The proportion of women ranged from 8% in construction to 65% in the textile industry
Within the 23 sectors analysed in the publication, there were more men than women employed in 19 sectors in the EU25 in 2005. The sectors with the highest shares of men employed were construction (92%) and non-energy mining & quarrying (90%). The proportion of women was higher than that of men in the following sectors; textiles, clothing, leather & footwear (65%), retail trade (61%), hotels & restaurants (55%) and financial services (51%).
The sectors in the EU25 in 2005 where part-time work was most common were retail trade (30%), hotels & restaurants (28%), as well as business services (21%).
When observing the age structure of persons employed in the sectors for which data are available in the EU25 in 2005, hotels & restaurants (36%) had the highest share of persons employed aged 15-29, followed by retail trade (31%). The real estate and renting sector (29%) had the highest share of persons employed aged 50 and over, followed by the water supply and recycling sector and energy (both 26%).
Business services accounted for 15% of the value added in the EU25 non-financial business economy
The non-financial business economy in the EU25 in 2003 generated value added of 4 800 billion euro and employed 117 million persons. The highest share of value added was generated in business services (15%), followed by wholesale trade and construction (9% each), retail trade (8%), transport services and communications & media (7% each). The largest industrial branches in terms of value added in 2003 were chemicals, rubber & plastics and energy (5% each).
Business services (16% of employment in the non-financial business economy) also had the highest share in terms of employment within the EU25 in 2003, followed by retail trade (14%) and construction (11%).
Average personnel costs were highest in the EU25 in 2003 in the sector transport equipment (42.9 thousand euro per employee) and in energy (42.0 thousand euro) and lowest in hotels and restaurants (14.8 thousand euro) and retail trade (17.1 thousand euro in 2002). Energy (134.4 thousand euro per person employed) and real estate and renting (88.0 thousand euro) had the highest apparent labour productivity, while hotels and restaurants (18.7 thousand euro) and retail trade (22.9 thousand euro) had the lowest.
Germany, France and the United Kingdom leading manufacturers of motor vehicles, trailers and parts
The transport equipment manufacturing sector generated value added of 172.1 bn euro in the EU25 in 2003 and employed almost 3 million persons. This corresponds to 10% of total industrial value added and to 9% of total industrial employment. Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and parts generated three quarters of value added within this sector, while manufacture of other transport equipment accounted for the remaining quarter.
Germany was the leading manufacturer of motor vehicles, trailers and parts (48% of total value added of the sector), followed by France (14%) and the United Kingdom (9%).The same Member States had also the highest share of employment within the sector; Germany (40%), France (13%) and the United Kingdom (10%).
The apparent labour productivity within the sector ranged from 5.7 thousand euro per person employed in Lithuania to 78.3 thousand euro in Austria, compared to an EU25 average of 58.7 thousand euro. The average personnel cost ranged from 2.4 thousand euro per employee in Lithuania to 58.6 thousand euro in Germany, compared to 43.9 thousand euro on average in the EU25.
The EU25 Post and telecommunication employed almost 3 million persons
The Post and telecommunication sector had a value added of 232 bn euro and employed almost 3 million persons in the EU25 in 2003. Germany and the United Kingdom (both 19% of the total value added of the sector) had the highest value added, followed by France (15%). The same Member States also had the highest shares for employment.
The highest apparent labour productivity for this sector was found in Luxembourg (214.3 thousand euro per person employed), followed by Ireland (154.4 thousand euro) and the lowest in Lithuania (21.8 thousand euro) and Slovakia (23.8 thousand euro), compared to 77.6 thousand euro per person employed in the EU25. The average personnel cost was 35.7 thousand euro per employee in the EU25 with the highest costs in Luxembourg (54.5 thousand euro per employee) and Belgium (46.7 thousand euro) and the lowest in Lithuania (6.4 thousand euro) and Latvia (7.0 thousand euro).
