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Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 3 2022

Compensation of Employees

An increase in Compensation of Employees by 1% in Q3 2022

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CSO statistical publication, 02 December 2022, 11am

Table 7.1 Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector of Origin, Q3 2022¹
	Amount €m	Quarterly % change
Public Admin, Education and Health	8,697	1.7
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5,658	1.3
Professional, Admin and Support Services	4,306	1.2
Industry (excl. Construction)	4,240	-0.8
Information and Communication	3,097	0.7
Financial and Insurance Activities	2,367	1.9
Construction	1,372	0.6
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	634	-0.2
Real Estate Activities	267	-0.3
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	220	1.1
Total	30,858	1.0
¹Current Market Prices, seasonally adjusted.

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The third quarter of 2022 sees Compensation of Employees increase by 7.4% compared to corresponding period of the previous year. All sectors experienced growth this quarter compared to the corresponding period. Largest increase can be seen in Arts, Entertainment and Other Services (12.7%) and Information and Communication (12.6%).

Column1	Q3 2022	Q2 2022
Public Admin, Education and Health	8.69686656548385	8.54744024461244
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5.65805490207837	5.582834464573
Industry (excl. Construction)	4.24013918720349	4.2750705774059
Professional, Admin and Support Services	4.30596125715262	4.25416665933193
Information and Communication	3.09714520519765	3.07505432149708
Financial and Insurance Activities	2.3670070151274	2.32392047391706
Construction	1.37200261362416	1.36432710721298
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	0.634097760089107	0.635338363469095
Real Estate Activities	0.266635078997034	0.267426028641506
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	0.220222681223525	0.217912258427486

On a seasonally adjusted basis, total Compensation of Employees increased by 1% this quarter compared to the previous quarter. Most sectors experienced an increase this quarter. Largest increase in growth quarter on quarter can be seen in Financial and Insurance Activities (1.9%). Manufacturing had the largest decrease of 1.4% this quarter compared to the previous.

	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	11.1365775676	18.90315111123
Q2 2022	10.68193323645	19.89678413434
Q3 2022	10.32351725166	19.96111238784

The Employment Wage Subsidy table has been replaced with a table that looks at Compensation of Employees split between foreign and domestic enterprises.

In the third quarter of 2022, just under 66% of total Compensation of Employees comes from domestic enterprises leaving just over 34% coming from foreign enterprises.

Table 7.2 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector² of Origin at Current Market Prices

Table 7.2 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10² Sector of Origin at Current Market Prices												€million
Period	Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	Industry (excl. Construction)	of which Manufacturing	Construction	Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	Information and Communication	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate Activities	Professional, Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Education and Health	Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	Total
2016	681	11,380	10,032	2,946	17,156	6,079	7,126	711	9,799	24,623	1,954	82,455
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

2016
Q1	169	2,806	2,468	665	4,051	1,519	1,931	175	2,337	6,006	480	20,139
Q2	171	2,764	2,452	756	4,233	1,482	1,732	186	2,401	6,153	478	20,358
Q3	171	2,896	2,542	743	4,356	1,521	1,710	160	2,466	6,137	498	20,661
Q4	169	2,914	2,570	781	4,516	1,556	1,751	191	2,595	6,327	498	21,298
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	4,226	3,819	1,217	5,194	3,066	2,612	269	4,223	8,412	596	30,039
Q2	219	4,295	3,870	1,360	5,632	3,024	2,294	260	4,248	8,620	626	30,577
Q3	212	4,046	3,617	1,401	5,708	3,087	2,166	258	4,180	8,574	649	30,283

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2016	4.2	4.6	5.1	19.4	7.9	11.9	1.4	11.9	12.1	3.3	6.0	6.5
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

