Labour cost per hour in Estonia

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Estonia
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	21.1 €/hour	2025	13th lowest of 27	−0.6 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Estonia stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 13th 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	21.1
2024	19.6
2023	18.3
2022	16.4
2021	15.0
2020	14.1
2016	10.8
2012	8.6
2008	7.9

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Estonia, 2025: 21.1 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/estonia, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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