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Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 1 2023 Provisional

Compensation of Employees

Compensation of Employees increased by 1.4% in Q1 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 02 June 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	8,816	3.0
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5,206	-0.8
Industry (excl. Construction)	4,089	1.5
Professional, Admin and Support Services	3,927	4.5
Information and Communication	2,925	0.4
Financial and Insurance Activities	2,383	-1.6
Construction	1,389	-1.6
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	622	8.2
Real Estate Activities	242	-7.1
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	212	-1.9
Total	29,811	1.4
¹Constant Market Prices, seasonally adjusted.

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On a seasonally adjusted basis, total Compensation of Employees increased by 1.4% 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 (8.2%). Real Estate Activities had the largest decrease of 7.1% this quarter compared to the previous.

`-	Constant	Current
2017Q1	3.52225480645803	2.02441655496211
2017Q2	-1.73360557335393	1.39922579400866
2017Q3	4.2463437490491	1.41094091132618
2017Q4	0.0511073847252082	1.81815016179669
2018Q1	-0.528559084304908	0.311663199893447
2018Q2	3.66508413361724	2.880977984319
2018Q3	0.167279042728824	1.84667653558953
2018Q4	2.2708156562159	1.22982203625359
2019Q1	0.788766946664854	2.89316041034971
2019Q2	0.866564838322684	1.82062950856168
2019Q3	0.600088742752782	0.0992934544401899
2019Q4	0.603448238424127	2.46246861703232
2020Q1	-1.6868541684409	1.79713709164419
2020Q2	-11.6473804931317	-11.3287218256206
2020Q3	13.2463085468717	7.01537630003787
2020Q4	-1.62075506790395	6.57921318689644
2021Q1	-1.21907643783559	-2.47192540550532
2021Q2	5.67448081436113	5.04978099744564
2021Q3	1.61427546894642	4.7943507167584
2021Q4	3.50988038941273	2.67246322230183
2022Q1	1.85943021627516	2.35110329970282
2022Q2	0.854256181032677	2.1530276020202
2022Q3	0.100989197716044	1.46741490302275
2022Q4	0.939900354507905	2.53569048389143
2023Q1	1.43994100042688	-0.299024677758022

	Q1 2023	Q1 2022
Public Admin, Education and Health	9.225183769	8.8290335608
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5.242656033	5.0246415981
Industry (excl. Construction)	4.092239813	3.8716749262
Professional, Admin and Support Services	3.973413171	3.8014737909
Information and Communication	2.989597145	2.9937783468
Financial and Insurance Activities	2.419293909	2.3746151287
Construction	1.375959308	1.3565410721
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	0.619463095	0.58563754602
Real Estate Activities	0.245438069	0.34463708955
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	0.201859496	0.20335530164

The first quarter of 2023 sees Compensation of Employees increase by 3.4% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Most sectors experienced growth this quarter. Largest increase can be seen in Manufacturing (6.9%). 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	18.14449022112
Q3 2021	8.86392775622	19.34230592225
Q4 2021	9.61218448715	20.04096121507
Q1 2022	11.11289970996	18.99604367704
Q2 2022	10.64432860791	20.00320084709
Q3 2022	10.35757671345	20.39792498555
Q4 2022	10.83356248165	21.36477315435

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 2020)

Table 7.2 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. A10 Sector of Origin at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2020)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	928	13,939	12,264	4,116	19,113	7,891	7,407	891	12,234	27,345	2,521	96,212
2018	890	13,984	12,352	4,677	19,723	8,361	7,199	857	13,228	29,326	2,630	100,652
2019	870	14,476	12,712	4,872	19,955	8,875	7,940	886	13,919	31,222	2,507	105,373
2020	824	14,392	12,835	4,108	17,583	9,155	8,520	885	13,615	30,330	1,902	101,313
2021	936	14,833	13,282	4,397	18,131	10,365	8,808	1,004	14,449	33,037	2,067	108,029
2022	844	15,848	13,948	5,608	20,406	11,676	9,431	1,089	14,972	34,230	2,303	116,406

