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Annual National Accounts 2021

Wages and Profits

Compensation of Employees increased by 9.8% in 2021 while Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income is up 22.4%.

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CSO statistical publication, 15 July 2022, 11am

	Compensation of Employees	Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income	Consumption of Fixed Capital	Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	0.872595686	3.945111196	1.135029136	-1.614181059
Industry (excl. Construction)	15.501093103	85.631840588	50.533086421	0.716399038
Construction	4.708948409	3.976632384	0.388896233	-0.356672608
Distribution, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants	19.393310466	12.529901666	4.603191701	-1.77979352
Information & Communication	10.739412395	37.713140641	23.94123591	0.078832118
Financial & Insurance Activities	9.128912033	7.048752402	2.132076613	0.661780457
Real Estate Activities	0.956652815	16.036699037	7.304488665	0.682045958
Professional, Admin & Support Services	15.23693006	10.092525636	16.973601812	-0.527995862
Public Admin, Education & Health	32.560691928	2.399611737	4.528005326	-0.522948719
Arts, Entertainment & Other Services	2.095085871	1.803708237	0.515301025	-0.316427992

Figure 4.1 shows the total of each component that makes up Gross Value Added at current market prices by Nace Rev. 2 A10 sector. Industry (excl. Construction) has the highest total value for Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income as well as the highest total value for Consumption of Fixed Capital while Public Admin, Education & Health has the highest total for Compensation of Employees.

Table 4.1 Gross Value Added Components by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2021

Table 4.1 Gross Value Added Components by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2021¹

ESA A64 code	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	Compensation of Employees	Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income	Consumption of Fixed Capital	Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production	Gross Value Added (GVA) at Basic Prices	GVA by sector as a percentage of total GVA
			€m	€m	€m	€m	€m	%
01	1	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	739	3,809	1,095	-1,524	4,119	1.03
02	2	Forestry and logging	76	14	33	-72	50	0.01
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	58	122	8	-18	170	0.04
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	234	-8	201	17	444	0.11
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	2,459	5,828	795	19	9,101	2.27
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	79	9	44	5	137	0.03
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	210	63	94	-9	358	0.09
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	174	11	41	1	227	0.06
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	168	56	89	-20	293	0.07
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	5,154	72,942	42,531	132	120,759	30.08
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	409	146	230	7	792	0.20
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	449	486	349	-4	1,280	0.32
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	188	-29	84	0	243	0.06
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	655	191	211	-24	1,033	0.26
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	274	155	48	-1	475	0.12
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	613	712	309	-11	1,623	0.40
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	164	86	60	7	317	0.08
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	2,586	4,435	3,412	-14	10,420	2.60
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	340	142	52	-33	501	0.12
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	874	225	1,551	243	2,893	0.72
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	110	-16	260	165	519	0.13
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	361	198	173	236	968	0.24
27	41-43	Construction	4,709	3,977	389	-357	8,718	2.17
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,069	532	142	-74	1,668	0.42
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5,809	8,482	1,010	-117	15,184	3.78
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5,504	3,623	656	-325	9,457	2.36
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	1,639	591	492	1	2,724	0.68
32	50	Water transport	42	14	59	-11	105	0.03
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	1,284	-1,090	1,660	-104	1,750	0.44
35	53	Postal and courier activities	847	166	23	79	1,115	0.28
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	3,200	212	561	-1,229	2,744	0.68
37-38	58-60	Publishing activities, Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities; programming and broadcasting activities	1,813	22,954	12,205	5	36,977	9.21
39	61	Telecommunications	1,018	1,417	1,207	38	3,680	0.92
40	62-63	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	7,909	13,342	10,529	35	31,815	7.93
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	5,025	2,632	1,834	360	9,851	2.45
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	1,105	3,411	179	121	4,816	1.20
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	2,999	1,005	120	180	4,304	1.07
44	68	Real estate activities	957	16,037	7,304	682	24,980	6.22
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	5,737	2,702	4,909	-118	13,231	3.30
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	1,861	1,311	178	-50	3,299	0.82
47	72	Scientific research and development	626	199	578	-53	1,350	0.34
48	73	Advertising and market research	757	676	71	-18	1,486	0.37
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	576	409	154	-26	1,114	0.28
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	1,095	3,981	10,344	-4	15,416	3.84
51	78	Employment activities	2,035	495	32	-87	2,475	0.62
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	145	49	16	-56	154	0.04
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	2,405	270	691	-116	3,250	0.81
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	8,555	-54	2,163	2	10,666	2.66
55	85	Education	9,375	240	1,271	-210	10,675	2.66
56	86	Human health activities	10,427	1,332	1,082	-6	12,835	3.20
57	87-88	Social work activities	4,205	882	12	-308	4,790	1.19
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	493	1,107	299	-33	1,866	0.46
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	471	213	160	-108	735	0.18
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	597	111	8	-23	693	0.17
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	43	8	13	-4	60	0.01
62	96	Other personal service activities	476	367	36	-148	731	0.18
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	15	-2	0	-1	13	0.00
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	111,194	181,178	112,055	-2,979	401,448

