Labour cost per hour in Netherlands

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Netherlands
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	47.9 €/hour	2025	4th highest of 27	+26.2 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Netherlands stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 4th 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	47.9
2024	45.2
2023	42.9
2022	40.3
2021	38.2
2020	37.7
2016	34.5
2012	32.5
2008	29.8

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allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Netherlands, 2025: 47.9 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/netherlands, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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