Germany: water supply and wastewater disposal personnel costs 2021

The personnel costs of the water supply (sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities) industry in Germany decreased by 773.4 million euros (-4.89 percent) since the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years in this industry recorded significant higher personnel costs than the preceding years.
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 Germany from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros)

Characteristic	Annual personnel costs in million euros
2021	15,030.19
2020	15,803.6
2019	15,157.3
2018b	13,804.2
2017	11,781.7
2016	11,234.1
2015	10,802.7
2014	10,353.2
2013	9,184.8
2012	8,915.6

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Release date

March 2024

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Germany

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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