France employee compensation: other service activities
France employee compensation: other service activities stood at 63,473 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 | |||||||||||
| Other service activities | 63,473 | 63,715 | 60,467 | 56,674 | 50,390 | 46,663 | 50,845 | 50,140 | 49,283 | 48,127 | |
| Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco | 30,065 | 28,883 | 27,929 | 26,222 | 24,918 | 23,330 | 24,008 | 24,121 | 23,744 | 23,048 |
Understanding france employee compensation: other service activities
Total remuneration paid to staff across membership organizations, repair services for computers and personal goods, and various personal service activities not classified elsewhere forms this residual payroll measure. This metric captures the labor outlays of community associations, trade unions, religious bodies, laundries, beauty salons, and physical wellbeing centers. Excluded from this category are outlays for specialized business services, financial intermediation, and government-administered social protection programs.
Reading these figures requires understanding that this category groups heterogeneous grassroots and personal activities that respond to distinct social and lifestyle trends rather than unified industrial drivers. Year-on-year comparisons provide insight into consumer service utilization, though revisions to early estimates can occur due to the decentralized nature of small businesses and associations in this grouping. Analysts should avoid broad generalizations when comparing this residual sector to major industrial or financial branches, as its constituent activities operate on vastly different scales.
Frequently asked questions
- What types of organizations and businesses are included in other service activities compensation?
- It covers membership associations, trade unions, religious organizations, repair shops for personal goods, laundries, and personal care salons.
- Does this series capture government-provided social services?
- No, public health, education, and administration are recorded under a separate dedicated public sector branch.
- Why is this category referred to as a residual grouping?
- It aggregates personal and membership services that do not fit neatly into the primary, secondary, or major commercial service branches.