Registered Number of Employees and Their Wages in the Czech Republic

Introductory note

This publication provides with data for national economy of the Czech Republic.

Workers comprise employees registered by businesses, private entrepreneurs and contributing family workers (main job holders only).

The registered number of employees includes persons under employment contracts (both main and second job holders) and members of cooperatives having employment contracts, too; it excludes females on maternity leave, persons on parental leave (unless they have employment contracts at the same time) , apprentices, persons engaged by companies under contracts for work outside employment.

The numbers of workers and employees and the average monthly gross wages exclude employees of businesses not statistically measured and persons performing public office (deputies, senators, full-time councillors at all levels), judges, etc.

The average gross monthly wage is the ratio of wages, excluding other personnel expenses, per employee per month. Included in the wages are basic wages and salaries, payments additional to wage or salary, direct remuneration and bonuses, remuneration for being on call to work, and other wage or salary components charged to be paid to employees in a given period. This applies to gross wages, i.e. before reduction by comprehensive health insurance and social insurance premiums, advance income tax of actual persons, and other statutory deductions or deductions agreed with the employee.

Tables in this publication are split into four parts:

1) tab. No: 04-01-02 The total number of workers in the national economy – estimation (definition see above)

2) tab. No: 04-02-xx The total number of employees and average monthly gross wages and salaries (actual persons) - estimation
tab. No: 04-04-02 Wages and salaries incl. other personnel expenses – TOTAL – estimation
The figures provided in this part were derived from the following sources:
a) survey taken in businesses
- with 20+ employees (non-financial corporations, employees of unincorporated self-employed persons),
- irrespective of the number of employees (financial and government institutions, non-profit institutions serving households)
b) qualified estimates for non-observed businesses with less than 20 employees (non-financial corporations, employees of unincorporated self-employed persons)

3) tab. No: 01-xx-xx Employees and average wages and salaries
tab. No: 01-xx-xx Wages and salaries incl. other personnel expenses
The figures in this part are provided in extent of item 2a).

4) Annexes 1 to 4 show quarterly time series on number of employees and average gross monthly wages for the Czech Republic in total, business and non-business spheres (in extent of item 2a).