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Annual National Accounts 2022

Wages and Profits

Compensation of Employees increased by 8% in 2022 while Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income is up 26%

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CSO statistical publication, 14 July 2023, 11am

	Compensation of Employees	Net Operating Surplus & Net Mixed Income	Consumption of Fixed Capital	Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	1.10283	4.77204	1.30899	-1.57652
Industry (excl. Construction)	16.79187	125.63518	55.75921	1.13799
Construction	5.27095	4.97459	0.46174	0.00262
Distribution, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants	21.9639	17.08653	4.92322	0.17264
Information & Communication	12.1354	46.52609	24.9776	0.19369
Financial & Insurance Activities	9.27582	4.45842	2.28739	0.71907
Real Estate Activities	0.97584	17.10762	8.2686	0.66303
Professional, Admin & Support Services	16.76164	12.15179	18.25436	-0.03063
Public Admin, Education & Health	35.01834	2.77298	5.08825	-0.09395
Arts, Entertainment & Other Services	2.60693	1.5385	0.55781	-0.00459

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 followed by Information & Communication. 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, 2022

Table 4.1 Gross Value Added Components by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2022¹
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	967	4,627	1,266	-1,504	5,356	1.11
02	2	Forestry and logging	75	12	35	-64	57	0.01
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	61	134	8	-8	194	0.04
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	248	118	206	29	601	0.12
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	2,718	6,860	929	98	10,605	2.20
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	86	43	54	23	206	0.04
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	236	260	124	8	629	0.13
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	178	14	50	4	247	0.05
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	173	-148	114	2	140	0.03
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	5,611	109,627	46,361	181	161,780	33.56
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	446	193	300	15	953	0.20
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	476	387	427	25	1,315	0.27
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	201	-165	118	5	159	0.03
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	704	511	248	20	1,484	0.31
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	236	170	48	4	458	0.10
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	644	1,009	335	20	2,007	0.42
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	171	193	65	12	442	0.09
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	2,865	4,402	4,078	21	11,367	2.36
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	364	145	62	-3	568	0.12
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	878	1,614	1,748	165	4,404	0.91
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	152	-16	296	107	539	0.11
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	403	417	197	401	1,419	0.29
27	41-43	Construction	5,271	4,975	462	3	10,710	2.22
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,111	616	141	7	1,875	0.39
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	6,029	7,622	993	77	14,720	3.05
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5,869	3,842	721	28	10,460	2.17
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	1,753	915	616	199	3,483	0.72
32	50	Water transport	46	-22	65	-4	84	0.02
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	1,584	1,937	1,788	103	5,412	1.12
35	53	Postal and courier activities	816	106	32	41	995	0.21
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	4,755	2,072	568	-278	7,117	1.48
37, 38, 40	58, 59, 60, 62, 63	Publishing activities, Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities; programming and broadcasting activities, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities²	11,186	45,079	23,705	141	80,111	16.62
39	61	Telecommunications	950	1,447	1,272	53	3,722	0.77
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	5,022	2,415	1,970	370	9,777	2.03
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	1,166	1,636	189	191	3,182	0.66
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	3,088	408	129	157	3,782	0.78
44	68	Real estate activities	976	17,108	8,269	663	27,015	5.60
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	6,356	3,688	5,301	-4	15,341	3.18
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	2,049	1,234	214	-1	3,497	0.73
47	72	Scientific research and development	718	355	609	-42	1,639	0.34
48	73	Advertising and market research	492	545	94	0	1,131	0.23
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	619	575	189	6	1,389	0.29
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	1,141	3,621	11,190	46	15,997	3.32
51	78	Employment activities	2,477	897	31	-22	3,383	0.70
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	184	57	12	-10	244	0.05
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	2,725	1,180	614	-3	4,516	0.94
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	9,538	0	2,452	-0	11,990	2.49
55	85	Education	10,053	247	1,362	-52	11,610	2.41
56	86	Human health activities	10,947	1,986	1,248	13	14,194	2.94
57	87-88	Social work activities	4,480	540	26	-55	4,991	1.04
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	546	595	317	12	1,470	0.30
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	576	279	180	-5	1,030	0.21
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	808	112	8	5	932	0.19
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	38	54	13	0	106	0.02
62	96	Other personal service activities	627	501	40	-17	1,151	0.24
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	13	-2	0	-0	11	0.00
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	121,904	237,024	121,887	1,183	481,998
¹Preliminary figures. Table excludes statistical discrepancy.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2022 Table 4.1 (XLS 17KB)

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 more than 33% to the total of Gross Value Added.

