Netherlands: wholesale & retail trade personnel costs 2021

The personnel costs of the wholesale and retail trade industry incl. repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in the Netherlands increased by 1.9 billion euros (+3.64 percent) in 2021. With 53.6 billion euros, the personnel costs thereby reached their highest value in the observed period.
According to Eurostat, cost of personnel are defined as the total remuneration payable by an employer to an employee in return for work during the reference period. It also includes 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.

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Annual personnel costs of the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros)

Characteristic	Annual personnel costs in million euros
2021	53,607.03
2020	51,722.5
2019	48,595.9
2018	46,299.6
2017	44,243.6
2016	42,300.2
2015	41,660.1
2014	40,767.2
2013	40,765.2
2012	40,952

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March 2024

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Netherlands

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

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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