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Annual National Accounts 2024

Wages and Profits

Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income increased by 9% in 2024

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CSO statistical release, 08 July 2025, 11am

	Compensation of Employees	Net Operating Surplus & Net Mixed Income	Consumption of Fixed Capital	Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	1.29613164819963	4.3635426328316	1.3318847717684	-1.24461715716522
Industry (excl. Construction)	20.2040749093626	89.1098605543603	64.4379791376577	1.21830717270285
Construction	7.63244626260461	6.15826623786941	0.486494435430588	0.0347811226903653
Distribution, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants	28.188523896484	18.931498628226	4.94500682267652	0.715096581173552
Information & Communication	15.4064462754404	69.9369169288137	25.6568544956863	0.21470372155433
Financial & Insurance Activities	10.9476200611887	13.1084258513162	2.36060073758375	0.665053498154885
Real Estate Activities	1.31595691144708	18.3364888404118	10.3824541986882	0.732931358091842
Professional, Admin & Support Services	22.589997425502	20.7444595671614	19.0123616301386	0.0489094216396538
Public Admin, Education & Health	42.329334037565	2.71793304863404	5.67565793896596	-0.0025184850451849
Arts, Entertainment & Other Services	3.21848761348709	1.93328416540165	0.659906239598353	0.0758414633977593

Figure 4.1 shows Gross Value Added at current market prices by component at economic sector level. In 2024, Industry (excl. Construction) generated the highest Net Operating Surplus and Net Mixed Income (€89 billion) while Public Admin, Education & Health generated the highest Compensation of Employees (€42 billion).

Table 4.1 Gross Value Added Components by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2024

Table 4.1 Gross Value Added Components by NACE Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2024¹
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	1,119	4,183	1,290	-1,148	5,444	1.02
02	2	Forestry and logging	97	27	34	-84	75	0.01
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	80	153	8	-13	228	0.04
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	231	416	157	31	835	0.16
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	3,150	7,068	1,326	112	11,657	2.18
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	115	10	65	26	216	0.04
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	314	58	169	12	552	0.10
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	208	61	63	5	338	0.06
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	186	30	142	3	361	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	6,642	71,952	51,413	196	130,203	24.30
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	546	121	390	20	1,077	0.20
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	567	124	484	24	1,199	0.22
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	234	100	132	4	471	0.09
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	900	165	320	27	1,411	0.26
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	311	251	50	5	617	0.12
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	755	378	417	22	1,572	0.29
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	173	43	77	14	307	0.06
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	3,483	5,632	6,598	25	15,737	2.94
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	477	121	72	1	672	0.13
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	1,150	2,198	1,974	101	5,423	1.01
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	237	- 15	353	192	768	0.14
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	525	396	235	398	1,554	0.29
27	41-43	Construction	7,632	6,158	486	35	14,312	2.67
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,579	978	141	15	2,712	0.51
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	7,756	10,616	840	106	19,318	3.60
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	7,376	4,036	774	67	12,254	2.29
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	2,219	1,025	637	219	4,100	0.77
32	50	Water transport	66	- 16	65	-9	107	0.02
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	2,047	408	1,717	153	4,326	0.81
35	53	Postal and courier activities	886	58	138	51	1,133	0.21
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	6,259	1,826	634	113	8,832	1.65
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	14,327	68,920	23,856	157	107,260	20.02
39	61	Telecommunications	1,080	1,017	1,801	58	3,955	0.74
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	5,801	6,874	2,020	323	15,018	2.80
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	1,247	4,303	202	189	5,942	1.11
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	3,900	1,931	138	152	6,122	1.14
44	68	Real estate activities	1,316	18,336	10,382	733	30,768	5.74
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	8,891	6,706	6,583	14	22,194	4.14
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	3,123	1,911	269	3	5,306	0.99
47	72	Scientific research and development	1,000	1,544	506	-56	2,993	0.56
48	73	Advertising and market research	596	385	131	3	1,115	0.21
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	996	485	205	11	1,698	0.32
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	1,403	6,641	11,085	70	19,199	3.58
51	78	Employment activities	2,798	829	31	-17	3,641	0.68
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	259	198	19	1	477	0.09
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	3,525	2,045	183	19	5,773	1.08
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	10,821	0	2,697	5	13,523	2.52
55	85	Education	11,640	112	1,464	-28	13,189	2.46
56	86	Human health activities	14,321	2,065	1,479	20	17,885	3.34
57	87-88	Social work activities	5,547	540	36	0	6,123	1.14
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	775	869	345	30	2,019	0.38
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	772	318	205	19	1,314	0.25
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	751	161	12	12	937	0.17
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	68	- 7	41	1	104	0.02
62	96	Other personal service activities	790	572	56	14	1,432	0.27
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	62	19	- 0	0	81	0.02
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	153,129	245,341	134,949	2,458	535,877
¹Preliminary figures. Table excludes statistical discrepancy.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2024 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 combined sectors 19, 20, 21, 26 which includes the Manufacture of Coke & Refined Petroleum Products; Basic Chemicals; Pharmaceutical Products; Computer, Electronic & Optical Products, generated 24.3% of total Gross Value Added in 2024.