¹Preliminary figures.Table excludes statistical discrepancy.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2021 Table 4.1 (XLS 19KB)

Table 4.1 provides a detailed breakdown of all components that make up gross value added at current market prices by Nace Rev. 2 A64 sector. The table also provides a detailed breakdown of sector contributions to Gross Value Added by Nace Rev. 2 A64 sector.

The combined sectors 19, 20, 21, 26 which includes the Manufacture of Coke & Refined Petroleum Products; Basic Chemicals; Pharmaceutical Products; Computer, Electronic & Optical Products, contributes 30% to the total of Gross Value Added. While sectors 58-60 (Publishing Activities, Motion Picture, Video & Television Programme Production, Sound Recording & Music Publishing Activities; Programming & Broadcasting Activities) contribute just over 9% and sectors 62-63 (Computer Programming, Consultancy & Related Activities; Information Service Activities) contributes over 7%.

Table 4.2 Component Percentage Contribution to NACE Sector Gross Value Added by Nace Rev. 2 A64, 2021

Table 4.2 Component Percentage Contribution to NACE Sector Gross Value Added by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector, 2021¹
						%

ESA A64 code	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	Compensation of Employees	Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income	Consumption of Fixed Capital	Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production
01	1	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	17.9	92.5	26.6	-37.0
02	2	Forestry and logging	152.2	27.7	65.7	-145.6
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	34.3	71.8	4.5	-10.6
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	52.7	-1.9	45.3	3.9
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	27.0	64.0	8.7	0.2
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	57.7	6.4	32.3	3.6
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	58.7	17.6	26.2	-2.5
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	76.6	5.1	18.0	0.3
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	57.3	19.2	30.2	-6.7
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	4.3	60.4	35.2	0.1
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	51.7	18.4	29.1	0.8
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	35.1	38.0	27.3	-0.3
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	77.3	-12.0	34.5	0.2
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	63.4	18.5	20.4	-2.3
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	57.6	32.6	10.0	-0.2
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	37.7	43.9	19.0	-0.7
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	51.8	27.2	18.9	2.2
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	24.8	42.6	32.7	-0.1
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	67.9	28.3	10.4	-6.7
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	30.2	7.8	53.6	8.4
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	21.2	-3.1	50.1	31.8
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	37.3	20.4	17.9	24.4
27	41-43	Construction	54.0	45.6	4.5	-4.1
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	64.1	31.9	8.5	-4.5
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	38.3	55.9	6.6	-0.8
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	58.2	38.3	6.9	-3.4
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	60.2	21.7	18.1	0.1
32	50	Water transport	40.1	13.8	56.7	-10.6
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	73.4	-62.3	94.9	-6.0
35	53	Postal and courier activities	75.9	14.9	2.1	7.1
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	116.6	7.7	20.4	-44.8
37-38	58-60	Publishing activities, Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities; programming and broadcasting activities	4.9	62.1	33.0	0.0
39	61	Telecommunications	27.7	38.5	32.8	1.0
40	62-63	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	24.9	41.9	33.1	0.1
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	51.0	26.7	18.6	3.7
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	22.9	70.8	3.7	2.5
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	69.7	23.4	2.8	4.2
44	68	Real estate activities	3.8	64.2	29.2	2.7
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	43.4	20.4	37.1	-0.9
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	56.4	39.7	5.4	-1.5
47	72	Scientific research and development	46.4	14.7	42.8	-3.9
48	73	Advertising and market research	50.9	45.5	4.8	-1.2
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	51.8	36.7	13.8	-2.3
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	7.1	25.8	67.1	-0.0
51	78	Employment activities	82.2	20.0	1.3	-3.5
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	93.8	32.0	10.6	-36.4
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	74.0	8.3	21.2	-3.6
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	80.2	-0.5	20.3	0.0
55	85	Education	87.8	2.2	11.9	-2.0
56	86	Human health activities	81.2	10.4	8.4	-0.0
57	87-88	Social work activities	87.8	18.4	0.2	-6.4
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	26.4	59.3	16.0	-1.8
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	64.0	29.0	21.7	-14.7
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	86.2	16.0	1.1	-3.3
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	71.6	13.1	21.3	-6.1
62	96	Other personal service activities	65.1	50.2	5.0	-20.3
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	118.2	-13.3	0.0	-5.0
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	27.7	45.1	27.9	-0.7

¹Preliminary figures. Table excludes statistical discrepancy.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2021 Table 4.2 (XLS 17KB)

Table 4.2 provides a detailed breakdown of the contribution of each component of Gross Value Added by Nace Rev. 2 A64 sector.

