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Earnings and Labour Costs Q2 2022 (Final) Q3 2022 (Preliminary Estimates)

Average weekly earnings up 3.2% in the 12 months to Q3 2022

CSO statistical publication, 29 November 2022, 11am

Key Findings

Average weekly earnings were €864.32 in Q3 2022, an increase of 3.2% from €837.61 in Q3 2021.
Average hourly earnings increased by 3.5% to €26.17 from €25.29 in Q3 2021.
Average weekly paid hours were 33.0 in Q3 2022, a decrease of 0.3% from the Q3 2021 value of 33.1.
There was no change in the job vacancy rate of 1.5% at the end of Q3 2022 from Q3 2021, but it was down from the 1.6% recorded at the end of Q2 2022.
Average hourly other labour costs increased by 60.7% to €4.13 from €2.57 in Q3 2021.
The sector with the highest average hourly total labour costs was the Information & Communication sector with a rate of €49.51, followed by the Education sector at €43.24.
The sectors with the lowest cost of employing labour were the Accommodation & Food Services Activities with average hourly total labour costs of €16.90 and Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Other Service Activities with €22.58.
The sectors with the highest job vacancy rate in Q3 2022 were Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities (3.8%), followed by the Financial, Insurance & Real Estate Activities (2.8%).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (29 November 2022) issued Earnings and Labour Costs results in respect of Preliminary estimates for Q3 2022 and Final estimates for Q2 2022.

Commenting on the data, Louise Egan, Statistician in the Earnings Analysis Division, said: “Preliminary estimates for Q3 2022 show average weekly earnings were €864.32, an increase of 3.2% compared with €837.61 in Q3 2021. Average weekly earnings rose by 12.4% over three years from €769.14 in Q3 2019 (pre-COVID-19) to €864.32 in Q3 2022.

Average hourly earnings increased on an annual basis by 3.5% to €26.17 while average weekly paid hours decreased by 0.3% to 33.0 in the year from Q3 2021 to Q3 2022. Average hourly earnings rose by 11.2% over three years from €23.53 in Q3 2019 to €26.17 in Q3 2022.

Average hourly other labour costs increased by 60.7% across all economic sectors to €4.13 from €2.57 in Q3 2021. A significant factor in this increase was the ending of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) on 31 May 2022. Refunded payments to enterprises, including EWSS, were recorded as subsidies and refunds received, being amounts received by enterprises intended to refund part or all of the cost of wages and salaries and were deducted from other labour costs.

Preliminary estimates for Q3 2022 show that it is the first quarter since Q1 2020 that the Accommodation & Food Service Activities has had a positive value for average hourly other labour costs. During the COVID-19 pandemic average hourly other labour costs dropped to a low of -€8.27. Average hourly other labour costs now stand at €1.63 for the sector, an increase of 13.2% from Q3 2019.

The job vacancy rate in Q3 2022, which measures job vacancies on the last working day of the quarter, was 1.5%, down from 1.6% at the end of Q2 2022 and up from 0.9% at the end of Q3 2019."

Preliminary Estimates Q3 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	€
Q3 2021	837.61	25.29	33.1	27.86	853.71	26.04	32.6	28.69
Q2 2022	871.93	26.72	32.6	30.94	872.00	26.70	32.7	30.85
Q3 2022	864.32	26.17	33.0	30.30	881.85	26.96	32.7	31.25
Quarterly change %					1.1	1.0	-	1.3
Annual change %	3.2	3.5	-0.3	8.8

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Editor's 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)

Earnings and Hours

Average weekly earnings were €864.32 in Q3 2022, an increase of 3.2% compared with €837.61 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 Q3 2022 was the Information & Communication sector (10.8%) where average weekly earnings rose from €1,335.88 to €1,480.25 in the year to Q3 2022. The second largest increase was 8.6% in the Transportation & Storage sector which rose from €778.36 to €845.25 over the year.

In the five years to Q3 2022, average weekly earnings rose by 20.5%. All sectors saw increases to average weekly earnings over this period.

Average hourly earnings increased on an annual basis by 3.5% to €26.17 in Q3 2022, while average weekly paid hours decreased from 33.1 in Q3 2021 to 33.0 in Q3 2022.

	5 Year % Change
Information and communication	36.8650257965494
Admin & support service	27.6821629961611
Arts & entertainment	23.7276761554281
Construction	23.5832724715302
Accommodation & food	22.8964873380791
All sectors	20.4543237405059
Professional & technical	20.2970916411697
Financial & real estate	19.3470434482418
Health & social	16.5363766048502
Wholesale & retail	15.9952992225637
Education	14.4262374323279
Industry	13.3426471624128
Transportation	9.12928964288481
Public admin & defence	8.2654558601476

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

X-axis label	Unadjusted	Seasonally Adjusted
Q315	21.5	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	22.3
Q317	22.16	22.65
Q417	22.6	22.64
Q118	23.4	22.82
Q218	22.94	22.96
Q318	22.62	23.15
Q418	23.33	23.4
Q119	24.05	23.4
Q219	23.69	23.69
Q319	23.53	24.12
Q419	24.23	24.34
Q120	24.76	24.01
Q220	25.39	25.38
Q320	24.38	25.06
Q420	25.56	25.68
Q121	26.83	26.04
Q221	26.07	26.05
Q321	25.29	26.04
Q421	26.27	26.37
Q122	27.42	26.57
Q222	26.72	26.7
Q322	26.17	26.96

