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Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 4 2021

Compensation of Employees

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Compensation of Employees increases by 1.9% in Q4 2021

Table 7.1 Compensation of Employees by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector of Origin, Q4 2021¹
	Amount €m	Quarterly % change
Public Admin, Education and Health	8,178	-0.7
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5,203	2.7
Industry (excl. Construction)	3,947	2.3
Professional, Admin and Support Services	3,943	2.6
Information and Communication	2,767	3.7
Financial and Insurance Activities	2,341	4.1
Construction	1,273	3.0
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	584	5.7
Real Estate Activities	250	2.8
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	210	2.0
Total	28,697	1.9
¹Current Market Prices, seasonally adjusted.

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Compensation of Employees increased by 8.2% in the final quarter of 2021 compared to final quarter of 2020. All sectors experienced growth. The largest increases were seen in Arts, Entertainment and Other Services (22%), Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants (16.9%) and Information and Communication (15.3%) sectors.

Column1	Q4 2021	Q3 2021
Public Admin, Education and Health	8.17848554710408	8.23782995302555
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	5.20327682084266	5.06493685321072
Industry (excl. Construction)	3.94710099699098	3.85654593188109
Professional, Admin and Support Services	3.9429596545902	3.84211204817519
Information and Communication	2.76713942109551	2.66840172288297
Financial and Insurance Activities	2.34057281388876	2.24906713119056
Construction	1.27321485865649	1.23656181512871
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	0.58391276953934	0.552609454355157
Real Estate Activities	0.250309915355278	0.243579726145221
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	0.210302384128048	0.206255087480759

On a seasonally adjusted basis, total Compensation of Employees increased by 1.9% compared to the previous quarter. Most sectors experienced an increase this quarter compared to quarter 3. The largest increase in growth quarter-on-quarter can be seen in Arts, Entertainment and Other Services (5.7%), Financial and Insurance Activities (4.1%) and Information and Communication (3.7%) sectors. While the Public Admin, Education and Health sector experienced declined by 0.7%.

Column1	Q4 2020	Q4 2021
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	5.23708	3.609485
Industry (excl. Construction)	65.141825	39.179295
Construction	56.514357	45.742494
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	395.494418	550.527835
Information and Communication	21.012165	15.238859
Financial and Insurance Activities	15.513421	12.542971
Real Estate Activities	14.463808	11.097982
Professional, Admin and Support Services	107.317405	81.516933
Public Admin, Education and Health	101.481251	120.881241
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	63.875824	99.255359

Column1	Q4 2021
Information and Communication	0.549277305442683
Financial and Insurance Activities	0.550669258613986
Industry (excl. Construction)	0.959804724876395
Public Admin, Education and Health	1.46958960171439
Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	1.69780889314065
Professional, Admin and Support Services	2.03362112274563
Construction	3.47028742287893
Real Estate Activities	4.33893349756511
Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	10.2612028372265
Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	16.7193749139609

There was a fall in the total Employment Wage Subsidy in Q4 2021 compared to the previous quarter. The Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants sector receives the largest amount of EWSS payments.

Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme payments make up 3.4% of total Compensation of Employees this quarter, compared to 4% in quarter 3. EWSS payments as a percentage of Compensation of Employees fell across all sectors this quarter compared to the previous period.

The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme replaced the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme from 1 September 2020. More information on the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme is available on the Revenue.ie website.

Table 7.2 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector² of Origin at Current Market Prices

Table 7.2 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10² Sector of Origin at Current Market Prices												€million
Period	Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	Industry (excl. Construction)	of which Manufacturing	Construction	Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	Information and Communication	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate Activities	Professional, Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Education and Health	Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	Total
2015	658	11,215	9,861	2,508	15,649	5,398	7,011	634	8,681	23,820	1,842	77,415
2016	686	12,005	10,634	3,002	16,897	6,007	6,911	714	9,681	24,618	1,951	82,471
2017	710	12,585	11,113	3,611	17,870	6,676	7,408	775	10,717	25,897	2,020	88,270
2018	727	13,383	11,855	3,961	18,700	7,465	7,736	848	11,646	27,205	2,145	93,815
2019	776	14,227	12,649	4,147	19,463	8,472	8,100	903	13,349	28,858	2,208	100,503
2020	790	14,731	13,120	4,118	17,443	9,248	8,425	879	13,415	30,253	1,881	101,183
2021	821	15,327	13,754	4,606	19,086	10,516	9,049	934	15,082	31,970	2,031	109,422

