Estonia: wholesale & retail trade personnel costs 2021

In 2021, the personnel costs of the wholesale and retail trade industry incl. repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in Estonia increased by 157.9 million euros (+9.31 percent) since 2020. Therefore, the personnel costs in Estonia reached a peak in 2021 with 1.9 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 wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in Estonia from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros)

Characteristic	Annual personnel costs in million euros
2021	1,854.28
2020	1,696.4
2019	1,652
2018b	1,560.9
2017	1,445
2016	1,341.1
2015	1,240.2
2014	1,162.6
2013	1,077
2012	986.7

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Estonia

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 is for the code G of the CE_R2 of economic activities, which is wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

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