	Foreign-owned MNE dominated	Other
Compensation of Employees	16.9873822809175	83.0126177190825
Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income	63.6431706050134	36.3568293949866
Consumption of Fixed Capital	62.475126299648	37.524873700352
Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production	-5.91777823333762	105.917778233338
Gross Value Added at Basic Prices	50.9105164688491	49.0894835311509

Figure 4.2 and Table 4.3 provides a breakdown of the components of Gross Value Added by Foreign-owned MNE Dominated and Other sectors. Foreign-owned MNE Dominated sectors include Nace Codes: 18, 20, 21, 26, 27, 31, 32, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 and 63.

Foreign-owned MNE Dominated sectors make up 51% of total Gross Value Added at current market prices while all Other sectors make up 49%. When it comes to Compensation of Employees Foreign-owned MNE Dominated sectors make up 17% of the total while all Other sectors make up 83%.

Table 4.3 Breakdown of Foreign-owned multinational enterprise dominated sector and Other sectors, 2021

	Employers' Social Contribution	Wages and Salaries
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	153.985609	718.610077
Industry (excluding Construction)	2601.694417	12899.398686
Construction	578.307738	4130.640671
Distribution, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants	2797.766154	16595.544312
Information & Communication	1528.479066	9210.933328
Financial & Insurance Activities	1919.001257	7209.910776
Real Estate Activities	124.638072	832.014743
Professional, Admin & Support Services	2057.405012	13179.525048
Public Admin, Education & Health	6098.584534	26462.107394
Arts, Entertainment & Other Services	294.106785	1800.979086

Figure 4.3 shows Employers' Social Contribution and Wages & Salaries as a percentage of total Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A10 sector.
Financial & Insurance Activities has the highest percentage of Employers' Social Contribution at 21%. Table 4.4 provides a detailed breakdown of the components that make up Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector.

Over 90% of total Compensation of Employees for Accommodation; food & beverage service activities is made up of Wages & Salaries, while over 23% total Compensation of Employees for Public administration & defence; compulsory social security is made up of Employers' Social Contribution.

Table 4.4 Compensation of Employees, Wages and Salaries and Employers Social Contribution by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2021

Table 4.4 Compensation of Employees, Wages and Salaries and Employers' Social Contribution by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2021¹
			D.1	D.11	D.12
ESA A64 code	NACE Rev. 2	Activity	Compensation of Employees	Wages and Salaries	Employers' Social Contribution	D.11 as percentage of D.1	D.12 as percentage of D.1
			€m	€m	€m	%	%
01	1	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	739	604	135	81.7	18.3
02	2	Forestry and logging	76	65	11	85.7	14.3
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	58	50	8	85.9	14.1
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	234	195	39	83.3	16.7
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	2,459	2,042	417	83.1	16.9
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	79	70	9	88.5	11.5
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	210	185	26	87.7	12.3
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	174	151	22	87.1	12.9
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	168	147	21	87.4	12.6
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	5,154	4,222	932	81.9	18.1
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	409	358	51	87.5	12.5
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	449	385	64	85.8	14.2
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	188	161	27	85.6	14.4
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	655	570	85	87.0	13.0
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	274	231	43	84.2	15.8
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	613	513	99	83.8	16.2
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	164	137	27	83.7	16.3
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	2,586	2,122	465	82.0	18.0
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	340	295	45	86.6	13.4
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	874	710	164	81.2	18.8
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	110	89	21	80.7	19.3
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	361	317	44	87.8	12.2
27	41-43	Construction	4,709	4,131	578	87.7	12.3
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,069	952	117	89.1	10.9
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5,809	4,879	929	84.0	16.0
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5,504	4,710	794	85.6	14.4
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	1,639	1,375	264	83.9	16.1
32	50	Water transport	42	35	7	83.0	17.0
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	1,284	1,075	209	83.7	16.3
35	53	Postal and courier activities	847	660	187	78.0	22.0
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	3,200	2,909	291	90.9	9.1
37-38	58-60	Publishing activities, Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities; programming and broadcasting activities	1,813	1,555	257	85.8	14.2
39	61	Telecommunications	1,018	848	170	83.3	16.7
40	62-63	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	7,909	6,807	1,101	86.1	13.9
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	5,025	3,865	1,160	76.9	23.1
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	1,105	888	217	80.3	19.7
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	2,999	2,457	542	81.9	18.1
44	68	Real estate activities	957	832	125	87.0	13.0
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	5,737	4,959	778	86.4	13.6
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	1,861	1,572	288	84.5	15.5
47	72	Scientific research and development	626	526	100	84.0	16.0
48	73	Advertising and market research	757	648	109	85.6	14.4
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	576	506	70	87.8	12.2
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	1,095	930	165	84.9	15.1
51	78	Employment activities	2,035	1,802	233	88.6	11.4
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	145	123	21	85.3	14.7
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	2,405	2,113	293	87.8	12.2
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	8,555	6,528	2,027	76.3	23.7
55	85	Education	9,375	7,762	1,612	82.8	17.2
56	86	Human health activities	10,427	8,554	1,873	82.0	18.0
57	87-88	Social work activities	4,205	3,618	587	86.0	14.0
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	493	400	93	81.1	18.9
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	471	412	58	87.6	12.4
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	597	508	90	84.9	15.1
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	43	38	5	88.8	11.2
62	96	Other personal service activities	476	430	46	90.3	9.7
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	15	13	2	88.4	11.6
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	111,194	93,040	18,154	83.7	16.3

