Labour cost per hour in Denmark

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Denmark
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	51.7 €/hour	2025	2nd highest of 27	+30.0 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Denmark stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 2nd 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 9 values: Labour cost per hour

Period	€/hour
2025	51.7
2024	50.2
2023	48.3
2022	47.1
2021	45.9
2020	44.9
2016	41.3
2012	39.4
2008	34.6

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allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Denmark, 2025: 51.7 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/denmark, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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