	Q3 2021	Q3 2022
Industry	24.56	25.34
Construction	23.23	23.88
Wholesale & retail	19.73	20.63
Transportation	21.87	22.91
Accommodation & food	14.52	15.28
Information & communication	35.6	39.69
Financial & real estate	33.15	34.68
Professional & technical	29.56	30.59
Admin & support service	20.89	21.31
Public admin & defence	27.91	28.34
Education	39.13	38.82
Health & social	24.6	25.43
Arts & entertainment	19.19	19.62
All sectors	25.29	26.17

X-axis label	Unadjusted	Seasonally Adjusted
Q315	32.2	32
Q415	32.5	32.1
Q116	31.7	31.9
Q216	32.1	32
Q316	32.6	32.3
Q416	32.4	32.4
Q117	32	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
Q322	33	32.7

Total Labour Costs

Average hourly total labour costs were €30.30 across all economic sectors in Q3 2022. The sector with the highest average hourly total labour costs was the Information & Communication sector with a rate of €49.51, followed by the Education sector at €43.24. The sectors with the lowest cost of employing labour were Accommodation & Food Services Activities with average hourly total labour costs of €16.90 and Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Other Service Activities with €22.58.

Average hourly total labour costs increased by 18.1% over the five years to Q3 2022, from €25.65 per hour to €30.30. The percentage changes across the sectors ranged from 7.5% in Transportation & Storage to 33.2% in Information & Communication.

	5 Year % Change
Information and communication	33.2346609257266
Arts & entertainment	22.054054054054
Admin & support service	21.7980914113511
Construction	21.624046657694
Accommodation & food	21.5827338129496
Professional & technical	19.4555112881806
Total	18.1286549707602
Financial & real estate	16.6168884061906
Wholesale & retail	15.5231143552311
Health & social	12.6990445859873
Industry	12.1581670362158
Public admin & defence	11.7921146953405
Education	11.760144740243
Transportation	7.54640839386601

Public Sector

Average weekly earnings increased by 0.6% across the public sector in the year to Q3 2022, rising from €1,050.48 to €1,056.63. An Garda Síochána recorded the highest average weekly earnings in the public sector of €1,365.78 in Q3 2022 while those in Education recorded the highest average hourly earnings in the quarter of €44.12.

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	Q3 2021	Q3 2022
Civil service	948.99	1004.19
Defence	976.12	895.5
Garda Siochana	1440.7	1365.78
Education	1104.12	1102.16
Regional bodies	873.38	891.8
Health	1040.1	1037.92
Semi-state	1059.13	1101.11
All sectors	1050.48	1056.63

	Q3 2021	Q3 2022
Civil service	44700	44800
Defence	8900	9100
Garda Siochana	14700	14300
Education	109600	108400
Regional bodies	35500	35700
Health	149300	155700
Semi-state	56400	60400

Job Vacancies

The job vacancy rate in Q3 2022, which measures job vacancies on the last working day of the quarter, remained unchanged at 1.5% from Q3 2021. It was down slightly from 1.6% recorded at the end of Q2 2022.

The sectors with the highest job vacancy rate in Q3 2022 were Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities (3.8%), followed by Financial, Insurance & Real Estate Activities (2.8%).

Rounded to the nearest 100, the number of job vacancies at the end of Q3 2022 was 33,100, representing an increase of 2,000 from the end of Q3 2021.

X-axis label	Job Vacancy Rate
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
Q322	1.5

