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Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 3 2023

Compensation of Employees

Compensation of Employees remains unchanged in Q3 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 01 December 2023, 11am

Table 7.1 Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector of Origin, Q3 2023¹
	Amount €m	Quarterly % change
Public Admin, Education and Health	8,833	1.3
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5,719	-1.1
Professional, Admin and Support Services	4,276	-1.7
Industry (excl. Construction)	4,099	-1.6
Information and Communication	3,283	2.4
Financial and Insurance Activities	2,489	1.0
Construction	1,486	-6.9
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	622	-4.4
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	264	47.1
Real Estate Activities	202	30.6
Total	31,271	0.0
¹Constant Market Prices, seasonally adjusted.

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On a seasonally adjusted basis, total Compensation of Employees remains unchanged in the third quarter of 2023. Largest increase in growth quarter on quarter by sector can be seen in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector (47.1%). Construction had the largest decrease of 6.9% this quarter compared to the previous.

`-	Constant	Current
2017Q1	3.42237026391934	2.37252243767364
2017Q2	-1.56935286982042	1.40440329048979
2017Q3	3.97453748197666	1.4867582438521
2017Q4	0.200232430332702	1.34823131810749
2018Q1	-0.305250165051523	0.938610011722196
2018Q2	3.23361901188709	2.38957468741415
2018Q3	0.253439666782368	2.17550896952941
2018Q4	2.30619726655523	1.20408187510694
2019Q1	0.830020114752098	2.92081943785514
2019Q2	0.915134653887895	1.72856308715065
2019Q3	0.441151810732967	0.362543915273179
2019Q4	0.625511608811443	2.20045251673921
2020Q1	-1.53213123166036	1.88325228565913
2020Q2	-12.0211606864002	-11.4357620043986
2020Q3	13.6276991424523	7.08362040696792
2020Q4	-1.7531586448224	5.81015813134724
2021Q1	-1.01471294649771	-1.21429527938359
2021Q2	5.01969798149195	4.35534292977477
2021Q3	2.17866538788102	4.92912994373914
2021Q4	3.38121007436379	2.31749515132529
2022Q1	2.32011036180677	1.79050952404523
2022Q2	0.568838136596	1.37339815928578
2022Q3	0.706158204624722	1.8891997601645
2022Q4	0.736830396616141	1.48785429106991
2023Q1	1.6347644195708	2.27960556412589
2023Q2	1.10728465484662	2.52802789892979
2023Q3	0.00338546362187219	-0.400376804321989

Column1	Q3 2023	Q3 2022
Public Admin, Education and Health	8.153388486	7.947731917
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5.713669677	5.342869353
Industry (excl. Construction)	4.166834639	4.382687971
Professional, Admin and Support Services	4.243098752	3.929540975
Information and Communication	3.248840371	2.960290476
Financial and Insurance Activities	2.396108314	2.380081891
Construction	1.529946431	1.583269563
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	0.636414872	0.598578612
Real Estate Activities	0.2044728	0.226237981
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	0.248806074	0.18718687

The third quarter of 2023 sees Compensation of Employees increase by 3.4% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. The largest increase by sector can be seen in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector up 32.9%. Real Estate Activities had the largest decrease of 9.6% 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	12.15003205223	19.72664166707
Q2 2023	11.70992233284	21.15902138858
Q3 2023	11.08522509297	21.0014550336

In Q3 of 2023, just over 65% of total Compensation of Employees comes from domestic enterprises leaving just under 35% 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.

	Q3 2023	Q3 2022
Public Admin, Education and Health	674.41	645.51215
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	551.42	527.02765
Industry (excl. Construction)	303.54	311.21608
Professional, Admin and Support Services	237.59	222.11977
Information and Communication	160.04	145.31478
Construction	122.01	122.39615
Financial and Insurance Activities	116.3	111.38381
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	85.88	80.87362
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	28.27	23.76244
Real Estate Activities	7.16	7.64977

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
Q3	249	4,167	3,661	1,530	5,714	3,249	2,396	204	4,243	8,153	636	30,542

