Labour cost per hour in Belgium

Average hourly labour cost (wages plus employer social contributions) in the business economy, yearly. All figures for Belgium

Latest labour cost per hour in Belgium
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	48.2 €/hour	2024	3rd highest of 27	+26.5 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Belgium stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 3rd highest of 27

Luxembourg56.8
Denmark51.7
Belgium48.2
Netherlands47.9
Austria46.3
Germany45.0
France44.3
Ireland44.2
Sweden43.1
Finland39.4
Italy32.0
Slovenia29.7
Spain26.4
Cyprus21.7
Estonia21.1
Czechia19.8
Slovakia19.8
Portugal19.4
Poland19.1
Malta19.0
Croatia18.4
Greece18.2
Lithuania17.8
Latvia16.3
Hungary15.2
Romania13.6
Bulgaria12.0

Labour cost per hour

All 8 values: Labour cost per hour

Period	€/hour
2024	48.2
2023	47.1
2022	43.5
2021	41.0
2020	40.5
2016	38.6
2012	38.0
2008	32.9

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allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Belgium, 2024: 48.2 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/belgium, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

Source: Eurostat, licence CC BY 4.0. Compiled 23 Sep 2026.