Compensation of employees per hour worked
Wages, salaries and employers' social contributions divided by the hours actually worked by employees, in euros per hour, for the place where people work (Eurostat regional accounts).
A labour cost measure, higher than take-home pay because it includes employers' social contributions. Price levels differ between countries.
Key facts
- Compensation of employees per hour worked in the European Union (27) was €29.55 in 2024, according to Eurostat.
- Luxembourg had the highest compensation of employees per hour worked of 27 EU countries in 2023, at €58.12, and Bulgaria the lowest, at €9.18. Source: Eurostat.
- Published for 272 places, with figures from 2000 to 2024.
Rankings
- EU countries
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)
- Regions of France (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)
EU countries by compensation of employees per hour worked, 2023
How it is calculated
Invokely calculation: compensation of employees (Eurostat nama_10r_2coe, EUR million) divided by hours worked by employees (Eurostat nama_10r_2emhrw), same place and year, times 1,000,000. This is how Eurostat computes regional compensation per hour worked.
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Ireland
- Estonia
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
Regions and states
- Ile-de-France
- Lombardia
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- Community of Madrid
- Rhône-Alpes
- Lazio
- Campania
- Valencian Community
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
- Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas
- Panonska Hrvatska
- Sostinės regionas
- Jadranska Hrvatska
- Sjeverna Hrvatska
- Malta
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest compensation of employees per hour worked? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"compensation_per_hour_worked_eur","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=compensation_per_hour_worked_eur&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)