Labour costs
How much do corporations and organisations in various industries spend on labour costs? How much money is allocated to education and other staff costs? The statistics account for the total expenditure of corporations and organisations on earnings and other labour costs associated with employment.
Selected statistics on Labour costs
Total labour cost by industry
Total labour costs are compiled on the basis of the labour cost survey, which comprises two sub-surveys, the annual structure of earnings survey and the survey of other labour costs for the private sector. The structure of earnings survey is described in the quality declaration. The survey of other labour costs of business enterprises is based on a sample (see section 3.2). The primary data for the total labour costs are collected in collaboration with the Danish Employers' Confederation, Finance Denmark and the danish trade association for insurance companies and pension funds, which collect information from their affiliate business enterprises and the information, is then made available to Statistics Denmark. Statistics Denmark collects information from non-affiliate business enterprises and organisations. When possible the information is collected from ATP.
Total costs divided by earnings and other labour costs
Total labour costs are compiled on the basis of the labour cost survey, which comprises two sub-surveys, the annual structure of earnings survey and the survey of other labour costs for the private sector. The structure of earnings survey is described in the quality declaration. The survey of other labour costs of business enterprises is based on a sample (see section 3.2). The primary data for the total labour costs are collected in collaboration with the Danish Employers' Confederation, Finance Denmark and the danish trade association for insurance companies and pension funds, which collect information from their affiliate business enterprises and the information, is then made available to Statistics Denmark. Statistics Denmark collects information from non-affiliate business enterprises and organisations. When possible the information is collected from ATP.
Education costs by industry
Total labour costs are compiled on the basis of the labour cost survey, which comprises two sub-surveys, the annual structure of earnings survey and the survey of other labour costs for the private sector. The structure of earnings survey is described in the quality declaration. The survey of other labour costs of business enterprises is based on a sample (see section 3.2). The primary data for the total labour costs are collected in collaboration with the Danish Employers' Confederation, Finance Denmark and the danish trade association for insurance companies and pension funds, which collect information from their affiliate business enterprises and the information, is then made available to Statistics Denmark. Statistics Denmark collects information from non-affiliate business enterprises and organisations. When possible the information is collected from ATP.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
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The purpose of the statistics of total labour costs for corporations and organizations is to monitor trends and the level of the total labour costs broken down by industry, occupation and main components. The statistics on total labour costs are published once every year and are used to compare the total labour costs across industries and occupations.