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Earnings and Labour Costs Q1 2022 (Final) Q2 2022 (Preliminary Estimates)

Average weekly earnings up 2.4% in the year to Q2 2022

CSO statistical publication, 25 December 2022, 11am

Key Findings

Average weekly earnings were €871.62 in Q2 2022, an increase of 2.4% from €850.81 in Q2 2021.
Average hourly earnings increased by 2.7% to €26.78 from €26.07 in Q2 2021.
Average weekly paid hours recorded no change in the year from Q2 2021 to Q2 2022, remaining at 32.6.
The job vacancy rate at the end of Q2 2022 was 1.6%, recording no change from 1.6% at the end of Q1 2022 and up from 1.2% at the end of Q2 2021.
Average hourly other labour costs increased by 43.0% to €4.16 from €2.91 in Q2 2021.
The sector with the highest average hourly total labour costs was the Information & Communication sector with a rate of €48.39, followed by the Financial, Insurance & Real Estate Activities sector at €45.72.
The sectors with the lowest cost of employing labour were the Accommodation & Food Services Activities sector with average hourly total labour costs of €14.72 and the Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Other Service Activities sector with €22.80.
The sectors with the highest job vacancy rate in Q2 2022 were the Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities sector with a rate of 4.4%, followed by the Financial, Insurance & Real Estate Activities sector with a rate of 3.1%.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (30 August 2022) issued Earnings and Labour Costs results in respect of Preliminary estimates for Q2 2022 and Final estimates for Q1 2022.

Commenting on the data, Louise Egan, Statistician in the Earnings Analysis Division, said: “Preliminary estimates for Q2 2022 show average weekly earnings were €871.62, an increase of 2.4% compared with €850.81 in Q2 2021. Average weekly earnings rose by 13.0% over three years from €771.63 in Q2 2019 (pre-COVID-19) to €871.62 in Q2 2022.

Average hourly earnings increased on an annual basis by 2.7% to €26.78 while average weekly paid hours recorded no change in the year from Q2 2021 to Q2 2022, remaining at 32.6. Average hourly earnings rose by 13.0% over three years from €23.69 in Q2 2019 to €26.78 in Q2 2022.

Average hourly other labour costs increased by 43.0% across all economic sectors to €4.16 from €2.91 in Q2 2021. A significant factor in this increase was the winding down of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS). EWSS, administered by the Revenue Commissioners, ended on 30 April 2022 for most enterprises and ended on 31 May 2022 for all remaining enterprises directly impacted by the public health restrictions introduced in December 2021. Refunded payments to enterprises, including EWSS, were recorded as subsidies and refunds received in the quarter, being amounts received by enterprises intended to refund part or all of the cost of wages and salaries and are deducted from other labour costs.

The job vacancy rate in Q2 2022, which measures job vacancies on the last working day of the quarter, was 1.6%, recording no change from 1.6% at the end of Q1 2022 and up from 1.1% at the end of Q2 2019."

Preliminary Estimates Q2 2022

Headline Table: Earnings, Hours and Labour Costs, unadjusted and seasonally adjusted by quarter
	Unadjusted				Seasonally Adjusted
	Average Weekly Earnings	Average Hourly Earnings	Average Weekly Paid Hours	Average Hourly Total Labour Costs	Average Weekly Earnings	Average Hourly Earnings	Average Weekly Paid Hours	Average Hourly Total Labour Costs
	€	€	Hours	€	€	€	Hours	€
Q2 2021	850.81	26.07	32.6	28.98	849.62	26.01	32.7	28.91
Q1 2022	885.33	27.42	32.3	31.02	870.00	26.54	32.7	30.21
Q2 2022	871.62	26.78	32.6	30.93	871.26	26.71	32.7	30.83
Quarterly change %					0.1	0.6	-	2.1
Annual change %	2.4	2.7	-	6.7

Open in Excel: Earnings and Labour Costs Q2 2022 HLT (XLS 34KB)

Note: While there is no internationally agreed methodology for assessing the public / private sector wage gap, the CSO has published analysis of the differential using a matched Labour Force Survey and P35 dataset for 2015-2018. This analysis took account of compositional differences between the public and private sector, such as occupational mix, sectors of activity, gender balance, union membership, etc. The public sector pay gap in 2018 was estimated to range from -3.8% to +0.1% depending on the specification applied and the treatment of the Pension Levy.

See most recent analysis for 2015-2018 here. See also previous versions for 2007-2010 here (PDF 678KB) and for 2011-2014 here (PDF 686KB)

Note: Temporary Census field staff are included in the estimates for Q2 2022. The impact of temporary Census field staff on estimates is illustrated in Table A4.

Earnings and Hours

Average weekly earnings were €871.62 in Q2 2022, an increase of 2.4% compared with €850.81 from one year earlier according to preliminary estimates of the Earnings and Labour Costs quarterly release. The sector showing the largest annual percentage increase in average weekly earnings in Q2 2022 was the Information & Communication sector (11%) where average weekly earnings rose from €1,299.98 to €1,442.80 in the year to Q2 2022. The second largest increase was 9.5% in the Transportation & Storage sector which rose from €794.61 to €870.10 over the year.

In the five years to Q2 2022, average weekly earnings rose by 21%. All sectors saw increases to average weekly earnings over this period.

Average hourly earnings increased on an annual basis by 2.7% to €26.78 in Q2 2022, while average weekly paid hours recorded no change in the year from Q2 2021 to Q2 2022, remaining at 32.6.

When considering the change in earnings, it should be noted that there may be a compositional effect due to the significant changes in employment in certain sectors. The composition of the labour market in Q2 2022 may be very different to previous quarters, including Q2 2021, against which annual percentage changes are measured. The accompanying twelfth series of the Labour Market Insight Bulletin (last in the series) gives greater detail on compositional changes in employment in certain sectors. An analysis of the earnings for employments that were active in more than one quarter is also included.

