Labour cost per hour in Germany

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Germany
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	45.0 €/hour	2025	6th highest of 27	+23.3 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Germany stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 6th 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	45.0
2024	43.5
2023	41.4
2022	39.6
2021	37.3
2020	36.8
2016	32.8
2012	30.5
2008	27.9

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allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Germany, 2025: 45.0 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/germany, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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