2017
Q1	229	3,478	3,065	1,019	4,752	1,959	1,929	242	3,053	6,945	614	24,191
Q2	259	3,390	2,985	994	4,734	1,882	1,776	221	3,098	6,778	627	23,711
Q3	234	3,641	3,179	1,043	4,796	2,106	1,910	217	3,083	6,430	648	24,025
Q4	206	3,431	3,034	1,060	4,831	1,944	1,793	210	3,000	7,192	632	24,285
2018
Q1	218	3,444	3,039	1,090	4,674	2,064	1,804	195	3,120	7,214	646	24,421
Q2	229	3,538	3,115	1,215	4,977	2,073	1,883	233	3,450	7,612	644	25,808
Q3	228	3,601	3,197	1,238	4,972	2,209	1,727	184	3,343	6,708	696	24,799
Q4	215	3,402	3,002	1,134	5,100	2,015	1,785	244	3,315	7,791	645	25,624
2019
Q1	215	3,655	3,206	1,150	5,042	2,134	1,955	221	3,537	7,990	608	26,475
Q2	229	3,600	3,114	1,243	5,018	2,212	2,011	241	3,546	7,906	650	26,614
Q3	200	3,709	3,278	1,240	4,984	2,346	2,010	215	3,408	7,256	627	25,964
Q4	227	3,513	3,115	1,238	4,911	2,183	1,965	209	3,428	8,069	622	26,320
2020
Q1	226	3,578	3,191	1,182	4,935	2,232	2,095	221	3,614	7,946	606	26,608
Q2	179	3,276	2,909	648	3,520	2,310	2,327	214	3,295	7,395	293	23,507
Q3	204	3,813	3,364	1,165	4,749	2,272	2,092	235	3,505	7,065	608	25,711
Q4	215	3,726	3,372	1,113	4,379	2,340	2,005	215	3,202	7,923	394	25,487
2021
Q1	227	3,840	3,505	861	3,979	2,532	2,162	190	3,356	8,264	352	25,764
Q2	262	3,855	3,457	1,063	4,422	2,507	2,287	233	3,695	8,650	492	27,466
Q3	225	3,547	3,128	1,216	4,961	2,529	2,088	308	3,681	7,603	609	26,767
Q4	223	3,591	3,192	1,257	4,769	2,797	2,271	273	3,717	8,520	614	28,032
2022
Q1	203	3,872	3,429	1,357	5,025	2,994	2,375	345	3,801	8,829	586	29,385
Q2	225	3,996	3,538	1,388	5,219	2,939	2,385	243	3,806	8,655	562	29,419
Q3	198	4,080	3,569	1,478	5,007	2,865	2,297	237	3,716	8,022	588	28,488
Q4	217	3,900	3,412	1,385	5,156	2,878	2,375	264	3,649	8,723	568	29,113
2023
Q1	202	4,092	3,665	1,376	5,243	2,990	2,419	245	3,973	9,225	619	30,385

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	-9.9	6.8	5.0	27.5	12.5	12.6	7.1	8.5	3.6	3.6	11.4	7.8

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	-10.4	0.8	-2.2	57.5	26.3	18.2	9.8	81.3	13.3	6.8	66.3	14.1
Q2	-14.0	3.7	2.4	30.6	18.0	17.3	4.3	4.2	3.0	0.1	14.3	7.1
Q3	-11.7	15.0	14.1	21.6	0.9	13.3	10.0	-22.9	0.9	5.5	-3.5	6.4
Q4	-2.8	8.6	6.9	10.1	8.1	2.9	4.6	-3.1	-1.8	2.4	-7.5	3.9
2023
Q1	-0.7	5.7	6.9	1.4	4.3	-0.1	1.9	-28.8	4.5	4.5	5.8	3.4
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.
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 2020)

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 2020)												€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	237	3,469	3,061	1,039	4,777	1,939	1,924	236	3,056	6,627	616	23,921
Q2	238	3,379	2,989	972	4,734	1,872	1,716	222	3,029	6,720	624	23,506
Q3	232	3,557	3,110	1,019	4,781	2,063	1,922	220	3,067	7,002	641	24,504
Q4	219	3,537	3,107	1,089	4,836	2,017	1,857	212	3,093	7,017	639	24,517
2018
Q1	224	3,433	3,031	1,111	4,678	2,041	1,795	211	3,112	7,132	648	24,387
Q2	212	3,529	3,122	1,189	4,984	2,066	1,809	213	3,359	7,278	641	25,281
Q3	228	3,510	3,119	1,212	4,942	2,163	1,748	184	3,348	7,300	688	25,323
Q4	226	3,509	3,081	1,161	5,133	2,088	1,852	246	3,417	7,613	653	25,898
2019
Q1	220	3,651	3,198	1,172	5,032	2,110	1,941	218	3,520	7,629	610	26,102
Q2	212	3,585	3,115	1,222	5,026	2,203	1,924	244	3,444	7,821	648	26,329
Q3	203	3,617	3,201	1,213	4,939	2,312	2,049	213	3,430	7,892	620	26,487
Q4	235	3,624	3,202	1,264	4,973	2,249	2,034	209	3,533	7,896	630	26,646
2020
Q1	232	3,575	3,177	1,201	4,910	2,203	2,073	220	3,585	7,588	609	26,197
Q2	166	3,261	2,908	641	3,527	2,301	2,229	219	3,203	7,309	290	23,146
Q3	210	3,718	3,290	1,138	4,697	2,259	2,145	230	3,534	7,679	601	26,212
Q4	219	3,844	3,472	1,134	4,456	2,394	2,066	214	3,297	7,759	402	25,787
2021
Q1	235	3,840	3,487	873	3,947	2,493	2,135	200	3,322	8,072	355	25,472
Q2	241	3,830	3,443	1,057	4,428	2,494	2,194	228	3,602	8,355	489	26,918
Q3	233	3,464	3,069	1,184	4,904	2,541	2,152	301	3,709	8,262	602	27,352
Q4	225	3,706	3,293	1,281	4,860	2,844	2,328	270	3,828	8,349	621	28,312
2022
Q1	213	3,868	3,402	1,371	4,984	2,937	2,340	342	3,756	8,439	588	28,839
Q2	207	3,970	3,521	1,387	5,227	2,926	2,295	255	3,720	8,540	559	29,085
Q3	207	3,985	3,506	1,438	4,946	2,901	2,375	232	3,738	8,711	580	29,115
Q4	216	4,027	3,523	1,411	5,247	2,912	2,422	261	3,756	8,560	575	29,388
2023
Q1	212	4,089	3,633	1,389	5,206	2,925	2,383	242	3,927	8,816	622	29,811