2016
Q1	3.6	3.6	3.6	14.9	6.7	13.4	1.9	8.1	17.0	2.4	1.9	6.1
Q2	3.7	3.4	5.1	25.0	7.2	10.1	1.2	9.3	12.4	3.9	2.8	6.3
Q3	4.7	7.7	8.6	20.0	10.1	11.4	1.5	7.5	7.3	3.5	7.8	7.0
Q4	4.6	3.8	3.5	17.8	7.8	12.9	0.9	22.9	12.3	3.5	11.8	6.7
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	12.3	13.2	33.9	24.1	17.4	4.8	19.0	17.5	10.1	39.4	15.2
Q2	1.1	11.7	12.0	19.1	23.6	18.1	1.1	15.0	12.1	5.4	29.6	12.1
Q3	0.4	7.7	7.5	7.5	10.2	12.6	4.7	6.9	10.9	2.6	12.7	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

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Table 7.3 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector² of Origin at Current Market Prices - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 7.3 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector² of Origin at Current Market Prices- Seasonally Adjusted												€million
Period	Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	Industry (excl. Construction)	of which Manufacturing	Construction	Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	Information and Communication	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate Activities	Professional, Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Education and Health	Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	Total
2016
Q1	169	2,734	2,412	698	4,179	1,475	1,774	176	2,348	6,049	481	20,085
Q2	169	2,814	2,496	740	4,217	1,505	1,779	174	2,385	6,123	478	20,384
Q3	173	2,916	2,568	744	4,363	1,519	1,791	173	2,479	6,188	497	20,844
Q4	172	2,930	2,570	763	4,388	1,578	1,797	188	2,591	6,257	497	21,161
2017
Q1	172	2,958	2,602	931	4,444	1,591	1,879	208	2,628	6,290	492	21,592
Q2	177	2,986	2,635	843	4,496	1,658	1,877	188	2,730	6,425	509	21,889
Q3	179	3,058	2,696	852	4,489	1,737	1,924	192	2,733	6,548	498	22,212
Q4	176	3,118	2,736	885	4,653	1,796	1,874	184	2,750	6,640	527	22,604
2018
Q1	176	3,229	2,878	915	4,517	1,758	1,892	194	2,829	6,633	531	22,674
Q2	181	3,261	2,874	953	4,633	1,891	2,005	220	2,930	6,730	521	23,324
Q3	186	3,341	2,973	1,026	4,695	2,012	1,904	192	3,009	6,857	558	23,780
Q4	185	3,346	2,958	977	4,811	1,878	1,980	240	3,103	6,991	536	24,047
2019
Q1	194	3,485	3,083	998	4,890	2,009	2,036	214	3,251	7,129	538	24,744
Q2	190	3,591	3,199	1,026	4,856	2,073	2,062	236	3,324	7,268	559	25,187
Q3	194	3,507	3,110	1,049	4,900	2,149	2,073	232	3,382	7,226	550	25,263
Q4	200	3,662	3,246	1,071	4,917	2,189	2,116	228	3,481	7,398	569	25,832
2020
Q1	206	3,609	3,219	1,102	5,107	2,272	2,118	239	3,582	7,500	562	26,297
Q2	205	3,429	3,060	741	3,622	2,195	2,104	199	3,064	7,375	374	23,308
Q3	203	3,538	3,142	1,085	4,369	2,281	2,129	222	3,288	7,449	475	25,039
Q4	209	3,723	3,394	1,174	4,506	2,408	2,171	223	3,671	8,009	488	26,580
2021
Q1	213	3,719	3,305	959	4,375	2,533	2,228	218	3,563	7,679	434	25,922
Q2	215	3,844	3,444	1,146	4,523	2,616	2,299	232	3,759	8,101	490	27,224
Q3	219	3,894	3,527	1,280	5,137	2,746	2,258	251	3,883	8,481	563	28,710
Q4	225	4,032	3,644	1,304	5,314	2,845	2,352	256	4,032	8,309	603	29,273
2022
Q1	218	4,168	3,755	1,288	5,450	2,987	2,333	260	4,147	8,444	607	29,903
Q2	218	4,275	3,845	1,364	5,583	3,075	2,324	267	4,254	8,547	635	30,543
Q3	220	4,240	3,791	1,372	5,658	3,097	2,367	267	4,306	8,697	634	30,858