Table 4.2 Component Percentage Contribution to NACE Sector Gross Value Added by Nace Rev. 2 A64, 2022

Table 4.2 Component Percentage Contribution to NACE Sector Gross Value Added by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector, 2022¹						%
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	18.1	86.4	23.6	-28.1
02	2	Forestry and logging	131.0	20.2	61.0	-112.2
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	31.2	68.9	4.1	-4.2
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	41.3	19.6	34.3	4.8
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	25.6	64.7	8.8	0.9
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	41.8	20.8	26.3	11.2
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	37.6	41.4	19.8	1.3
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	72.1	5.8	20.3	1.8
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	123.4	-105.8	81.1	1.2
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	3.5	67.8	28.7	0.1
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	46.8	20.2	31.4	1.6
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	36.2	29.4	32.5	1.9
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	127.0	-104.2	74.1	3.0
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	47.5	34.5	16.7	1.3
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	51.6	37.1	10.5	0.9
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	32.1	50.3	16.7	1.0
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	38.6	43.8	14.8	2.8
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	25.2	38.7	35.9	0.2
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	64.1	25.6	10.8	-0.6
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	19.9	36.6	39.7	3.8
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	28.1	-2.9	54.9	19.9
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	28.4	29.4	13.9	28.3
27	41-43	Construction	49.2	46.4	4.3	0.0
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	59.3	32.8	7.5	0.4
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	41.0	51.8	6.7	0.5
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	56.1	36.7	6.9	0.3
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	50.3	26.3	17.7	5.7
32	50	Water transport	54.7	-26.3	76.9	-5.3
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	29.3	35.8	33.0	1.9
35	53	Postal and courier activities	82.0	10.6	3.3	4.1
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	66.8	29.1	8.0	-3.9
37, 38, 40	58, 59, 60, 62, 63	Publishing activities, Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities; programming and broadcasting activities, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities²	14.0	56.3	29.6	0.2
39	61	Telecommunications	25.5	38.9	34.2	1.4
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	51.4	24.7	20.1	3.8
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	36.6	51.4	5.9	6.0
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	81.7	10.8	3.4	4.2
44	68	Real estate activities	3.6	63.3	30.6	2.5
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	41.4	24.0	34.6	-0.0
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	58.6	35.3	6.1	-0.0
47	72	Scientific research and development	43.8	21.7	37.1	-2.6
48	73	Advertising and market research	43.5	48.2	8.3	0.0
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	44.6	41.4	13.6	0.4
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	7.1	22.6	69.9	0.3
51	78	Employment activities	73.2	26.5	0.9	-0.7
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	75.6	23.2	5.1	-3.9
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	60.3	26.1	13.6	-0.1
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	79.6	0.0	20.5	-0.0
55	85	Education	86.6	2.1	11.7	-0.4
56	86	Human health activities	77.1	14.0	8.8	0.1
57	87-88	Social work activities	89.8	10.8	0.5	-1.1
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	37.2	40.5	21.6	0.8
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	55.9	27.1	17.5	-0.4
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	86.7	12.0	0.8	0.5
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	35.8	51.5	12.6	0.2
62	96	Other personal service activities	54.5	43.5	3.5	-1.4
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	119.0	-17.9	0.0	-1.1
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	25.3	49.2	25.3	0.2
¹Preliminary figures. Table excludes statistical discrepancy.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2022 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	16.5343625844438	83.4656374155562
Net Operating Surplus & Net Mixed Income	67.6389546464839	32.3610453535161
Consumption of Fixed Capital	61.7996463450583	38.2003536549417
Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production	35.7662568132843	64.2337431867157
Gross Value Added at Basic Prices	53.1590505293354	46.8409494706646

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: 19, 20, 21, 26, 31, 32, 58, 61, 62 and 63.

Foreign-owned MNE Dominated sectors make up just over 53% of total Gross Value Added at current market prices while all Other sectors make up over 46%. When it comes to Compensation of Employees Foreign-owned MNE Dominated sectors make up 16.5% of the total while all Other sectors make up 83.5%.

Table 4.3 Breakdown of Foreign-owned multinational enterprise dominated sector and Other sectors, 2022

Table 4.4 Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A21 Sector at Constant Market Prices, 2022

Table 4.4 shows Compensation of Employees at constant market prices by Nace Rev. 2 A21 and a percentage change of each sector compared to the previous year.

Sectors 36-39 (Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities) total Compensation of Employees at constant prices is up over 60% on the 2021 data.

