Labour cost per hour in Spain

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Spain
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	26.4 €/hour	2025	13th highest of 27	+4.7 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Spain stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 13th 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	26.4
2024	25.5
2023	24.5
2022	23.3
2021	22.9
2020	23.0
2016	21.2
2012	21.1
2008	19.4

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Spain, 2025: 26.4 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/spain, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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