	5 Year % Change
Information and communication	34.2339324922779
Admin & support service	31.0188651679237
Construction	25.5199036984766
Arts & entertainment	24.2161455036503
Professional & technical	22.8129221329304
Financial & real estate	21.8100847852772
All sectors	20.9709654138678
Accommodation & food	18.8176935043588
Industry	16.4408130729374
Wholesale & retail	16.4311389906964
Health & social	15.7169038687323
Education	12.3063122841941
Transportation	11.3414462487364
Public admin & defence	7.27449891558313

NACE Code Description
Total	All Sectors	K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities
B-E	Industry	M	Professional, scientific and technical activities
F	Construction	N	Administrative and support service activities
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	O	Public Administration and defence; compulsory social security
H	Transportation and storage	P	Education
I	Accommodation and food service activities	Q	Human health and social work activities
J	Information and communication	R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities

X-axis label	Unadjusted	Seasonally Adjusted
Q215	21.86	21.88
Q315	21.50	21.95
Q415	21.91	21.92
Q116	22.55	22.04
Q216	21.97	22.01
Q316	21.56	22.04
Q416	22.18	22.19
Q117	22.69	22.16
Q217	22.27	22.30
Q317	22.16	22.65
Q417	22.60	22.64
Q118	23.40	22.82
Q218	22.94	22.96
Q318	22.62	23.16
Q418	23.33	23.40
Q119	24.05	23.40
Q219	23.69	23.69
Q319	23.53	24.13
Q419	24.23	24.35
Q120	24.76	24.01
Q220	25.39	25.35
Q320	24.38	25.09
Q420	25.56	25.69
Q121	26.83	26.02
Q221	26.07	26.01
Q321	25.29	26.09
Q421	26.27	26.39
Q122	27.42	26.54
Q222	26.78	26.71

	Q2 2021	Q2 2022
Industry	24.79	25.95
Construction	22.49	24.46
Wholesale & retail	20.46	21.28
Transportation	22.5	23.34
Accommodation & food	15.63	15.05
Information & communication	34.68	38.8
Financial & real estate	35.17	36.85
Professional & technical	29.48	31.58
Admin & support service	22.03	22.26
Public admin & defence	28.44	28.99
Education	37.84	38.79
Health & social	24.3	25.57
Arts & entertainment	19.93	20.39
All sectors	26.07	26.78

X-axis label	Unadjusted	Seasonally Adjusted
Q215	32.0	32.0
Q315	32.2	32.0
Q415	32.5	32.1
Q116	31.7	31.9
Q216	32.1	32.0
Q316	32.6	32.3
Q416	32.4	32.4
Q117	32.0	32.4
Q217	32.4	32.4
Q317	32.4	32.3
Q417	32.4	32.3
Q118	31.8	32.3
Q218	32.5	32.5
Q318	32.8	32.5
Q418	32.5	32.5
Q119	32.1	32.4
Q219	32.6	32.6
Q319	32.7	32.6
Q419	32.5	32.4
Q120	32.3	32.3
Q220	32.2	32.3
Q320	32.6	32.4
Q420	33.1	32.7
Q121	32.1	32.7
Q221	32.6	32.7
Q321	33.1	32.6
Q421	32.9	32.7
Q122	32.3	32.7
Q222	32.6	32.7

Total Labour Costs

Average hourly total labour costs were €30.93 across all economic sectors in Q2 2022. The sector with the highest average hourly total labour costs was the Information & Communication sector with a rate of €48.39, followed by the Financial, Insurance & Real Estate Activities sector at €45.72. The sectors with the lowest cost of employing labour were the Accommodation & Food Services Activities sector with average hourly total labour costs of €14.72 and the Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Other Service Activities sector with €22.80.

Average hourly total labour costs increased by 19.6% over the five years to Q2 2022, from €25.86 per hour to €30.93. The percentage changes across the sectors ranged from 31% in the Information & Communication sector to 5.2% in the Accommodation & Food Services Activities sector.

	5 Year % Change
Information and communication	30.9962100703844
Admin & support service	25.2862120457939
Construction	22.0738762794838
Professional & technical	21.7877094972067
Financial & real estate	21.1767824012722
Arts & entertainment	19.6222455403988
Total	19.6055684454756
Wholesale & retail	18.427285646613
Industry	14.6252285191956
Health & social	13.4423613881133
Education	12.9853095487933
Public admin & defence	12.1788102780711
Transportation	8.89967637540454
Accommodation & food	5.2180128663331

Public Sector

Average weekly earnings increased by 1.2% across the public sector in the year to Q2 2022, rising from €1,030.85 to €1,043.57. An Garda Síochána recorded the highest average weekly earnings in the public sector of €1,503.32 in Q2 2022 while the Education sector recorded the highest average hourly earnings in the quarter of €43.44.

	Q2 2021	Q2 2022
Civil service	980.22	978.84
Defence	956.9	915.17
Garda Siochana	1480.51	1503.32
Education	1060.14	1053.46
Regional bodies	874.86	889.17
Health	986.62	1013.85
Semi-state	1092.38	1143.83
All sectors	1030.85	1043.57

	Q2 2021	Q2 2022
Civil service	45100	44500
Defence	8900	9000
Garda Siochana	14500	14400
Education	113100	113400
Regional bodies	35100	35400
Health	146900	155500
Semi-state	56400	58300

Job Vacancies

The job vacancy rate in Q2 2022, which measures job vacancies on the last working day of the quarter, was 1.6%, recording no change from 1.6% at the end of Q1 2022 and up from 1.2% at the end of Q2 2021.

The sectors with the highest job vacancy rate in Q2 2022 were the Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities sector with a rate of 4.4%, followed by the Financial, Insurance & Real Estate Activities sector with a rate of 3.1%.

Rounded to the nearest 100, the number of job vacancies at the end of Q2 2022 was 34,800, representing an increase of 11,000 from the number of vacancies at the end of Q2 2021.

X-axis label	Job Vacancy Rate
Q215	0.9
Q315	1
Q415	0.9
Q116	1
Q216	0.9
Q316	1
Q416	0.9
Q117	1
Q217	1.1
Q317	1.1
Q417	1
Q118	1
Q218	1.2
Q318	1
Q418	0.9
Q119	1
Q219	1.1
Q319	0.9
Q419	0.9
Q120	0.8
Q220	0.7
Q320	0.8
Q420	0.9
Q121	1
Q221	1.2
Q321	1.5
Q421	1.4
Q122	1.6
Q222	1.6