2015
Q1	164	2,793	2,463	589	3,736	1,331	1,891	161	1,983	5,865	470	18,984
Q2	166	2,756	2,411	615	3,889	1,339	1,707	170	2,121	5,918	465	19,146
Q3	165	2,772	2,420	630	3,897	1,357	1,680	148	2,281	5,925	462	19,317
Q4	162	2,895	2,567	675	4,126	1,371	1,732	155	2,295	6,112	445	19,968
2016
Q1	170	2,959	2,616	678	3,989	1,501	1,873	176	2,310	6,005	479	20,140
Q2	172	2,917	2,599	770	4,170	1,465	1,680	187	2,372	6,152	478	20,363
Q3	173	3,055	2,694	757	4,291	1,503	1,659	160	2,436	6,136	498	20,668
Q4	170	3,074	2,725	796	4,447	1,537	1,699	191	2,563	6,325	497	21,300
2017
Q1	177	3,173	2,793	915	4,248	1,610	2,029	222	2,618	6,236	489	21,718
Q2	179	3,057	2,701	885	4,456	1,605	1,804	187	2,705	6,457	504	21,840
Q3	178	3,145	2,777	876	4,436	1,718	1,785	179	2,674	6,490	501	21,982
Q4	176	3,210	2,843	934	4,729	1,742	1,789	187	2,720	6,715	526	22,729
2018
Q1	180	3,397	3,023	893	4,371	1,789	2,089	193	2,777	6,574	527	22,789
Q2	183	3,258	2,870	989	4,660	1,840	1,960	232	2,917	6,775	515	23,330
Q3	182	3,342	2,958	1,051	4,718	2,005	1,771	180	2,898	6,784	564	23,496
Q4	182	3,387	3,005	1,029	4,951	1,831	1,915	242	3,053	7,072	538	24,200
2019
Q1	200	3,573	3,181	952	4,691	2,084	2,222	224	3,278	7,030	531	24,785
Q2	191	3,556	3,168	1,027	4,853	2,043	1,990	230	3,319	7,290	549	25,049
Q3	185	3,417	3,010	1,058	4,894	2,170	1,881	219	3,273	7,094	558	24,750
Q4	199	3,681	3,290	1,110	5,026	2,173	2,007	231	3,479	7,443	571	25,919
2020
Q1	201	3,807	3,391	1,050	4,869	2,370	2,347	247	3,578	7,426	548	26,443
Q2	198	3,493	3,124	739	3,615	2,167	2,049	194	3,037	7,426	366	23,284
Q3	190	3,485	3,074	1,103	4,369	2,306	1,935	211	3,149	7,322	481	24,552
Q4	200	3,946	3,530	1,225	4,590	2,406	2,094	226	3,650	8,079	487	26,905
2021
Q1	206	3,724	3,330	893	4,129	2,565	2,469	221	3,562	7,491	412	25,672
Q2	204	3,803	3,414	1,116	4,482	2,503	2,250	220	3,768	8,026	463	26,835
Q3	199	3,718	3,328	1,278	5,110	2,674	2,052	238	3,742	8,228	562	27,802
Q4	213	4,082	3,682	1,318	5,365	2,774	2,278	256	4,008	8,226	594	29,113

Percentage change on corresponding period of previous year
2015	1.6	6.7	6.6	9.0	5.9	11.6	6.9	11.6	13.7	1.9	2.9	6.1
2016	4.3	7.0	7.8	19.7	8.0	11.3	-1.4	12.6	11.5	3.3	5.9	6.5
2017	3.6	4.8	4.5	20.3	5.8	11.1	7.2	8.5	10.7	5.2	3.5	7.0
2018	2.4	6.3	6.7	9.7	4.6	11.8	4.4	9.4	8.7	5.0	6.2	6.3
2019	6.7	6.3	6.7	4.7	4.1	13.5	4.7	6.6	14.6	6.1	2.9	7.1
2020	1.8	3.5	3.7	-0.7	-10.4	9.2	4.0	-2.6	0.5	4.8	-14.8	0.7
2021	4.0	4.1	4.8	11.9	9.4	13.7	7.4	6.2	12.4	5.7	7.9	8.1