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
Q3	32.9	-4.9	-4.6	-3.4	6.9	9.7	0.7	-9.6	8.0	2.6	6.3	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 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)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
Q1	221	3,627	3,209	1,089	5,111	2,011	1,994	236	3,190	6,555	623	24,657
Q2	222	3,534	3,138	1,065	5,058	1,940	1,779	208	3,234	6,591	639	24,270
Q3	216	3,719	3,262	1,090	5,111	2,135	1,991	206	3,223	6,899	644	25,234
Q4	204	3,698	3,258	1,165	5,169	2,090	1,925	198	3,264	6,926	645	25,285
2018
Q1	209	3,589	3,177	1,212	5,006	2,118	1,861	191	3,342	7,023	657	25,208
Q2	197	3,692	3,277	1,253	5,324	2,140	1,875	220	3,486	7,172	663	26,023
Q3	213	3,670	3,272	1,296	5,286	2,236	1,811	174	3,521	7,192	690	26,089
Q4	211	3,669	3,230	1,239	5,488	2,165	1,920	230	3,603	7,513	653	26,690
2019
Q1	205	3,815	3,352	1,235	5,384	2,190	2,012	216	3,687	7,549	620	26,912
Q2	197	3,750	3,270	1,335	5,360	2,283	1,994	228	3,664	7,671	676	27,158
Q3	190	3,783	3,360	1,296	5,292	2,388	2,124	204	3,610	7,773	618	27,278
Q4	219	3,789	3,357	1,348	5,317	2,333	2,107	196	3,722	7,792	625	27,449
2020
Q1	216	3,733	3,328	1,272	5,257	2,288	2,148	217	3,767	7,511	619	27,028
Q2	154	3,411	3,051	697	3,741	2,382	2,310	203	3,394	7,168	317	23,779
Q3	197	3,895	3,459	1,216	5,048	2,331	2,225	222	3,725	7,562	599	27,019
Q4	204	4,016	3,636	1,210	4,763	2,486	2,140	200	3,476	7,659	392	26,546
2021
Q1	218	4,005	3,650	952	4,231	2,592	2,212	187	3,554	7,966	360	26,276
Q2	226	4,008	3,613	1,117	4,687	2,580	2,275	223	3,741	8,218	520	27,595
Q3	219	3,635	3,234	1,267	5,284	2,620	2,233	291	3,914	8,133	601	28,197
Q4	209	3,869	3,442	1,368	5,192	2,956	2,408	252	4,039	8,242	614	29,150
2022
Q1	197	4,075	3,590	1,463	5,343	3,052	2,424	339	3,977	8,353	602	29,826
Q2	201	4,260	3,764	1,494	5,524	3,018	2,382	234	3,909	8,382	592	29,996
Q3	198	4,304	3,798	1,540	5,333	2,980	2,466	224	3,964	8,617	583	30,208
Q4	204	4,325	3,790	1,508	5,595	3,020	2,504	243	3,993	8,464	574	30,430
2023
Q1	192	4,374	3,904	1,483	5,579	3,049	2,467	242	4,167	8,740	634	30,928
Q2	179	4,166	3,707	1,596	5,784	3,205	2,463	155	4,352	8,719	651	31,270
Q3	264	4,099	3,631	1,486	5,719	3,283	2,489	202	4,276	8,833	622	31,271