Tables

Table 1 Average weekly earnings by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 1 Average weekly earnings by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter - Preliminary estimates
NACE Principal Activity		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Quarterly change		Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
B-E	Industry	853.06	887.23	898.55	900.64	942.39	1,023.03	993.31	-29.72	-2.9	50.92	5.4
F	Construction	722.73	773.10	789.40	769.12	834.24	877.24	907.17	29.93	3.4	72.93	8.7
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	567.52	574.89	593.43	600.41	634.07	654.39	660.77	6.38	1.0	26.70	4.2
H	Transportation and storage	781.47	808.36	846.43	807.64	794.61	820.92	870.10	49.18	6.0	75.49	9.5
I	Accommodation and food services	340.69	350.06	365.97	406.41	377.67	391.46	404.80	13.34	3.4	27.13	7.2
J	Information and communication	1,074.84	1,173.82	1,198.52	1,267.26	1,299.98	1,510.01	1,442.80	-67.21	-4.5	142.82	11.0
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	1,050.89	1,108.82	1,151.37	1,162.28	1,219.28	1,380.76	1,280.09	-100.67	-7.3	60.81	5.0
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	873.54	914.95	952.94	921.64	1,028.22	1,096.60	1,072.82	-23.78	-2.2	44.60	4.3
N	Administrative and support services	547.57	548.02	618.19	610.42	694.92	736.88	717.42	-19.46	-2.6	22.50	3.2
O	Public administration and defence	954.43	968.83	972.60	998.27	1,023.15	989.24	1,023.86	34.62	3.5	0.71	0.1
P	Education	813.81	838.68	852.77	886.39	929.30	930.66	913.96	-16.70	-1.8	-15.34	-1.7
Q	Human health and social work	698.42	717.70	749.62	763.16	783.19	813.52	808.19	-5.33	-0.7	25.00	3.2
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	473.94	483.19	498.42	582.46	557.28	622.07	588.71	-33.36	-5.4	31.43	5.6
All Sectors		720.52	745.09	771.63	817.55	850.81	885.33	871.62	-13.71	-1.5	20.81	2.4
Public/Private Sector¹
Private sector		659.48	683.58	711.04	753.43	791.13	841.40	819.36	-22.04	-2.6	28.23	3.6
Public sector²		936.29	962.16	980.01	1,008.76	1,030.85	1,024.76	1,043.57	18.81	1.8	12.72	1.2
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		564.55	586.23	610.80	647.17	675.22	695.46	690.30	-5.16	-0.7	15.08	2.2
50-250 employees		663.60	698.17	715.70	740.76	805.57	826.41	816.90	-9.51	-1.2	11.33	1.4
Greater than 250 employees		853.59	875.75	903.40	936.19	970.25	1,008.43	995.64	-12.79	-1.3	25.39	2.6
¹ For additional Public/Private data see PxStat table EHQ08.
² Average weekly earnings by Public sector sub-sector are set out in Table 8a.

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Table 2 Average hourly earnings by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 2 Average hourly earnings by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter - Preliminary estimates
NACE Principal Activity		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Quarterly change		Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
B-E	Industry	22.29	23.06	23.38	24.76	24.79	27.45	25.95	-1.50	-5.5	1.16	4.7
F	Construction	19.90	20.76	21.42	21.08	22.49	23.68	24.46	0.78	3.3	1.97	8.8
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	18.14	18.52	19.36	19.95	20.46	21.70	21.28	-0.42	-1.9	0.82	4.0
H	Transportation and storage	21.23	22.23	23.84	22.90	22.50	23.20	23.34	0.14	0.6	0.84	3.7
I	Accommodation and food services	12.65	12.81	13.29	15.70	15.63	15.17	15.05	-0.12	-0.8	-0.58	-3.7
J	Information and communication	29.73	32.04	32.13	34.28	34.68	40.92	38.80	-2.12	-5.2	4.12	11.9
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	30.15	31.68	33.16	33.75	35.17	40.04	36.85	-3.19	-8.0	1.68	4.8
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	25.83	27.06	27.94	27.15	29.48	31.68	31.58	-0.10	-0.3	2.10	7.1
N	Administrative and support services	17.41	17.67	18.48	20.13	22.03	23.53	22.26	-1.27	-5.4	0.23	1.0
O	Public administration and defence	26.13	26.27	26.29	27.04	28.44	28.54	28.99	0.45	1.6	0.55	1.9
P	Education	34.45	35.64	36.16	36.50	37.84	38.99	38.79	-0.20	-0.5	0.95	2.5
Q	Human health and social work	22.56	22.74	23.75	24.05	24.30	24.85	25.57	0.72	2.9	1.27	5.2
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	16.53	16.92	17.61	19.92	19.93	21.76	20.39	-1.37	-6.3	0.46	2.3
All Sectors		22.27	22.94	23.69	25.39	26.07	27.42	26.78	-0.64	-2.3	0.71	2.7
Public/Private Sector¹
Private sector		20.41	21.08	21.87	23.46	24.20	26.03	24.98	-1.05	-4.0	0.78	3.2
Public sector²		28.80	29.44	29.91	31.04	31.73	31.86	32.86	1.00	3.1	1.13	3.6
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		18.39	19.06	19.88	21.04	21.64	22.43	22.35	-0.08	-0.4	0.71	3.3
50-250 employees		20.26	21.09	21.75	23.23	24.44	25.61	24.57	-1.04	-4.1	0.13	0.5
Greater than 250 employees		25.57	26.15	26.79	28.28	29.06	30.58	29.93	-0.65	-2.1	0.87	3.0
¹ For additional Public/Private data see PxStat table EHQ08.
² Average hourly earnings by Public sector sub-sector are set out in Table 8b.

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Table 3 Average weekly paid hours by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 3 Average weekly paid hours by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter - Preliminary estimates
NACE Principal Activity		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Quarterly change		Annual change
		hours	hours	hours	hours	hours	hours	hours	hours	%	hours	%
B-E	Industry	38.3	38.5	38.4	36.4	38.0	37.3	38.3	1.0	2.7	0.3	0.8
F	Construction	36.3	37.2	36.9	36.5	37.1	37.1	37.1	-	-	-	-
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	31.3	31.0	30.6	30.1	31.0	30.2	31.0	0.8	2.6	-	-
H	Transportation and storage	36.8	36.4	35.5	35.3	35.3	35.4	37.3	1.9	5.4	2.0	5.7
I	Accommodation and food services	26.9	27.3	27.5	25.9	24.2	25.8	26.9	1.1	4.3	2.7	11.2
J	Information and communication	36.2	36.6	37.3	37.0	37.5	36.9	37.2	0.3	0.8	-0.3	-0.8
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	34.9	35.0	34.7	34.4	34.7	34.5	34.7	0.2	0.6	-	-
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	33.8	33.8	34.1	33.9	34.9	34.6	34.0	-0.6	-1.7	-0.9	-2.6
N	Administrative and support services	31.5	31.0	33.4	30.3	31.5	31.3	32.2	0.9	2.9	0.7	2.2
O	Public administration and defence	36.5	36.9	37.0	36.9	36.0	34.7	35.3	0.6	1.7	-0.7	-1.9
P	Education	23.6	23.5	23.6	24.3	24.6	23.9	23.6	-0.3	-1.3	-1.0	-4.1
Q	Human health and social work	31.0	31.6	31.6	31.7	32.2	32.7	31.6	-1.1	-3.4	-0.6	-1.9
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	28.7	28.6	28.3	29.2	28.0	28.6	28.9	0.3	1.0	0.9	3.2
All Sectors		32.4	32.5	32.6	32.2	32.6	32.3	32.6	0.3	0.9	-	-
Public/Private Sector¹
Private sector		32.3	32.4	32.5	32.1	32.7	32.3	32.8	0.5	1.5	0.1	0.3
Public sector²		32.5	32.7	32.8	32.5	32.5	32.2	31.8	-0.4	-1.2	-0.7	-2.2
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		30.7	30.8	30.7	30.8	31.2	31.0	30.9	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-1.0
50-250 employees		32.7	33.1	32.9	31.9	33.0	32.3	33.2	0.9	2.8	0.2	0.6
Greater than 250 employees		33.4	33.5	33.7	33.1	33.4	33.0	33.3	0.3	0.9	-0.1	-0.3
¹ For additional Public/Private data see PxStat table EHQ08.
²Average weekly paid hours by Public sector sub-sector are set out in Table 8c.