	Employers' Social Contribution	Wages & Salaries
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	169.34	933.49
Industry (excl. Construction)	2774.54	14017.33
Construction	637.11	4633.84
Distribution, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants	3081.34	18882.56
Information & Communication	1720.67	10414.73
Financial & Insurance Activities	1997.79	7278.03
Real Estate Activities	118.54	857.3
Professional, Admin & Support Services	2166.92	14594.72
Public Admin, Education & Health	7006.86	28011.48
Arts, Entertainment & Other Services	363.64	2243.29

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 just over 21%.

Table 4.5 provides a detailed breakdown of the components that make up Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector.

Nearly 91% of total Compensation of Employees for Accommodation; food & beverage service activities are made up of Wages & Salaries, while over 28% total Compensation of Employees for Public administration & defence; compulsory social security is made up of Employers' Social Contribution.

Table 4.5 Compensation of Employees, Wages and Salaries and Employers Social Contribution by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2022

Table 4.5 Compensation of Employees, Wages and Salaries and Employers' Social Contribution by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2022¹
			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	967	817	150	84.4	15.6
02	2	Forestry and logging	75	64	11	86.0	14.0
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	61	52	8	86.1	13.9
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	248	206	43	82.9	17.1
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	2,718	2,234	484	82.2	17.8
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	86	76	10	88.6	11.4
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	236	207	29	87.8	12.2
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	178	155	24	86.8	13.2
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	173	152	21	87.9	12.1
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	5,611	4,642	969	82.7	17.3
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	446	391	56	87.5	12.5
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	476	410	66	86.1	13.9
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	201	173	28	86.0	14.0
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	704	616	89	87.4	12.6
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	236	206	30	87.2	12.8
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	644	550	94	85.5	14.5
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	171	148	23	86.7	13.3
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	2,865	2,343	522	81.8	18.2
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	364	315	50	86.4	13.6
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	878	718	159	81.8	18.2
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	152	124	28	81.7	18.3
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	403	351	52	87.1	12.9
27	41-43	Construction	5,271	4,634	637	87.9	12.1
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,111	993	118	89.4	10.6
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	6,029	5,150	879	85.4	14.6
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5,869	4,924	945	83.9	16.1
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	1,753	1,478	275	84.3	15.7
32	50	Water transport	46	38	8	83.3	16.7
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	1,584	1,336	248	84.3	15.7
35	53	Postal and courier activities	816	640	176	78.5	21.5
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	4,755	4,322	433	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	2,036	1,750	286	85.9	14.1
39	61	Telecommunications	950	808	142	85.1	14.9
40	62-63	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	9,150	7,857	1,293	85.9	14.1
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	5,022	3,807	1,215	75.8	24.2
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	1,166	929	237	79.7	20.3
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	3,088	2,542	546	82.3	17.7
44	68	Real estate activities	976	857	119	87.9	12.1
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	6,356	5,553	804	87.4	12.6
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	2,049	1,765	285	86.1	13.9
47	72	Scientific research and development	718	610	107	85.1	14.9
48	73	Advertising and market research	492	424	68	86.2	13.8
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	619	539	80	87.1	12.9
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	1,141	954	187	83.6	16.4
51	78	Employment activities	2,477	2,192	285	88.5	11.5
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	184	157	27	85.4	14.6
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	2,725	2,401	324	88.1	11.9
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	9,538	6,821	2,717	71.5	28.5
55	85	Education	10,053	8,352	1,701	83.1	16.9
56	86	Human health activities	10,947	8,991	1,956	82.1	17.9
57	87-88	Social work activities	4,480	3,848	632	85.9	14.1
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	546	453	93	83.0	17.0
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	576	494	81	85.9	14.1
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	808	686	121	85.0	15.0
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	38	34	4	89.0	11.0
62	96	Other personal service activities	627	565	62	90.1	9.9
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	13	11	2	87.1	12.9
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	121,904	101,867	20,037	83.6	16.4
¹Preliminary
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2022 Table 4.5 (XLS 17KB)

	2022
1 - 10,000 euro	2244.44887613864
10,001 - 20,000 euro	5689.03810680687
20,001 - 30,000 euro	8437.81223348258
30,001 - 40,000 euro	12086.2697086179
40,001 - 50,000 euro	12651.7376598056
50,001 - 60,000 euro	11899.8806826755
60,001 - 70,000 euro	9841.97808794139
70,001 - 80,000 euro	8548.1159064471
80,001 - 90,000 euro	7853.69951480984
90,001 - 100,000 euro	6479.33394086627
100,001 - 110,000 euro	5102.78742925316
110,001 - 120,000 euro	4082.0091822546
120,001 - 130,000 euro	3138.47956527955
130,001 - 140,000 euro	2563.71067248931
140,001 - 150,000 euro	2090.22065836113
150,001 - 175,000 euro	3793.35581027327
175,001 - 200,000 euro	2648.43343107248
200,001 - 250,000 euro	3463.72660314683
250,001 - 300,000 euro	2180.02577335476
300,001 - 400,000 euro	2272.36841870124
400,001 - 500,000 euro	1089.78242770836
500,001 - 750,000 euro	1237.73471537256
Over 750,001 euro	1745.73528715322

