In Argentina, spending on salaries paid to employees working in the electricity, gas, and water sector has been on an overall increasing trend in recent years. In the second quarter of 2023, the sector's salary expenditure surpassed 940 billion Argentine pesos, more than double the figure registered in the second quarter of the previous year. Throughout the period, the number of jobs in Argentina's utilities sector has averaged above 110 thousand.
Salary expenditure in the electricity, gas, and water sector in Argentina from 1st quarter 2017 to 2nd quarter 2023
(in billion Argentine pesos)
Includes salary expenditure, as well as contributions to social security; does not include payments to self-employed workers
Supplementary notes
Figures for 2021 are provisional. Figures for 2022 and 2023 are preliminary.
According to the source, the sector considers generation, collection, and distribution of electricity, production of gas, distribution of gaseous fuels by pipes, and water collection, purification and distribution.
Figures have been rounded.
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (Argentina), & Ministerio de Economía (Argentina). (October 17, 2023). Salary expenditure in the electricity, gas, and water sector in Argentina from 1st quarter 2017 to 2nd quarter 2023 (in billion Argentine pesos) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170157/remuneration-employment-utilities-argentina/
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (Argentina), und Ministerio de Economía (Argentina). "Salary expenditure in the electricity, gas, and water sector in Argentina from 1st quarter 2017 to 2nd quarter 2023 (in billion Argentine pesos)." Chart. October 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170157/remuneration-employment-utilities-argentina/
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (Argentina), Ministerio de Economía (Argentina). (2023). Salary expenditure in the electricity, gas, and water sector in Argentina from 1st quarter 2017 to 2nd quarter 2023 (in billion Argentine pesos). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170157/remuneration-employment-utilities-argentina/
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (Argentina), and Ministerio de Economía (Argentina). "Salary Expenditure in The Electricity, Gas, and Water Sector in Argentina from 1st Quarter 2017 to 2nd Quarter 2023 (in Billion Argentine Pesos)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170157/remuneration-employment-utilities-argentina/
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (Argentina) & Ministerio de Economía (Argentina), Salary expenditure in the electricity, gas, and water sector in Argentina from 1st quarter 2017 to 2nd quarter 2023 (in billion Argentine pesos) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170157/remuneration-employment-utilities-argentina/ (last visited January 07, 2025)
Salary expenditure in the electricity, gas, and water sector in Argentina from 1st quarter 2017 to 2nd quarter 2023 (in billion Argentine pesos) [Graph], Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (Argentina), & Ministerio de Economía (Argentina), October 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170157/remuneration-employment-utilities-argentina/
