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Annual National Accounts 2023

Wages and Profits

Compensation of Employees increased by 10.9% in 2023 while Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income is down 14.3%

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CSO statistical release, 12 July 2024, 11am

	Compensation of Employees	Net Operating Surplus & Net Mixed Income	Consumption of Fixed Capital	Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	1.23321925245237	3.07652216690262	1.30505940169738	-1.14913946528844
Industry (excl. Construction)	18.6626705091406	77.486920141573	59.201472612212	1.23815192693891
Construction	6.81119472653129	5.34714293883893	0.461820049961075	0.0343706534414828
Distribution, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants	26.3280336000252	18.9564017814136	4.68308035091674	0.717090745746039
Information & Communication	14.2659591060145	53.8752539853879	26.7337615519121	0.222945103767467
Financial & Insurance Activities	10.8315506620716	10.0736533055014	2.34358906749856	0.613371627495301
Real Estate Activities	1.28601338857658	19.4518518147296	9.00772157467038	0.720088478055444
Professional, Admin & Support Services	21.0762343227249	16.5846577511871	18.5854119950129	0.0621433984921444
Public Admin, Education & Health	39.0790053609759	3.50058463221874	5.30659891488127	0.0150309313085602
Arts, Entertainment & Other Services	2.97656340550966	2.47814774375245	0.62837026014755	0.077189681921946

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, 2023

Table 4.1 Gross Value Added Components by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2023¹
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	1,051	2,921	1,262	-1,089	4,145	0.86
02	2	Forestry and logging	90	38	36	-55	108	0.02
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	92	118	8	-6	212	0.04
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	242	120	184	31	578	0.12
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	2,906	7,058	1,151	112	11,227	2.32
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	106	19	57	26	207	0.04
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	288	189	135	10	622	0.13
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	192	35	54	4	284	0.06
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	209	- 46	121	5	288	0.06
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	6,085	64,128	47,922	195	118,330	24.44
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	498	190	325	19	1,032	0.21
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	539	469	424	25	1,458	0.30
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	223	- 131	115	3	209	0.04
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	849	376	271	28	1,524	0.31
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	255	138	49	5	447	0.09
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	735	714	353	22	1,824	0.38
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	188	252	66	14	520	0.11
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	3,147	2,658	5,539	25	11,369	2.35
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	476	238	61	2	777	0.16
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	1,069	708	1,816	149	3,742	0.77
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	188	- 18	335	168	673	0.14
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	467	390	223	396	1,476	0.30
27	41-43	Construction	6,811	5,347	462	34	12,655	2.61
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,467	892	143	13	2,516	0.52
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	7,307	10,118	818	101	18,344	3.79
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	6,987	3,970	743	72	11,773	2.43
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	2,065	1,853	570	202	4,689	0.97
32	50	Water transport	57	- 25	63	-3	92	0.02
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	1,856	43	1,653	166	3,718	0.77
35	53	Postal and courier activities	824	165	97	54	1,140	0.24
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	5,765	1,940	596	112	8,414	1.74
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	13,219	52,943	25,052	166	91,380	18.87
39	61	Telecommunications	1,047	932	1,682	57	3,718	0.77
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	5,649	3,004	2,021	406	11,079	2.29
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	1,562	4,640	193	131	6,526	1.35
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	3,621	2,429	130	77	6,257	1.29
44	68	Real estate activities	1,286	19,452	9,008	720	30,466	6.29
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	8,303	6,207	5,804	14	20,328	4.20
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	2,811	1,707	238	3	4,759	0.98
47	72	Scientific research and development	898	741	485	-33	2,091	0.43
48	73	Advertising and market research	598	598	109	4	1,310	0.27
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	967	563	223	11	1,764	0.36
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	1,298	3,869	11,484	52	16,703	3.45
51	78	Employment activities	2,704	1,116	27	-10	3,838	0.79
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	249	139	17	1	407	0.08
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	3,248	1,644	197	20	5,109	1.06
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	9,994	- 100	2,583	5	12,482	2.58
55	85	Education	10,905	258	1,397	-10	12,550	2.59
56	86	Human health activities	13,137	2,468	1,287	20	16,912	3.49
57	87-88	Social work activities	5,043	875	40	0	5,958	1.23
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	697	1,230	345	27	2,299	0.47
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	695	362	196	23	1,276	0.26
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	693	181	10	8	891	0.18
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	58	47	24	1	130	0.03
62	96	Other personal service activities	776	426	54	18	1,274	0.26
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	58	232	- 0	0	290	0.06
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)	9	0	0	0	9	0.00
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	142,560	210,831	128,257	2,551	484,199
¹Preliminary figures. Table excludes statistical discrepancy.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2023 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 24.4% to the total of Gross Value Added.

