6	46.2	5.2
Q3	-2.4	-9.6	-11.1	12.3	10.7	2.1	-1.9	28.8	3.8	-0.8	14.8	1.7
Q4	-3.6	7.3	7.5	8.3	-0.9	11.9	8.1	-12.6	3.2	1.8	2.0	3.8
2022
Q1	-4.3	5.6	4.3	6.9	2.5	3.0	0.5	34.9	-1.8	0.9	-2.2	2.1
Q2	-2.3	3.7	4.5	3.4	4.9	-0.6	-1.9	-31.0	-0.0	0.1	-0.3	1.0
Q3	-0.1	0.5	-0.0	1.6	-5.5	-0.7	3.5	-5.6	-0.2	3.0	-2.5	0.1
Q4	4.6	1.6	1.2	-1.8	6.1	0.4	2.0	9.9	0.9	-1.2	-1.8	1.2
2023
Q1	-3.4	1.4	3.0	-1.7	-0.7	0.6	-1.6	-0.3	4.1	2.6	10.0	1.3
¹Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done. Compensation of employees is made up of the following components: (a) wages and salaries and (b) employers’ social contributions.

Open in Excel: Quarterly National Accounts Q1 2023 Table 7.3 (XLS 21KB)

Table 7.4 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector² of Origin at Current Market Prices

Table 7.4 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10² Sector of Origin at Current Market Prices												€million
Period	Agricul. Forestry and Fishing	Industry (excl. Constr.)	of which Manufacturing	Constr.	Distrib., Transport, Hotels and Restaur- ants	Inform. and Comm.	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate Activities	Profess., Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Edu. and Health	Arts, Ent. and Other Services	Total
2017	705	12,095	10,658	3,510	18,092	6,783	7,541	774	10,833	25,904	2,027	88,264
2018	727	13,175	11,682	3,876	18,666	7,537	7,770	849	11,866	27,209	2,148	93,824
2019	777	14,195	12,648	4,151	19,570	8,416	8,279	911	13,438	29,020	2,217	100,974
2020	824	14,392	12,835	4,108	17,583	9,155	8,520	885	13,615	30,330	1,902	101,313
2021	873	15,509	13,930	4,709	19,385	10,739	9,129	957	15,237	32,561	2,095	111,194
2022	1,103	16,782	15,102	5,271	21,974	12,135	9,276	976	16,762	35,018	2,607	121,904

2017
Q1	176	3,048	2,678	890	4,301	1,636	2,066	222	2,646	6,238	490	21,713
Q2	179	2,939	2,590	861	4,512	1,631	1,836	187	2,733	6,458	506	21,842
Q3	176	3,022	2,663	852	4,491	1,746	1,818	179	2,703	6,491	503	21,980
Q4	175	3,085	2,727	908	4,788	1,770	1,821	187	2,750	6,716	528	22,729
2018
Q1	180	3,344	2,978	874	4,363	1,806	2,098	193	2,829	6,575	528	22,789
Q2	183	3,207	2,828	968	4,652	1,857	1,969	233	2,972	6,776	516	23,333
Q3	182	3,291	2,915	1,028	4,709	2,025	1,779	181	2,953	6,785	565	23,498
Q4	182	3,334	2,961	1,007	4,943	1,849	1,924	243	3,111	7,073	539	24,203
2019
Q1	201	3,571	3,185	952	4,713	2,068	2,268	226	3,301	7,071	533	24,903
Q2	192	3,552	3,170	1,034	4,882	2,030	2,031	232	3,332	7,331	551	25,167
Q3	186	3,408	3,009	1,056	4,925	2,158	1,921	220	3,298	7,135	560	24,867
Q4	199	3,664	3,285	1,109	5,050	2,160	2,059	233	3,507	7,483	573	26,036
2020
Q1	209	3,714	3,312	1,049	4,905	2,344	2,367	249	3,634	7,445	555	26,472
Q2	207	3,407	3,048	741	3,646	2,143	2,075	195	3,074	7,447	369	23,303
Q3	198	3,409	3,012	1,099	4,402	2,284	1,959	212	3,195	7,343	486	24,586
Q4	210	3,862	3,463	1,220	4,630	2,384	2,118	228	3,712	8,096	492	26,951
2021
Q1	219	3,766	3,376	909	4,184	2,611	2,493	226	3,595	7,637	427	26,067
Q2	216	3,848	3,457	1,142	4,556	2,562	2,268	226	3,790	8,177	483	27,268
Q3	211	3,760	3,368	1,304	5,176	2,742	2,069	242	3,768	8,358	576	28,205
Q4	227	4,135	3,730	1,355	5,469	2,824	2,299	263	4,083	8,389	609	29,652
2022
Q1	280	4,168	3,765	1,172	5,072	2,995	2,567	244	4,133	8,405	666	29,700
Q2	273	4,239	3,819	1,312	5,509	2,959	2,252	236	4,154	8,636	656	30,227
Q3	266	4,050	3,624	1,384	5,683	3,074	2,154	241	4,159	8,616	634	30,261
Q4	284	4,324	3,894	1,403	5,710	3,108	2,303	254	4,316	9,362	650	31,715
2023
Q1	282	4,511	4,059	1,274	5,554	3,251	2,814	259	4,504	8,783	655	31,888

