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Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 2 2023

Compensation of Employees

Compensation of Employees increased by 1% in Q2 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 01 September 2023, 11am

Table 7.1 Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector of Origin, Q2 2023¹
	Amount €m	Quarterly % change
Public Admin, Education and Health	8,715	-0.3
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5,789	3.6
Professional, Admin and Support Services	4,352	4.2
Industry (excl. Construction)	4,179	-4.9
Information and Communication	3,195	5.1
Financial and Insurance Activities	2,465	-0.1
Construction	1,598	7.1
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	653	3.3
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	180	-6.7
Real Estate Activities	155	-36.2
Total	31,281	1.0
¹Constant Market Prices, seasonally adjusted.

Open in Excel: Quarterly National Accounts Q2 2023 Table 7.1 (XLS 10KB)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, total Compensation of Employees increased by 1% in the second quarter of 2023. Largest increase in growth quarter on quarter by sector can be seen in Construction (7.1%). Real Estate Activities had the largest decrease of 36.2% this quarter compared to the previous.

`-	Constant	Current
2017Q1	3.40063749796352	2.37649882624961
2017Q2	-1.54080398352222	1.39853729230448
2017Q3	3.96812974058582	1.52337905344703
2017Q4	0.196948019263742	1.30590245409433
2018Q1	-0.306218970060182	0.942514349487244
2018Q2	3.23205429502139	2.40922652185392
2018Q3	0.248220197844605	2.1880696928747
2018Q4	2.31436643479299	1.16343702421854
2019Q1	0.827589793555323	2.93049532148658
2019Q2	0.932794817475611	1.76187590841516
2019Q3	0.399345386014723	0.345337971530213
2019Q4	0.646365389426951	2.17187739399706
2020Q1	-1.50109361514219	1.89191871287832
2020Q2	-12.0216999807577	-11.3793293728429
2020Q3	13.5080522290537	7.01016418545682
2020Q4	-1.66806617288023	5.77925185949962
2021Q1	-0.956772030388161	-1.17781666220883
2021Q2	4.97313247037077	4.51058826526999
2021Q3	2.0363921908434	4.69034132920898
2021Q4	3.52404111066505	2.32420484740951
2022Q1	2.39108800331066	1.87438067264947
2022Q2	0.512212172252521	1.64571299205988
2022Q3	0.497298585572225	1.4182462943064
2022Q4	0.959800871810307	1.5596613784993
2023Q1	1.70577815598291	2.44659349389263
2023Q2	1.02285078656918	2.8542714980545

Column1	Q2 2023	Q2 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 second quarter of 2023 sees Compensation of Employees increase by 4.3% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Most sectors experienced growth this quarter, the largest increase can be seen in the Professional, Admin and Support Services sector up by 11.3%. Real Estate Activities had the largest decrease of 34.3% 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	12.14300727522	19.7370985356
Q2 2023	11.69759394354	21.15127306606

In Q2 of 2023, just over 64% of total Compensation of Employees comes from domestic enterprises leaving just under 36% 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.

	Q2 2023	Q2 2022
Public Admin, Education and Health	677.92	647.84201
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	560.17	530.50488
Industry (excl. Construction)	293.9	302.07533
Professional, Admin and Support Services	233.39	220.27757
Information and Communication	158.63	149.93396
Construction	126.78	116.4916
Financial and Insurance Activities	121.67	115.00261
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	82.37	76.97962
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	24.65	23.76244
Real Estate Activities	6.26	8.35125

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
Q2	191	4,191	3,728	1,587	5,856	3,228	2,548	152	4,458	8,884	630	31,726

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
Q2	-11.4	-2.1	-1.4	6.7	5.0	6.2	3.1	-34.3	11.3	4.1	10.4	4.3
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.
²Chain linked series not additive

Open in Excel: Quarterly National Accounts Q2 2023 Table 7.2 (XLS 23KB)