Table 4.2 Component Percentage Contribution to NACE Sector Gross Value Added by Nace Rev. 2 A64, 2023

Table 4.2 Component Percentage Contribution to NACE Sector Gross Value Added by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector, 2023¹						%
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	25.4	70.5	30.4	-26.3
02	2	Forestry and logging	83.2	34.7	32.9	-50.8
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	43.3	55.7	3.6	-2.6
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	41.9	20.8	31.9	5.4
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	25.9	62.9	10.3	1.0
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	51.0	9.2	27.3	12.5
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	46.3	30.3	21.7	1.7
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	67.4	12.3	18.9	1.4
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	72.5	-16.0	41.9	1.6
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	5.1	54.2	40.5	0.2
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	48.2	18.4	31.5	1.8
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	37.0	32.2	29.1	1.7
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	106.5	-62.6	54.8	1.4
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	55.7	24.7	17.8	1.8
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	57.1	30.8	11.0	1.1
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	40.3	39.1	19.4	1.2
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	36.2	48.5	12.7	2.6
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	27.7	23.4	48.7	0.2
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	61.3	30.6	7.9	0.2
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	28.6	18.9	48.5	4.0
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	27.9	-2.7	49.8	25.0
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	31.6	26.4	15.1	26.8
27	41-43	Construction	53.8	42.3	3.6	0.3
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	58.3	35.5	5.7	0.5
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	39.8	55.2	4.5	0.6
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	59.4	33.7	6.3	0.6
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	44.0	39.5	12.2	4.3
32	50	Water transport	62.2	-27.3	68.5	-3.3
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	49.9	1.2	44.5	4.5
35	53	Postal and courier activities	72.3	14.5	8.5	4.7
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	68.5	23.1	7.1	1.3
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	14.5	57.9	27.4	0.2
39	61	Telecommunications	28.2	25.1	45.2	1.5
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	51.0	27.1	18.2	3.7
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	23.9	71.1	3.0	2.0
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	57.9	38.8	2.1	1.2
44	68	Real estate activities	4.2	63.8	29.6	2.4
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	40.8	30.5	28.6	0.1
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	59.1	35.9	5.0	0.1
47	72	Scientific research and development	42.9	35.4	23.2	-1.6
48	73	Advertising and market research	45.7	45.7	8.4	0.3
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	54.8	31.9	12.6	0.6
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	7.8	23.2	68.8	0.3
51	78	Employment activities	70.5	29.1	0.7	-0.3
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	61.2	34.1	4.3	0.3
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	63.6	32.2	3.9	0.4
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	80.1	-0.8	20.7	0.0
55	85	Education	86.9	2.1	11.1	-0.1
56	86	Human health activities	77.7	14.6	7.6	0.1
57	87-88	Social work activities	84.6	14.7	0.7	0.0
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	30.3	53.5	15.0	1.2
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	54.4	28.4	15.4	1.8
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	77.7	20.3	1.1	0.9
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	44.6	35.8	18.5	1.1
62	96	Other personal service activities	60.9	33.5	4.2	1.4
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	19.9	80.1	-0.0	0.0
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	29.4	43.5	26.5	0.5
¹Preliminary figures. Table excludes statistical discrepancy.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2023 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	16.1	83.9
Net Operating Surplus & Net Mixed Income	57.1	42.9
Consumption of Fixed Capital	62.4	37.6
Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production	18.2	81.8
Gross Value Added at Basic Prices	46.2	53.8

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 46.2% of total Gross Value Added at current market prices while all Other sectors make up over 53.8%. When it comes to Compensation of Employees Foreign-owned MNE Dominated sectors make up 16.1% of the total while all Other sectors make up 83.9%.