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2017	3.6	6.3	6.2	19.2	5.5	11.6	5.8	8.7	10.6	5.2	3.7	7.0
2018	3.1	8.9	9.6	10.4	3.2	11.1	3.0	9.8	9.5	5.0	6.0	6.3
2019	6.9	7.7	8.3	7.1	4.8	11.7	6.5	7.3	13.2	6.7	3.2	7.6
2020	6.0	1.4	1.5	-1.0	-10.2	8.8	2.9	-2.9	1.3	4.5	-14.2	0.3
2021	5.9	7.8	8.5	14.6	10.2	17.3	7.2	8.1	11.9	7.4	10.2	9.8
2022	26.4	8.2	8.4	11.9	13.4	13.0	1.6	2.0	10.0	7.5	24.4	9.6

2017
Q1	4.0	8.0	7.8	25.2	5.8	7.1	6.5	21.1	11.7	3.7	2.1	7.8
Q2	4.4	5.9	5.3	12.2	6.2	9.1	5.7	0.3	12.2	4.7	5.5	7.3
Q3	2.4	4.2	4.6	12.8	3.0	12.9	5.9	10.6	8.8	5.5	0.9	6.4
Q4	3.2	5.5	5.7	14.0	5.7	12.1	3.8	-2.2	5.6	5.8	5.7	6.7
2018
Q1	2.0	8.8	10.1	-1.8	1.4	9.4	1.5	-14.8	6.5	5.1	7.2	5.0
Q2	2.4	8.4	8.4	11.1	3.0	12.2	6.7	19.8	8.0	4.7	1.9	6.8
Q3	3.5	8.2	8.6	17.1	4.6	13.8	-2.2	1.0	8.5	4.3	11.1	6.9
Q4	4.0	7.5	7.9	9.8	3.1	4.2	5.3	23.1	11.6	5.0	2.0	6.5
2019
Q1	10.4	6.4	6.5	8.3	7.4	12.7	7.5	14.5	14.3	7.0	0.9	9.3
Q2	4.5	9.7	10.8	6.4	4.7	8.5	3.0	-0.2	10.8	7.6	6.4	7.9
Q3	2.0	3.4	3.1	2.7	4.4	6.2	7.4	18.1	10.5	4.9	-0.9	5.8
Q4	8.7	9.0	9.9	9.2	2.1	14.4	6.6	-4.4	11.3	5.5	6.0	7.6
2020
Q1	4.1	3.9	3.8	9.3	3.9	11.8	4.2	9.4	9.1	5.0	4.0	6.3
Q2	7.1	-4.3	-4.0	-39.6	-33.9	5.2	2.1	-18.9	-8.4	1.6	-49.4	-7.4
Q3	6.2	0.0	0.1	3.8	-11.9	5.5	2.0	-3.8	-3.2	2.8	-15.4	-1.1
Q4	5.3	5.1	5.2	9.1	-9.1	9.4	2.8	-2.1	5.5	7.6	-16.4	3.5
2021
Q1	4.3	1.4	1.9	-15.5	-17.2	10.2	5.0	-10.0	-1.1	2.5	-30.0	-1.5
Q2	4.6	11.5	11.8	35.1	20.0	16.4	8.5	13.5	18.9	8.9	23.6	17.0
Q3	6.0	9.3	10.6	15.7	15.0	16.7	5.3	12.1	15.2	12.1	15.7	14.7
Q4	7.2	6.6	7.2	10.0	15.3	15.6	7.8	13.3	9.1	3.5	19.2	10.0
2022
Q1	21.8	9.6	10.3	22.5	17.5	12.8	2.9	7.3	13.0	9.1	35.9	13.9
Q2	20.7	9.2	9.5	13.0	17.3	13.4	-0.7	4.4	8.8	5.3	26.4	10.9
Q3	20.8	7.2	7.1	5.8	8.9	10.8	4.0	-0.2	9.4	3.0	9.3	7.3
Q4	20.3	4.4	4.2	3.4	4.2	9.1	0.2	-3.4	5.4	10.4	6.3	7.0
2023
Q1	0.9	7.6	7.2	8.0	8.7	7.9	8.8	5.7	8.2	4.3	-1.6	7.4
¹Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done. Compensation of employees is made up of the following components: (a) wages and salaries and (b) employers’ social contributions.
²See Background Notes for detailed Nace A10 sector descriptions

