EU regions (NUTS 2) by compensation of employees per hour worked

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by compensation of employees per hour worked, 2022
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Luxembourg had the highest compensation of employees per hour worked of 244 regions in 2022, at €53.92. Nord-Est had the lowest, at €6.17. The median was €26.71 and the figure for the European Union (27) was €26.61. Source: Eurostat.

Highest53.92Luxembourg

Lowest6.17Nord-Est

Median26.71244 regions

European Union (27)26.61History

Top 40 regions, 2022

EUR. Source: Invokely calculation with data from Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 EUR	Change on 2021
1	Luxembourg	53.92	+4.7%
2	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	52.73	+4.5%
3	Hovedstaden	49.34	+2.5%
4	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	49.34	+4.3%
5	Prov. Brabant wallon	48.82	+4.8%
6	Ile-de-France Estimated	46.8	+2.7%
7	Oberbayern Estimated	45.79	+5.2%
8	Prov. Antwerpen	45.51	+4.8%
9	Noord-Holland	45.2	+3.4%
10	Stuttgart Estimated	43.77	+3.2%
11	Hamburg Estimated	43.44	+4.1%
12	Darmstadt Estimated	43.41	+2.3%
13	Midtjylland	43.15	+3.1%
14	Utrecht	42.77	+3.5%
15	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	42.62	+5%
16	Syddanmark	42.51	+3%
17	Nordjylland	41.55	+3%
18	Prov. Liège	41.52	+6.2%
19	Sjælland	41.27	+2.2%
20	Prov. Namur	40.95	+5.8%
21	Mittelfranken Estimated	40.76	+4.6%
22	Zuid-Holland	40.74	+4.1%
23	Karlsruhe Estimated	40.72	+3.1%
24	Berlin Estimated	40.54	+4.7%
25	Braunschweig Estimated	40.3	+4%
26	Prov. Hainaut	40.24	+5.8%
27	Prov. Limburg (BE)	39.9	+4.7%
28	Köln Estimated	39.71	+3.4%
29	Düsseldorf Estimated	39.61	+3.2%
30	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	39.48	+4.9%
31	Wien	39.38	+4.5%
32	Tübingen Estimated	39.26	+3.1%
33	Rheinhessen-Pfalz Estimated	39.07	+6.1%
34	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	38.64	+6.8%
35	Groningen	38.58	+3.6%
36	Noord-Brabant	38.44	+3.7%
37	Bremen Estimated	38.39	+3.1%
38	Kassel Estimated	38.32	+2.7%
39	Gießen Estimated	38.16	+3.2%
40	Unterfranken Estimated	38.1	+4.7%
41	Schwaben Estimated	38.03	+4.9%
42	Oberpfalz Estimated	37.8	+4.7%
43	Helsinki-Uusimaa	37.77	+3.3%
44	Stockholm	37.65	-3.5%
45	Freiburg Estimated	37.39	+3.4%
46	Vorarlberg	37.34	+4%
47	Eastern and Midland	37.32	+1.9%
48	Gelderland	37.12	+3.5%
49	Oberfranken Estimated	36.89	+5.1%
50	Limburg (NL)	36.82	+3.7%
51	Zeeland	36.75	+2.9%
52	Niederbayern Estimated	36.71	+5.5%
53	Hannover Estimated	36.69	+2.6%
54	Overijssel	36.66	+4%
55	Oberösterreich	36.58	+5.2%
56	Arnsberg Estimated	36.31	+3.1%
57	Friesland (NL)	36.18	+3.5%
58	Saarland Estimated	36.1	+4.5%
59	Drenthe	36.07	+3.4%
60	Corse Estimated	35.94	+4.7%
61	Flevoland	35.88	+4.1%
62	Rhône-Alpes Estimated	35.76	+2.8%
63	Salzburg	35.7	+6%
64	Detmold Estimated	35.63	+3.2%
65	Münster Estimated	35.36	+2.9%
66	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Estimated	35.27	+3.6%
67	Tirol	34.93	+4.6%
68	Midi-Pyrénées Estimated	34.9	+3.4%
69	Koblenz Estimated	34.82	+3.8%
