Labour cost per hour in France

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

Latest labour cost per hour in France
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	44.3 €/hour	2025	7th highest of 27	+22.6 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where France stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 7th 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	44.3
2024	43.4
2023	42.0
2022	40.4
2021	39.1
2020	38.8
2016	34.6
2012	34.3
2008	31.2

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allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, France, 2025: 44.3 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/france, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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