Labour cost per hour in Romania

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Romania
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	13.6 €/hour	2025	2nd lowest of 27	−8.1 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Romania stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 2nd 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	13.6
2024	12.4
2023	11.0
2022	9.5
2021	8.5
2020	8.2
2016	5.3
2012	4.1
2008	4.2

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Romania, 2025: 13.6 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/romania, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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