Belgium: water supply and wastewater disposal personnel costs 2021

The personnel costs of the water supply (sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities) industry in Belgium increased by 109.9 million euros (+7.01 percent) since the previous year. Therefore, the personnel costs in Belgium reached a peak in 2021 with 1.7 billion euros.
Personnel costs are made up of wages, salaries and employers' social security costs. They include taxes and employees' social security contributions retained by the employer, as well as the employer's compulsory and voluntary social contributions.

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Annual personnel expenditure in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities sector in Belgium from 2012 to 2021 (in millions euros)

Characteristic	Annual personnel costs in millions euros
2021	1,678.54
2020	1,568.6
2019	1,551
2018b	1,549.7
2017	1,512
2016	1,283.7
2015	1,406.1
2014	1,343.4
2013	1,589.1
2012	1,522.7

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: Personnel costs are defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee (regular and temporary employees as well as home workers) in return for work done by the latter during the reference period. Personnel costs also include taxes and employees' social security contributions retained by the unit as well as the employer's compulsory and voluntary social contributions. Personnel costs are made up of wages and salaries and employers' social security costs.
Data coverage corresponds to code E of CE Rev 2.

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