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	3,628	3,209	1,088	5,110	2,009	1,994	236	3,190	6,555	622	24,652
Q2	222	3,535	3,139	1,066	5,059	1,939	1,779	208	3,235	6,591	639	24,272
Q3	216	3,718	3,261	1,089	5,111	2,138	1,991	206	3,222	6,899	644	25,235
Q4	204	3,697	3,257	1,165	5,170	2,090	1,925	199	3,264	6,926	645	25,285
2018
Q1	209	3,590	3,178	1,215	5,005	2,115	1,861	191	3,343	7,022	656	25,208
Q2	197	3,694	3,279	1,252	5,324	2,139	1,875	220	3,486	7,172	663	26,022
Q3	213	3,667	3,269	1,293	5,285	2,242	1,811	174	3,520	7,192	690	26,087
Q4	211	3,668	3,229	1,240	5,489	2,164	1,920	230	3,602	7,514	653	26,691
2019
Q1	205	3,818	3,354	1,235	5,385	2,186	2,012	216	3,688	7,548	619	26,912
Q2	198	3,753	3,273	1,338	5,361	2,280	1,995	228	3,665	7,670	676	27,163
Q3	190	3,777	3,354	1,293	5,289	2,396	2,124	203	3,608	7,774	618	27,271
Q4	219	3,788	3,355	1,348	5,317	2,331	2,107	197	3,721	7,793	626	27,447
2020
Q1	216	3,739	3,332	1,274	5,260	2,284	2,149	217	3,768	7,510	618	27,035
Q2	154	3,416	3,058	698	3,744	2,378	2,311	204	3,396	7,167	317	23,785
Q3	197	3,881	3,445	1,212	5,040	2,342	2,224	221	3,720	7,563	600	26,998
Q4	204	4,017	3,637	1,209	4,765	2,483	2,140	201	3,475	7,660	393	26,548
2021
Q1	218	4,016	3,657	957	4,235	2,586	2,213	187	3,558	7,965	360	26,294
Q2	226	4,016	3,626	1,116	4,690	2,574	2,276	224	3,743	8,216	521	27,602
Q3	219	3,614	3,211	1,261	5,272	2,636	2,231	288	3,906	8,135	601	28,164
Q4	209	3,872	3,446	1,367	5,197	2,952	2,409	253	4,040	8,244	615	29,156
2022
Q1	198	4,091	3,600	1,470	5,349	3,045	2,424	340	3,984	8,351	601	29,853
Q2	201	4,271	3,783	1,496	5,527	3,009	2,383	235	3,911	8,380	594	30,006
Q3	197	4,269	3,759	1,531	5,317	3,002	2,462	222	3,953	8,620	583	30,155
Q4	204	4,332	3,799	1,507	5,602	3,015	2,505	245	3,994	8,466	575	30,445
2023
Q1	193	4,395	3,917	1,492	5,587	3,041	2,467	243	4,176	8,738	632	30,964
Q2	180	4,179	3,729	1,598	5,789	3,195	2,465	155	4,352	8,715	653	31,281

Percentage change on previous quarter
2017
Q1	-5.0	4.3	2.4	6.8	4.3	6.4	4.6	11.3	0.7	2.0	1.5	3.4
Q2	0.2	-2.6	-2.2	-2.0	-1.0	-3.4	-10.8	-11.7	1.4	0.5	2.7	-1.5
Q3	-2.4	5.2	3.9	2.1	1.0	10.2	12.0	-1.0	-0.4	4.7	0.8	4.0
Q4	-5.6	-0.6	-0.1	7.0	1.2	-2.2	-3.3	-3.7	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.2
2018
Q1	2.3	-2.9	-2.4	4.3	-3.2	1.2	-3.4	-3.7	2.4	1.4	1.7	-0.3
Q2	-5.6	2.9	3.2	3.0	6.4	1.1	0.8	15.0	4.3	2.1	1.0	3.2
Q3	7.8	-0.7	-0.3	3.3	-0.7	4.8	-3.4	-20.8	0.9	0.3	4.1	0.2
Q4	-0.9	0.0	-1.2	-4.1	3.9	-3.5	6.0	32.4	2.4	4.5	-5.4	2.3
2019
Q1	-2.7	4.1	3.8	-0.4	-1.9	1.0	4.8	-6.2	2.4	0.5	-5.2	0.8
Q2	-3.7	-1.7	-2.4	8.4	-0.4	4.3	-0.8	5.4	-0.6	1.6	9.2	0.9
Q3	-3.9	0.6	2.5	-3.3	-1.3	5.1	6.5	-11.1	-1.6	1.4	-8.5	0.4
Q4	15.2	0.3	0.0	4.3	0.5	-2.7	-0.8	-3.1	3.1	0.3	1.2	0.6
2020
Q1	-1.1	-1.3	-0.7	-5.5	-1.1	-2.0	2.0	10.4	1.3	-3.6	-1.2	-1.5
Q2	-28.6	-8.6	-8.2	-45.2	-28.8	4.1	7.5	-6.2	-9.9	-4.6	-48.7	-12.0
Q3	27.4	13.6	12.6	73.7	34.6	-1.5	-3.8	8.5	9.5	5.5	89.0	13.5
Q4	3.7	3.5	5.6	-0.3	-5.4	6.0	-3.8	-9.0	-6.6	1.3	-34.5	-1.7
2021
Q1	6.8	-0.0	0.6	-20.9	-11.1	4.2	3.4	-6.9	2.4	4.0	-8.4	-1.0
Q2	3.5	0.0	-0.8	16.6	10.7	-0.5	2.9	19.7	5.2	3.2	44.8	5.0
Q3	-3.0	-10.0	-11.5	13.0	12.4	2.4	-2.0	28.9	4.3	-1.0	15.3	2.0
Q4	-4.7	7.1	7.3	8.4	-1.4	12.0	8.0	-12.2	3.4	1.3	2.3	3.5
2022
Q1	-5.2	5.7	4.5	7.6	2.9	3.2	0.6	34.4	-1.4	1.3	-2.2	2.4
Q2	1.5	4.4	5.1	1.8	3.3	-1.2	-1.7	-31.1	-1.8	0.3	-1.2	0.5
Q3	-1.8	-0.1	-0.6	2.4	-3.8	-0.2	3.3	-5.6	1.1	2.9	-1.9	0.5
Q4	3.4	1.5	1.1	-1.6	5.4	0.4	1.7	10.4	1.0	-1.8	-1.4	1.0
2023
Q1	-5.4	1.5	3.1	-1.0	-0.3	0.9	-1.5	-0.7	4.6	3.2	10.0	1.7
Q2	-6.7	-4.9	-4.8	7.1	3.6	5.1	-0.1	-36.2	4.2	-0.3	3.3	1.0
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 Q2 2023 Table 7.3 (XLS 22KB)