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Table 4 Earnings, hours and labour costs, unadjusted and seasonally adjusted by quarter

Table 4 Earnings, hours and labour costs, unadjusted and seasonally adjusted by other characteristics and quarter
	Unadjusted Series					Seasonally Adjusted Series
Quarter	Average weekly earnings	Average weekly paid hours	Average hourly earnings	Average hourly other labour costs	Average hourly total labour costs	Average weekly earnings	Average weekly paid hours	Average hourly earnings	Average hourly other labour costs	Average hourly total labour costs
Q108	704.60	32.7	21.56	3.51	25.07	708.51	32.9	21.36	3.52	24.83
Q208	705.28	32.8	21.50	3.40	24.90	708.71	32.8	21.58	3.41	25.00
Q308	696.11	32.8	21.20	3.41	24.61	701.03	32.6	21.58	3.49	25.06
Q408	721.89	32.5	22.24	3.60	25.84	709.41	32.4	21.99	3.50	25.54
Q109	709.55	31.6	22.44	3.59	26.03	713.90	32.0	22.24	3.60	25.78
Q209	700.75	31.9	22.00	3.64	25.64	704.19	31.9	22.09	3.65	25.74
Q309	698.47	31.9	21.88	3.49	25.37	702.28	31.7	22.24	3.58	25.83
Q409	721.28	32.1	22.50	3.66	26.16	709.77	31.7	22.28	3.55	25.87
Q110	689.32	31.0	22.21	3.36	25.58	694.10	31.8	22.02	3.37	25.32
Q210	696.90	31.6	22.03	3.30	25.33	699.69	31.6	22.09	3.32	25.42
Q310	700.23	32.2	21.78	3.14	24.91	702.64	31.7	22.10	3.23	25.35
Q410	704.11	31.8	22.14	3.27	25.41	695.22	31.6	21.98	3.16	25.16
Q111	684.87	30.9	22.18	3.13	25.31	689.06	31.4	21.96	3.13	25.04
Q211	687.49	31.4	21.90	3.14	25.04	688.93	31.4	21.93	3.16	25.11
Q311	686.59	31.8	21.57	3.08	24.65	688.87	31.5	21.88	3.17	25.09
Q411	696.84	31.6	22.06	3.29	25.35	690.74	31.5	21.98	3.17	25.13
Q112	698.71	31.4	22.25	3.25	25.50	701.04	31.5	21.98	3.25	25.20
Q212	691.62	31.5	21.96	3.28	25.24	691.60	31.5	21.97	3.31	25.30
Q312	692.13	31.7	21.82	3.31	25.12	695.88	31.5	22.15	3.40	25.59
Q412	691.84	31.6	21.90	3.59	25.49	688.09	31.5	21.88	3.48	25.31
Q113	693.21	31.2	22.24	3.46	25.70	692.49	31.6	21.90	3.45	25.35
Q213	695.65	31.6	22.02	3.32	25.34	694.59	31.5	22.01	3.35	25.39
Q313	682.79	31.7	21.53	3.23	24.77	689.30	31.6	21.91	3.32	25.25
Q413	694.03	31.7	21.89	3.73	25.62	690.81	31.6	21.90	3.63	25.47
Q114	699.67	31.3	22.37	3.41	25.78	696.20	31.7	21.96	3.40	25.38
Q214	694.08	31.8	21.81	3.38	25.19	693.27	31.8	21.81	3.41	25.23
Q314	676.58	31.9	21.20	3.27	24.47	684.91	31.7	21.62	3.35	24.97
Q414	702.07	31.8	22.05	3.51	25.56	698.60	31.7	22.06	3.42	25.44
Q115	701.11	31.4	22.30	3.46	25.76	696.01	31.8	21.84	3.45	25.31
Q215	699.22	32.0	21.86	3.45	25.31	699.03	32.0	21.88	3.46	25.36
Q315	692.79	32.2	21.50	3.35	24.84	702.05	32.0	21.95	3.43	25.37
Q415	711.23	32.5	21.91	3.46	25.37	707.68	32.1	21.92	3.38	25.27
Q116	714.26	31.7	22.55	3.51	26.06	708.06	31.9	22.04	3.50	25.57
Q216	706.33	32.1	21.97	3.48	25.45	706.95	32.0	22.01	3.48	25.50
Q316	702.97	32.6	21.56	3.47	25.04	711.79	32.3	22.04	3.55	25.58
Q416	717.52	32.4	22.18	3.58	25.76	714.86	32.4	22.19	3.51	25.68
Q117	725.12	32.0	22.69	3.53	26.22	718.22	32.4	22.16	3.53	25.69
Q217	720.52	32.4	22.27	3.59	25.86	720.98	32.4	22.30	3.58	25.91
Q317	717.55	32.4	22.16	3.50	25.65	726.19	32.3	22.65	3.57	26.22
Q417	731.86	32.4	22.60	3.70	26.31	730.69	32.3	22.64	3.63	26.25
Q118	744.76	31.8	23.40	3.65	27.06	736.77	32.3	22.82	3.66	26.48
Q218	745.09	32.5	22.94	3.63	26.57	744.69	32.5	22.96	3.62	26.61
Q318	742.75	32.8	22.62	3.50	26.12	752.27	32.5	23.16	3.55	26.73
Q418	757.21	32.5	23.33	3.67	27.00	757.50	32.5	23.40	3.60	26.97
Q119	771.60	32.1	24.05	3.69	27.74	761.92	32.4	23.40	3.73	27.11
Q219	771.63	32.6	23.69	3.81	27.51	770.19	32.6	23.69	3.81	27.52
Q319	769.14	32.7	23.53	3.77	27.31	780.59	32.6	24.13	3.79	28.00
Q419	786.33	32.5	24.23	3.96	28.19	787.44	32.4	24.35	3.90	28.17
Q120	800.31	32.3	24.76	3.86	28.62	788.42	32.3	24.01	3.92	27.94
Q220	817.55	32.2	25.39	2.29	27.68	815.84	32.3	25.35	2.29	27.65
Q320	794.89	32.6	24.38	2.69	27.07	808.40	32.4	25.09	2.68	27.81
Q420	847.21	33.1	25.56	2.51	28.07	848.29	32.7	25.69	2.45	28.07
Q121	860.19	32.1	26.83	2.67	29.51	846.95	32.7	26.02	2.76	28.80
Q221	850.81	32.6	26.07	2.91	28.98	849.62	32.7	26.01	2.91	28.91
Q321	837.61	33.1	25.29	2.57	27.86	852.88	32.6	26.09	2.54	28.67
Q421	863.70	32.9	26.27	3.28	29.55	864.00	32.7	26.39	3.23	29.57
Q122	885.33	32.3	27.42	3.60	31.02	870.00	32.7	26.54	3.69	30.21
Q222¹	871.62	32.6	26.78	4.16	30.93	871.26	32.7	26.71	4.16	30.83
¹Preliminary Estimates