¹Preliminary
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2021 Table 4.4 (XLS 17KB)

	2021
1 - 10,000 euro	2212.78604932323
10,001 - 20,000 euro	5397.62895560114
20,001 - 30,000 euro	7980.72776377465
30,001 - 40,000 euro	11333.56761746
40,001 - 50,000 euro	11954.4869467606
50,001 - 60,000 euro	10962.4770578299
60,001 - 70,000 euro	8945.36220293568
70,001 - 80,000 euro	8022.00849590683
80,001 - 90,000 euro	7106.25758378457
90,001 - 100,000 euro	5722.20685314047
100,001 - 110,000 euro	4358.380869884
110,001 - 120,000 euro	3467.02574981116
120,001 - 130,000 euro	2654.91060042807
130,001 - 140,000 euro	2101.20659113311
140,001 - 150,000 euro	1726.29619399375
150,001 - 175,000 euro	3260.17707860749
175,001 - 200,000 euro	2273.59877488555
200,001 - 250,000 euro	3017.70701316489
250,001 - 300,000 euro	1942.81422062498
300,001 - 400,000 euro	2102.4514467566
400,001 - 500,000 euro	994.186531875912
500,001 - 750,000 euro	1124.98645716134
Over 750,001 euro	1559.84082629609

Figure 4.4 shows total Compensation of Employees (COE) broken down into 23 income distribution groups for 2021. The two income distribution groups with the highest contribution to the total COE in 2021 are earners in the €30,001 - €40,000 and €40,001 - €50,000 brackets. Table 4.5 provides detail on COE by income distribution for the years 2011-2021.