2015
Q1	2.0	7.9	7.9	17.2	6.2	13.2	10.3	19.5	1.1	1.5	7.6	5.6
Q2	1.9	7.3	8.9	7.6	4.5	10.4	11.6	38.9	14.5	0.8	3.9	6.0
Q3	1.7	6.7	5.7	8.2	5.7	16.3	5.0	11.4	22.8	2.5	4.3	7.3
Q4	0.7	5.2	4.1	4.8	7.3	6.8	1.1	-12.9	16.8	2.9	-3.9	5.4
2016
Q1	3.7	5.9	6.2	15.1	6.8	12.8	-0.9	8.8	16.5	2.4	1.8	6.1
Q2	3.9	5.9	7.8	25.2	7.2	9.4	-1.6	10.0	11.9	3.9	2.8	6.4
Q3	4.6	10.2	11.3	20.3	10.1	10.8	-1.3	8.2	6.8	3.6	7.7	7.0
Q4	4.9	6.2	6.1	18.0	7.8	12.2	-1.9	23.7	11.6	3.5	11.6	6.7
2017
Q1	3.9	7.2	6.7	35.0	6.5	7.2	8.3	26.5	13.3	3.9	2.1	7.8
Q2	4.0	4.8	3.9	14.9	6.9	9.6	7.4	0.2	14.0	5.0	5.6	7.3
Q3	2.9	3.0	3.1	15.7	3.4	14.3	7.6	11.7	9.8	5.8	0.7	6.4
Q4	3.4	4.4	4.3	17.3	6.3	13.3	5.3	-2.3	6.2	6.2	5.8	6.7
2018
Q1	1.5	7.1	8.2	-2.5	2.9	11.1	2.9	-13.2	6.1	5.4	7.9	4.9
Q2	2.3	6.5	6.3	11.7	4.6	14.6	8.7	24.4	7.8	4.9	2.1	6.8
Q3	2.6	6.2	6.5	19.9	6.3	16.7	-0.8	0.7	8.4	4.5	12.7	6.9
Q4	3.3	5.5	5.7	10.1	4.7	5.1	7.0	29.7	12.2	5.3	2.3	6.5
2019
Q1	11.4	5.2	5.2	6.7	7.3	16.5	6.4	16.1	18.0	6.9	0.6	8.8
Q2	4.4	9.2	10.4	3.8	4.1	11.1	1.5	-0.9	13.8	7.6	6.5	7.4
Q3	1.7	2.2	1.8	0.7	3.7	8.2	6.2	21.3	12.9	4.6	-1.2	5.3
Q4	9.2	8.7	9.5	7.9	1.5	18.7	4.8	-4.8	13.9	5.3	6.1	7.1
2020
Q1	0.3	6.5	6.6	10.2	3.8	13.7	5.6	10.5	9.2	5.6	3.3	6.7
Q2	3.6	-1.8	-1.4	-28.0	-25.5	6.0	3.0	-15.6	-8.5	1.9	-33.4	-7.0
Q3	2.6	2.0	2.1	4.2	-10.7	6.2	2.9	-3.3	-3.8	3.2	-13.8	-0.8
Q4	0.7	7.2	7.3	10.4	-8.7	10.7	4.3	-1.8	4.9	8.5	-14.7	3.8
2021
Q1	2.5	-2.2	-1.8	-14.9	-15.2	8.2	5.2	-10.7	-0.4	0.9	-24.9	-2.9
Q2	2.8	8.9	9.3	51.0	24.0	15.5	9.8	13.3	24.1	8.1	26.6	15.3
Q3	4.5	6.7	8.3	15.9	17.0	16.0	6.0	12.4	18.8	12.4	17.0	13.2
Q4	6.2	3.4	4.3	7.6	16.9	15.3	8.8	13.0	9.8	1.8	22.0	8.2
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.
²See Background Notes for detailed Nace A10 sector descriptions

