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Register based employment and taxable payments in cultural and creative industries by gender 2008-2023

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Erla Rún Guðmundsdóttir
11/20/2025
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2008-2022
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Men

21 November 2025. Data by gender in the table are currently under review and have therefore been removed while the review is ongoing. The table will be updated as soon as possible.

Women

21 November 2025. Data by gender in the table are currently under review and have therefore been removed while the review is ongoing. The table will be updated as soon as possible.

Cultural and Creative Industry

Industries are categorized according to Icelandic sector classification, ÍSAT2008 (NACE Rev. 2). Cultural and creative industries are classified by StatIce. A list of cultural and creative industries is available in the metadata file.

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Number of employees

Number of employees receiving taxable wages is a tally of all those who receive taxable wages from an employer. There is no distinction made based on whether employees are employed full-time or part-time. There is no set minimum payment for wages in the data which means that in some cases the payment an employee receives can be substantially minimal. Note that the published groups of economic activities can overlap, therefore if all economic activity groups are summed up it will not match the published sums of totals. The total sum of employees will however only count each individual once.

Taxable wages

Taxable wages are in Icelandic krona (ISK) in current price for each year. Taxable wages and salaries (total sums) include the greatest part of income wages for employment which is paid on a monthly basis to employees. The wages include any kind of remuneration/compensation for employment, such as wages, vehicle, travel and housing subsidies and other subsidies, per-diem allowance, lump sum payments, vacation benefits and other payments that are legally documented according to the pertinent regulation. Self-employed, who receive payments through their own social identity number and pay themselves calculated remuneration.

Number of employers

Number of employers paying taxable wages are all those who turn in specification of wages and salaries to The Icelandic Revenue and Customs for at least one person. The count of employers is based on the identity of the legal entity, which is based on the entities identification number. Therefore, each identification number counts as one employer. Note that the published groups of economic activities can overlap, therefore if all economic activity groups are summed up it will not match the published sums of totals. In total each employer is only counted once.