Open in Excel: Quarterly National Accounts Q1 2023 Table 7.4 (XLS 24KB)

Table 7.5 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector² of Origin at Current Market Prices - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 7.5 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector² of Origin at Current Market Prices- Seasonally Adjusted												€million
Period	Agricul. Forestry and Fishing	Industry (excl. Constr.)	of which Manufacturing	Constr.	Distrib., Transport, Hotels and Restaur- ants	Inform. and Comm.	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate Activities	Profess., Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Edu. and Health	Arts, Ent. and Other Services	Total
2017
Q1	172	2,957	2,602	931	4,444	1,592	1,879	209	2,628	6,288	492	21,592
Q2	177	2,987	2,635	843	4,499	1,659	1,876	188	2,731	6,426	509	21,894
Q3	179	3,058	2,695	852	4,484	1,736	1,924	192	2,732	6,547	498	22,203
Q4	176	3,117	2,736	885	4,656	1,794	1,876	184	2,750	6,642	527	22,607
2018
Q1	176	3,230	2,878	915	4,516	1,760	1,892	195	2,831	6,632	532	22,677
Q2	181	3,262	2,874	953	4,636	1,892	2,003	220	2,930	6,732	521	23,331
Q3	186	3,339	2,972	1,025	4,690	2,010	1,903	192	3,006	6,853	557	23,762
Q4	185	3,346	2,959	976	4,814	1,875	1,984	239	3,103	6,995	537	24,054
2019
Q1	194	3,486	3,083	999	4,888	2,014	2,035	215	3,254	7,128	538	24,750
Q2	190	3,593	3,199	1,027	4,861	2,074	2,061	237	3,326	7,274	558	25,200
Q3	194	3,504	3,109	1,048	4,892	2,146	2,071	231	3,375	7,214	550	25,225
Q4	200	3,661	3,247	1,069	4,923	2,186	2,123	227	3,482	7,405	570	25,846
2020
Q1	206	3,611	3,220	1,106	5,104	2,277	2,115	240	3,586	7,502	563	26,311
Q2	205	3,430	3,061	742	3,627	2,197	2,103	200	3,068	7,384	374	23,330
Q3	203	3,532	3,139	1,082	4,355	2,276	2,125	220	3,275	7,424	475	24,967
Q4	208	3,724	3,397	1,169	4,516	2,406	2,182	222	3,673	8,021	489	26,610
2021
Q1	213	3,723	3,305	967	4,374	2,539	2,222	220	3,572	7,688	434	25,952
Q2	216	3,847	3,445	1,149	4,531	2,620	2,299	232	3,767	8,114	489	27,262
Q3	219	3,880	3,517	1,273	5,109	2,736	2,251	249	3,857	8,433	563	28,569
Q4	224	4,040	3,655	1,297	5,336	2,843	2,367	255	4,039	8,326	605	29,333
2022
Q1	218	4,149	3,731	1,297	5,444	2,994	2,324	255	4,185	8,552	604	30,023
Q2	218	4,262	3,831	1,364	5,587	3,082	2,326	260	4,289	8,649	631	30,669
Q3	222	4,253	3,811	1,386	5,702	3,136	2,391	263	4,363	8,776	627	31,119
Q4	225	4,299	3,864	1,387	5,683	3,190	2,417	262	4,398	9,404	643	31,908
2023
Q1	275	4,419	3,990	1,372	5,841	3,184	2,501	254	4,463	8,837	667	31,813

