Labour cost per hour in Sweden

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

Latest labour cost per hour in Sweden
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Labour cost per hour	43.1 €/hour	2025	9th highest of 27	+21.4 €/hour	EU lowest 12.0 €/hourEU highest 56.8 €/hour

Where Sweden stands

Every EU country, highest first

Labour cost per hour (€/hour) · 9th 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	43.1
2024	40.2
2023	38.7
2022	40.2
2021	40.8
2020	38.0
2016	37.7
2012	37.3
2008	31.6

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allfigures, “Labour cost per hour, Sweden, 2025: 43.1 €/hour”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/labour-cost/sweden, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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