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Table 5a Average hourly earnings excluding irregular earnings by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 5a Average hourly earnings excluding irregular earnings by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter¹ - Preliminary estimates
NACE Principal Activity		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Quarterly change		Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
B-E	Industry	21.14	21.78	22.14	23.11	23.42	24.06	24.08	0.02	0.1	0.66	2.8
F	Construction	19.36	20.43	20.84	20.82	22.19	23.35	24.01	0.66	2.8	1.82	8.2
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	17.12	17.37	18.18	18.79	19.03	19.61	19.94	0.33	1.7	0.91	4.8
H	Transportation and storage	20.09	20.85	22.47	21.34	21.21	22.19	21.56	-0.63	-2.8	0.35	1.7
I	Accommodation and food services	12.36	12.55	13.05	15.33	15.37	14.78	14.76	-0.02	-0.1	-0.61	-4.0
J	Information and communication	26.65	27.64	27.76	29.20	30.54	32.35	33.83	1.48	4.6	3.29	10.8
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	28.45	29.18	30.47	31.60	33.03	32.33	34.13	1.80	5.6	1.10	3.3
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	24.36	25.15	25.99	25.58	27.20	29.06	29.38	0.32	1.1	2.18	8.0
N	Administrative and support services	16.50	16.72	17.43	18.84	19.81	19.95	19.84	-0.11	-0.6	0.03	0.2
O	Public administration and defence	24.72	24.79	24.84	25.47	26.85	27.24	27.30	0.06	0.2	0.45	1.7
P	Education	34.02	35.25	35.76	36.30	37.44	38.72	38.42	-0.30	-0.8	0.98	2.6
Q	Human health and social work	21.52	21.76	22.46	23.09	23.45	23.98	24.20	0.22	0.9	0.75	3.2
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	15.99	16.32	17.11	19.31	19.45	20.05	19.88	-0.17	-0.8	0.43	2.2
All Sectors		21.18	21.69	22.38	23.98	24.65	24.98	25.14	0.16	0.6	0.49	2.0
Public/Private Sector²
Private sector		19.38	19.86	20.61	22.00	22.70	23.17	23.36	0.19	0.8	0.66	2.9
Public sector³		27.51	28.10	28.42	29.80	30.56	30.78	31.19	0.41	1.3	0.63	2.1
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		17.72	18.37	19.03	20.26	20.76	21.08	21.61	0.53	2.5	0.85	4.1
50-250 employees		19.25	19.91	20.54	21.91	22.81	23.09	22.98	-0.11	-0.5	0.17	0.7
Greater than 250 employees		24.18	24.53	25.15	26.52	27.41	27.62	27.81	0.19	0.7	0.40	1.5
¹Average hourly earnings excluding irregular earnings plus the average hourly irregular earnings in Table 5b equal average hourly earnings as set out in Table 2.
²For additional Public/Private data see PxStat table EHQ08.
³ Average hourly earnings excluding irregular earnings by Public sector sub-sector are set out in Table 8d.

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Table 5b Average hourly irregular earnings by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 5b Average hourly irregular earnings by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter¹ - Preliminary estimates
NACE Principal Activity		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change	Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Quarterly change	Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
B-E	Industry	1.15	1.28	1.24	1.64	1.38	3.38	1.87	-1.51	0.49
F	Construction	0.54	0.33	0.58	0.26	0.31	0.32	0.45	0.13	0.14
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1.02	1.15	1.19	1.16	1.43	2.09	1.34	-0.75	-0.09
H	Transportation and storage	1.14	1.39	1.37	1.56	1.29	1.01	1.78	0.77	0.49
I	Accommodation and food services	0.29	0.26	0.25	0.37	0.27	0.39	0.28	-0.11	0.01
J	Information and communication	3.08	4.41	4.37	5.07	4.14	8.56	4.97	-3.59	0.83
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	1.70	2.50	2.68	2.15	2.15	7.71	2.72	-4.99	0.57
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.47	1.91	1.95	1.57	2.28	2.61	2.19	-0.42	-0.09
N	Administrative and support services	0.90	0.95	1.06	1.29	2.22	3.58	2.42	-1.16	0.20
O	Public administration and defence	1.41	1.48	1.44	1.57	1.59	1.29	1.69	0.40	0.10
P	Education	0.43	0.40	0.40	0.20	0.40	0.27	0.37	0.10	-0.03
Q	Human health and social work	1.04	0.98	1.29	0.96	0.85	0.86	1.36	0.50	0.51
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	0.55	0.60	0.50	0.61	0.48	1.71	0.51	-1.20	0.03
All Sectors		1.09	1.24	1.31	1.41	1.42	2.44	1.64	-0.80	0.22
Public/Private Sector²
Private sector		1.03	1.22	1.26	1.46	1.50	2.86	1.62	-1.24	0.12
Public sector³		1.29	1.34	1.48	1.24	1.17	1.09	1.68	0.59	0.51
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		0.67	0.70	0.85	0.78	0.88	1.34	0.74	-0.60	-0.14
50-250 employees		1.02	1.19	1.21	1.31	1.64	2.53	1.60	-0.93	-0.04
Greater than 250 employees		1.39	1.62	1.65	1.76	1.65	2.96	2.13	-0.83	0.48
¹ Average hourly irregular earnings plus the average hourly earnings excluding irregular earnings in Table 5a equal average hourly earnings as set out in Table 2.
² For additional Public/Private data see PxStat table EHQ08.
³ Average hourly earnings excluding irregular earnings by Public sector sub-sector are set out in Table 8d.