Percentage change on previous quarter
2017
Q1	-0.1	0.9	1.2	22.1	1.3	0.9	4.4	11.1	1.4	0.5	-1.0	2.0
Q2	2.9	1.0	1.3	-9.5	1.2	4.2	-0.1	-9.9	3.9	2.2	3.4	1.4
Q3	1.3	2.4	2.3	1.1	-0.3	4.6	2.6	2.2	0.1	1.9	-2.1	1.4
Q4	-1.6	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	3.3	-2.5	-4.3	0.6	1.4	5.8	1.8
2018
Q1	-0.3	3.6	5.2	3.4	-3.0	-1.9	0.8	6.0	2.9	-0.1	0.9	0.3
Q2	3.2	1.0	-0.2	4.2	2.7	7.5	5.9	13.1	3.5	1.5	-2.0	2.9
Q3	2.7	2.4	3.4	7.6	1.2	6.2	-5.0	-13.1	2.6	1.8	7.0	1.8
Q4	-0.7	0.2	-0.4	-4.8	2.7	-6.7	4.3	24.7	3.2	2.1	-3.7	1.2
2019
Q1	4.8	4.2	4.2	2.4	1.5	7.4	2.6	-10.2	4.9	1.9	0.3	2.9
Q2	-1.9	3.1	3.8	2.8	-0.6	3.0	1.3	10.4	2.2	2.0	3.7	1.8
Q3	2.0	-2.5	-2.8	2.0	0.6	3.5	0.5	-2.3	1.5	-0.8	-1.5	0.1
Q4	3.1	4.5	4.5	2.0	0.6	1.8	2.5	-1.8	3.2	2.6	3.7	2.5
2020
Q1	3.2	-1.4	-0.9	3.5	3.7	4.2	-0.4	5.6	3.0	1.3	-1.3	1.8
Q2	-0.5	-5.0	-4.9	-32.9	-28.9	-3.5	-0.6	-16.6	-14.4	-1.6	-33.6	-11.3
Q3	-1.0	3.0	2.6	45.8	20.1	3.6	1.0	10.2	6.7	0.5	27.2	7.0
Q4	2.6	5.4	8.2	8.0	3.7	5.7	2.7	0.5	12.2	8.0	2.9	6.6
2021
Q1	2.3	-0.0	-2.7	-17.3	-3.1	5.5	1.8	-0.8	-2.8	-4.1	-11.2	-2.5
Q2	1.1	3.3	4.2	18.9	3.6	3.2	3.5	5.7	5.4	5.5	12.6	5.0
Q3	1.4	0.9	2.1	10.8	12.8	4.4	-2.1	7.0	2.4	3.9	15.2	4.8
Q4	2.5	4.1	3.9	1.9	4.4	3.9	5.1	2.4	4.7	-1.3	7.5	2.7
2022
Q1	-2.8	2.7	2.1	0.0	2.0	5.3	-1.8	0.1	3.6	2.7	-0.2	2.4
Q2	0.1	2.7	2.7	5.1	2.6	2.9	0.1	2.1	2.5	1.1	4.6	2.2
Q3	1.7	-0.2	-0.5	1.6	2.1	1.7	2.8	1.2	1.7	1.5	-0.7	1.5
Q4	1.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	-0.3	1.7	1.1	-0.4	0.8	7.1	2.4	2.5
2023
Q1	22.3	2.8	3.2	-1.1	2.8	-0.2	3.5	-2.9	1.5	-6.0	3.9	-0.3
¹Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done. Compensation of employees is made up of the following components: (a) wages and salaries and (b) employers’ social contributions.
²See Background Notes for detailed Nace A10 sector descriptions