Percentage change on previous quarter
2017
Q1	-5.0	4.3	2.4	6.9	4.3	6.5	4.6	11.3	0.7	2.0	1.6	3.4
Q2	0.2	-2.6	-2.2	-2.2	-1.0	-3.5	-10.8	-11.6	1.4	0.5	2.7	-1.6
Q3	-2.4	5.2	3.9	2.4	1.0	10.1	12.0	-0.9	-0.4	4.7	0.8	4.0
Q4	-5.6	-0.6	-0.1	6.8	1.1	-2.1	-3.3	-3.9	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.2
2018
Q1	2.3	-2.9	-2.5	4.1	-3.2	1.3	-3.4	-3.6	2.4	1.4	1.8	-0.3
Q2	-5.6	2.9	3.1	3.3	6.4	1.0	0.8	15.1	4.3	2.1	1.0	3.2
Q3	7.9	-0.6	-0.2	3.4	-0.7	4.5	-3.4	-20.7	1.0	0.3	4.1	0.3
Q4	-1.0	-0.0	-1.3	-4.3	3.8	-3.2	6.0	31.9	2.3	4.5	-5.4	2.3
2019
Q1	-2.7	4.0	3.8	-0.4	-1.9	1.1	4.8	-6.0	2.3	0.5	-5.1	0.8
Q2	-3.7	-1.7	-2.4	8.2	-0.5	4.2	-0.8	5.5	-0.6	1.6	9.1	0.9
Q3	-3.8	0.9	2.8	-2.9	-1.3	4.6	6.5	-10.7	-1.5	1.3	-8.5	0.4
Q4	15.1	0.2	-0.1	4.0	0.5	-2.3	-0.8	-3.7	3.1	0.2	1.2	0.6
2020
Q1	-1.1	-1.5	-0.9	-5.7	-1.1	-1.9	1.9	10.5	1.2	-3.6	-1.1	-1.5
Q2	-28.6	-8.6	-8.3	-45.2	-28.8	4.1	7.5	-6.1	-9.9	-4.6	-48.7	-12.0
Q3	27.6	14.2	13.4	74.5	34.9	-2.2	-3.7	9.2	9.8	5.5	88.9	13.6
Q4	3.6	3.1	5.1	-0.6	-5.6	6.7	-3.8	-9.9	-6.7	1.3	-34.5	-1.8
2021
Q1	6.7	-0.3	0.4	-21.3	-11.2	4.2	3.4	-6.8	2.3	4.0	-8.1	-1.0
Q2	3.6	0.1	-1.0	17.3	10.8	-0.4	2.8	19.8	5.3	3.2	44.4	5.0
Q3	-2.8	-9.3	-10.5	13.5	12.7	1.5	-1.9	30.2	4.6	-1.0	15.5	2.2
Q4	-4.9	6.4	6.4	8.0	-1.7	12.8	7.9	-13.3	3.2	1.3	2.3	3.4
2022
Q1	-5.4	5.3	4.3	7.0	2.9	3.3	0.6	34.6	-1.5	1.3	-2.0	2.3
Q2	1.6	4.5	4.9	2.1	3.4	-1.1	-1.7	-31.0	-1.7	0.4	-1.6	0.6
Q3	-1.4	1.0	0.9	3.0	-3.5	-1.2	3.5	-4.5	1.4	2.8	-1.6	0.7
Q4	3.0	0.5	-0.2	-2.1	4.9	1.3	1.6	8.9	0.7	-1.8	-1.5	0.7
2023
Q1	-5.7	1.1	3.0	-1.6	-0.3	1.0	-1.5	-0.6	4.4	3.3	10.3	1.6
Q2	-6.7	-4.7	-5.0	7.6	3.7	5.1	-0.2	-36.1	4.4	-0.2	2.7	1.1
Q3	47.1	-1.6	-2.1	-6.9	-1.1	2.4	1.0	30.6	-1.7	1.3	-4.4	0.0
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.
²Chain linked series not additive

Open in Excel: Quarterly National Accounts Q3 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	16,792	15,112	5,271	21,964	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	4,170	3,767	1,172	5,070	2,995	2,567	244	4,133	8,405	666	29,700
Q2	273	4,242	3,822	1,312	5,507	2,959	2,252	236	4,154	8,636	656	30,227
Q3	266	4,052	3,626	1,384	5,680	3,074	2,154	241	4,159	8,616	634	30,261
Q4	284	4,328	3,897	1,403	5,707	3,108	2,303	254	4,316	9,362	650	31,715
2023
Q1	292	4,520	4,052	1,285	5,569	3,251	2,766	263	4,515	8,796	617	31,875
Q2	285	4,513	4,030	1,426	6,005	3,327	2,398	262	4,604	9,399	647	32,867
Q3	276	4,240	3,780	1,417	5,911	3,297	2,245	251	4,345	9,444	660	32,085

