Labour cost per hour in Italy

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Italy
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	32.0 €/hour	2025	11th highest of 27	+10.3 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Italy stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 11th 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	32.0
2024	31.0
2023	30.0
2022	29.3
2021	28.8
2020	29.2
2016	27.6
2012	27.7
2008	25.2

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allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Italy, 2025: 32.0 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/italy, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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