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Domains, topics and detailed topics; periodicity of the data provision, reference periods and deadline for data transmission per topic
Domain | Topic | Detailed topic | Periodicity | Reference period | Data transmission deadline (1) (2) | First Reference Period |
Earnings | Structure of Earnings | Earnings Total annual and monthly earnings and all their components, as well as hourly earnings paid to each employee sampled | Every 4 years | Calendar year and a representative month in that year | T+16 months | 2026 |
Employer’s characteristics Economic, legal, geographical and employment information on the local unit to which each sampled employee is attached, and on its enterprise, including collective pay agreements | ||||||
Employee’s characteristics Individual demographic, educational, contractual and occupational information on each employee sampled | ||||||
Working periods Information on paid working periods, for each employee sampled | ||||||
Technical items of the survey Sampling and data collection information for each employee sampled and his/her employer (e.g., weights) | ||||||
Gender Pay Gap | Hourly earnings Hourly earnings of male and female employees by main characteristics of the employer and of the employee and corresponding relative differences between hourly earnings of male and female employees | Every year | Calendar year | T+13 months | 2027 | |
Employees Number of male and female employees by characteristics of the employer and of the employee | ||||||
Labour costs | Structure of labour costs | Labour costs Total costs borne by the employer for employing labour and components of these costs | Every 4 years | Calendar year | T+18 months | 2028 |
Hours worked Hours actually worked by main types of employees | ||||||
Hours paid Hours paid by main types of employees | ||||||
Employees Number of employees by main types | ||||||
Local units Information on local units in the sample | ||||||
Labour cost index | Quarterly index of labour costs per hour worked Quarterly index of labour costs per hour worked, by type of costs; unadjusted and adjusted time series | Every quarter | Calendar quarter | Early estimates: T+45 days Final data: T+65 days | First quarter of 2027 | |
Quarterly index of total labour costs Unadjusted and adjusted time series (3) | ||||||
Quarterly index of hours worked Unadjusted and adjusted time series (3) | ||||||
Annual labour costs Annual labour costs levels (weights) by type of costs | Every year | Calendar year | T+155 days | |||
Labour demand | Job vacancies | Vacant posts Information on vacant posts recorded; unadjusted and adjusted time series | Every quarter | Calendar quarter | Early estimates: T+45 days Final data: T+70 days | First quarter of 2027 |
Occupied posts Information on occupied posts recorded; unadjusted and adjusted time series |
(1) After the end of the reference period ‘T’.
(2) When the above-mentioned deadlines fall on a Saturday or a Sunday, the effective deadline shall be the following Monday before 12:00 pm (CET).
(3) To be provided on a voluntary basis.