Table 4.3 Breakdown of Foreign-owned multinational enterprise dominated sector and Other sectors, 2023

Table 4.4 Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A21 Sector at Constant Market Prices, 2023

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.

The sector with the largest growth in Compensation of Employees at constant prices is Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities (11.5%).

	Employers' Social Contribution	Wages & Salaries
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	196.551907964465	1036.66734431735
Industry (excl. Construction)	2912.38058931709	15750.2899181004
Construction	750.3553345149	6060.83939570607
Distribution, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants	3413.82995570778	22914.203651486
Information & Communication	1846.01831651616	12419.940793435
Financial & Insurance Activities	1988.45047002006	8843.10018693193
Real Estate Activities	151.100248805963	1134.91314033702
Professional, Admin & Support Services	2508.51676291867	18567.7175686446
Public Admin, Education & Health	7155.84671627131	31923.1586264861
Arts, Entertainment & Other Services	370.339046866017	2606.22435966989

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 Contributions (18.4%).

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

Nearly 92% of total Compensation of Employees for Accommodation; food & beverage service activities are made up of Wages & Salaries, while nearly 22% of 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, 2023

Table 4.5 Compensation of Employees, Wages and Salaries and Employers' Social Contribution by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2023¹
			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	1,051	876	175	83.4	16.6
02	2	Forestry and logging	90	78	12	87.1	12.9
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	92	82	10	89.0	11.0
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	242	203	39	83.8	16.2
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	2,906	2,466	440	84.8	15.2
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	106	95	11	89.8	10.2
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	288	256	32	89.0	11.0
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	192	168	24	87.5	12.5
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	209	188	21	90.1	9.9
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	6,085	5,022	1,063	82.5	17.5
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	498	436	62	87.5	12.5
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	539	472	67	87.5	12.5
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	223	195	28	87.4	12.6
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	849	754	95	88.8	11.2
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	255	225	30	88.1	11.9
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	735	637	99	86.6	13.4
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	188	166	23	87.9	12.1
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	3,147	2,623	524	83.3	16.7
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	476	401	76	84.1	15.9
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	1,069	884	185	82.7	17.3
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	188	151	36	80.6	19.4
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	467	410	58	87.7	12.3
27	41-43	Construction	6,811	6,061	750	89.0	11.0
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,467	1,322	145	90.1	9.9
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	7,307	6,289	1,019	86.1	13.9
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	6,987	5,961	1,026	85.3	14.7
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	2,065	1,761	303	85.3	14.7
32	50	Water transport	57	48	9	84.4	15.6
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	1,856	1,589	267	85.6	14.4
35	53	Postal and courier activities	824	655	169	79.5	20.5
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	5,765	5,290	476	91.8	8.2
37-38	58-60	Publishing activities, Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities; programming and broadcasting activities	2,412	2,091	322	86.7	13.3
39	61	Telecommunications	1,047	886	160	84.7	15.3
40	62-63	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities; information service activities	10,807	9,443	1,364	87.4	12.6
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	5,649	4,497	1,152	79.6	20.4
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	1,562	1,298	264	83.1	16.9
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	3,621	3,049	573	84.2	15.8
44	68	Real estate activities	1,286	1,135	151	88.3	11.7
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	8,303	7,271	1,032	87.6	12.4
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	2,811	2,499	313	88.9	11.1
47	72	Scientific research and development	898	775	123	86.3	13.7
48	73	Advertising and market research	598	526	73	87.9	12.1
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	967	866	100	89.6	10.4
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	1,298	1,122	175	86.5	13.5
51	78	Employment activities	2,704	2,408	296	89.0	11.0
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	249	223	26	89.6	10.4
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	3,248	2,878	370	88.6	11.4
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	9,994	7,803	2,192	78.1	21.9
55	85	Education	10,905	9,022	1,883	82.7	17.3
56	86	Human health activities	13,137	10,748	2,388	81.8	18.2
57	87-88	Social work activities	5,043	4,350	693	86.3	13.7
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	697	575	122	82.5	17.5
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	695	620	75	89.2	10.8
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	693	595	97	86.0	14.0
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	58	53	5	91.8	8.2
62	96	Other personal service activities	776	711	65	91.6	8.4
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	58	51	6	88.8	11.2
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)	9	8	1	89.8	10.2
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	142,560	121,265	21,294	85.1	14.9
¹Preliminary
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2023 Table 4.5 (XLS 19KB)

