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
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Annual personnel costs in million euros8,915.68,915.69,184.89,184.810,353.210,353.210,802.710,802.711,234.111,234.111,781.711,781.713,804.213,804.215,157.315,157.315,803.615,803.615,030.1915,030.192012201320142015201620172018b201920202021
02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500
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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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Eurostat. (March 22, 2024). Annual personnel expenditure in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities sector in Germany from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/388929/personnel-costs-sector-water-supply-sewerage-wastewater-germany/
Eurostat. "Annual personnel expenditure in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities sector in Germany from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros)." Chart. March 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed February 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/388929/personnel-costs-sector-water-supply-sewerage-wastewater-germany/
Eurostat. (2024). Annual personnel expenditure in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities sector in Germany from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/388929/personnel-costs-sector-water-supply-sewerage-wastewater-germany/
Eurostat. "Annual Personnel Expenditure in The Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities Sector in Germany from 2012 to 2021 (in Million Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/388929/personnel-costs-sector-water-supply-sewerage-wastewater-germany/
Eurostat, Annual personnel expenditure in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities sector in Germany from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/388929/personnel-costs-sector-water-supply-sewerage-wastewater-germany/ (last visited February 25, 2025)
Annual personnel expenditure in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities sector in Germany from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros) [Graph], Eurostat, March 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/388929/personnel-costs-sector-water-supply-sewerage-wastewater-germany/
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