Percentage change on previous quarter
2017
Q1	-5.0	4.3	2.4	9.3	4.2	6.4	4.6	5.1	2.0	1.8	2.4	3.5
Q2	0.3	-2.6	-2.4	-6.5	-0.9	-3.4	-10.8	-5.9	-0.9	1.4	1.4	-1.7
Q3	-2.6	5.3	4.1	4.9	1.0	10.2	12.0	-1.0	1.3	4.2	2.7	4.2
Q4	-5.5	-0.6	-0.1	6.8	1.2	-2.2	-3.3	-3.8	0.8	0.2	-0.4	0.1
2018
Q1	2.3	-2.9	-2.5	2.1	-3.3	1.2	-3.3	-0.1	0.6	1.6	1.4	-0.5
Q2	-5.5	2.8	3.0	7.1	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.7	8.0	2.0	-1.1	3.7
Q3	7.5	-0.5	-0.1	1.9	-0.8	4.7	-3.4	-13.3	-0.3	0.3	7.4	0.2
Q4	-0.7	-0.0	-1.2	-4.2	3.9	-3.5	6.0	33.5	2.1	4.3	-5.2	2.3
2019
Q1	-2.7	4.0	3.8	1.0	-2.0	1.1	4.8	-11.4	3.0	0.2	-6.5	0.8
Q2	-3.7	-1.8	-2.6	4.3	-0.1	4.4	-0.9	12.0	-2.2	2.5	6.1	0.9
Q3	-4.3	0.9	2.8	-0.7	-1.7	4.9	6.5	-12.9	-0.4	0.9	-4.3	0.6
Q4	15.7	0.2	0.0	4.2	0.7	-2.7	-0.8	-1.6	3.0	0.0	1.6	0.6
2020
Q1	-1.0	-1.4	-0.8	-5.0	-1.3	-2.0	1.9	5.1	1.5	-3.9	-3.3	-1.7
Q2	-28.8	-8.8	-8.5	-46.6	-28.2	4.4	7.5	-0.5	-10.7	-3.7	-52.3	-11.6
Q3	26.8	14.0	13.1	77.6	33.2	-1.8	-3.8	5.3	10.3	5.1	107.3	13.2
Q4	4.5	3.4	5.6	-0.3	-5.1	6.0	-3.7	-7.1	-6.7	1.0	-33.2	-1.6
2021
Q1	7.3	-0.1	0.4	-23.0	-11.4	4.1	3.3	-6.4	0.7	4.0	-11.7	-1.2
Q2	2.2	-0.3	-1.2	21.1	12.2	0.0	2.8	13.8	8.4	3.5	37.9	5.7
Q3	-3.0	-9.6	-10.9	12.0	10.8	1.9	-1.9	32.1	3.0	-1.1	23.1	1.6
Q4	-3.8	7.0	7.3	8.2	-0.9	11.9	8.2	-10.6	3.2	1.1	3.1	3.5
2022
Q1	-5.4	4.4	3.3	7.0	2.6	3.3	0.5	27.0	-1.9	1.1	-5.3	1.9
Q2	-2.9	2.6	3.5	1.1	4.9	-0.4	-1.9	-25.6	-0.9	1.2	-4.9	0.9
Q3	0.5	0.4	-0.4	3.7	-5.4	-0.8	3.5	-8.9	0.5	2.0	3.8	0.1
Q4	4.2	1.1	0.5	-1.9	6.1	0.4	2.0	12.5	0.5	-1.7	-0.9	0.9
2023
Q1	-1.9	1.5	3.1	-1.6	-0.8	0.4	-1.6	-7.1	4.5	3.0	8.2	1.4
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.