Open in Excel: Quarterly National Accounts Q1 2023 Table 7.5 (XLS 21KB)

Table 7.6 Breakdown of Compensation of Employees by Foreign and Domestic Enterprises

Table 7.7 Persons in employment¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector²

Table 7.7 Total number of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector²												'000
Period	Agricul. Forestry and Fishing	Industry (excl. Constr.)	of which Manufacturing	Constr.	Distrib., Transport, Hotels and Restaur- ants	Inform. and Comm.	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate Activities	Profess., Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Edu. and Health	Arts, Ent. and Other Services	Total
2017
Q1	28	260	230	86	487	99	92	8	176	504	84	1,825
Q2	30	258	228	85	490	98	92	7	182	509	87	1,838
Q3	27	270	240	83	498	104	93	7	182	513	89	1,866
Q4	26	263	233	87	507	102	90	7	179	523	90	1,876
2018
Q1	25	260	230	90	494	100	90	7	186	518	92	1,861
Q2	28	255	225	96	508	102	94	8	197	531	88	1,907
Q3	27	269	239	100	517	110	88	6	194	532	95	1,938
Q4	27	262	233	97	520	103	91	8	198	551	89	1,945
2019
Q1	26	269	237	96	520	105	96	7	203	554	87	1,963
Q2	26	264	229	102	517	107	98	7	202	555	88	1,965
Q3	24	276	245	102	517	117	100	7	196	567	89	1,994
Q4	31	269	239	104	525	112	100	7	203	576	87	2,013
2020
Q1	30	267	240	102	514	113	103	7	210	571	85	2,002
Q2	23	269	241	84	413	119	110	9	179	548	60	1,814
Q3	23	281	248	95	476	114	104	8	184	559	79	1,924
Q4	28	279	251	96	478	123	103	8	177	576	70	1,938
2021
Q1	25	288	261	90	440	126	105	7	182	596	62	1,921
Q2	26	292	263	91	463	127	115	7	207	619	73	2,020
Q3	24	287	258	102	530	133	119	9	215	611	84	2,115
Q4	26	294	264	113	508	152	116	9	219	637	81	2,154
2022
Q1	24	297	264	114	516	149	115	11	217	641	73	2,157
Q2	24	302	268	116	531	150	115	8	220	648	77	2,192
Q3	24	311	274	122	527	145	111	8	222	646	81	2,197
Q4	26	304	266	117	540	150	115	9	226	650	83	2,219
2023
Q1	26	309	274	115	547	153	117	8	229	663	82	2,249