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	292	4,518	4,053	1,282	5,574	3,246	2,748	262	4,537	8,793	625	31,880
Q2	285	4,516	4,033	1,423	5,998	3,317	2,388	261	4,608	9,393	660	32,848

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	4.6	8.4	7.6	9.4	9.9	8.4	7.1	7.4	9.8	4.6	-6.1	7.3
Q2	4.3	6.5	5.5	8.4	8.9	12.1	6.0	10.6	10.9	8.8	0.5	8.7
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 Q2 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	174	2,949	2,602	932	4,451	1,593	1,879	206	2,627	6,301	492	21,604
Q2	177	2,984	2,635	843	4,502	1,660	1,876	187	2,729	6,439	508	21,906
Q3	179	3,069	2,696	852	4,494	1,735	1,924	194	2,733	6,560	499	22,239
Q4	176	3,108	2,736	885	4,638	1,793	1,876	184	2,753	6,589	527	22,530
2018
Q1	177	3,233	2,879	916	4,522	1,762	1,892	193	2,827	6,690	531	22,742
Q2	182	3,243	2,874	953	4,643	1,893	2,004	220	2,926	6,707	520	23,290
Q3	186	3,364	2,972	1,025	4,684	2,008	1,903	194	3,009	6,868	559	23,800
Q4	183	3,343	2,959	975	4,785	1,873	1,983	239	3,110	7,047	538	24,077
2019
Q1	197	3,488	3,083	1,000	4,898	2,017	2,036	213	3,252	7,146	535	24,782
Q2	191	3,560	3,199	1,027	4,886	2,075	2,062	236	3,313	7,311	557	25,219
Q3	190	3,530	3,109	1,047	4,875	2,144	2,070	233	3,381	7,283	553	25,306
Q4	199	3,653	3,246	1,068	4,903	2,182	2,120	227	3,492	7,440	572	25,855
2020
Q1	205	3,629	3,220	1,107	5,096	2,285	2,117	239	3,588	7,520	558	26,345
Q2	205	3,390	3,061	742	3,660	2,196	2,106	200	3,051	7,423	373	23,347
Q3	204	3,554	3,140	1,081	4,333	2,272	2,123	221	3,282	7,433	479	24,983
Q4	210	3,725	3,397	1,169	4,490	2,401	2,176	221	3,685	7,859	491	26,427
2021
Q1	213	3,732	3,306	967	4,383	2,551	2,225	220	3,574	7,821	429	26,116
Q2	216	3,815	3,447	1,148	4,583	2,617	2,304	232	3,742	8,150	488	27,294
Q3	218	3,910	3,522	1,273	5,066	2,731	2,249	249	3,870	8,439	569	28,574
Q4	226	4,034	3,658	1,300	5,312	2,838	2,359	254	4,051	8,256	608	29,238
2022
Q1	272	4,109	3,697	1,253	5,324	2,941	2,288	239	4,072	8,619	668	29,786
Q2	272	4,202	3,800	1,318	5,533	3,009	2,290	244	4,144	8,604	661	30,276
Q3	276	4,235	3,783	1,343	5,539	3,062	2,342	247	4,262	8,771	629	30,706
Q4	283	4,269	3,840	1,349	5,577	3,124	2,362	246	4,290	9,036	649	31,185
2023
Q1	284	4,409	3,976	1,376	5,864	3,198	2,446	258	4,488	8,997	628	31,948
Q2	284	4,474	4,001	1,427	6,018	3,360	2,431	269	4,576	9,358	664	32,860