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	15,501	13,922	4,709	19,393	10,739	9,129	957	15,237	32,561	2,095	111,194
2022	883	16,931	15,232	5,443	22,430	12,404	9,449	1,041	17,233	35,388	2,506	123,708

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	3,765	3,374	909	4,186	2,611	2,493	226	3,595	7,637	427	26,067
Q2	216	3,847	3,455	1,142	4,558	2,562	2,268	226	3,790	8,177	483	27,268
Q3	211	3,757	3,365	1,304	5,179	2,742	2,069	242	3,768	8,358	576	28,205
Q4	227	4,133	3,728	1,355	5,471	2,824	2,299	263	4,083	8,389	609	29,652
2022
Q1	224	4,205	3,797	1,212	5,187	3,065	2,612	261	4,249	8,500	593	30,108
Q2	219	4,278	3,852	1,355	5,625	3,024	2,294	252	4,270	8,707	624	30,647
Q3	213	4,087	3,656	1,428	5,798	3,142	2,196	257	4,276	8,717	641	30,755
Q4	227	4,362	3,926	1,448	5,820	3,173	2,346	271	4,439	9,464	648	32,198
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	7.7	8.5	14.6	10.3	17.3	7.2	8.1	11.9	7.4	10.2	9.8
2022	1.2	9.2	9.4	15.6	15.7	15.5	3.5	8.8	13.1	8.7	19.6	11.3

2017
Q1	4.2	8.6	8.5	33.8	6.2	7.7	7.0	26.7	13.2	3.9	2.1	7.8
Q2	4.6	6.3	5.6	13.9	6.6	10.0	6.0	0.4	13.9	5.0	5.8	7.3
Q3	2.5	4.3	4.8	14.6	3.1	14.8	6.3	11.9	9.6	5.8	0.9	6.4
Q4	3.3	5.9	6.1	16.2	6.0	13.8	4.0	-2.2	6.0	6.2	6.1	6.7
2018
Q1	2.0	9.7	11.2	-1.8	1.4	10.4	1.6	-12.9	6.9	5.4	7.7	5.0
Q2	2.4	9.1	9.2	12.4	3.1	13.9	7.2	24.7	8.7	4.9	2.0	6.8
Q3	3.6	8.9	9.4	20.7	4.9	16.0	-2.1	1.0	9.3	4.5	12.4	6.9
Q4	4.2	8.1	8.6	10.8	3.2	4.4	5.6	30.1	13.1	5.3	2.0	6.5
2019
Q1	11.6	6.8	6.9	9.0	8.0	14.5	8.1	16.9	16.7	7.5	0.9	9.3
Q2	4.7	10.8	12.1	6.8	5.0	9.3	3.1	-0.2	12.1	8.2	6.8	7.9
Q3	2.0	3.6	3.2	2.7	4.6	6.6	8.0	22.1	11.7	5.1	-0.9	5.8
Q4	9.5	9.9	10.9	10.1	2.2	16.8	7.0	-4.2	12.7	5.8	6.3	7.6
2020
Q1	4.3	4.0	4.0	10.2	4.1	13.4	4.4	10.4	10.1	5.3	4.2	6.3
Q2	7.7	-4.1	-3.8	-28.4	-25.3	5.5	2.2	-15.9	-7.7	1.6	-33.1	-7.4
Q3	6.6	0.0	0.1	4.0	-10.6	5.8	2.0	-3.6	-3.1	2.9	-13.3	-1.1
Q4	5.6	5.4	5.4	10.0	-8.3	10.4	2.9	-2.1	5.8	8.2	-14.1	3.5
2021
Q1	4.4	1.4	1.9	-13.4	-14.7	11.4	5.3	-9.1	-1.1	2.6	-23.1	-1.5
Q2	4.8	12.9	13.3	54.2	25.0	19.6	9.3	15.6	23.3	9.8	30.9	17.0
Q3	6.4	10.2	11.7	18.7	17.7	20.1	5.6	13.7	17.9	13.8	18.6	14.7
Q4	7.8	7.0	7.7	11.1	18.2	18.5	8.5	15.4	10.0	3.6	23.8	10.0
2022
Q1	2.4	11.7	12.5	33.4	23.9	17.4	4.8	15.1	18.2	11.3	38.8	15.5
Q2	1.1	11.2	11.5	18.7	23.4	18.0	1.1	11.5	12.7	6.5	29.2	12.4
Q3	1.2	8.8	8.7	9.6	11.9	14.6	6.1	6.5	13.5	4.3	11.4	9.0
Q4	0.1	5.5	5.3	6.9	6.4	12.3	2.1	3.2	8.7	12.8	6.3	8.6
2023
Q1	25.9	7.3	6.9	5.1	7.1	6.1	7.7	-0.6	6.0	3.3	10.5	5.9
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 23KB)

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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