Germany: manufacturing high-technology industry personnel costs 2021

In 2021, the personnel costs of the high-technology manufacturing industry in Germany increased by 936 million euros (+1.82 percent) since 2020. Therefore, the personnel costs in Germany reached a peak in 2021 with 52.4 billion euros. 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 costs of the high-technology manufacturing industry in Germany from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros)

Characteristic	Annual personnel costs in million euros
2021	52,443.73
2020	51,507.7
2019	51,174.9
2018b	48,197.1
2017	38,474.4
2016	37,768.7
2015	37,530.8
2014	34,346.7
2013	33,181.3
2012	31,537.6

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

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 C_HTC of CE Rev 2.

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