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Table 6a Average hourly other labour costs by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 6a Average hourly other labour costs by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter - Preliminary estimates
NACE Principal Activity		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Quarterly change		Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
B-E	Industry	5.05	5.10	5.34	3.44	4.64	5.35	5.40	0.05	0.9	0.76	16.4
F	Construction	2.57	2.64	2.59	-0.66	-0.23	3.01	2.96	-0.05	-1.7	3.19	1387.0
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	2.98	3.11	3.22	0.72	1.70	2.96	3.72	0.76	25.7	2.02	118.8
H	Transportation and storage	3.49	3.81	4.06	1.08	0.94	2.21	3.58	1.37	62.0	2.64	280.9
I	Accommodation and food services	1.35	1.36	1.45	-5.79	-8.14	-4.77	-0.32	4.45	93.3	7.82	96.1
J	Information and communication	7.21	7.46	7.37	7.25	9.48	8.96	9.59	0.63	7.0	0.11	1.2
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	7.58	8.08	8.65	8.20	9.64	9.37	8.87	-0.50	-5.3	-0.77	-8.0
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	4.60	4.32	4.49	1.89	3.82	5.03	5.48	0.45	8.9	1.66	43.5
N	Administrative and support services	2.68	2.41	2.86	1.06	2.47	3.10	2.90	-0.20	-6.5	0.43	17.4
O	Public administration and defence	2.28	2.39	2.44	2.64	2.77	2.85	2.88	0.03	1.1	0.11	4.0
P	Education	3.67	3.78	3.89	3.33	3.29	3.96	4.29	0.33	8.3	1.00	30.4
Q	Human health and social work	2.51	2.47	2.73	2.18	2.31	2.57	2.87	0.30	11.7	0.56	24.2
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	2.53	2.38	2.61	-1.37	-1.44	1.35	2.41	1.06	78.5	3.85	267.4
All Sectors		3.59	3.63	3.81	2.29	2.91	3.60	4.16	0.56	15.6	1.25	43.0
Public/Private Sector¹
Private sector		3.71	3.72	3.92	1.88	2.71	3.60	4.26	0.66	18.3	1.55	57.2
Public sector		3.18	3.31	3.44	3.53	3.51	3.62	3.79	0.17	4.7	0.28	8.0
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		2.52	2.55	2.63	-0.51	-0.42	1.69	2.87	1.18	69.8	3.29	783.3
50-250 employees		3.35	3.44	3.56	1.00	2.38	2.77	3.57	0.80	28.9	1.19	50.0
Greater than 250 employees		4.38	4.40	4.65	4.13	4.94	4.86	5.06	0.20	4.1	0.12	2.4
¹ For additional Public/Private data see PxStat table EHQ08.

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Table 6b Average hourly benefits in kind (BIK) by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 6b Average hourly benefits in kind (BIK) by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter¹ - Preliminary estimates
NACE Principal Activity		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change	Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Quarterly change	Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
B-E	Industry	0.43	0.48	0.49	0.62	0.59	0.40	0.60	0.20	0.01
F	Construction	0.10	0.10	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.12	0.09	-0.03	0.01
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	0.37	0.39	0.50	0.57	0.61	0.29	0.67	0.38	0.06
H	Transportation and storage	0.08	0.12	0.14	0.09	0.10	0.12	0.08	-0.04	-0.02
I	Accommodation and food services	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	-	-
J	Information and communication	1.35	1.58	1.61	1.72	3.71	1.95	2.67	0.72	-1.04
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	0.43	0.74	0.83	1.09	0.79	0.75	0.62	-0.13	-0.17
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	0.55	0.45	0.41	0.49	0.45	0.24	0.47	0.23	0.02
N	Administrative and support services	0.26	0.11	0.32	0.19	0.80	0.50	0.17	-0.33	-0.63
O	Public administration and defence	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-
P	Education	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	-0.01	-
Q	Human health and social work	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	-	-
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	0.42	0.18	0.08	0.14	0.10	0.12	0.09	-0.03	-0.01
All Sectors		0.28	0.29	0.32	0.40	0.51	0.31	0.42	0.11	-0.09
Public/Private Sector²
Private sector		0.35	0.37	0.41	0.53	0.67	0.41	0.55	0.14	-0.12
Public sector		0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	-	-0.01
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		0.16	0.15	0.17	0.20	0.19	0.15	0.20	0.05	0.01
50-250 employees		0.17	0.26	0.23	0.30	0.27	0.35	0.20	-0.15	-0.07
Greater than 250 employees		0.39	0.39	0.45	0.53	0.76	0.38	0.62	0.24	-0.14
¹ Average hourly benefits in kind (BIK) are a sub-component of average hourly other labour costs as set out in Table 6a. BIK is considered an income rather than an other labour cost by Eurostat and in Structure of Earnings Statistics.
² For additional Public/Private data see PxStat table EHQ08.

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Table 6c Average hourly total labour costs by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 6c Average hourly total labour costs by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter¹ - Preliminary estimates
NACE Principal Activity		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Quarterly change		Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
B-E	Industry	27.35	28.16	28.72	28.20	29.43	32.80	31.35	-1.45	-4.4	1.92	6.5
F	Construction	22.47	23.40	24.01	20.42	22.27	26.68	27.43	0.75	2.8	5.16	23.2
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	21.11	21.63	22.59	20.67	22.17	24.66	25.00	0.34	1.4	2.83	12.8
H	Transportation and storage	24.72	26.04	27.90	23.98	23.44	25.40	26.92	1.52	6.0	3.48	14.8
I	Accommodation and food services	13.99	14.17	14.74	9.91	7.49	10.41	14.72	4.31	41.4	7.23	96.5
J	Information and communication	36.94	39.50	39.49	41.53	44.17	49.88	48.39	-1.49	-3.0	4.22	9.6
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	37.73	39.77	41.81	41.95	44.81	49.41	45.72	-3.69	-7.5	0.91	2.0
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	30.43	31.37	32.43	29.04	33.30	36.71	37.06	0.35	1.0	3.76	11.3
N	Administrative and support services	20.09	20.08	21.34	21.19	24.50	26.64	25.17	-1.47	-5.5	0.67	2.7
O	Public administration and defence	28.41	28.66	28.72	29.68	31.21	31.38	31.87	0.49	1.6	0.66	2.1
P	Education	38.12	39.42	40.05	39.83	41.13	42.95	43.07	0.12	0.3	1.94	4.7
Q	Human health and social work	25.07	25.21	26.48	26.23	26.61	27.41	28.44	1.03	3.8	1.83	6.9
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	19.06	19.30	20.22	18.55	18.49	23.12	22.80	-0.32	-1.4	4.31	23.3
All Sectors		25.86	26.57	27.51	27.68	28.98	31.02	30.93	-0.09	-0.3	1.95	6.7
Public/Private Sector²
Private sector		24.12	24.80	25.80	25.34	26.92	29.63	29.25	-0.38	-1.3	2.33	8.7
Public sector		31.98	32.76	33.34	34.57	35.24	35.48	36.66	1.18	3.3	1.42	4.0
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		20.91	21.62	22.51	20.53	21.21	24.12	25.22	1.10	4.6	4.01	18.9
50-250 employees		23.61	24.54	25.31	24.22	26.83	28.39	28.15	-0.24	-0.8	1.32	4.9
Greater than 250 employees		29.95	30.55	31.44	32.42	34.00	35.44	34.99	-0.45	-1.3	0.99	2.9
¹ Average hourly total labour costs equal the average hourly earnings in Table 2 plus the average hourly other labour costs as set out in Table 6a.
² For additional Public/Private data see PxStat table EHQ08.

