# EU countries by compensation of employees per hour worked, 2023

All 27 values come from Invokely for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `compensation_per_hour_worked_eur`
- Unit: EUR
- Definition: 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).
- Source: Invokely, Compensation of employees (Eurostat nama_10r_2coe) divided by hours worked by employees (Eurostat nama_10r_2emhrw) (https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#compensation_per_hour_worked_eur)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Invokely calculation from Compensation of employees (Eurostat nama_10r_2coe) divided by hours worked by employees (Eurostat nama_10r_2emhrw). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#compensation_per_hour_worked_eur. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/compensation-per-hour-worked/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | EUR |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 58.12 |
| 2 | Belgium | 47.94 |
| 3 | Denmark | 46.71 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 42.64 |
| 5 | Germany | 40.7 |
| 6 | Austria | 38.63 |
| 7 | France | 38.33 |
| 8 | Ireland | 38.17 |
| 9 | Finland | 35.34 |
| 10 | Sweden | 31.08 |
| 11 | Italy | 25.34 |
| 12 | Spain | 24.44 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 23.82 |
| 14 | Estonia | 18.33 |
| 15 | Cyprus | 18.24 |
| 16 | Malta | 17.91 |
| 17 | Czechia | 17.02 |
| 18 | Slovakia | 15.99 |
| 19 | Portugal | 14.78 |
| 20 | Lithuania | 14.78 |
| 21 | Latvia | 13.2 |
| 22 | Croatia | 12.38 |
| 23 | Hungary | 11.3 |
| 24 | Greece | 10.95 |
| 25 | Poland | 10.56 |
| 26 | Romania | 10.23 |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 9.18 |