Definition: Employee income

Category: EU-SILC

Employee income is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the income reference period.

The employee income is broken down into:

1. Gross cash or near-cash employee income (PY010G);
2. Gross non-cash employee income (PY020G);
3. Employers' social insurance contributions (PY030G). http://ec.europa.eu/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_298/l_29820031117en00010022.pdf