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Remuneration	12 Months Ended
Remuneration	Dec. 31, 2021
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Disclosure of renumeration explanatory [text block]	7 Remuneration Full year (in USD million, except average number of employees) 2021 2020 2019 Salaries 1) 2,962 2,625 2,766 Pension costs 2) 488 432 446 Payroll tax 414 368 413 Other compensations and social costs 288 283 330 Total payroll costs 4,152 3,707 3,955 Average number of employees 3) 21,400 21,700 21,400 Salaries include bonuses, severance packages and expatriate costs in addition to base pay. 2) See note 20 Pensions. 3) Part time employees amount to 3 % for 2021, 2 % for 2020 and 4 % for 2019. Total payroll expenses are accumulated in cost-pools and partly charged to partners of Equinor operated licences on an hours incurred basis. Full year (in USD thousand) 1) 2021 2020 2019 Current employee benefits 12,229 9,012 10,958 Post-employment benefits 420 589 661 Other non-current benefits 17 14 18 Share-based payment benefits 83 125 147 Total benefits 12,749 9,740 11,782 1) All figures in the table are presented on accrual basis. At 31 December 2021, 2020 and 2019 there are no loans to the members of the BoD or the CEC. Share-based compensation Equinor's share saving plan provides employees with the opportunity to purchase Equinor shares through monthly salary deductions and a contribution by Equinor. If the shares are kept for two full calendar years of continued employment following the year of purchase, the employees will be allocated one bonus share for each one they have purchased. Estimated compensation expense including the contribution by Equinor for purchased shares, amounts vested for bonus shares granted and related social security tax was USD 79 million, USD 74 million, and USD 73 million related to the 2021, 2020 and 2019 programmes, respectively. For the 2022 programme (granted in 2021), the estimated compensation expense is USD 85 million. At 31 December 2021 the amount of compensation cost yet to be expensed throughout the vesting period is USD 174 million. See note 18 Shareholders’ equity and dividends for more information about share-based compensation.