Bulgaria: scientific research & development personnel costs 2021

In 2021, the personnel costs of the scientific research and development industry in Bulgaria increased by 20.6 million euros (+21.13 percent) since 2020. Therefore, the personnel costs in Bulgaria reached a peak in 2021 with 118.14 million 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 costs of the scientific research and development industry in Bulgaria from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros)

Characteristic	Annual personnel costs in million euros
2021	118.14
2020	97.5
2019	86.5
2018b	77.8
2017	66.8
2016	55.5
2015	69.2
2014	55.6
2013	26.5
2012	21.5

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Bulgaria

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 M72 of CE Rev 2.

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