Austria: water supply and wastewater disposal personnel costs 2021

The personnel costs of the water supply (sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities) industry in Austria increased by 70.2 million euros (+5.75 percent) in 2021 in comparison to the previous year. With 1.3 billion euros, the personnel costs thereby reached their highest value in the observed period. Notably, the personnel costs in this industry continuously increased over the last 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 Austria from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros)

Characteristic	Annual personnel costs in million euros
2021	1,291.11
2020	1,220.9
2019	1,169.3
2018b	1,108.6
2017	1,047
2016	1,022.9
2015	973
2014	952.1
2013	915.6
2012	878.3

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Austria

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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