Table 4.2 Component Percentage Contribution to NACE Sector Gross Value Added by Nace Rev. 2 A64, 2024

Table 4.2 Component Percentage Contribution to NACE Sector Gross Value Added by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector, 2024¹						%
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	20.6	76.8	23.7	-21.1
02	2	Forestry and logging	129.3	36.6	45.9	-111.9
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	35.0	67.3	3.4	-5.7
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	27.6	49.8	18.8	3.7
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	27.0	60.6	11.4	1.0
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	53.2	4.4	30.3	12.1
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	56.9	10.5	30.6	2.1
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	61.6	18.2	18.7	1.4
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	51.6	8.2	39.4	0.7
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	5.1	55.3	39.5	0.2
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	50.7	11.3	36.2	1.9
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	47.2	10.4	40.4	2.0
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	49.8	21.3	28.0	0.9
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	63.8	11.7	22.7	1.9
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	50.4	40.7	8.1	0.8
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	48.0	24.0	26.6	1.4
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	56.3	14.1	25.2	4.4
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	22.1	35.8	41.9	0.2
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	71.0	18.1	10.7	0.2
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	21.2	40.5	36.4	1.9
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	30.9	-1.9	46.0	25.1
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	33.8	25.5	15.1	25.6
27	41-43	Construction	53.3	43.0	3.4	0.2
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	58.2	36.0	5.2	0.5
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	40.1	55.0	4.3	0.5
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	60.2	32.9	6.3	0.5
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	54.1	25.0	15.5	5.3
32	50	Water transport	62.0	-14.8	60.9	-8.0
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	47.3	9.4	39.7	3.5
35	53	Postal and courier activities	78.2	5.1	12.2	4.5
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	70.9	20.7	7.2	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	13.4	64.3	22.2	0.1
39	61	Telecommunications	27.3	25.7	45.5	1.5
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	38.6	45.8	13.5	2.2
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	21.0	72.4	3.4	3.2
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	63.7	31.5	2.3	2.5
44	68	Real estate activities	4.3	59.6	33.7	2.4
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	40.1	30.2	29.7	0.1
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	58.9	36.0	5.1	0.1
47	72	Scientific research and development	33.4	51.6	16.9	-1.9
48	73	Advertising and market research	53.4	34.6	11.8	0.2
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	58.7	28.6	12.1	0.7
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	7.3	34.6	57.7	0.4
51	78	Employment activities	76.8	22.8	0.8	-0.5
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	54.3	41.4	4.0	0.3
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	61.1	35.4	3.2	0.3
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	80.0	0.0	19.9	0.0
55	85	Education	88.3	0.9	11.1	-0.2
56	86	Human health activities	80.1	11.5	8.3	0.1
57	87-88	Social work activities	90.6	8.8	0.6	0.0
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	38.4	43.1	17.1	1.5
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	58.8	24.2	15.6	1.4
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	80.2	17.2	1.3	1.3
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	65.0	-6.4	40.0	1.4
62	96	Other personal service activities	55.2	40.0	3.9	1.0
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	76.3	23.7	-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	27.6	44.8	24.2	-0.5
¹Preliminary figures. Table excludes statistical discrepancy.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2024 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	16.2795795792874	83.7204204207126
Net Operating Surplus & Net Mixed Income	60.0500354742597	39.9499645257403
Consumption of Fixed Capital	61.9167917834846	38.0832082165154
Other Taxes less Other Subsidies on Production	18.9758323772101	81.0241676227899
Gross Value Added at Basic Prices	47.8236206972917	52.1763793027083

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 made up 47.8% of total Gross Value Added at current market prices while all Other sectors contributed 52.2%. When it comes to Compensation of Employees, Foreign-owned MNE Dominated sectors made up 16.3% of the total, with the remaining 83.7% coming from all Other Sectors.

Table 4.3 Breakdown of Foreign-owned multinational enterprise dominated sector and Other sectors, 2024.

Table 4.3 Breakdown of Foreign-owned multinational enterprise dominated sector and Other sectors, 2024

Table 4.4 Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A21 Sector at Constant Market Prices, 2024

Table 4.4 shows Compensation of Employees at constant market prices by Nace Rev. 2 A10 and a percentage change of each sector compared to the previous year. In 2024, total Compensation of Employees grew by 2.9%. At constant market prices, average Compensation per hour worked has been held fixed, implying any increase or decrease is due to a change in labour quantity and/or labour quality.