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
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3	Quarterly change		Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
B-E	Industry	851.78	875.54	883.24	890.24	945.34	992.75	965.43	-27.32	-2.8	20.09	2.1
F	Construction	739.38	796.07	804.64	818.03	869.54	921.09	913.75	-7.34	-0.8	44.21	5.1
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	553.10	566.53	597.26	605.19	629.32	665.40	641.57	-23.83	-3.6	12.25	1.9
H	Transportation and storage	774.54	818.45	833.22	780.66	778.36	872.76	845.25	-27.51	-3.2	66.89	8.6
I	Accommodation and food services	342.76	368.18	376.82	387.95	403.83	408.28	421.24	12.96	3.2	17.41	4.3
J	Information and communication	1,081.54	1,175.92	1,241.45	1,270.40	1,335.88	1,448.06	1,480.25	32.19	2.2	144.37	10.8
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	1,013.85	1,056.70	1,090.20	1,119.87	1,154.70	1,246.87	1,210.00	-36.87	-3.0	55.30	4.8
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	879.19	901.37	948.00	906.67	1,031.24	1,074.57	1,057.64	-16.93	-1.6	26.40	2.6
N	Administrative and support services	544.43	575.02	607.68	624.16	682.17	691.82	695.14	3.32	0.5	12.97	1.9
O	Public administration and defence	940.42	945.47	966.73	978.47	1,006.19	1,019.96	1,018.15	-1.81	-0.2	11.96	1.2
P	Education	827.52	857.76	865.60	901.01	961.73	914.35	946.90	32.55	3.6	-14.83	-1.5
Q	Human health and social work	701.00	715.26	727.10	758.21	809.06	812.33	816.92	4.59	0.6	7.86	1.0
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	461.95	493.43	494.22	518.58	552.44	592.14	571.56	-20.58	-3.5	19.12	3.5
All Sectors		717.55	742.75	769.14	794.89	837.61	871.93	864.32	-7.61	-0.9	26.71	3.2
Public/Private Sector¹
Private sector		655.87	681.70	709.30	731.11	773.44	819.88	808.33	-11.55	-1.4	34.89	4.5
Public sector²		940.83	960.14	972.76	997.24	1,050.48	1,044.09	1,056.63	12.54	1.2	6.15	0.6
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		557.28	586.35	608.02	625.73	655.49	693.39	696.05	2.66	0.4	40.56	6.2
50-250 employees		660.07	684.16	706.26	738.28	780.57	825.43	806.24	-19.19	-2.3	25.67	3.3
Greater than 250 employees		853.88	871.79	900.75	923.61	971.48	989.37	991.05	1.68	0.2	19.57	2.0
¹For 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
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3	Quarterly change		Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
B-E	Industry	22.36	22.70	23.00	23.55	24.56	25.93	25.34	-0.59	-2.3	0.78	3.2
F	Construction	19.86	20.92	21.42	21.83	23.23	24.60	23.88	-0.72	-2.9	0.65	2.8
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	17.64	17.88	19.15	19.15	19.73	21.64	20.63	-1.01	-4.7	0.90	4.6
H	Transportation and storage	21.30	22.77	23.24	21.29	21.87	23.58	22.91	-0.67	-2.8	1.04	4.8
I	Accommodation and food services	12.55	12.87	13.37	15.38	14.52	15.08	15.28	0.20	1.3	0.76	5.2
J	Information and communication	29.76	31.93	33.41	34.91	35.60	38.79	39.69	0.90	2.3	4.09	11.5
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	29.28	30.02	30.99	32.13	33.15	35.61	34.68	-0.93	-2.6	1.53	4.6
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	25.93	26.47	27.63	26.69	29.56	31.37	30.59	-0.78	-2.5	1.03	3.5
N	Administrative and support services	17.50	17.90	18.70	19.71	20.89	21.53	21.31	-0.22	-1.0	0.42	2.0
O	Public administration and defence	25.64	25.71	25.96	26.43	27.91	28.97	28.34	-0.63	-2.2	0.43	1.5
P	Education	34.92	36.10	37.15	37.97	39.13	38.82	38.82	-	-	-0.31	-0.8
Q	Human health and social work	22.63	22.79	23.41	24.16	24.60	25.39	25.43	0.04	0.2	0.83	3.4
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	16.33	17.02	17.80	18.12	19.19	20.20	19.62	-0.58	-2.9	0.43	2.2
All Sectors		22.16	22.62	23.53	24.38	25.29	26.72	26.17	-0.55	-2.1	0.88	3.5
Public/Private Sector¹
Private sector		20.29	20.72	21.69	22.45	23.30	24.97	24.45	-0.52	-2.1	1.15	4.9
Public sector²		28.89	29.44	29.82	30.45	31.93	32.67	32.11	-0.56	-1.7	0.18	0.6
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		18.32	18.82	19.59	19.96	20.72	22.38	22.09	-0.29	-1.3	1.37	6.6
50-250 employees		20.02	20.39	21.25	22.85	23.09	24.74	23.97	-0.77	-3.1	0.88	3.8
Greater than 250 employees		25.45	25.86	26.81	27.55	28.74	29.71	29.35	-0.36	-1.2	0.61	2.1
¹For 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
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3	Quarterly change		Annual change
		hours	hours	hours	hours	hours	hours	hours	hours	%	hours	%
B-E	Industry	38.1	38.6	38.4	37.8	38.5	38.3	38.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.4	-1.0
F	Construction	37.2	38.0	37.6	37.5	37.4	37.4	38.3	0.9	2.4	0.9	2.4
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	31.4	31.7	31.2	31.6	31.9	30.8	31.1	0.3	1.0	-0.8	-2.5
H	Transportation and storage	36.4	35.9	35.9	36.7	35.6	37.0	36.9	-0.1	-0.3	1.3	3.7
I	Accommodation and food services	27.3	28.6	28.2	25.2	27.8	27.1	27.6	0.5	1.8	-0.2	-0.7
J	Information and communication	36.3	36.8	37.2	36.4	37.5	37.3	37.3	-	-	-0.2	-0.5
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	34.6	35.2	35.2	34.9	34.8	35.0	34.9	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.3
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	33.9	34.1	34.3	34.0	34.9	34.3	34.6	0.3	0.9	-0.3	-0.9
N	Administrative and support services	31.1	32.1	32.5	31.7	32.7	32.1	32.6	0.5	1.6	-0.1	-0.3
O	Public administration and defence	36.7	36.8	37.2	37.0	36.1	35.2	35.9	0.7	2.0	-0.2	-0.6
P	Education	23.7	23.8	23.3	23.7	24.6	23.6	24.4	0.8	3.4	-0.2	-0.8
Q	Human health and social work	31.0	31.4	31.1	31.4	32.9	32.0	32.1	0.1	0.3	-0.8	-2.4
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	28.3	29.0	27.8	28.6	28.8	29.3	29.1	-0.2	-0.7	0.3	1.0
