Wage Bill Changes 2008 - 2009

Scarab80

The CSO have released data and a accompanying report comparing employment levels and earnings from Q3 2008 to Q3 2009

Report here

Date here

The summary findings of the report are....

Nearly two thirds of all enterprises (65%) reduced their wage bill by more than 2 percent in the year to Quarter 3 2009. A higher proportion of private sector enterprises had cut their wage bill than public sector enterprises (67% compared with 37%). See Chapter 1.

(Does not include pension levy before everyone goes mental!)

One quarter of enterprises (25%) reported an increase in their wage bill of more than 2 percent over the year.

Of the three components of the wage bill analysed, the number of employees was the component which was reduced by the highest proportion of enterprises, followed by average weekly paid hours and average hourly earnings. As well as a greater frequency of change a higher level of change was typically recorded in employment than the other two components. See Chapters 2, 3, 4 and figure A.

Similar to the overall wage bill approximately two thirds of enterprises (66%) reduced their employment level by more than 2 percent over the year while less than one quarter (21%) increased their employment by more than 2 percent over the year. See Chapter 2.

On a standardised basis average weekly paid hours fell by 2%. Average weekly paid hours were reduced by more than 2 percent in just over half of the enterprises covered (51%) while they rose by more than 2 percent in 31% of enterprises. See Chapter 3.

Average hourly earnings (standardised) increased by 1% over the year with a greater percentage of enterprises reporting increases than decreases of more than 2 percent (47% reporting increases compared with 35% reporting decreases). See Chapter 4.

Of the 65% of enterprises who reduced their wage bill by more than 2 percent the large majority had cut more than one of the components of the wage bill (46% of all enterprises). Just less than one in ten enterprises (9%) had reduced their total wage bill and all three of the components. See Chapter 5.

An employment reduction was recorded in the majority of enterprises who reduced their wage bill (54% of the 65% of enterprises who reduced their wage bill), while 37% of enterprises reduced their wage bill and average hours. Average hourly earnings was the component least frequently reduced by enterprises who reduced their wage bill (29% of the 65% or less than half of enterprises who cut their wage bill). See Chapter 5.

Among the 25% of enterprises who increased their wage bill by more than 2 percent the patterns across components were less clear with similar proportions of enterprises increasing employment, hours and average earnings.

Sleepy

Scarab80 wrote: »

On a standardised basis average weekly paid hours fell by 2%. Average weekly paid hours were reduced by more than 2 percent in just over half of the enterprises covered (51%) while they rose by more than 2 percent in 31% of enterprises. See Chapter 3.

Average hourly earnings (standardised) increased by 1% over the year with a greater percentage of enterprises reporting increases than decreases of more than 2 percent (47% reporting increases compared with 35% reporting decreases). See Chapter 4.

Difficult to assess figures on this when it'd be illegal for many organisations to admit the real hours their employees work.

Head The Wall

Average Weekly Earnings and Employment numbers increasing in Public Sector. No surprises there really



Total Employment numbers by sector.

Public sector added another 8000 jobs in Q4 2009 during a recruitment freeze.

Private sector Q3 2008 1,322,300
Private sector Q4 2008 1,287,800
Private sector Q1 2009 1,212,200
Private sector Q2 2009 1,191,000
Private sector Q3 2009 1,184,900
Private sector Q4 2009 1,150,600

Public sector Q3 2008 413,000
Public sector Q4 2008 425,300
Public sector Q1 2009 417,800
Public sector Q2 2009 417,000
Public sector Q3 2009 405,100
Public sector Q4 2009 413,100



Average Weekly Earnings

Higher in Q4 2009 than it was in Q4 2008 for public sector

Private sector Q4 2008 644.20
Private sector Q1 2009 631.82
Private sector Q2 2009 618.08
Private sector Q3 2009 609.61
Private sector Q4 2009 630.66

Public sector Q4 2008 956.71
Public sector Q1 2009 934.00
Public sector Q2 2009 946.09
Public sector Q3 2009 945.50
Public sector Q4 2009 962.14

Riskymove

statistics heh?

Head The Wall wrote: »

Average Weekly Earnings and Employment numbers increasing in Public Sector. No surprises there really

figures are before the pay cuts and as mentioned above, dont include impact of pension levy

Public sector added another 8000 jobs in Q4 2009 during a recruitment freeze.

Public sector Q3 2008 413,000
Public sector Q4 2008 425,300
Public sector Q1 2009 417,800
Public sector Q2 2009 417,000
Public sector Q3 2009 405,100
Public sector Q4 2009 413,100

or to look at it another way, lost 12,000 in a year from Q4 2008

these totals appear to include semi-states btw so include viable expanding companies like ESB, Bord Gais etc