Table 4.5 Compensation of Employees by Income Distribution

Table 4.5 Compensation of Employees by Income Distribution¹
											€ million
Group	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
€1 - €10,000	1,873	1,988	2,026	2,074	2,151	2,186	2,192	2,230	2,174	2,489	2,213
€10,001 - €20,000	4,641	4,846	4,909	5,012	5,181	5,337	5,433	5,550	5,593	5,605	5,398
€20,001 - €30,000	7,097	6,891	6,949	7,543	7,909	8,396	8,710	8,873	8,845	8,028	7,981
€30,001 - €40,000	8,499	8,278	8,513	8,935	9,436	10,115	10,581	11,173	11,691	10,703	11,334
€40,001 - €50,000	8,516	8,414	8,477	8,872	9,282	10,005	10,763	11,354	11,789	10,751	11,954
€50,001 - €60,000	7,611	7,379	7,433	7,630	7,750	8,257	8,630	9,204	9,848	9,791	10,962
€60,001 - €70,000	6,485	6,508	6,773	6,849	6,838	7,117	7,405	7,711	8,015	8,060	8,945
€70,001 - €80,000	5,354	5,511	5,671	5,999	6,227	6,471	6,780	6,925	7,284	7,174	8,022
€80,001 - €90,000	3,928	3,938	3,875	3,961	4,263	4,526	5,091	5,595	6,174	6,609	7,106
€90,001 - €100,000	2,727	2,830	2,819	2,808	3,089	3,399	3,788	4,128	4,668	5,146	5,722
€100,001 - €110,000	1,950	2,025	1,948	1,976	2,165	2,422	2,738	3,166	3,660	3,910	4,358
€110,001 - €120,000	1,424	1,508	1,524	1,515	1,705	1,850	2,147	2,392	2,661	2,957	3,467
€120,001 - €130,000	1,087	1,134	1,108	1,137	1,248	1,412	1,599	1,843	2,145	2,313	2,655
€130,001 - €140,000	824	885	896	959	1,062	1,171	1,310	1,409	1,673	1,848	2,101
€140,001 - €150,000	673	739	747	759	865	959	1,068	1,206	1,390	1,501	1,726
€150,001 - €175,000	1,297	1,404	1,404	1,433	1,640	1,784	1,997	2,249	2,609	2,863	3,260
€175,001 - €200,000	882	955	975	1,030	1,181	1,275	1,403	1,588	1,782	1,917	2,274
€200,001 - €250,000	1,288	1,365	1,351	1,406	1,590	1,656	1,888	2,077	2,301	2,515	3,018
€250,001 - €300,000	645	684	688	683	801	892	1,011	1,157	1,495	1,562	1,943
€300,001 - €400,000	580	616	668	726	877	914	1,030	1,129	1,679	1,847	2,102
€400,001 - €500,000	267	326	305	352	424	459	538	556	719	818	994
€500,001 - €750,000	293	321	345	384	507	550	636	684	816	887	1,125
Over €750,001	322	409	468	529	703	751	898	917	1,031	1,251	1,560

Total²	68,263	68,954	69,875	72,573	76,896	81,905	87,637	93,118	100,040	100,547	110,221

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.
²Compensation of employees taken directly from Revenue Commissioners' PAYE Modernisation (PMOD) dataset.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2021 Table 4.5 (XLS 14KB)

	2021
1 - 10,000 euro	-11.0897451908003
10,001 - 20,000 euro	-3.69216295055902
20,001 - 30,000 euro	-0.590432947840941
30,001 - 40,000 euro	5.89095376700401
40,001 - 50,000 euro	11.1892931842165
50,001 - 60,000 euro	11.9643145829655
60,001 - 70,000 euro	10.9785892378138
70,001 - 80,000 euro	11.822223107623
80,001 - 90,000 euro	7.52516722844894
90,001 - 100,000 euro	11.1939058866731
100,001 - 110,000 euro	11.466423753964
110,001 - 120,000 euro	17.2652060242049
120,001 - 130,000 euro	14.7847148270497
130,001 - 140,000 euro	13.6874630732336
140,001 - 150,000 euro	14.9855793015982
150,001 - 175,000 euro	13.8824087183026
175,001 - 200,000 euro	18.5817738956886
200,001 - 250,000 euro	19.9713988364574
250,001 - 300,000 euro	24.3656819718876
300,001 - 400,000 euro	13.8013806802105
400,001 - 500,000 euro	21.4907097763535
500,001 - 750,000 euro	26.7854957640606
Over 750,001 euro	24.6963416875295

Figure 4.5 shows the percentage change in Compensation of Employees in the 23 income distribution groups for 2021. In 2021 those in the income brackets below €30,000 experienced decreases, while all other income distribution groups saw increases. Table 4.6 provides the percentage change for the years 2012-2021. As Compensation of Employees increases the majority of income distributions also see an increase across the time series.

Table 4.6 Percentage Change of Compensation of Employees by Income Distribution

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Table 4.3 Breakdown of Foreign-owned multinational enterprise dominated sectors and Other sectors, 2021
						%
		Percentage of 2021 total at current prices
Activity	Nace Codes	Compensation of Employees	Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income	Consumption of Fixed Capital	Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production	Gross Value Added at Basic Prices
Foreign-owned MNE dominated¹	18, 20, 21, 26, 27, 31, 32, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 and 63	17.0	63.6	62.5	-5.9	50.9

Other Sector²		83.0	36.4	37.5	105.9	49.1

^1'Foreign-owned MNE dominated' includes: Printing and reproduction of recorded media, Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations, Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, Manufacture of electrical equipment, Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing, Publishing activities, Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities; programming and broadcasting activities, Telecommunications, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities.
²The 'Other' Sector includes all Nace sectors excluding those listed above.