All Sectors		32.4	32.8	32.7	32.6	33.1	32.6	33.0	0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.3
Public/Private Sector¹
Private sector		32.3	32.9	32.7	32.6	33.2	32.8	33.1	0.3	0.9	-0.1	-0.3
Public sector²		32.6	32.6	32.6	32.8	32.9	32.0	32.9	0.9	2.8	-	-
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		30.4	31.2	31.0	31.3	31.6	31.0	31.5	0.5	1.6	-0.1	-0.3
50-250 employees		33.0	33.6	33.2	32.3	33.8	33.4	33.6	0.2	0.6	-0.2	-0.6
Greater than 250 employees		33.6	33.7	33.6	33.5	33.8	33.3	33.8	0.5	1.5	-	-
¹For 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	708.50	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	709.42	32.4	21.99	3.50	25.54
Q109	709.55	31.6	22.44	3.59	26.03	713.89	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	702.29	31.7	22.24	3.58	25.83
Q409	721.28	32.1	22.50	3.66	26.16	709.78	31.7	22.28	3.55	25.87
Q110	689.32	31.0	22.21	3.36	25.58	694.08	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	695.24	31.6	21.98	3.16	25.16
Q111	684.87	30.9	22.18	3.13	25.31	689.03	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	688.88	31.5	21.88	3.17	25.09
Q411	696.84	31.6	22.06	3.29	25.35	690.75	31.5	21.98	3.17	25.13
Q112	698.71	31.4	22.25	3.25	25.50	701.01	31.5	21.98	3.25	25.20
Q212	691.62	31.5	21.96	3.28	25.24	691.61	31.5	21.97	3.31	25.30
Q312	692.13	31.7	21.82	3.31	25.12	695.89	31.5	22.15	3.40	25.59
Q412	691.84	31.6	21.90	3.59	25.49	688.10	31.5	21.88	3.48	25.31
Q113	693.21	31.2	22.24	3.46	25.70	692.48	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	689.31	31.6	21.91	3.32	25.25
Q413	694.03	31.7	21.89	3.73	25.62	690.82	31.6	21.90	3.63	25.47
Q114	699.67	31.3	22.37	3.41	25.78	696.19	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	3.40	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	698.61	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	708.07	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	711.76	32.3	22.04	3.55	25.58
Q416	717.52	32.4	22.18	3.58	25.76	714.85	32.4	22.19	3.51	25.68
Q117	725.12	32.0	22.69	3.53	26.22	718.27	32.4	22.16	3.53	25.69
Q217	720.52	32.4	22.27	3.59	25.86	721.00	32.4	22.30	3.58	25.91
Q317	717.55	32.4	22.16	3.50	25.65	726.12	32.3	22.65	3.57	26.22
Q417	731.86	32.4	22.60	3.70	26.31	730.62	32.3	22.64	3.63	26.25
Q118	744.76	31.8	23.40	3.65	27.06	736.90	32.3	22.82	3.66	26.48
Q218	745.09	32.5	22.94	3.63	26.57	744.81	32.5	22.96	3.62	26.61
Q318	742.75	32.8	22.62	3.50	26.12	752.03	32.5	23.15	3.56	26.73
Q418	757.21	32.5	23.33	3.67	27.00	757.41	32.5	23.40	3.60	26.96
Q119	771.60	32.1	24.05	3.69	27.74	762.09	32.4	23.40	3.71	27.11
Q219	771.63	32.6	23.69	3.81	27.51	770.43	32.6	23.69	3.81	27.52
Q319	769.14	32.7	23.53	3.77	27.31	780.26	32.6	24.12	3.82	28.01
Q419	786.33	32.5	24.23	3.96	28.19	787.37	32.4	24.34	3.89	28.15
Q120	800.31	32.3	24.76	3.86	28.62	788.48	32.3	24.01	3.88	27.94
Q220	817.55	32.2	25.39	2.29	27.68	816.04	32.3	25.38	2.30	27.66
Q320	794.89	32.6	24.38	2.69	27.07	808.45	32.4	25.06	2.72	27.82
Q420	847.21	33.1	25.56	2.51	28.07	848.15	32.7	25.68	2.45	28.05
Q121	860.19	32.1	26.83	2.67	29.51	846.48	32.7	26.04	2.70	28.80
Q221	850.81	32.6	26.07	2.91	28.98	849.89	32.7	26.05	2.93	28.92
Q321	837.61	33.1	25.29	2.57	27.86	853.71	32.6	26.04	2.59	28.69
Q421	863.70	32.9	26.27	3.28	29.55	863.61	32.7	26.37	3.22	29.54
Q122	885.33	32.3	27.42	3.60	31.02	868.90	32.7	26.57	3.62	30.21
Q222	871.93	32.6	26.72	4.22	30.94	872.00	32.7	26.70	4.24	30.85
Q322¹	864.32	33.0	26.17	4.13	30.3	881.85	32.7	26.96	4.14	31.25
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
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3	Quarterly change		Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
B-E	Industry	21.37	21.70	22.11	22.58	23.43	24.04	24.24	0.20	0.8	0.81	3.5
F	Construction	19.38	20.40	21.04	21.25	22.78	24.16	23.63	-0.53	-2.2	0.85	3.7
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	16.98	17.23	18.20	18.34	18.89	20.02	19.71	-0.31	-1.5	0.82	4.3
H	Transportation and storage	20.47	21.76	22.35	20.33	20.76	21.56	21.65	0.09	0.4	0.89	4.3
I	Accommodation and food services	12.30	12.61	13.12	14.91	14.30	14.80	14.97	0.17	1.1	0.67	4.7
J	Information and communication	26.47	27.48	28.18	29.28	29.96	33.51	33.07	-0.44	-1.3	3.11	10.4
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	28.34	29.12	30.12	31.01	32.01	33.49	33.45	-0.04	-0.1	1.44	4.5
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	24.59	24.92	26.26	25.58	27.87	28.96	28.97	0.01	0.0	1.10	3.9
N	Administrative and support services	16.79	16.96	17.72	18.70	19.50	19.81	20.03	0.22	1.1	0.53	2.7
O	Public administration and defence	24.39	24.60	24.86	25.17	26.66	27.28	27.27	-0.01	0.0	0.61	2.3
P	Education	34.51	35.78	36.72	37.73	38.75	38.41	38.35	-0.06	-0.2	-0.40	-1.0
Q	Human health and social work	21.67	21.83	22.43	23.21	23.72	24.05	24.45	0.40	1.7	0.73	3.1
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	15.94	16.52	17.27	17.81	18.89	19.72	19.29	-0.43	-2.2	0.40	2.1
All Sectors		21.25	21.64	22.49	23.29	24.13	25.07	24.94	-0.13	-0.5	0.81	3.4
Public/Private Sector²
Private sector		19.45	19.78	20.68	21.36	22.11	23.32	23.20	-0.12	-0.5	1.09	4.9
Public sector³		27.72	28.31	28.68	29.37	30.87	31.01	30.92	-0.09	-0.3	0.05	0.2
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		17.89	18.28	19.04	19.32	20.12	21.55	21.44	-0.11	-0.5	1.32	6.6
50-250 employees		19.28	19.65	20.49	21.95	22.19	23.07	23.02	-0.05	-0.2	0.83	3.7
Greater than 250 employees		24.18	24.52	25.36	26.13	27.15	27.64	27.67	0.03	0.1	0.52	1.9
¹ Average 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.
³Average 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
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change	Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3	Quarterly change	Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
