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Average hourly labour cost (wages plus employer social contributions) in the business economy, yearly.
Gross statutory minimum wage per month, in euro and in purchasing power standards (PPS).
Yearly net earnings of a full-time worker on the average wage: single without children, and a one-earner couple with two children.
Median equivalised net income per person a year, in euro and in purchasing power standards.
Monthly unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted: unemployed people as a share of the labour force, for everyone and for people under 25.
Source: Eurostat (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden), licence CC BY 4.0. Compiled 23 Sep 2026.
Across the EU, the median for labour cost per hour is 21.7 €/hour. Lowest: Bulgaria, 12.0 €/hour. Highest: Luxembourg, 56.8 €/hour.
| Period | ||
|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 56.8 | 2025 |
| Denmark | 51.7 | 2025 |
| Belgium | 48.2 | 2024 |
| Netherlands | 47.9 | 2025 |
| Austria | 46.3 | 2025 |
| Germany | 45.0 | 2025 |
| France | 44.3 | 2025 |
| Ireland | 44.2 | 2025 |
| Sweden | 43.1 | 2025 |
| Finland | 39.4 | 2025 |
| Italy | 32.0 | 2025 |
| Slovenia | 29.7 | 2025 |
| Spain | 26.4 | 2025 |
| Cyprus | 21.7 | 2025 |
| Estonia | 21.1 | 2025 |
| Czechia | 19.8 | 2025 |
| Slovakia | 19.8 | 2025 |
| Portugal | 19.4 | 2025 |
| Poland | 19.1 | 2025 |
| Malta | 19.0 | 2025 |
| Croatia | 18.4 | 2025 |
| Greece | 18.2 | 2025 |
| Lithuania | 17.8 | 2025 |
| Latvia | 16.3 | 2025 |
| Hungary | 15.2 | 2025 |
| Romania | 13.6 | 2025 |
| Bulgaria | 12.0 | 2025 |