Open in Excel: Quarterly National Accounts Q4 2021 Table 7.2 (XLS 25KB)

Table 7.3 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector² of Origin at Current Market Prices - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 7.3 Compensation of Employees¹ by Nace Rev. 2 A10 Sector² of Origin at Current Market Prices- Seasonally Adjusted												€million
Period	Agriculture Forestry and Fishing	Industry (excl. Construction)	of which Manufacturing	Construction	Distribution, Transport, Hotels and Restaurants	Information and Communication	Financial and Insurance Activities	Real Estate Activities	Professional, Admin and Support Services	Public Admin, Education and Health	Arts, Entertainment and Other Services	Total
2015
Q1	163	2,792	2,424	621	3,845	1,301	1,759	152	1,983	5,961	463	19,041
Q2	164	2,794	2,456	608	3,868	1,353	1,761	169	2,129	5,895	464	19,206
Q3	165	2,799	2,450	627	3,918	1,361	1,744	162	2,287	5,952	467	19,482
Q4	165	2,836	2,539	654	4,009	1,387	1,764	152	2,283	6,030	445	19,725
2016
Q1	169	2,885	2,564	713	4,111	1,461	1,722	176	2,322	6,019	476	20,054
Q2	171	2,977	2,650	759	4,154	1,488	1,723	175	2,359	6,124	477	20,407
Q3	173	3,089	2,719	755	4,298	1,502	1,740	174	2,451	6,204	501	20,887
Q4	173	3,066	2,714	773	4,337	1,554	1,743	189	2,554	6,216	495	21,100
2017
Q1	176	3,088	2,722	961	4,390	1,568	1,845	209	2,601	6,299	489	21,626
Q2	177	3,107	2,752	874	4,441	1,634	1,841	188	2,703	6,432	506	21,905
Q3	178	3,191	2,808	870	4,447	1,712	1,895	192	2,705	6,541	500	22,231
Q4	179	3,222	2,842	906	4,586	1,759	1,840	184	2,718	6,619	522	22,536
2018
Q1	177	3,284	2,932	941	4,523	1,746	1,885	194	2,778	6,676	531	22,735
Q2	181	3,320	2,920	982	4,644	1,876	1,991	220	2,874	6,719	518	23,323
Q3	185	3,407	3,015	1,035	4,705	1,996	1,900	191	2,954	6,837	561	23,771
Q4	183	3,382	2,990	997	4,800	1,845	1,975	239	3,044	7,047	532	24,044
2019
Q1	197	3,485	3,087	1,006	4,862	2,036	1,993	212	3,231	7,118	538	24,679
Q2	189	3,606	3,205	1,027	4,840	2,091	2,012	235	3,309	7,257	553	25,120
Q3	191	3,535	3,110	1,035	4,868	2,163	2,038	229	3,356	7,169	552	25,135
Q4	199	3,652	3,239	1,074	4,890	2,181	2,069	226	3,448	7,413	563	25,714
2020
Q1	196	3,698	3,298	1,111	5,039	2,313	2,098	238	3,536	7,502	558	26,289
Q2	197	3,538	3,155	745	3,607	2,229	2,066	199	3,028	7,388	369	23,367
Q3	198	3,625	3,203	1,071	4,340	2,300	2,111	219	3,236	7,346	474	24,919
Q4	198	3,778	3,443	1,185	4,459	2,404	2,155	222	3,600	7,951	479	26,431
2021
Q1	201	3,674	3,252	946	4,302	2,503	2,203	213	3,547	7,637	420	25,647
Q2	203	3,842	3,438	1,131	4,477	2,576	2,266	227	3,743	7,982	469	26,915
Q3	206	3,857	3,488	1,237	5,065	2,668	2,249	244	3,842	8,238	553	28,158
Q4	210	3,947	3,572	1,273	5,203	2,767	2,341	250	3,943	8,178	584	28,697