B-E	Industry	0.99	1.01	0.90	0.97	1.13	1.89	1.11	-0.78	-0.02
F	Construction	0.48	0.52	0.38	0.59	0.45	0.44	0.25	-0.19	-0.20
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	0.66	0.66	0.95	0.80	0.84	1.61	0.92	-0.69	0.08
H	Transportation and storage	0.83	1.01	0.89	0.97	1.11	2.02	1.26	-0.76	0.15
I	Accommodation and food services	0.25	0.26	0.25	0.47	0.21	0.28	0.31	0.03	0.10
J	Information and communication	3.29	4.45	5.23	5.63	5.64	5.28	6.62	1.34	0.98
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	0.94	0.90	0.87	1.12	1.14	2.12	1.24	-0.88	0.10
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.34	1.55	1.36	1.11	1.69	2.42	1.62	-0.80	-0.07
N	Administrative and support services	0.71	0.94	0.98	1.01	1.39	1.71	1.28	-0.43	-0.11
O	Public administration and defence	1.25	1.12	1.10	1.26	1.25	1.70	1.07	-0.63	-0.18
P	Education	0.42	0.33	0.43	0.23	0.38	0.41	0.47	0.06	0.09
Q	Human health and social work	0.95	0.96	0.98	0.95	0.87	1.34	0.97	-0.37	0.10
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	0.40	0.50	0.53	0.30	0.30	0.47	0.33	-0.14	0.03
All Sectors		0.91	0.98	1.04	1.09	1.16	1.65	1.24	-0.41	0.08
Public/Private Sector²
Private sector		0.83	0.94	1.02	1.09	1.19	1.65	1.25	-0.40	0.06
Public sector³		1.16	1.12	1.13	1.07	1.06	1.66	1.18	-0.48	0.12
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		0.43	0.54	0.55	0.64	0.60	0.84	0.65	-0.19	0.05
50-250 employees		0.74	0.74	0.76	0.90	0.90	1.68	0.95	-0.73	0.05
Greater than 250 employees		1.27	1.35	1.45	1.42	1.58	2.07	1.69	-0.38	0.11
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
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3	Quarterly change		Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
B-E	Industry	4.69	4.61	5.22	4.13	4.38	5.57	5.01	-0.56	-10.1	0.63	14.4
F	Construction	2.43	2.53	2.65	1.29	0.95	3.17	3.23	0.06	1.9	2.28	240.0
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	2.91	2.79	3.04	1.81	2.17	3.59	3.10	-0.49	-13.6	0.93	42.9
H	Transportation and storage	3.47	3.74	3.72	2.71	1.34	3.63	3.74	0.11	3.0	2.40	179.1
I	Accommodation and food services	1.35	1.38	1.44	-5.77	-6.72	-0.10	1.63	1.73	1730.0	8.35	124.3
J	Information and communication	7.40	7.99	7.81	7.86	9.10	9.97	9.83	-0.14	-1.4	0.73	8.0
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	7.56	7.93	7.94	7.57	8.26	8.88	8.27	-0.61	-6.9	0.01	0.1
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	4.19	4.10	4.53	2.93	4.19	5.45	5.39	-0.06	-1.1	1.20	28.6
N	Administrative and support services	2.41	2.49	3.14	1.91	1.89	2.81	2.93	0.12	4.3	1.04	55.0
O	Public administration and defence	2.26	2.36	2.47	2.61	2.65	2.88	2.85	-0.03	-1.0	0.20	7.5
P	Education	3.77	3.84	4.03	4.03	3.60	4.31	4.42	0.11	2.6	0.82	22.8
Q	Human health and social work	2.49	2.56	2.66	2.54	2.07	2.86	2.88	0.02	0.7	0.81	39.1
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	2.17	2.26	2.51	-0.62	-2.05	2.48	2.96	0.48	19.4	5.01	244.4
All Sectors		3.50	3.50	3.77	2.69	2.57	4.22	4.13	-0.09	-2.1	1.56	60.7
Public/Private Sector¹
Private sector		3.58	3.56	3.87	2.42	2.29	4.34	4.23	-0.11	-2.5	1.94	84.7
Public sector		3.20	3.30	3.44	3.55	3.52	3.82	3.78	-0.04	-1.0	0.26	7.4
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		2.52	2.45	2.60	0.19	-0.13	2.78	3.06	0.28	10.1	3.19	2453.8
50-250 employees		3.11	3.27	3.43	2.48	1.68	3.67	3.85	0.18	4.9	2.17	129.2
Greater than 250 employees		4.27	4.25	4.63	4.27	4.47	5.17	4.86	-0.31	-6.0	0.39	8.7
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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
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change	Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3	Quarterly change	Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€
B-E	Industry	0.22	0.20	0.19	0.18	0.18	0.63	0.17	-0.46	-0.01
F	Construction	0.08	0.06	0.09	0.08	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.01	0.01
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	0.26	0.26	0.33	0.28	0.31	0.64	0.28	-0.36	-0.03
H	Transportation and storage	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.09	-	-
I	Accommodation and food services	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02	-	0.01
J	Information and communication	2.09	2.29	1.79	2.26	3.39	3.02	2.58	-0.44	-0.81
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	0.53	0.87	0.64	0.59	0.75	0.56	0.41	-0.15	-0.34
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	0.31	0.22	0.44	0.24	0.30	0.48	0.36	-0.12	0.06
N	Administrative and support services	0.11	0.15	0.50	0.25	0.23	0.15	0.11	-0.04	-0.12
O	Public administration and defence	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-
P	Education	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-
Q	Human health and social work	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	-	0.01
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	0.14	0.08	0.09	0.10	0.13	0.10	0.09	-0.01	-0.04
All Sectors		0.24	0.25	0.27	0.25	0.34	0.44	0.27	-0.17	-0.07
Public/Private Sector²
Private sector		0.30	0.32	0.34	0.33	0.44	0.57	0.35	-0.22	-0.09
Public sector		0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	-	-
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		0.14	0.14	0.18	0.14	0.15	0.18	0.14	-0.04	-0.01
50-250 employees		0.16	0.24	0.20	0.27	0.23	0.20	0.19	-0.01	-0.04
Greater than 250 employees		0.33	0.34	0.35	0.32	0.49	0.66	0.38	-0.28	-0.11
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.
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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
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
NACE Principal Activity		Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3	Quarterly change		Annual change