	Employers' Social Contribution	Wages & Salaries
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	204.320121739394	1091.81152646025
Industry (excl. Construction)	3049.42312350192	17154.6517858607
Construction	901.572372185503	6730.87389041909
Distribution, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants	3702.98222224972	24485.5416742342
Information & Communication	2032.79034793965	13373.6559275009
Financial & Insurance Activities	2020.67475291647	8926.94530827221
Real Estate Activities	151.801006268235	1164.15590517884
Professional, Admin & Support Services	2763.37906459065	19826.6183609113
Public Admin, Education & Health	7614.3798019381	34714.9542356269
Arts, Entertainment & Other Services	383.905238466572	2834.58237502052

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.

In 2024, Public administration & defence; compulsory social security had the highest Employers' Social Contributions relative to total Compensation of Employees (22.3%), compared with 14.9% for all NACE economic sectors.

Table 4.5 Compensation of Employees, Wages and Salaries and Employers Social Contribution by Nace Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2024

Table 4.5 Compensation of Employees, Wages and Salaries and Employers' Social Contribution by NACE Rev. 2 A64 Sector at Current Market Prices, 2024¹
			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	1,119	936	184	83.6	16.4
02	2	Forestry and logging	97	85	12	87.4	12.6
03	3	Fishing and aquaculture	80	71	8	89.5	10.5
04	05-09	Mining and quarrying	231	197	34	85.3	14.7
05	10-12	Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products	3,150	2,704	446	85.8	14.2
06	13-15	Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	115	103	12	89.6	10.4
07	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	314	279	35	88.8	11.2
08	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	208	178	30	85.7	14.3
09	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	186	167	19	89.7	10.3
10, 11, 12, 17	19, 20, 21, 26	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products; basic chemicals; pharmaceutical products; computer, electronic and optical products²	6,642	5,530	1,112	83.3	16.7
13	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	546	478	67	87.6	12.4
14	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	567	496	70	87.6	12.4
15	24	Manufacture of basic metals	234	206	28	88.1	11.9
16	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	900	802	98	89.1	10.9
18	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	311	273	38	87.7	12.3
19	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	755	655	99	86.9	13.1
20, 21	29-30	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; other transport equipment	173	153	20	88.2	11.8
22	31-32	Manufacture of furniture; other manufacturing	3,483	2,898	585	83.2	16.8
23	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	477	421	57	88.1	11.9
24	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply	1,150	963	187	83.7	16.3
25	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	237	194	44	81.6	18.4
26	37-39	Sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	525	458	67	87.2	12.8
27	41-43	Construction	7,632	6,731	902	88.2	11.8
28	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,579	1,430	149	90.6	9.4
29	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	7,756	6,654	1,102	85.8	14.2
30	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	7,376	6,252	1,124	84.8	15.2
31	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	2,219	1,904	315	85.8	14.2
32	50	Water transport	66	52	14	78.0	22.0
33-34	51-52	Air transport, Warehousing and support activities for transportation	2,047	1,751	297	85.5	14.5
35	53	Postal and courier activities	886	696	190	78.6	21.4
36	55-56	Accommodation; food and beverage service activities	6,259	5,748	511	91.8	8.2
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	14,327	12,464	1,863	87.0	13.0
39	61	Telecommunications	1,080	910	170	84.2	15.8
41	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	5,801	4,652	1,149	80.2	19.8
42	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	1,247	1,016	231	81.5	18.5
43	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	3,900	3,259	641	83.6	16.4
44	68	Real estate activities	1,316	1,164	152	88.5	11.5
45	69-70	Legal and accounting activities; activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	8,891	7,726	1,165	86.9	13.1
46	71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis	3,123	2,780	342	89.0	11.0
47	72	Scientific research and development	1,000	844	155	84.5	15.5
48	73	Advertising and market research	596	516	80	86.6	13.4
49	74-75	Other professional, scientific and technical activities; veterinary activities	996	899	98	90.2	9.8
50	77	Rental and leasing activities	1,403	1,217	186	86.8	13.2
51	78	Employment activities	2,798	2,479	318	88.6	11.4
52	79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related activities	259	230	29	88.9	11.1
53	80-82	Security and investigation activities; services to buildings and landscape activities; office administrative, office support and other business support activities	3,525	3,135	390	88.9	11.1
54	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	10,821	8,413	2,408	77.7	22.3
55	85	Education	11,640	9,708	1,932	83.4	16.6
56	86	Human health activities	14,321	11,800	2,521	82.4	17.6
57	87-88	Social work activities	5,547	4,793	754	86.4	13.6
58	90-92	Creative, arts and entertainment activities; libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities; gambling and betting activities	775	657	118	84.8	15.2
59	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	772	686	86	88.9	11.1
60	94	Activities of membership organisations	751	650	101	86.5	13.5
61	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	68	62	6	91.7	8.3
62	96	Other personal service activities	790	724	66	91.7	8.3
63	97-98	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel; undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of households for own use	62	55	7	88.6	11.4
64	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies (not included)	9	8	1	89.6	10.4
01-63	01-98	All NACE economic sectors	153,129	130,304	22,825	85.1	14.9
¹Preliminary.
²Codes aggregated for confidentiality reasons.