Percentage change on previous quarter
2015
Q1	0.3	2.4	-0.0	-0.3	2.3	0.6	1.6	-13.1	1.8	1.6	-0.1	1.5
Q2	0.6	0.1	1.3	-2.1	0.6	4.0	0.1	11.6	7.3	-1.1	0.0	0.9
Q3	0.4	0.2	-0.2	3.1	1.3	0.6	-1.0	-4.3	7.4	1.0	0.8	1.4
Q4	-0.1	1.3	3.6	4.4	2.3	1.9	1.2	-6.0	-0.1	1.3	-4.7	1.2
2016
Q1	2.6	1.7	1.0	9.0	2.5	5.4	-2.4	15.6	1.7	-0.2	7.1	1.7
Q2	0.7	3.2	3.4	6.4	1.1	1.9	0.1	-0.7	1.6	1.7	0.2	1.8
Q3	1.4	3.8	2.6	-0.4	3.5	0.9	1.0	-0.6	3.9	1.3	4.9	2.4
Q4	0.2	-0.7	-0.2	2.4	0.9	3.4	0.1	8.8	4.2	0.2	-1.1	1.0
2017
Q1	1.5	0.7	0.3	24.4	1.2	1.0	5.9	10.4	1.8	1.3	-1.2	2.5
Q2	1.0	0.6	1.1	-9.0	1.2	4.2	-0.2	-9.8	3.9	2.1	3.4	1.3
Q3	0.4	2.7	2.1	-0.6	0.1	4.8	2.9	2.1	0.1	1.7	-1.2	1.5
Q4	0.4	1.0	1.2	4.2	3.1	2.7	-2.9	-4.0	0.5	1.2	4.5	1.4
2018
Q1	-0.8	1.9	3.2	3.8	-1.4	-0.7	2.4	5.3	2.2	0.8	1.7	0.9
Q2	2.3	1.1	-0.4	4.3	2.7	7.5	5.6	13.3	3.4	0.6	-2.5	2.6
Q3	2.1	2.6	3.2	5.4	1.3	6.4	-4.6	-13.2	2.8	1.8	8.3	1.9
Q4	-1.2	-0.7	-0.8	-3.7	2.0	-7.6	4.0	25.3	3.0	3.1	-5.1	1.1
2019
Q1	7.6	3.1	3.2	0.9	1.3	10.4	0.9	-11.2	6.2	1.0	1.0	2.6
Q2	-3.8	3.5	3.8	2.1	-0.5	2.7	1.0	10.5	2.4	2.0	2.9	1.8
Q3	0.8	-2.0	-3.0	0.8	0.6	3.4	1.3	-2.6	1.4	-1.2	-0.2	0.1
Q4	4.2	3.3	4.1	3.8	0.4	0.8	1.5	-1.1	2.7	3.4	2.0	2.3
2020
Q1	-1.4	1.3	1.8	3.4	3.1	6.1	1.4	5.0	2.5	1.2	-0.8	2.2
Q2	0.5	-4.3	-4.3	-32.9	-28.4	-3.6	-1.5	-16.2	-14.4	-1.5	-33.8	-11.1
Q3	0.5	2.4	1.5	43.7	20.3	3.2	2.2	9.7	6.9	-0.6	28.2	6.6
Q4	0.1	4.2	7.5	10.7	2.7	4.5	2.1	1.5	11.2	8.2	1.1	6.1
2021
Q1	1.6	-2.7	-5.6	-20.1	-3.5	4.1	2.2	-3.9	-1.5	-4.0	-12.3	-3.0
Q2	0.9	4.6	5.7	19.5	4.1	2.9	2.9	6.4	5.5	4.5	11.6	4.9
Q3	1.6	0.4	1.4	9.3	13.1	3.6	-0.7	7.4	2.7	3.2	17.8	4.6
Q4	2.0	2.3	2.4	3.0	2.7	3.7	4.1	2.8	2.6	-0.7	5.7	1.9
¹Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done. Compensation of employees is made up of the following components: (a) wages and salaries and (b) employers’ social contributions.
²See Background Notes for detailed Nace A10 sector descriptions

Open in Excel: Quarterly National Accounts Q4 2021 Table 7.3 (XLS 23KB)

Table 7.4 Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme by Nace Rev. 2 A10¹ Sector of Origin at Current Market Prices

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Quarterly National Accounts Quarter 4 2021

Compensation of Employees

Compensation of Employees

Compensation of Employees increases by 1.9% in Q4 2021

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