		€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
B-E	Industry	27.06	27.31	28.22	27.68	28.94	31.50	30.35	-1.15	-3.7	1.41	4.9
F	Construction	22.29	23.45	24.07	23.12	24.18	27.78	27.11	-0.67	-2.4	2.93	12.1
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	20.55	20.67	22.19	20.95	21.90	25.22	23.74	-1.48	-5.9	1.84	8.4
H	Transportation and storage	24.78	26.51	26.96	24.00	23.21	27.21	26.65	-0.56	-2.1	3.44	14.8
I	Accommodation and food services	13.90	14.25	14.80	9.61	7.80	14.98	16.90	1.92	12.8	9.10	116.7
J	Information and communication	37.16	39.93	41.22	42.77	44.71	48.76	49.51	0.75	1.5	4.80	10.7
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	36.83	37.95	38.93	39.70	41.41	44.48	42.95	-1.53	-3.4	1.54	3.7
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	30.12	30.57	32.16	29.62	33.75	36.83	35.98	-0.85	-2.3	2.23	6.6
N	Administrative and support services	19.91	20.39	21.85	21.62	22.78	24.34	24.25	-0.09	-0.4	1.47	6.5
O	Public administration and defence	27.90	28.07	28.44	29.04	30.56	31.85	31.19	-0.66	-2.1	0.63	2.1
P	Education	38.69	39.94	41.18	41.99	42.73	43.13	43.24	0.11	0.3	0.51	1.2
Q	Human health and social work	25.12	25.35	26.07	26.70	26.66	28.25	28.31	0.06	0.2	1.65	6.2
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	18.50	19.28	20.31	17.50	17.14	22.67	22.58	-0.09	-0.4	5.44	31.7
All Sectors		25.65	26.12	27.31	27.07	27.86	30.94	30.30	-0.64	-2.1	2.44	8.8
Public/Private Sector²
Private sector		23.86	24.28	25.56	24.87	25.59	29.31	28.69	-0.62	-2.1	3.10	12.1
Public sector		32.09	32.73	33.25	34.00	35.45	36.49	35.88	-0.61	-1.7	0.43	1.2
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		20.84	21.26	22.18	20.15	20.59	25.17	25.15	-0.02	-0.1	4.56	22.1
50-250 employees		23.13	23.66	24.68	25.33	24.77	28.41	27.82	-0.59	-2.1	3.05	12.3
Greater than 250 employees		29.72	30.12	31.45	31.82	33.21	34.88	34.21	-0.67	-1.9	1.00	3.0
¹Average 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.
²For 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
		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022
NACE Principal Activity		Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3
B-E	Industry	211,800	226,400	232,600	231,200	238,300	244,000	247,800	259,400	267,300
F	Construction	77,600	87,600	91,100	109,600	111,600	107,200	112,500	127,700	134,100
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	285,900	299,700	306,300	302,800	301,900	310,400	311,500	322,900	318,600
H	Transportation and storage	63,500	68,300	69,000	78,000	83,300	81,600	87,000	85,800	88,200
I	Accommodation and food services	151,300	165,700	171,600	186,100	181,900	150,900	182,700	171,900	173,200
J	Information and communication	62,800	66,800	72,200	76,400	81,300	79,800	92,900	104,500	101,300
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	88,900	93,500	93,600	87,400	98,200	104,100	119,500	113,900	109,600
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	94,000	96,700	93,100	94,800	92,200	101,300	117,800	119,000	117,700
N	Administrative and support services	83,200	80,400	91,000	102,800	108,300	88,400	97,700	102,300	105,900
O	Public administration and defence	113,600	111,000	115,800	125,900	139,000	144,500	150,700	153,900	160,300
P	Education	133,400	136,400	147,000	158,600	169,200	172,300	190,500	197,900	189,200
Q	Human health and social work	233,000	234,800	240,700	240,600	252,800	248,400	263,000	285,700	286,900
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	51,700	54,500	53,900	59,300	55,800	53,100	52,400	48,800	51,500
All Sectors		1,650,800	1,721,900	1,777,900	1,853,500	1,913,900	1,885,900	2,026,100	2,093,800	2,103,800
Public/Private Sector²
Private sector		1,274,500	1,338,900	1,385,600	1,453,700	1,506,200	1,478,200	1,607,000	1,664,100	1,675,500
Public sector		376,300	382,900	392,300	399,800	407,700	407,700	419,100	429,700	428,300
¹ It should be noted that the Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of estimates of employment.
² For 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 Q2 2022			Final Q2 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	993.31	25.95	38.3	992.75	25.93	38.3	-0.1	-0.1	-
F	Construction	907.17	24.46	37.1	921.09	24.60	37.4	1.5	0.6	0.8
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	660.77	21.28	31.0	665.40	21.64	30.8	0.7	1.7	-0.6
H	Transportation and storage	870.10	23.34	37.3	872.76	23.58	37.0	0.3	1.0	-0.8
I	Accommodation and food services	404.80	15.05	26.9	408.28	15.08	27.1	0.9	0.2	0.7
J	Information and communication	1,442.80	38.80	37.2	1,448.06	38.79	37.3	0.4	-0.0	0.3
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	1,280.09	36.85	34.7	1,246.87	35.61	35.0	-2.6	-3.4	0.9
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	1,072.82	31.58	34.0	1,074.57	31.37	34.3	0.2	-0.7	0.9
N	Administrative and support service	717.42	22.26	32.2	691.82	21.53	32.1	-3.6	-3.3	-0.3
O	Public administration and defence	1,023.86	28.99	35.3	1,019.96	28.97	35.2	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3
P	Education	913.96	38.79	23.6	914.35	38.82	23.6	0.0	0.1	-
Q	Human health and social work	808.19	25.57	31.6	812.33	25.39	32.0	0.5	-0.7	1.3
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	588.71	20.39	28.9	592.14	20.20	29.3	0.6	-0.9	1.4
Total		871.62	26.78	32.6	871.93	26.72	32.6	0.0	-0.2	-
Public/Private Sector
Private sector		819.36	24.98	32.8	819.88	24.97	32.8	0.1	-0.0	-
Public sector		1,043.57	32.86	31.8	1,044.09	32.67	32.0	0.0	-0.6	0.6
Size of Enterprise
Less than 50 employees		690.30	22.35	30.9	693.39	22.38	31.0	0.4	0.1	0.3
50-250 employees		816.90	24.57	33.2	825.43	24.74	33.4	1.0	0.7	0.6
Greater than 250 employees		995.64	29.93	33.3	989.37	29.71	33.3	-0.6	-0.7	-
¹ See background notes.