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Table 7a Employment by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 7a Employment by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter¹ - Preliminary estimates
NACE Principal Activity		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022
NACE Principal Activity		Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2
B-E	Industry	206,000	216,400	222,600	219,400	227,300	233,500	252,300	255,100	259,400
F	Construction	75,100	87,500	93,600	105,700	111,600	95,700	99,500	125,500	127,700
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	282,800	291,100	304,000	301,500	297,200	286,200	303,400	304,800	322,900
H	Transportation and storage	64,800	66,800	70,500	76,200	83,600	74,100	79,300	90,800	85,800
I	Accommodation and food services	148,300	156,000	163,400	179,600	185,400	126,200	124,200	168,500	171,900
J	Information and communication	61,800	64,600	68,200	71,200	74,600	84,100	88,700	103,600	104,500
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	91,000	94,300	92,100	93,900	97,500	112,100	111,600	117,700	113,900
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	85,300	88,800	91,500	97,600	98,000	98,700	115,500	118,200	119,000
N	Administrative and support services	78,200	85,700	92,900	102,600	107,200	87,100	92,100	100,100	102,300
O	Public administration and defence	113,000	117,300	119,600	127,500	135,600	144,800	156,100	162,100	153,900
P	Education	136,600	138,200	144,400	153,900	164,200	180,700	194,800	192,800	197,900
Q	Human health and social work	226,600	231,400	237,500	243,100	249,100	243,400	261,600	278,100	285,700
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	50,300	53,300	54,600	54,200	53,800	46,000	46,600	46,600	48,800
All Sectors		1,619,800	1,691,300	1,754,600	1,826,400	1,885,300	1,812,600	1,925,900	2,063,900	2,093,800
Public/Private Sector²
Private sector		1,243,600	1,301,500	1,361,000	1,425,500	1,473,200	1,413,400	1,505,800	1,639,700	1,663,300
Public sector		376,200	389,800	393,700	400,900	412,100	399,100	420,000	424,200	430,500
¹ It should be noted that the Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of estimates of employment.
²For additional Public/Private data see PxStat table EHQ08.

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Table 7b Job vacancies by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 7c Job vacancy rate by economic sector and other characteristics and quarter

Table 8a Average weekly earnings by public sector sub-sector and quarter

Table 8b Average hourly earnings by public sector sub-sector and quarter

Table 8c Average weekly paid hours by public sector sub-sector and quarter

Table 8d Average hourly earnings excluding irregular earnings by public sector sub-sector and quarter

Table 8e Public sector employment by sub-sector and quarter

Table A1 Estimates of average weekly earnings by broad occupational categories

Table A2 Response rates in selected sectors by quarter

Table A3 Preliminary data versus final data

Table A3 Preliminary data versus final data¹
		Preliminary Q1 2022			Final Q1 2022			Percentage Change
NACE Principal Activity		Average weekly earnings	Average hourly earnings	Average weekly hours	Average weekly earnings	Average hourly earnings	Average weekly hours	Average weekly earnings	Average hourly earnings	Average weekly hours
B-E	Industry	1,031.78	27.56	37.4	1,023.03	27.45	37.3	-0.8	-0.4	-0.3
F	Construction	881.29	23.77	37.1	877.24	23.68	37.1	-0.5	-0.4	-
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	649.43	21.45	30.3	654.39	21.70	30.2	0.8	1.2	-0.3
H	Transportation and storage	795.55	23.00	34.6	820.92	23.20	35.4	3.2	0.9	2.3
I	Accommodation and food services	400.00	15.45	25.9	391.46	15.17	25.8	-2.1	-1.8	-0.4
J	Information and communication	1,506.04	40.84	36.9	1,510.01	40.92	36.9	0.3	0.2	0.0
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	1,358.72	39.61	34.3	1,380.76	40.04	34.5	1.6	1.1	0.6
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	1,097.03	31.18	35.2	1,096.60	31.68	34.6	-0.0	1.6	-1.7
N	Administrative and support service	712.95	23.10	30.9	736.88	23.53	31.3	3.4	1.9	1.3
O	Public administration and defence	1,005.69	28.65	35.1	989.24	28.54	34.7	-1.6	-0.4	-1.1
P	Education	937.94	39.05	24.0	930.66	38.99	23.9	-0.8	-0.2	-0.4
Q	Human health and social work	793.71	24.84	32.0	813.52	24.85	32.7	2.5	0.0	2.2
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	615.11	21.83	28.2	622.07	21.76	28.6	1.1	-0.3	1.4
Total		880.37	27.33	32.2	885.33	27.42	32.3	0.6	0.3	0.3
Public/Private Sector
Private sector		836.30	25.91	32.3	841.40	26.03	32.3	0.6	0.5	-
Public sector		1,020.84	31.89	32.0	1,024.76	31.86	32.2	0.4	-0.1	0.6
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		699.51	22.51	31.1	695.46	22.43	31.0	-0.6	-0.4	-0.3
50-250 employees		820.37	25.47	32.2	826.41	25.61	32.3	0.7	0.5	0.3
Greater than 250 employees		999.08	30.44	32.8	1,008.43	30.58	33.0	0.9	0.5	0.6
¹ See background notes.