Percentage change on previous quarter
2016
Q1	3.5	-1.0	-2.1	8.1	2.6	5.4	0.1	15.4	1.8	-0.1	8.2	1.6
Q2	-0.1	2.9	3.5	5.9	0.9	2.0	0.3	-1.0	1.6	1.2	-0.8	1.5
Q3	2.0	3.6	2.9	0.6	3.5	1.0	0.7	-0.4	4.0	1.1	4.1	2.3
Q4	-0.1	0.5	0.1	2.5	0.6	3.9	0.3	8.4	4.5	1.1	-0.1	1.5
2017
Q1	-0.2	0.9	1.3	22.1	1.3	0.8	4.6	10.8	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	2.1	3.4	1.4
Q3	1.3	2.4	2.3	1.1	-0.2	4.8	2.5	2.5	0.1	1.9	-2.1	1.5
Q4	-1.6	2.0	1.5	3.9	3.6	3.4	-2.6	-4.3	0.6	1.4	5.7	1.8
2018
Q1	-0.3	3.6	5.2	3.3	-2.9	-2.1	1.0	5.6	2.8	-0.1	0.8	0.3
Q2	3.1	1.0	-0.2	4.2	2.6	7.6	6.0	13.0	3.6	1.5	-1.9	2.9
Q3	2.7	2.4	3.5	7.7	1.3	6.4	-5.0	-12.7	2.7	1.9	7.0	2.0
Q4	-0.7	0.2	-0.5	-4.8	2.5	-6.7	4.0	24.8	3.1	2.0	-3.8	1.1
2019
Q1	4.7	4.2	4.2	2.1	1.7	7.0	2.8	-10.7	4.8	2.0	0.3	2.9
Q2	-1.9	3.0	3.8	2.9	-0.7	3.2	1.3	10.4	2.2	2.0	4.0	1.8
Q3	2.0	-2.3	-2.8	2.2	0.9	3.6	0.5	-1.7	1.8	-0.6	-1.6	0.3
Q4	3.2	4.4	4.4	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.1	-1.8	2.9	2.4	3.6	2.3
2020
Q1	3.1	-1.4	-0.8	2.9	3.9	3.8	0.1	4.7	2.9	1.4	-1.2	1.8
Q2	-0.6	-5.0	-4.9	-32.8	-29.1	-3.4	-0.7	-16.5	-14.5	-1.7	-33.4	-11.4
Q3	-0.9	3.2	2.7	46.5	20.6	3.9	1.2	11.2	7.3	1.0	26.9	7.4
Q4	2.7	5.2	8.0	8.2	3.1	5.6	2.0	0.5	11.6	7.5	2.7	6.2
2021
Q1	2.1	-0.1	-2.6	-18.3	-2.9	5.2	2.6	-2.2	-2.9	-4.1	-11.1	-2.5
Q2	1.0	3.4	4.2	19.5	3.4	3.3	3.2	6.2	5.5	5.5	13.0	5.0
Q3	1.6	1.3	2.4	11.7	13.6	5.0	-1.8	8.2	3.3	4.7	14.8	5.5
Q4	2.8	3.5	3.3	1.9	3.5	3.6	4.2	2.3	3.9	-2.0	7.2	2.0
2022
Q1	-3.1	3.4	3.0	-1.2	2.6	5.0	-0.8	1.5	2.8	1.6	0.6	2.2
Q2	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.9	2.4	3.0	-0.4	2.8	2.6	1.2	4.7	2.1
Q3	1.1	-0.8	-1.4	0.6	1.3	0.7	1.9	-0.3	1.2	1.7	-0.2	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.
²See Background Notes for detailed Nace A10 sector descriptions

Open in Excel: Quarterly National Accounts Q3 2022 Table 7.3 (XLS 22KB)

Table 7.4 Breakdown of Compensation of Employees by Foreign and Domestic Enterprises

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Table 7.4 Breakdown of Compensation of Employees by Foreign and Domestic enterprises
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	11,136.58	18,903.15	37.07	62.93
Q2	10,681.93	19,896.78	34.93	65.07
Q3	10,323.52	19,961.11	34.09	65.91
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.

Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 3 2022

Compensation of Employees

Compensation of Employees

An increase in Compensation of Employees by 1% in Q3 2022

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