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Table 8a Average weekly earnings by public sector sub-sector and quarter - Preliminary estimates
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change		Annual change
Public sector sub-sector	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3	Quarterly change		Annual change
	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	€	%	€	%
Civil service	900.70	912.13	926.60	918.01	948.99	968.79	1,004.19	35.40	3.7	55.20	5.8
Defence	900.01	859.94	873.17	971.23	976.12	927.10	895.50	-31.60	-3.4	-80.62	-8.3
Garda Siochana	1,322.32	1,325.13	1,340.20	1,254.37	1,440.70	1,503.32	1,365.78	-137.54	-9.1	-74.92	-5.2
Education	966.69	995.93	1,005.68	1,038.12	1,104.12	1,054.57	1,102.16	47.59	4.5	-1.96	-0.2
Regional bodies	818.12	828.18	859.41	901.94	873.38	886.58	891.80	5.22	0.6	18.42	2.1
Health	888.91	906.31	919.34	958.64	1,040.10	1,020.28	1,037.92	17.64	1.7	-2.18	-0.2
Semi-state	1,017.42	1,039.17	1,040.97	1,050.69	1,059.13	1,138.08	1,101.11	-36.97	-3.2	41.98	4.0
Total public sector	940.83	960.14	972.76	997.24	1,050.48	1,044.09	1,056.63	12.54	1.2	6.15	0.6
Total public sector excluding semi- state bodies	928.79	947.75	962.11	988.29	1,049.13	1,030.15	1,049.37	19.22	1.9	0.24	0.0
Semi-state by sub-sector
Non Commercial Semi-state bodies	976.62	980.32	1,000.74	1,050.35	1,078.83	1,066.87	1,076.28	9.41	0.9	-2.55	-0.2
Commercial Semi-state bodies	1,032.08	1,062.27	1,057.55	1,050.83	1,050.39	1,167.27	1,112.75	-54.52	-4.7	62.36	5.9

