Labour cost per hour in Croatia

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Croatia
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	18.4 €/hour	2025	7th lowest of 27	−3.3 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Croatia stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 7th lowest 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 9 values: Labour cost per hour

Period	€/hour
2025	18.4
2024	16.5
2023	14.4
2022	12.6
2021	11.6
2020	11.3
2016	9.5
2012	9.5
2008	9.2

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Croatia, 2025: 18.4 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/croatia, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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