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 244 regions in 2014, at €44.55. Severen tsentralen had the lowest, at €3.22. The median was €23.11 and the figure for the European Union (27) was €21.86. Source: Eurostat.

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Top 40 regions, 2014

Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 44.55 EURRégion de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Bru…44.55Luxembourg: 42.96 EURLuxembourg42.96Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: 41.53 EURProv. Vlaams-Brabant41.53Hovedstaden: 41.52 EURHovedstaden41.52Ile-de-France: 41.01 EURIle-de-France41.01Prov. Brabant wallon: 40.74 EURProv. Brabant wallon40.74Prov. Antwerpen: 38.29 EURProv. Antwerpen38.29Noord-Holland: 36.43 EURNoord-Holland36.43Oberbayern: 35.81 EUROberbayern35.81Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: 35.79 EURProv. Oost-Vlaanderen35.79Utrecht: 35.54 EURUtrecht35.54Midtjylland: 35.53 EURMidtjylland35.53Syddanmark: 35.44 EURSyddanmark35.44Guyane: 35.36 EURGuyane35.36Prov. Liège: 35.36 EURProv. Liège35.36Sjælland: 35.28 EURSjælland35.28Darmstadt: 35.23 EURDarmstadt35.23Prov. Namur: 35.23 EURProv. Namur35.23Stuttgart: 34.98 EURStuttgart34.98Prov. Limburg (BE): 34.74 EURProv. Limburg (BE)34.74Prov. Hainaut: 34.54 EURProv. Hainaut34.54Zuid-Holland: 34.47 EURZuid-Holland34.47Hamburg: 34.34 EURHamburg34.34Nordjylland: 34.14 EURNordjylland34.14Stockholm: 33.6 EURStockholm33.6Prov. West-Vlaanderen: 33.13 EURProv. West-Vlaanderen33.13Karlsruhe: 32.69 EURKarlsruhe32.69Mittelfranken: 32.47 EURMittelfranken32.47Prov. Luxembourg (BE): 32.47 EURProv. Luxembourg (BE)32.47Groningen: 32.41 EURGroningen32.41Düsseldorf: 32.18 EURDüsseldorf32.18Rhône-Alpes: 32.17 EURRhône-Alpes32.17Guadeloupe: 32.1 EURGuadeloupe32.1Noord-Brabant: 32.05 EURNoord-Brabant32.05Helsinki-Uusimaa: 32.03 EURHelsinki-Uusimaa32.03Bremen: 31.94 EURBremen31.94Braunschweig: 31.93 EURBraunschweig31.93Köln: 31.92 EURKöln31.92Corse: 31.89 EURCorse31.89Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 31.6 EURProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur31.6Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 44.55 EURRégion de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdst…44.55Luxembourg: 42.96 EURLuxembourg42.96Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: 41.53 EURProv. Vlaams-Brabant41.53Hovedstaden: 41.52 EURHovedstaden41.52Ile-de-France: 41.01 EURIle-de-France41.01Prov. Brabant wallon: 40.74 EURProv. Brabant wallon40.74Prov. Antwerpen: 38.29 EURProv. Antwerpen38.29Noord-Holland: 36.43 EURNoord-Holland36.43Oberbayern: 35.81 EUROberbayern35.81Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: 35.79 EURProv. Oost-Vlaanderen35.79Utrecht: 35.54 EURUtrecht35.54Midtjylland: 35.53 EURMidtjylland35.53Syddanmark: 35.44 EURSyddanmark35.44Guyane: 35.36 EURGuyane35.36Prov. Liège: 35.36 EURProv. Liège35.36Sjælland: 35.28 EURSjælland35.28Darmstadt: 35.23 EURDarmstadt35.23Prov. Namur: 35.23 EURProv. Namur35.23Stuttgart: 34.98 EURStuttgart34.98Prov. Limburg (BE): 34.74 EURProv. Limburg (BE)34.74Prov. Hainaut: 34.54 EURProv. Hainaut34.54Zuid-Holland: 34.47 EURZuid-Holland34.47Hamburg: 34.34 EURHamburg34.34Nordjylland: 34.14 EURNordjylland34.14Stockholm: 33.6 EURStockholm33.6Prov. West-Vlaanderen: 33.13 EURProv. West-Vlaanderen33.13Karlsruhe: 32.69 EURKarlsruhe32.69Mittelfranken: 32.47 EURMittelfranken32.47Prov. Luxembourg (BE): 32.47 EURProv. Luxembourg (BE)32.47Groningen: 32.41 EURGroningen32.41Düsseldorf: 32.18 EURDüsseldorf32.18Rhône-Alpes: 32.17 EURRhône-Alpes32.17Guadeloupe: 32.1 EURGuadeloupe32.1Noord-Brabant: 32.05 EURNoord-Brabant32.05Helsinki-Uusimaa: 32.03 EURHelsinki-Uusimaa32.03Bremen: 31.94 EURBremen31.94Braunschweig: 31.93 EURBraunschweig31.93Köln: 31.92 EURKöln31.92Corse: 31.89 EURCorse31.89Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 31.6 EURProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur31.6
