# **Employee compensation**
- **Employee compensation** encompasses all payments made to employees for their services, including **cash payments** and **in-kind benefits** such as **food and housing**. It also includes **government contributions to social insurance schemes**, such as **social security** and **pensions**, which provide additional benefits to employees.
- The chart displays **employee compensation in Lebanon**, measured in **current local currency units (LCU)**, over a 22-year period from **2000 to 2021**. In **2021**, employee compensation in **Lebanon** was reported to be **5 trillion LCU**.