	2023
1 - 10,000 euro	1.50108069907214
10,001 - 20,000 euro	4.05909845145696
20,001 - 30,000 euro	6.15061749638551
30,001 - 40,000 euro	9.46695962518753
40,001 - 50,000 euro	10.1475166875395
50,001 - 60,000 euro	9.34382737727265
60,001 - 70,000 euro	7.93254623050895
70,001 - 80,000 euro	6.88626187442245
80,001 - 90,000 euro	6.3676084903144
90,001 - 100,000 euro	5.4500164565192
100,001 - 110,000 euro	4.43453908259789
110,001 - 120,000 euro	3.64310411152235
120,001 - 130,000 euro	2.89323503207652
130,001 - 140,000 euro	2.29801332022087
140,001 - 150,000 euro	1.92325125946234
150,001 - 175,000 euro	3.50137461918817
175,001 - 200,000 euro	2.41563033159791
200,001 - 250,000 euro	3.09706244352751
250,001 - 300,000 euro	1.97239762276075
300,001 - 400,000 euro	2.28737537701522
400,001 - 500,000 euro	1.113588004237
500,001 - 750,000 euro	1.22888226428166
Over 750,001 euro	1.88601314283257

Figure 4.4 shows the percentage contribution to total Compensation of Employees (COE) broken down into 23 income distribution groups for 2023. The two income distribution groups with the highest contribution to total COE in 2023 are earners in the €30,001 - €40,000 and €40,001 - €50,000 brackets, with a combined contribution to total COE of nearly 20%.

Table 4.6 Compensation of Employees by Income Distribution

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Table 4.4 Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A21 Sector at Constant Market Prices, 2023
NACE REV. 2 section	NACE REV. 2 division	Description	€m	% change on previous year
A	01-03	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1,263	7.9
B	05-09	Mining and quarrying	238	-7.7
C	10-33	Manufacturing	15,177	-2.0
D	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	871	-1.8
E	36-39	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	526	-9.2
F	41-43	Construction	6,044	-1.0
G	45-47	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	15,413	8.8
H	49-53	Transportation and Storage	4,345	-0.7
I	55-56	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	5,335	5.6
J	58-63	Information and Communication	13,029	1.8
K	64-66	Financial and Insurance Activities	9,653	0.3
L	68	Real Estate Activities	846	-22.7
M	69-75	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	13,203	11.5
N	77-82	Administrative and Support Service Activities	7,230	5.8
O	84	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	9,453	2.0
P	85	Education	10,482	3.5
Q	86-88	Human Health and Social Work Activities	16,939	5.1
R	90-93	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,308	10.0
S	94-96	Other Service Activities	1,679	4.8
T	97-98	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	14	4.5
A-T	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	133,047	3.47

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Table 4.3 Breakdown of Foreign-owned multinational enterprise dominated sectors and Other sectors, 2023						%
		Percentage of 2023 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	16.1	57.1	62.4	18.2	46.2

Other Sector²		83.9	42.9	37.6	81.8	53.8
^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.

Table 4.6 Compensation of Employees Distribution 2023¹
Bracket	% Contribution
€1 - €10,000	1.5
€10,001 - €20,000	4.1
€20,001 - €30,000	6.2
€30,001 - €40,000	9.5
€40,001 - €50,000	10.1
€50,001 - €60,000	9.3
€60,001 - €70,000	7.9
€70,001 - €80,000	6.9
€80,001 - €90,000	6.4
€90,001 - €100,000	5.5
€100,001 - €110,000	4.4
€110,001 - €120,000	3.6
€120,001 - €130,000	2.9
€130,001 - €140,000	2.3
€140,001 - €150,000	1.9
€150,001 - €175,000	3.5
€175,001 - €200,000	2.4
€200,001 - €250,000	3.1
€250,001 - €300,000	2.0
€300,001 - €400,000	2.3
€400,001 - €500,000	1.1
€500,001 - €750,000	1.2
Over €750,000	1.9
¹Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done. Compensation of employees is made up of the following components: (a) wages and salaries and (b) employers’ social contributions.