Germany: information sector personnel costs 2019

The personnel costs of the information sector in Germany increased by 403.3 million euros since the previous year. With 16.4 billion euros, the personnel costs thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. This could be explained by the fact that Eurostat reports a break in time series for 2018. Notably, the personnel costs in this industry is continuously increasing 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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Personnel costs of the information sector in Germany from 2010 to 2019 (in million euros)

Characteristic	Annual personnel costs in million euros
2019	16,396.5
2018b	15,993.2
2017	13,551.6
2016	13,236.8
2015	12,939.2
2014	12,841.4
2013	12,470.7
2012	12,310.3
2011	11,713.7
2010	11,100.8

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2010 to 2019

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 aggregate INF of NACE Rev2.

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