Structure of labour cost by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - lc_an_struc

Data - Eurostat

Author

François Geerolf

Info

Last observation: 2008 (N = 767)

First observation: 1995 (N = 280)

Last data update: 15 juil. 2026, 00:20. Last compile: 02 sept. 2026, 00:05

Structure

Employers’ Social Contributions

France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Code

lc_an_struc |>
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "ES", "NL", "UK"),
         nace_r1 == "C-K",
         lcstruct == "D12") |>
  year_to_date() |>

  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) |>
  mutate(values = values/100) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) +
  theme_minimal() + scale_color_identity() + add_flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1990, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Employers' social contributions (% of labour cost)") +
  scale_y_continuous(labels = scales::percent_format(accuracy = 1))

France: Structure of Labour Cost

Industry and Services

Code

lc_an_struc |>
  filter(geo == "FR",
         nace_r1 == "C-K") |>
  year_to_date() |>
  mutate(values = values/100) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Lcstruct)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1990, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Share of labour cost") +
  scale_y_continuous(labels = scales::percent_format(accuracy = 1)) +
  theme(legend.position = "right", legend.title = element_blank())

Latest Year, Industry and Services (% of Labour Cost)

Code

latest_y_lc <- lc_an_struc |>
  filter(nace_r1 == "C-K",
         lcstruct == "D11",
         !is.na(values)) |>
  summarise(m = max(time)) |>
  pull(m)

lc_an_struc |>
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "ES", "NL", "UK"),
         nace_r1 == "C-K",
         time == latest_y_lc) |>
  mutate(values = values/100) |>
  select(lcstruct, Lcstruct, Geo, values) |>
  spread(Geo, values) |>
  print_table_conditional()

lcstruct	Lcstruct	France
D11	Wages and salaries (total)	0.6732
D1111	Direct remuneration, bonuses and allowances	0.6226
D12	Employers' social contributions (total)	0.2828
D2-D4_MD5	Labour costs other than compensation of employees	0.0439