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Euro per hour worked. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Hourly labour cost (euro per hour worked), 2008 to 2025
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2025 €19.4 per hour €26.4 per hour €34.9 per hour
2024 €18.2 per hour €25.5 per hour €33.5 per hour
2023 €17.0 per hour €24.5 per hour €31.9 per hour
2022 €16.1 per hour €23.3 per hour €30.2 per hour
2021 €15.4 per hour €22.9 per hour €28.8 per hour
2020 €15.1 per hour €23.0 per hour €28.4 per hour
2016 €13.6 per hour €21.2 per hour €25.6 per hour
2012 €13.3 per hour €21.1 per hour €24.4 per hour
2008 €12.2 per hour €19.4 per hour €21.6 per hour

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
lc_lci_lev · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A unit=EUR lcstruct=D1_D4_MD5 nace_r2=B-S_X_O
Observation period
2008 to 2025
Provider update
23 April 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat