Hourly labour cost
Employer labour costs per hour worked: compensation of employees plus taxes minus subsidies, in nominal euro. Covers industry, construction and services except public administration and defence.
30 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
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Euro per hour worked. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €34.9 per hour | €45.0 per hour | €44.3 per hour | €26.4 per hour |
| 2024 | €33.5 per hour | €43.5 per hour | €43.4 per hour | €25.5 per hour |
| 2023 | €31.9 per hour | €41.4 per hour | €42.0 per hour | €24.5 per hour |
| 2022 | €30.2 per hour | €39.6 per hour | €40.4 per hour | €23.3 per hour |
| 2021 | €28.8 per hour | €37.3 per hour | €39.1 per hour | €22.9 per hour |
| 2020 | €28.4 per hour | €36.8 per hour | €38.8 per hour | €23.0 per hour |
| 2016 | €25.6 per hour | €32.8 per hour | €34.6 per hour | €21.2 per hour |
| 2012 | €24.4 per hour | €30.5 per hour | €34.3 per hour | €21.1 per hour |
| 2008 | €21.6 per hour | €27.9 per hour | €31.2 per hourd (definition differs (see metadata)) | €19.4 per hour |
Flags: d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 30 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Luxembourg (€54.9 per hour) and the lowest Bulgaria (€10.6 per hour).
- Half of the countries are above €23.3 per hour and half below.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was €33.5 per hour.
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Luxembourg €54.9 per hour
- 2 Norway €53.7 per hour
- 3 Iceland €53.2 per hourp (provisional)
- 4 Denmark €50.2 per hour
- 5 Belgium €48.2 per hour
- 6 Netherlands €45.2 per hour
- 7 Austria €44.3 per hourp (provisional)
- 8 Germany €43.5 per hour
- 9 France €43.4 per hour
- 10 Ireland €42.5 per hour
- 11 Sweden €40.2 per hour
- 12 Finland €37.7 per hourp (provisional)
- 13 Italy €31.0 per hour
- 14 Slovenia €27.1 per hour
- 15 Spain €25.5 per hour
- 16 Cyprus €21.0 per hour
- 17 Estonia €19.6 per hour
- 18 Malta €19.1 per hour
- 19 Slovakia €18.5 per hour
- 20 Portugal €18.2 per hour
- 21 Czechia €18.1 per hour
- 22 Poland €17.3 per hour
- 23 Greece €16.8 per hour
- 24 Croatia €16.5 per hour
- 25 Lithuania €16.3 per hour
- 26 Latvia €15.1 per hour
- 27 Hungary €14.0 per hour
- 28 Romania €12.4 per hour
- 29 Serbia €11.4 per hour
- 30 Bulgaria €10.6 per hour
- European Union €33.5 per hour
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.