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	4.2	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	13.0	13.4	54.2	25.0	19.6	9.3	15.6	23.3	9.8	30.9	17.0
Q3	6.4	10.3	11.8	18.7	17.6	20.1	5.6	13.7	17.9	13.8	18.6	14.7
Q4	7.8	7.1	7.7	11.1	18.1	18.5	8.5	15.4	10.0	3.6	23.8	10.0
2022
Q1	27.8	10.7	11.6	29.0	21.2	14.7	3.0	7.9	15.0	10.0	55.9	13.9
Q2	26.0	10.2	10.6	14.9	20.9	15.5	-0.7	4.6	9.6	5.6	35.9	10.9
Q3	26.3	7.8	7.7	6.2	9.7	12.1	4.1	-0.2	10.4	3.1	10.2	7.3
Q4	25.4	4.7	4.5	3.5	4.4	10.0	0.2	-3.3	5.7	11.6	6.7	7.0
2023
Q1	4.6	8.4	7.6	9.6	9.8	8.6	7.8	7.7	9.2	4.7	-7.3	7.3
Q2	4.4	6.4	5.4	8.7	9.0	12.5	6.5	11.0	10.8	8.8	-1.4	8.7
Q3	3.7	4.6	4.2	2.4	4.1	7.2	4.2	4.1	4.5	9.6	4.0	6.0
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 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	931	4,452	1,593	1,879	206	2,627	6,302	492	21,604
Q2	177	2,984	2,635	843	4,504	1,660	1,876	187	2,729	6,439	508	21,908
Q3	179	3,071	2,696	851	4,487	1,735	1,924	194	2,733	6,559	499	22,234
Q4	176	3,107	2,736	886	4,640	1,793	1,876	184	2,754	6,590	527	22,533
2018
Q1	177	3,233	2,878	915	4,525	1,762	1,892	193	2,827	6,691	531	22,745
Q2	182	3,242	2,873	953	4,644	1,893	2,004	219	2,925	6,707	520	23,288
Q3	186	3,364	2,973	1,024	4,679	2,009	1,904	194	3,010	6,867	559	23,795
Q4	183	3,344	2,960	978	4,787	1,874	1,982	239	3,110	7,047	538	24,081
2019
Q1	197	3,488	3,081	999	4,902	2,016	2,036	213	3,252	7,146	535	24,785
Q2	191	3,560	3,199	1,026	4,884	2,075	2,061	236	3,312	7,310	557	25,213
Q3	191	3,530	3,110	1,047	4,871	2,145	2,072	233	3,382	7,281	553	25,305
Q4	199	3,654	3,250	1,071	4,904	2,182	2,120	227	3,493	7,440	572	25,861
2020
Q1	205	3,628	3,215	1,107	5,105	2,283	2,116	239	3,587	7,521	558	26,348
Q2	205	3,390	3,061	740	3,655	2,197	2,105	200	3,049	7,424	373	23,335
Q3	204	3,555	3,142	1,082	4,331	2,273	2,127	222	3,285	7,430	479	24,988
Q4	210	3,726	3,403	1,172	4,493	2,401	2,177	221	3,687	7,861	492	26,440
2021
Q1	213	3,731	3,298	967	4,393	2,549	2,222	220	3,573	7,822	429	26,119
Q2	215	3,811	3,444	1,142	4,565	2,617	2,302	231	3,733	8,153	488	27,257
Q3	218	3,917	3,529	1,276	5,069	2,734	2,254	250	3,881	8,431	569	28,600
Q4	226	4,036	3,664	1,303	5,321	2,838	2,361	255	4,054	8,260	608	29,263
2022
Q1	272	4,104	3,689	1,253	5,337	2,938	2,283	238	4,071	8,621	669	29,787
Q2	272	4,192	3,791	1,308	5,494	3,006	2,287	242	4,124	8,610	661	30,196
Q3	276	4,248	3,797	1,351	5,556	3,067	2,350	248	4,285	8,756	629	30,767
Q4	283	4,275	3,845	1,354	5,594	3,124	2,365	246	4,293	9,041	649	31,224
2023
Q1	284	4,405	3,967	1,377	5,867	3,201	2,456	258	4,466	9,002	620	31,936
Q2	284	4,454	3,984	1,414	5,962	3,365	2,438	268	4,535	9,373	651	32,743
Q3	287	4,452	3,956	1,383	5,813	3,294	2,450	259	4,489	9,531	655	32,612

Percentage change on previous quarter
2017
Q1	2.0	1.0	1.3	22.0	1.1	1.0	4.4	9.2	1.4	1.7	-1.1	2.4
Q2	2.1	1.2	1.3	-9.5	1.2	4.2	-0.1	-9.6	3.9	2.2	3.2	1.4
Q3	0.7	2.9	2.3	1.0	-0.4	4.5	2.6	4.2	0.2	1.9	-1.7	1.5
Q4	-1.6	1.2	1.5	4.1	3.4	3.3	-2.5	-5.1	0.7	0.5	5.7	1.3
2018
Q1	0.6	4.0	5.2	3.2	-2.5	-1.7	0.8	4.6	2.7	1.5	0.7	0.9
Q2	2.9	0.3	-0.2	4.1	2.6	7.5	5.9	13.7	3.5	0.2	-2.1	2.4
Q3	2.3	3.8	3.5	7.5	0.8	6.1	-5.0	-11.8	2.9	2.4	7.6	2.2
Q4	-1.8	-0.6	-0.4	-4.5	2.3	-6.7	4.1	23.5	3.3	2.6	-3.7	1.2
2019
Q1	7.7	4.3	4.1	2.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	-10.8	4.6	1.4	-0.5	2.9
Q2	-3.1	2.1	3.9	2.7	-0.4	2.9	1.3	10.7	1.9	2.3	4.1	1.7
Q3	0.0	-0.8	-2.8	2.0	-0.3	3.4	0.5	-1.2	2.1	-0.4	-0.8	0.4
Q4	4.7	3.5	4.5	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	-2.8	3.3	2.2	3.6	2.2
2020
Q1	2.6	-0.7	-1.1	3.4	4.1	4.6	-0.2	5.5	2.7	1.1	-2.5	1.9
Q2	0.3	-6.6	-4.8	-33.1	-28.4	-3.8	-0.5	-16.6	-15.0	-1.3	-33.1	-11.4
Q3	-0.5	4.9	2.7	46.2	18.5	3.5	1.0	11.2	7.8	0.1	28.4	7.1
Q4	2.9	4.8	8.3	8.3	3.7	5.6	2.4	-0.3	12.2	5.8	2.7	5.8
2021
Q1	1.5	0.1	-3.1	-17.5	-2.2	6.2	2.1	-0.7	-3.1	-0.5	-12.7	-1.2
Q2	0.9	2.1	4.4	18.1	3.9	2.7	3.6	5.5	4.5	4.2	13.7	4.4
Q3	1.2	2.8	2.5	11.8	11.0	4.5	-2.1	8.1	4.0	3.4	16.6	4.9
Q4	3.7	3.0	3.8	2.1	5.0	3.8	4.7	1.7	4.5	-2.0	7.0	2.3
2022
Q1	20.3	1.7	0.7	-3.9	0.3	3.5	-3.3	-6.4	0.4	4.4	9.9	1.8
Q2	-0.2	2.1	2.8	4.4	2.9	2.3	0.2	1.7	1.3	-0.1	-1.1	1.4
Q3	1.7	1.3	0.1	3.3	1.1	2.0	2.7	2.5	3.9	1.7	-4.9	1.9
Q4	2.5	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.7	1.8	0.6	-0.9	0.2	3.3	3.2	1.5
2023
Q1	0.4	3.0	3.2	1.7	4.9	2.5	3.8	4.7	4.0	-0.4	-4.6	2.3
Q2	-0.1	1.1	0.4	2.7	1.6	5.1	-0.7	4.0	1.5	4.1	5.1	2.5
Q3	1.1	-0.0	-0.7	-2.2	-2.5	-2.1	0.5	-3.6	-1.0	1.7	0.6	-0.4
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 Q3 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
Q3	28	304	267	122	551	160	116	7	238	674	86	2,287

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	3.4	12.4	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
Q3	19.0	-2.5	-2.4	-0.3	4.6	10.1	4.4	-6.4	7.0	4.5	6.2	4.1
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 Q3 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	12,150.03	19,726.64	38.12	61.88
Q2	11,709.92	21,159.02	35.63	64.37
Q3	11,085.23	21,001.46	34.55	65.45
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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Compensation of Employees

Compensation of Employees

Compensation of Employees remains unchanged in Q3 2023

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