Table 8e Public sector employment by sub-sector and quarter¹ - Preliminary estimates
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2022	Annual change
Public sector sub-sector	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q3	Annual change
									%
Civil service	40,500	41,700	43,500	44,700	44,700	44,500	44,800	100	0.2
Defence	9,400	9,300	9,000	8,800	8,900	9,000	9,100	200	2.2
Garda Siochana	13,700	14,200	14,500	14,700	14,700	14,400	14,300	-400	-2.7
Education	111,300	112,100	112,000	109,200	109,600	113,100	108,400	-1200	-1.1
Regional bodies	33,400	34,300	35,100	35,200	35,500	35,400	35,700	200	0.6
Health	129,700	133,300	137,100	138,800	149,300	155,000	155,700	6400	4.3
Semi-state	54,400	54,900	56,400	56,300	56,400	58,400	60,400	4000	7.1
Total public sector	392,300	399,800	407,700	407,700	419,100	429,700	428,300	9200	2.2
Total public sector excluding semi- state bodies	337,900	344,900	351,300	351,400	362,700	371,400	367,900	5200	1.4
Semi-state by sub-sector
Non Commercial Semi-state bodies	12,900	13,900	14,500	15,000	15,600	16,700	17,300	1700	10.9
Commercial Semi-state bodies	41,500	41,100	41,900	41,300	40,800	41,600	43,100	2300	5.6
¹ 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
	2020	2021	2022	2022	Quarterly change	Annual change
Occupation by NACE groups	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Quarterly change	Annual change
	€	€	€	€	%	%
Managers, professionals and associated professionals
B-E	1,594.24	1,631.50	1,639.42	1,669.04	1.8	2.3
B-N, R-S	1,418.11	1,463.01	1,495.39	1,525.81	2.0	4.3
O-Q	1,279.12	1,293.30	1,300.63	1,298.83	-0.1	0.4
Total (B-S)	1,331.22	1,360.02	1,381.16	1,396.26	1.1	2.7
Clerical, sales and service employees
B-E	811.28	896.58	911.81	928.36	1.8	3.5
B-N, R-S	551.30	614.33	617.39	644.21	4.3	4.9
O-Q	593.55	622.51	631.24	630.58	-0.1	1.3
Total (B-S)	555.40	607.77	611.35	627.82	2.7	3.3
Production, transport, craft and other manual workers
B-E	723.65	789.33	796.69	831.06	4.3	5.3
B-N, R-S	590.07	669.21	659.07	699.99	6.2	4.6
O-Q	501.09	541.47	538.92	540.20	0.2	-0.2
Total (B-S)	561.28	631.18	622.28	655.99	5.4	3.9
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 Q2 2021	Preliminary Q2 2022	Final Q2 2022	Preliminary Q3 2022	Final Q2 2022	Preliminary Q3 2022	Final Q2 2021	Preliminary Q2 2022	Final Q2 2022	Preliminary Q3 2022
B-E	Industry	54.4	39.7	55.8	43.8	632	516	73.1	56.3	72.2	62.4
F	Construction	37.1	29.0	35.6	26.3	151	119	51.5	39.5	43.6	32.6
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	49.1	39.8	49.5	39.5	668	546	73.0	53.0	71.2	52.9
H	Transportation and storage	48.3	34.2	41.2	34.0	122	104	72.8	62.6	67.2	61.3
I	Accommodation and food services	43.9	40.7	52.9	41.5	400	333	54.7	56.0	70.8	55.9
J	Information and communication	63.1	50.4	59.6	48.4	282	234	72.9	69.6	82.1	67.5
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate	69.7	50.6	63.3	51.5	250	211	89.6	71.8	83.5	68.0
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	60.5	45.3	52.7	41.5	286	238	76.9	59.1	64.7	50.8
N	Administrative and support service activities	52.3	41.4	54.3	41.7	291	232	64.8	56.2	72.6	54.3
O	Public administration and defence	79.7	81.3	88.7	81.6	125	115	89.0	93.8	97.2	91.5
P	Education	60.6	49.6	60.3	54.2	138	128	90.5	85.1	93.5	83.8
Q	Human health and social work	64.6	53.4	66.9	54.0	531	441	80.2	61.6	76.5	61.1
R-S	Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities	59.2	52.1	64.4	49.3	230	185	69.8	59.8	77.4	60.3
Total		54.6	44.0	55.3	44.1	4,106	3,402	76.8	66.4	78.1	65.4
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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