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2017
Q1	4.7	5.8	4.9	16.6	5.4	7.6	0.2	20.5	7.0	3.5	0.0	5.2
Q2	7.4	3.2	0.9	7.0	4.7	5.2	-1.3	-10.2	5.5	2.9	-0.3	3.6
Q3	-5.5	2.5	1.6	4.2	2.3	8.2	-1.0	6.6	3.1	4.5	2.7	3.1
Q4	-0.6	3.1	1.7	6.2	4.2	4.0	-3.1	-8.9	0.9	3.9	3.6	3.2
2018
Q1	-10.8	-0.1	0.0	3.8	1.5	1.0	-1.9	-20.2	5.5	2.7	9.0	2.0
Q2	-7.4	-1.3	-1.3	12.7	3.8	4.8	1.9	5.7	8.5	4.2	1.6	3.7
Q3	-0.8	-0.4	-0.3	20.4	3.9	5.8	-5.5	-16.1	6.5	3.7	7.2	3.9
Q4	2.8	-0.4	-0.4	11.0	2.5	0.9	0.5	7.4	10.5	5.3	-1.3	3.7
2019
Q1	4.6	3.5	2.8	7.3	5.2	5.5	6.1	3.9	9.3	6.9	-5.3	5.5
Q2	-8.8	3.6	1.8	5.7	1.7	4.3	4.9	-6.3	2.3	4.6	-0.1	3.1
Q3	-10.8	2.8	2.5	1.5	-0.0	6.4	13.5	7.0	1.3	6.5	-6.7	2.9
Q4	14.3	2.4	2.8	7.2	1.0	8.9	9.9	-10.8	2.8	4.6	-2.8	3.5
2020
Q1	15.7	-0.8	1.1	5.9	-1.2	7.7	7.2	8.5	3.4	3.1	-1.8	2.0
Q2	-11.7	1.7	4.9	-17.2	-20.1	11.7	12.2	24.0	-11.4	-1.3	-31.5	-7.7
Q3	-3.7	1.9	1.1	-6.6	-7.9	-2.5	4.0	19.8	-6.1	-1.3	-10.8	-3.5
Q4	-10.0	3.9	5.0	-7.6	-8.9	9.6	3.4	15.5	-12.7	-0.1	-19.5	-3.7
2021
Q1	-17.4	7.7	8.8	-11.6	-14.4	11.5	2.0	1.1	-13.0	4.3	-27.2	-4.1
Q2	16.2	8.9	9.4	7.6	12.2	6.6	3.9	-22.4	15.8	13.0	20.9	11.4
Q3	1.8	2.0	4.0	8.0	11.4	17.0	14.8	18.4	16.5	9.3	5.2	9.9
Q4	-6.5	5.2	5.0	18.1	6.1	23.3	13.1	5.2	23.6	10.7	16.0	11.2
2022
Q1	-2.6	3.1	1.1	27.1	17.3	17.8	10.1	41.4	19.1	7.5	18.0	12.3
Q2	-8.3	3.3	1.9	28.5	14.5	18.0	0.3	21.4	6.4	4.7	5.6	8.5
Q3	1.0	8.4	6.3	19.4	-0.6	9.2	-6.7	-18.9	3.5	5.6	-3.2	3.9
Q4	-0.2	3.7	1.0	2.9	6.3	-1.4	-1.4	10.1	3.3	2.0	2.1	3.0
2023
Q1	7.9	4.3	3.8	0.2	6.0	2.7	1.6	-27.2	5.3	3.5	12.5	4.2
¹Data from Labour Force Survey
²See Background Notes for detailed Nace A10 sector descriptions

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Table 7.6 Breakdown of Compensation of Employees by Foreign and Domestic enterprises Q1 2023¹
Period	Foreign	Domestic	Foreign	Domestic
	Amount €m	Amount €m	% of total COE	% of total COE
2019
Q1	8,323.63	16,580.94	33.42	66.58
Q2	7,921.75	17,247.07	31.47	68.53
Q3	7,769.32	17,099.30	31.24	68.76
Q4	8,174.03	17,864.03	31.39	68.61
2020
Q1	9,132.96	17,340.73	34.50	65.50
Q2	8,103.29	15,201.32	34.77	65.23
Q3	8,024.68	16,562.93	32.64	67.36
Q4	8,799.99	18,152.32	32.65	67.35
2021
Q1	9,374.32	16,693.83	35.96	64.04
Q2	9,124.61	18,144.49	33.46	66.54
Q3	8,863.93	19,342.31	31.43	68.57
Q4	9,612.18	20,040.96	32.42	67.58
2022
Q1	11,112.90	18,996.04	36.91	63.09
Q2	10,644.33	20,003.20	34.73	65.27
Q3	10,357.58	20,397.92	33.68	66.32
Q4	10,833.56	21,364.77	33.65	66.35
2023
Q1	11,816.64	20,071.33	37.06	62.94
¹Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done. Compensation of employees is made up of the following components: (a) wages and salaries and (b) employers’ social contributions.

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