Figure 4.4 shows total Compensation of Employees (COE) broken down into 23 income distribution groups for 2022. The two income distribution groups with the highest contribution to the total COE in 2022 are earners in the €30,001 - €40,000 and €40,001 - €50,000 brackets.

Table 4.6 Compensation of Employees by Income Distribution

	2022
1 - 10,000 euro	491.495
10,001 - 20,000 euro	385.047
20,001 - 30,000 euro	336.865
30,001 - 40,000 euro	346.154
40,001 - 50,000 euro	282.702
50,001 - 60,000 euro	217.541
60,001 - 70,000 euro	152.03
70,001 - 80,000 euro	114.266
80,001 - 90,000 euro	92.636
90,001 - 100,000 euro	68.4
100,001 - 110,000 euro	48.746
110,001 - 120,000 euro	35.582
120,001 - 130,000 euro	25.16
130,001 - 140,000 euro	19.03
140,001 - 150,000 euro	14.441
150,001 - 175,000 euro	23.517
175,001 - 200,000 euro	14.205
200,001 - 250,000 euro	15.611
250,001 - 300,000 euro	7.998
300,001 - 400,000 euro	6.668
400,001 - 500,000 euro	2.458
500,001 - 750,000 euro	2.071
Over 750,001 euro	1.363

Figure 4.5 shows the total Number of Employees in each 23 income distribution group for 2022. The income distribution group with the highest number of employees in 2022 is the €1 - €10,000 bracket.

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Table 4.4 Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A21 Sector at Constant Market Prices, 2022
NACE REV. 2 section	NACE REV. 2 division	Description	€m	% change on previous year
A	01-03	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	800	-8.31
B	05-09	Mining and quarrying	275	17.44
C	10-33	Manufacturing	14,935	7.21
D	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	991	13.43
E	36-39	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	758	60.92
F	41-43	Construction	6,005	27.53
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	13,020	5.23
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	4,468	17.23
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	4,306	34.55
J	58-63	Information and Communication	12,070	12.39
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	9,776	7.08
L	68	Real Estate Activities	1,038	8.51
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	9,548	-0.09
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	6,290	10.73
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	8,685	1.52
P	85	Education	9,238	-1.45
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	15,872	8.48
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,151	19.46
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	1,177	5.42
T	97-98	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	23	52.06
A-T	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	120,427	8.30

Table 4.6 Income Distribution 2022¹
Group	Compensation of Employees	Number of Employees
	€ million	'000
€1 - €10,000	2,244	491
€10,001 - €20,000	5,689	385
€20,001 - €30,000	8,438	337
€30,001 - €40,000	12,086	346
€40,001 - €50,000	12,652	283
€50,001 - €60,000	11,900	218
€60,001 - €70,000	9,842	152
€70,001 - €80,000	8,548	114
€80,001 - €90,000	7,854	93
€90,001 - €100,000	6,479	68
€100,001 - €110,000	5,103	49
€110,001 - €120,000	4,082	36
€120,001 - €130,000	3,138	25
€130,001 - €140,000	2,564	19
€140,001 - €150,000	2,090	14
€150,001 - €175,000	3,793	24
€175,001 - €200,000	2,648	14
€200,001 - €250,000	3,464	16
€250,001 - €300,000	2,180	8
€300,001 - €400,000	2,272	7
€400,001 - €500,000	1,090	2
€500,001 - €750,000	1,238	2
Over €750,001	1,746	1
Total²	121,141	2,704
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 and number of employees taken directly from Revenue Commissioners' PAYE Modernisation (PMOD) dataset.

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Table 4.3 Breakdown of Foreign-owned multinational enterprise dominated sectors and Other sectors, 2022						%
		Percentage of 2022 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	19, 20, 21, 26, 31, 32, 58, 61, 62 and 63	16.5	67.6	61.8	35.8	53.2

Other Sector²		83.5	32.4	38.2	64.2	46.8
^1'Foreign-owned MNE dominated' includes: Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products, Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations, Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, Other manufacturing, Publishing activities, Telecommunications, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities
²The 'Other' Sector includes all Nace sectors excluding those listed above.