EU regions (NUTS 2) by compensation of employees per hour worked
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest had the highest compensation of employees per hour worked of 243 regions in 2012, at €43.08. Severen tsentralen had the lowest, at €2.84. The median was €22.08 and the figure for the European Union (27) was €21.23. Source: Eurostat.
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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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 1 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2012 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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Which region has the highest compensation of employees per hour worked?
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, with €43.08 in 2012, according to Eurostat.
Which region has the lowest compensation of employees per hour worked?
Severen tsentralen, with €2.84 in 2012.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Invokely, Compensation of employees (Eurostat nama_10r_2coe) divided by hours worked by employees (Eurostat nama_10r_2emhrw). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 regions have no value for 2012 and are not ranked.
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