Percentage change on previous quarter
2017
Q1	2.0	1.1	1.3	22.1	1.1	1.0	4.4	9.2	1.4	1.7	-1.1	2.4
Q2	2.0	1.2	1.3	-9.5	1.1	4.2	-0.1	-9.5	3.9	2.2	3.2	1.4
Q3	0.7	2.9	2.3	1.0	-0.2	4.5	2.6	4.1	0.2	1.9	-1.7	1.5
Q4	-1.6	1.2	1.5	3.9	3.2	3.3	-2.5	-5.1	0.7	0.4	5.7	1.3
2018
Q1	0.6	4.0	5.2	3.5	-2.5	-1.7	0.9	4.7	2.7	1.5	0.7	0.9
Q2	2.9	0.3	-0.2	4.1	2.7	7.5	5.9	13.7	3.5	0.3	-2.1	2.4
Q3	2.2	3.8	3.4	7.5	0.9	6.1	-5.0	-11.8	2.8	2.4	7.6	2.2
Q4	-1.8	-0.6	-0.5	-4.9	2.2	-6.7	4.2	23.5	3.4	2.6	-3.7	1.2
2019
Q1	7.7	4.3	4.2	2.5	2.4	7.7	2.7	-10.8	4.6	1.4	-0.5	2.9
Q2	-3.1	2.1	3.8	2.7	-0.2	2.9	1.3	10.8	1.9	2.3	4.1	1.8
Q3	-0.1	-0.9	-2.8	1.9	-0.2	3.3	0.4	-1.3	2.0	-0.4	-0.8	0.3
Q4	4.8	3.5	4.4	2.0	0.6	1.8	2.4	-2.8	3.3	2.2	3.5	2.2
2020
Q1	2.6	-0.7	-0.8	3.6	3.9	4.7	-0.1	5.6	2.7	1.1	-2.5	1.9
Q2	0.4	-6.6	-5.0	-33.0	-28.2	-3.9	-0.5	-16.5	-15.0	-1.3	-33.1	-11.4
Q3	-0.8	4.8	2.6	45.7	18.4	3.4	0.8	10.8	7.6	0.1	28.4	7.0
Q4	3.1	4.8	8.2	8.2	3.6	5.6	2.5	-0.2	12.3	5.7	2.6	5.8
2021
Q1	1.5	0.2	-2.7	-17.3	-2.4	6.3	2.2	-0.6	-3.0	-0.5	-12.7	-1.2
Q2	1.0	2.2	4.3	18.6	4.6	2.6	3.5	5.6	4.7	4.2	13.7	4.5
Q3	0.9	2.5	2.2	10.9	10.5	4.4	-2.4	7.4	3.4	3.5	16.7	4.7
Q4	4.0	3.2	3.9	2.1	4.9	3.9	4.9	2.0	4.7	-2.2	6.8	2.3
2022
Q1	20.4	1.9	1.1	-3.6	0.2	3.6	-3.0	-6.1	0.5	4.4	9.9	1.9
Q2	-0.2	2.3	2.8	5.2	3.9	2.3	0.1	2.0	1.8	-0.2	-1.1	1.6
Q3	1.4	0.8	-0.4	1.9	0.1	1.8	2.3	1.4	2.8	1.9	-4.9	1.4
Q4	2.7	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.7	2.0	0.8	-0.4	0.7	3.0	3.2	1.6
2023
Q1	0.4	3.3	3.6	2.0	5.1	2.4	3.5	4.8	4.6	-0.4	-3.3	2.4
Q2	-0.1	1.5	0.6	3.7	2.6	5.1	-0.6	4.4	2.0	4.0	5.8	2.9
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 Q2 2023 Table 7.5 (XLS 22KB)

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
Q2	25	294	259	127	560	159	122	6	233	678	82	2,286

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
Q2	1.9	-2.7	-3.5	8.8	5.6	5.8	5.8	-25.0	6.0	4.6	7.0	4.3
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 Q2 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	10,981.94	18,718.49	36.98	63.02
Q2	10,453.66	19,773.93	34.58	65.42
Q3	10,222.78	20,039.26	33.78	66.22
Q4	10,608.58	21,106.81	33.45	66.55
2023
Q1	12,143.01	19,737.10	38.09	61.91
Q2	11,697.59	21,151.27	35.61	64.39
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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