Europe Labour cost comparison across EU countries (annual estimate of labour costs)

Labour costs per hour worked in 2023 by economic sectors (NACE), Position of computations: 4th quarter 2023
European Union member states
(in a descending order by the labour
cost level in the business economy)

B to N
Business economy

including:
C
Manufacturing
G to N
Business services
EuroChange on 2022 in %1EuroRankEuroRank
1: The rates of change are calendar adjusted and have been calculated in the relevant national currency.
X = Cell blocked for logical reasons.
... = Data will be available later.
Source: Own computations on the basis of Eurostat, online-database of 17 April 2024.
European Union (EU-27)31.805,332.00X 31.80X
Euro area (EU-20)35.60X 37.70X 34.80X
Luxembourg53.906.145.80558.801
Denmark48.102.551.40149.702
Belgium47.108.249.70246.103
Netherlands43.306.8... X 40.606
France42.203.644.60642.304
Germany41.304.846.00439.807
Austria40.907.446.10338.308
Ireland40.205.838.40938.109
Sweden38.90-3.342.80741.505
Finland37.103.441.60837.3010
Italy29.801.430.201028.6011
Slovenia25.5010.226.001126.2012
Spain24.605.725.901223.5013
Cyprus20.105.813.502219.4014
Estonia18.3011.716.501619.3015
Malta18.203.217.501417.5016
Czech Republic18.009.918.501317.4018
Slovakia17.209.716.801517.5016
Portugal17.005.714.601917.2019
Greece15.707.115.201717.2019
Lithuania14.7012.413.902015.5021
Poland14.5015.913.202314.5022
Croatia14.4014.215.101814.4023
Latvia13.5011.012.402414.4023
Hungary12.8019.913.602113.3025
Romania11.0016.19.702511.6026
Bulgaria9.3014.08.00269.9027

As at 05 May 2022

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