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Table 8a Average weekly earnings by public sector sub-sector and quarter - Preliminary estimates
Public sector sub-sector	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
Public sector sub-sector	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Quarterly change		Annual change
	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
Civil service	929.54	944.07	939.78	977.79	980.22	904.93	978.84	73.91	8.2	-1.38	-0.1
Defence	814.37	856.86	866.60	916.69	956.90	926.77	915.17	-11.60	-1.3	-41.73	-4.4
Garda Siochana	1,368.04	1,363.13	1,348.26	1,433.19	1,480.51	1,387.93	1,503.32	115.39	8.3	22.81	1.5
Education	927.33	963.74	990.07	1,018.61	1,060.14	1,047.13	1,053.46	6.33	0.6	-6.68	-0.6
Regional bodies	826.48	837.89	848.75	837.97	874.86	888.12	889.17	1.05	0.1	14.31	1.6
Health	894.61	912.81	948.69	998.18	986.62	1,018.31	1,013.85	-4.46	-0.4	27.23	2.8
Semi-state	1,028.07	1,069.94	1,060.66	1,040.39	1,092.38	1,103.04	1,143.83	40.79	3.7	51.45	4.7
Total public sector	936.29	962.16	980.01	1,008.76	1,030.85	1,024.76	1,043.57	18.81	1.8	12.72	1.2
Total public sector excluding semi- state bodies	921.80	945.38	967.12	1,003.81	1,021.89	1,012.98	1,028.84	15.86	1.6	6.95	0.7
Semi-state by sub-sector
Non Commercial Semi-state bodies	990.91	1,001.08	1,019.90	1,041.07	1,065.93	1,120.27	1,052.96	-67.31	-6.0	-12.97	-1.2
Commercial Semi-state bodies	1,042.10	1,097.46	1,076.69	1,040.10	1,105.24	1,095.57	1,182.60	87.03	7.9	77.36	7.0

Table 8e Public sector employment by sub-sector and quarter² - Preliminary estimates
Public sector sub-sector	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Annual change
	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2¹
	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2¹
									%
Civil service	40,300	41,700	43,500	44,600	45,100	43,300	44,500	-600	-1.3
Defence	9,400	9,300	9,100	8,900	8,900	8,800	9,000	100	1.1
Garda Siochana	13,500	14,100	14,400	14,700	14,500	14,500	14,400	-100	-0.7
Education	114,600	115,400	115,000	112,200	113,100	111,900	113,400	300	0.3
Regional bodies	33,400	33,800	34,500	35,000	35,100	35,100	35,400	300	0.9
Health	128,500	132,400	135,800	127,600	146,900	153,900	155,500	8600	5.9
Semi-state	54,000	54,200	59,700	56,200	56,400	56,600	58,300	1900	3.4
Total public sector	393,700	400,900	412,100	399,100	420,000	424,200	430,500	10500	2.5
Total public sector excluding semi- state bodies	339,700	346,700	352,400	342,900	363,600	367,600	372,200	8600	2.4
Semi-state by sub-sector
Non Commercial Semi-state bodies	12,800	13,400	15,200	14,800	15,500	17,300	16,700	1200	7.7
Commercial Semi-state bodies	41,100	40,800	44,600	41,400	40,900	39,300	41,500	600	1.5
¹ Preliminary estimates
² Source: Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey. Public Sector employment includes all those who received a payment which would include both full-time and part-time employees as well as contract workers. Total public sector numbers are also published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a quarterly basis. Those differ in coverage from the estimates in the above table as Department of Public Expenditure and Reform estimates are based on full-time equivalents which will change over time based on both changes in working hours and number of persons employed.

Table A1 Estimates of average weekly earnings by broad occupational categories¹
Occupation by NACE groups	2020	2021	2021	2022	Quarterly change	Annual change
Occupation by NACE groups	Q1	Q1	Q4	Q1	Quarterly change	Annual change
	€	€	€	€	%	%
Managers, professionals and associated professionals
B-E	1,570.56	1,598.41	1,648.83	1,639.42	-0.6	2.6
B-N, R-S	1,422.33	1,446.96	1,490.67	1,495.39	0.3	3.3
O-Q	1,242.26	1,331.56	1,294.89	1,300.63	0.4	-2.3
Total (B-S)	1,312.82	1,371.67	1,375.32	1,381.16	0.4	0.7
Clerical, sales and service employees
B-E	835.42	861.31	944.34	911.81	-3.4	5.9
B-N, R-S	528.18	599.60	633.87	617.39	-2.6	3.0
O-Q	583.66	593.57	630.61	631.24	0.1	6.3
Total (B-S)	532.80	588.81	621.60	611.35	-1.6	3.8
Production, transport, craft and other manual workers
B-E	759.77	751.63	824.97	796.69	-3.4	6.0
B-N, R-S	589.78	631.91	691.98	659.07	-4.8	4.3
O-Q	504.45	515.96	530.54	538.92	1.6	4.4
Total (B-S)	562.87	596.72	647.50	622.28	-3.9	4.3
¹ These estimates have been generated using a sub sample of EHECS respondents therefore caution is advised when interpreting these results. See background notes.

Table A2 Response rates in selected sectors by quarter¹
		Employer Response Rate %				Respondent Enterprises	Respondent Enterprises	Employee Response Rate %
NACE Principal Activity		Final Q1 2021	Preliminary Q1 2022	Final Q1 2022	Preliminary Q2 2022	Final Q1 2022	Preliminary Q2 2022	Final Q1 2021	Preliminary Q1 2022	Final Q1 2022	Preliminary Q2 2022
B-E	Industry	58.7	44.5	57.0	39.7	600	450	76.2	54.8	70.9	56.3
F	Construction	40.5	33.1	37.2	29.0	130	124	52.9	42.6	48.3	39.5
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	51.1	44.2	50.4	39.8	608	536	72.9	53.3	71.0	53.0
H	Transportation and storage	48.1	38.2	48.8	34.2	126	102	72.8	52.9	73.3	62.6
I	Accommodation and food services	47.3	40.5	50.1	40.7	368	309	47.3	51.7	66.2	56.0
J	Information and communication	59.8	49.6	61.3	50.4	274	241	72.2	65.8	78.6	69.6
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	70.3	54.3	65.6	50.6	242	201	91.0	75.7	86.9	71.8
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	60.1	55.8	60.8	45.3	293	246	74.5	58.9	76.2	59.1
N	Administrative and support service activities	53.3	45.1	55.1	41.4	269	223	67.5	57.4	68.0	56.2
O	Public administration and defence	84.3	83.5	89.5	81.3	119	117	88.6	92.8	94.8	93.8
P	Education	64.5	58.2	65.1	49.6	127	115	91.3	89.6	92.6	85.1
Q	Human health and social work	67.0	56.7	68.5	53.4	505	428	80.3	64.4	74.0	61.6
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	57.9	56.6	66.5	52.1	210	186	77.5	69.0	75.8	59.8
Total		56.4	48.0	57.2	44.0	3,871	3,278	77.3	66.0	77.4	66.4
¹This table presents the response rates achieved by sector. Greater caution should be taken in the interpretation of estimates for sectors with lower response rates as these sectors could be subject to greater revisions if response levels are increased for final estimates.

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