Open in Excel: Annual National Accounts 2024 Table 4.5 (XLS 18KB)

	2023	2024
1 - 10,000 euro	1.50108069907214	1.30260415426204
10,001 - 20,000 euro	4.05909845145696	3.6453367317725
20,001 - 30,000 euro	6.15061749638551	5.45227330218216
30,001 - 40,000 euro	9.46695962518753	8.96908851748882
40,001 - 50,000 euro	10.1475166875395	9.89437611439124
50,001 - 60,000 euro	9.34382737727264	9.22533472354991
60,001 - 70,000 euro	7.93254623050895	7.86386095856083
70,001 - 80,000 euro	6.88626187442245	6.82215614943106
80,001 - 90,000 euro	6.36760849031439	6.22095256679789
90,001 - 100,000 euro	5.4500164565192	5.56971892117259
100,001 - 110,000 euro	4.43453908259789	4.53238304551693
110,001 - 120,000 euro	3.64310411152235	3.73912332167769
120,001 - 130,000 euro	2.89323503207652	3.04303987832219
130,001 - 140,000 euro	2.29801332022087	2.39409884875431
140,001 - 150,000 euro	1.92325125946234	1.9873389095632
150,001 - 175,000 euro	3.50137461918817	3.63336908490868
175,001 - 200,000 euro	2.41563033159791	2.56342373503957
200,001 - 250,000 euro	3.0970624435275	3.30117752051443
250,001 - 300,000 euro	1.97239762276075	2.06972070488265
300,001 - 400,000 euro	2.28737537701522	2.7008216423628
400,001 - 500,000 euro	1.113588004237	1.33131382177342
500,001 - 750,000 euro	1.22888226428166	1.42497080789552
Over 750,001 euro	1.88601314283257	2.31351653917953

Figure 4.4 shows the percentage contribution to total Compensation of Employees (COE) broken down into 23 income distribution groups for 2023 and 2024. In 2024, all income groups below €90,000 had lower percentage contributions to total Compensation of Employees, while all higher income brackets increased. This overall shift to the right in the distribution of COE can be due to both an increase in salaries and/or an increase the number of employees in certain income brackets. In 2024, nearly 10% of all COE was earned by individuals in the €50,001 - €60,000 group.

Table 4.6 Compensation of Employees by Income Distribution

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Table 4.4 Compensation of Employees by NACE Rev. 2 A10 Sector at Constant Market Prices, 2024
NACE REV. 2 section	Description	€m	% change on previous year
A	Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	1,363	10.5
B,C,D,E	Industry (excl. Construction)	19,144	6.4
C	of which Manufacturing	16,532	-1.0
F	Construction	7,014	3.0
G,H,I	Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	26,505	0.7
J	Information and Communication	14,231	-0.2
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	11,099	2.5
L	Real Estate Activities	1,646	28.0
M,N	Professional, Admin and Support Services	22,314	2.6
O,P,Q	Public Admin, Education and Health	40,540	3.7
R,S,T	Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	2,836	-4.7
A-T	All NACE economic sectors	146,692	2.91

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Table 4.3 Breakdown of Foreign-owned multinational enterprise dominated sectors and Other sectors, 2024						%
		Percentage of 2024 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	16.3	60.1	61.9	19.0	47.8

Other Sector²		83.7	39.9	38.1	81.0	52.2
^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, % Contribution
Bracket	2023	2024
€1 - €10,000	1.5	1.3
€10,001 - €20,000	4.1	3.6
€20,001 - €30,000	6.2	5.5
€30,001 - €40,000	9.5	9.0
€40,001 - €50,000	10.1	9.9
€50,001 - €60,000	9.3	9.2
€60,001 - €70,000	7.9	7.9
€70,001 - €80,000	6.9	6.8
€80,001 - €90,000	6.4	6.2
€90,001 - €100,000	5.5	5.6
€100,001 - €110,000	4.4	4.5
€110,001 - €120,000	3.6	3.7
€120,001 - €130,000	2.9	3.0
€130,001 - €140,000	2.3	2.4
€140,001 - €150,000	1.9	2.0
€150,001 - €175,000	3.5	3.6
€175,001 - €200,000	2.4	2.6
€200,001 - €250,000	3.1	3.3
€250,001 - €300,000	2.0	2.1
€300,001 - €400,000	2.3	2.7
€400,001 - €500,000	1.1	1.3
€500,001 - €750,000	1.2	1.4
Over €750,000	1.9	2.3
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.