France employee compensation: agriculture, forestry, fishing
France employee compensation: agriculture, forestry, fishing stood at 11,160 EUR million in 2025, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Annual national accounts table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1949 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Annual national accounts table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation of employees | |||||||||||
| Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries | 11,160 | 10,890 | 10,381 | 9,999 | 9,222 | 9,390 | 9,532 | 10,435 | 10,298 | 10,326 | |
| Mining, quarrying and manufacturing | 194,241 | 189,168 | 181,878 | 170,594 | 162,441 | 152,800 | 162,719 | 164,123 | 161,446 | 158,546 |
Understanding france employee compensation: agriculture, forestry, fishing
Total remuneration paid by employers to resident and non-resident workers within the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries branch encompasses gross wages, salaries, and all compulsory or voluntary employer social contributions. This specific monetary aggregate isolates the human labor cost required to cultivate crops, raise livestock, harvest timber, and catch fish, separating it from industrial or service sector labor outlays. Excluded from this payroll measure are the mixed incomes of self-employed sole proprietors and agricultural landowners who do not draw a formal wage, as well as intermediate purchases of seeds, fertilizer, and machinery.
Evaluating these figures requires accounting for seasonal employment fluctuations and weather-dependent harvest cycles that alter workforce utilization throughout the calendar year. Because the series is presented in current prices, comparisons across extended horizons reflect both nominal wage shifts and structural transformations in rural labor markets. Analysts comparing this agricultural labor metric against manufacturing or technology compensation must account for the prevalence of seasonal contracts and family-operated holdings, which can distort average earnings per worker calculations.
Frequently asked questions
- What components are included in employee compensation for agriculture, forestry, and fishing?
- It includes all gross wages, salaries, bonuses, and employer-paid social security contributions for workers employed in farming, forestry, and fishing enterprises.
- Does this series cover the earnings of independent farmers who own their land?
- No, unincorporated self-employed income is recorded under mixed income rather than as employee compensation.
- How should seasonal employment patterns affect the interpretation of these figures?
- Seasonal harvesting and planting peaks cause predictable intra-year fluctuations in labor input, which can influence annual totals depending on the timing of agricultural activity.