Labour cost per hour in Greece

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Greece
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	18.2 €/hour	2025	6th lowest of 27	−3.5 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Greece stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 6th 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	18.2
2024	16.8
2023	15.7
2022	14.7
2021	13.9
2020	13.8
2016	15.2
2012	15.7
2008	16.8

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allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Greece, 2025: 18.2 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/greece, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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