Booking Holdings (BKNG) Wages, Salaries and Other (2009 - 2026)
Booking Holdings (BKNG) recorded Wages, Salaries and Other of $900 million in Q2 2026, up 0.4% from $896 million a year earlier and up 0.8% from the prior quarter.
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Booking Holdings (BKNG) Wages, Salaries and Other (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Booking Holdings' Wages, Salaries and Other came in at $3.61 billion as of Jun 30, 2026, up 9.0% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $3.4 billion, up 1.5% from FY2024.
- Annual Wages, Salaries and Other has increased for five straight years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 11.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Wages, Salaries and Other came in at $3.35 billion in FY2024 (+1.8%), $3.29 billion in FY2023 (+33.6%), $2.47 billion in FY2022 (+6.5%) and $2.31 billion in FY2021 (+19.0%).
- Quarterly Wages, Salaries and Other has ranged from $485 million in Q4 2021 to $1.03 billion in Q4 2023 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Wages, Salaries and Other has increased for five consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 3.5% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Wages, Salaries and Other in the last five years was growth of 72.6% in Q4 2023, against a decline of 17.3% in Q4 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $893 million (Q1 2026), $869 million (Q4 2025) and $945 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Wages (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 4,173.87 Bn | 3,931.39 Bn | 73.85 Bn | - |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,849.67 Bn | 1,552.19 Bn | 49.47 Bn | - |
| 3 | Netflix | 279.23 Bn | 239.43 Bn | 6.52 Bn | - |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 245.86 Bn | 63.73 Bn | 15.11 Bn | - |
| 5 | Shopify | 196.08 Bn | 173.27 Bn | 1.71 Bn | - |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 138.90 Bn | 110.88 Bn | 6.38 Bn | - |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 119.48 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - | 900.00 Mn |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 107.30 Bn | -144.64 Bn | 9.45 Bn | - |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 97.33 Bn | 54.56 Bn | 1.86 Bn | - |
| 10 | Airbnb | 95.83 Bn | 49.06 Bn | 2.98 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 900.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 893.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 869.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 945.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 896.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 693.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 853.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 868.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 807.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 826.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.03 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 788.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 752.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 722.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 598.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 636.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 635.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 596.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 485.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 591.00 Mn |
API Access
Booking Holdings Wages, Salaries and Other API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=wages-salaries-and-other&ticker=BKNG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "wages-salaries-and-other", "ticker": "BKNG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=wages-salaries-and-other&ticker=BKNG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();