Labour costs, 2022

Labour costs annually up by 3.4%

Average monthly labour costs per person in paid employment amounted to EUR 2,748. They were the lowest in other service activities, and the highest in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply.

  • 19 October 2023 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
Higher than a year ago

Average monthly labour costs per person in paid employment for 2022 amounted to EUR 2,748, which is an increase of 3.4% over the previous year. The highest share in the labour costs was that of employee’s incomes, 86.5%.

The highest in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

Average monthly labour costs per person in paid employment were the highest in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (EUR 4,222), followed by financial and insurance activities (EUR 4,056), and the lowest in other service activities (EUR 2,084), followed by administrative and support service activities (EUR 2,134).

In the EU-27, the highest in Luxembourg and the lowest in Bulgaria

According to Eurostat’s data and methodology (all activities, except agriculture, forestry and fishing and public administration and defence, compulsory social security, and in business entities with more than 9 employees), average labour costs per hour worked were the highest in Luxembourg (EUR 50.7), followed by Denmark (EUR 46.8) and Belgium (EUR 43.5); the EU-27 average was EUR 30.5. For the same period the lowest average labour costs per hour worked were recorded in Bulgaria (EUR 8.2), followed by Romania (EUR 9.5). In Slovenia average labour costs per hour worked in the mentioned activities and business entities amounted to EUR 23.1, which ranked our country between Spain (EUR 23.5) and Cyprus (EUR 19.4).

The table with the latest data is available in the SiStat Database.
Average labour costs per hour worked in selected EU countries, 2022
Average labour costs per hour worked in selected EU countries, 2022
Average monthly labour costs per person in paid employment, Slovenia, 2022
EUR
Labour costs – total2,748.06
Employee's incomes2,378.10
Employer's social contributions402.65
Vocational training costs3.32
Other labour costs8.68
Taxes3.05
Subsidies1)47.74
1) Subsidies reduce labour costs.
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Final data are expected to be published after the planned revision of the survey, probably by the end of 2024.

Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations.
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