EUR. Source: Invokely calculation with data from Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2014
EUR
Change on 2013
1Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest44.55+1.1%
2Luxembourg42.96+1.8%
3Prov. Vlaams-Brabant41.53+1.1%
4Hovedstaden41.52+2.5%
5Ile-de-France41.01+1.5%
6Prov. Brabant wallon40.74+0.7%
7Prov. Antwerpen38.29+1%
8Noord-Holland36.43+1.3%
9Oberbayern35.81+2.2%
10Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen35.79+1.2%
11Utrecht35.54+0.7%
12Midtjylland35.53+2.3%
13Syddanmark35.44+2.2%
14Guyane35.36+3.2%
15Prov. Liège35.36+1.4%
16Sjælland35.28+2.4%
17Darmstadt35.23+2.4%
18Prov. Namur35.23+1.1%
19Stuttgart34.98+2%
20Prov. Limburg (BE)34.74+2.7%
21Prov. Hainaut34.54+1%
22Zuid-Holland34.47+0.9%
23Hamburg34.34+2.1%
24Nordjylland34.14+1.5%
25Stockholm33.6-2.8%
26Prov. West-Vlaanderen33.13+1.1%
27Karlsruhe32.69+2%
28Mittelfranken32.47+2.8%
28Prov. Luxembourg (BE)32.47+0.6%
30Groningen32.41+0.9%
31Düsseldorf32.18+2.7%
32Rhône-Alpes32.17+2.1%
33Guadeloupe32.1+5.1%
34Noord-Brabant32.05+1.1%
35Helsinki-Uusimaa32.030%
36Bremen31.94+2.5%
37Braunschweig31.93+12.8%
38Köln31.92+2.7%
39Corse31.89+0.9%
40Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur31.6+1.5%
41Alsace31.5+2%
42Gelderland31.35+0.6%
43Tübingen31.33+1.9%
44Midi-Pyrénées31.26+1.7%
45Haute-Normandie31.2+1.1%
46Kassel31.18+1.9%
47Zeeland31.1+1.1%
48Drenthe30.84+1%
49Wien30.84+1.1%
50Overijssel30.82+0.9%
51Rheinhessen-Pfalz30.82+1.2%
52Gießen30.81+1.3%
53Limburg (NL)30.81+0.8%
54Flevoland30.66+0.5%
55Friesland (NL)30.5+1.3%
56Nord-Pas de Calais30.45+1.6%
57Martinique30.27+2.8%
58Schwaben30.2+2.2%
59Freiburg29.93+1.8%
60Oberpfalz29.93+3.1%
61Franche-Comté29.92+2.2%
62Unterfranken29.89+2.5%
63Picardie29.87+2.2%
64Auvergne29.86+3.3%
65Pays de la Loire29.85+1%
66Aquitaine29.77+1.7%
67Eastern and Midland29.71-0.7%
68Languedoc-Roussillon29.67+1.3%
69Arnsberg29.62+1.9%
70Lorraine29.56+1.3%
71Centre - Val de Loire29.56+1.9%
72Bourgogne29.44+1.9%
73Hannover29.42+6.3%
74Champagne-Ardenne29.33+2.3%
75Limousin29.27+1.7%
76Saarland29.2+1.1%
77Bretagne29.03+2.2%
78Basse-Normandie28.97+1.8%
79Detmold28.87+2.7%
80Berlin28.82+3%
81Niederbayern28.8+2%
82Münster28.79+1.7%
83Oberfranken28.73+2.5%
84Åland28.58-0.2%
85Länsi-Suomi28.49+1%
86Poitou-Charentes28.46+2.2%
87Västsverige28.44-2.8%
88Sydsverige28.34-3.2%
89Etelä-Suomi28.33+3.1%
90Vorarlberg28.31+2.2%
91Oberösterreich28.18+2.1%
92La Réunion28.12+0.4%
93Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi28.1+2.3%
94Östra Mellansverige27.88-2.6%
95Southern27.53+1.7%
96Övre Norrland27.27-2.5%
97Koblenz27.06+1.1%
98Salzburg26.86+2.2%
99Norra Mellansverige26.83-2.9%
100Niederösterreich26.67+2.1%
101Mellersta Norrland26.52-2.7%
102Kärnten26.41+2%
103Småland med öarna26.41-2.4%
104Trier26.36+2.3%
105Schleswig-Holstein26.35+1.3%
106Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen26.33+2.2%
107Tirol26.24+2.9%
108Steiermark26.23+2.3%
109Lüneburg26.09-3%
110Weser-Ems26.05-3.9%
111Lombardia25.24+0.6%
112Northern and Western24.66+1.8%
113Lazio24.28+1.3%
114Leipzig24.07+2.8%
115Burgenland23.91+2.5%
116Dresden23.69+3.5%
117Emilia-Romagna23.51+1.3%
118Provincia Autonoma di Trento23.47-2.2%
119Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste23.43-1%
120Friuli-Venezia Giulia23.39+0.7%
121Piemonte23.28+0.2%
122Brandenburg23.25+2.2%
123Liguria22.97+0.1%
124Mayotte22.84-3.5%
125Basque Country22.7+1.4%
126Thüringen22.7+3.6%
127Sachsen-Anhalt22.51+3.9%
128Chemnitz22.47+3.3%
129Community of Madrid22.39+1.1%
130Toscana22.28-0.2%
131Veneto22.27+0.8%
132Mecklenburg-Vorpommern22.21+2.9%
133Marche21.79-0.2%
134Umbria21.21-1.9%
135Abruzzo21.15+2.7%
136Navarre21.03+0.5%
137Sardegna20.97+1.5%
138Basilicata20.87-0.1%
139Ceuta20.78-0.7%
140Molise20.69-0.5%
141Catalonia20.65+0.3%
142Sicilia20.48-2.5%
143Melilla20.45+0.5%
144Puglia20.37-0.2%
145Campania19.67-1.8%
146Calabria19.6+0.4%
147Aragon19.06-0%
148Asturias18.77-0.3%
149Cantabria18.43+1.7%
150Castile and León18.36+0.4%
151Balearic Islands18.12-1%
152Valencian Community17.83+0.3%
153Dytiki Makedonia17.79-0.7%
154La Rioja17.76-0.9%
155Canary Islands17.64+1.5%
156Galicia17.57+0.1%
157Castilla-La Mancha17.4+1.4%
158Andalusia17.01-0.9%
159Extremadura16.96-0.5%
160Region of Murcia15.89+0.3%
161Zahodna Slovenija15.69-0.1%
162Kýpros14.27-3.6%
163Vzhodna Slovenija13.97+0.9%
164Grande Lisboa13.57-3.3%
165Praha13.45+0.8%
166Bratislavský kraj12.59+1.8%
167Malta12.19+4.6%
168Thessalia11.58-0.3%
169Ionia Nisia11.36-2.1%
170Attiki11.36-3.5%
171Península de Setúbal11.21-3.2%
172Peloponnisos11.13-3.5%
173Sterea Elláda10.74-2.9%
174Dytiki Elláda10.72-2.7%
175Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki10.61-0.4%
176Região Autónoma dos Açores10.39-4.2%
177Voreio Aigaio10.38-0.4%
178Região Autónoma da Madeira10.34-4.1%
179Notio Aigaio10.15-4.2%
180Alentejo10.03-2%
181Kentriki Makedonia10.02-2.3%
182Warszawski stołeczny10.01-3.7%
183Centro (PT)9.96-0.8%
184Kriti9.76-3%
185Oeste e Vale do Tejo9.53-1.1%
186Norte9.48-1.5%
187Ipeiros9.47+0.3%
188Algarve9.43-2.5%
189Grad Zagreb9.19-3%
190Eesti8.99+6.8%
191Střední Čechy8.47-0.4%
192Stredné Slovensko8.25+2.6%
193Východné Slovensko8.07+2.6%
194Moravskoslezsko8.03-5.3%
195Sostinės regionas8.02+4.9%
196Západné Slovensko8.01+3.1%
197Jihovýchod7.96-5.1%
198Jihozápad7.8-3.4%
199Jadranska Hrvatska7.73-4.3%
200Severovýchod7.45-3.6%
201Budapest7.42-5.3%
202Střední Morava7.19-6.5%
203Sjeverna Hrvatska7-5.2%
204Bucureşti-Ilfov6.95+5.3%
205Severozápad6.86-6.1%
206Közép-Dunántúl6.77-3%
207Latvija6.75+7.4%
208Dél-Dunántúl6.69-4.9%
209Dél-Alföld6.64-4.2%
210Észak-Magyarország6.64-3.8%
211Dolnośląskie6.61+0.8%
212Nyugat-Dunántúl6.59-1.8%
213Észak-Alföld6.57-3.8%
214Pest6.57-6%
215Śląskie6.51+1.2%
216Wielkopolskie6.24+6.2%
217Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas6.15+4.9%
218Panonska Hrvatska6.09-8.4%
219Małopolskie6.05+1.3%
220Pomorskie5.95+4.4%
221Opolskie5.64+4.4%
222Podkarpackie5.46+4.2%
223Podlaskie5.38+4.5%
224Łódzkie5.37+2.1%
225Świętokrzyskie5.36+5.4%
226Yugozapaden5.29+5.8%
227Lubuskie5.26+6.8%
228Zachodniopomorskie5.16+4%
229Lubelskie5.15+3.3%
230Kujawsko-pomorskie5.15+1.3%
231Mazowiecki regionalny5.10%
232Warmińsko-mazurskie4.91+6.6%
233Vest4.2+4%
234Sud-Est4.09+7.6%
235Sud-Vest Oltenia4.05+6.8%
236Yugoiztochen3.95+7.6%
237Centru3.93+8.1%
238Severoiztochen3.72+5.3%
239Nord-Vest3.64+9%
240Sud-Muntenia3.51+5.8%
241Nord-Est3.38+10.5%
242Yuzhen tsentralen3.29+6.3%
243Severozapaden3.27+2.2%
244Severen tsentralen3.22+4.3%

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Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, with €44.55 in 2014, according to Eurostat.

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Severen tsentralen, with €3.22 in 2014.

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