Labour cost per hour in Slovakia

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Slovakia
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	19.8 €/hour	2025	12th lowest of 27	−1.9 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Slovakia stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 12th 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	19.8
2024	18.5
2023	17.3
2022	15.7
2021	14.4
2020	13.7
2016	10.2
2012	8.9
2008	7.0

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allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Slovakia, 2025: 19.8 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/slovakia, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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