70	Alsace Estimated	34.78	+2.7%
71	Åland	34.75	+1.8%
72	Mayotte Estimated	34.67	+5.5%
73	Guadeloupe Estimated	34.62	-0%
74	Steiermark	34.42	+5.7%
75	Niederösterreich	34.29	+5.1%
76	Kärnten	34.27	+4.5%
77	Nord-Pas de Calais Estimated	34.03	+2.6%
78	Leipzig Estimated	33.95	+6.3%
79	Haute-Normandie Estimated	33.91	+2.5%
80	Trier Estimated	33.81	+3%
81	Schleswig-Holstein Estimated	33.79	+4.9%
82	Aquitaine Estimated	33.44	+3.2%
83	Southern	33.37	-1.9%
84	Martinique Estimated	33.33	-1.5%
85	Pays de la Loire Estimated	33.29	+3.2%
86	Dresden Estimated	33.11	+6.2%
87	Weser-Ems Estimated	32.95	+4%
88	Languedoc-Roussillon Estimated	32.89	+2.5%
89	Bourgogne Estimated	32.87	+2.6%
90	Lorraine Estimated	32.81	+3%
91	Lüneburg Estimated	32.78	+3.7%
92	Bretagne Estimated	32.77	+2.7%
93	Auvergne Estimated	32.76	+3%
94	Centre - Val de Loire Estimated	32.76	+2.5%
95	Picardie Estimated	32.72	+3.2%
96	Franche-Comté Estimated	32.59	+1%
97	Länsi-Suomi	32.54	+3.2%
98	Champagne-Ardenne Estimated	32.54	+3.2%
99	Limousin Estimated	32.42	-1.7%
100	Brandenburg Estimated	32.29	+6.3%
101	Basse-Normandie Estimated	32.14	+3.2%
102	La Réunion Estimated	32.13	+4.1%
103	Poitou-Charentes Estimated	31.91	+3%
104	Etelä-Suomi	31.83	+3.4%
105	Thüringen Estimated	31.72	+6.7%
106	Guyane Estimated	31.52	-1.1%
107	Northern and Western	31.31	+2.8%
108	Sachsen-Anhalt Estimated	31.11	+6.3%
109	Chemnitz Estimated	31.11	+6.2%
110	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	31.03	+3%
111	Västsverige	30.81	-2.1%
112	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Estimated	30.78	+5.8%
113	Burgenland	30.75	+4.2%
114	Sydsverige	30.72	-2.3%
115	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	30.3	+1.3%
116	Övre Norrland	29.64	-1.1%
117	Östra Mellansverige	29.45	-1.4%
118	Mellersta Norrland	28.53	-1.9%
119	Norra Mellansverige	28.45	-1.7%
120	Lombardia	28.32	+2.3%
121	Småland med öarna	28.32	-1.9%
122	Basque Country	26.88	+3.6%
123	Lazio	26.54	+2%
124	Community of Madrid	26.5	+2.7%
125	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	26.13	+1.1%
126	Emilia-Romagna	26.02	+0.9%
127	Liguria	25.68	+2.4%
128	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	25.66	-0.3%
129	Piemonte	25.58	+0.5%
130	Veneto	24.94	+2.2%
131	Navarre	24.87	+3%
132	Catalonia	24.76	+2.8%
133	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	24.52	-1.1%
134	Toscana	24.42	+2.5%
135	Ceuta	23.92	+4.2%
136	Praha	23.72	+11.6%
137	Marche	22.94	-0.2%
138	Melilla	22.85	+5.2%
139	Zahodna Slovenija	22.82	+5.2%
140	Aragon	22.74	+3.1%
141	Abruzzo	22.66	-0.6%
142	Asturias	22.57	+2.7%
143	Umbria	22.55	+0.2%
144	Cantabria	22.47	+3.7%
144	Sardegna	22.47	+2.6%
146	Balearic Islands	22.32	+2.5%
147	Molise	22.09	+1.1%
148	Sicilia	22.03	+0.2%
149	La Rioja	21.8	+2.1%
150	Basilicata	21.63	-1.3%
151	Galicia	21.61	+3.1%
152	Valencian Community	21.48	+2.8%
153	Castile and León	21.36	+2.6%
154	Campania	21.03	+0.9%
155	Calabria	20.96	+0.3%
156	Puglia	20.88	-0.7%
157	Castilla-La Mancha	20.78	+3.7%
158	Andalusia	20.7	+3.7%
159	Canary Islands	20.29	+2.4%
160	Vzhodna Slovenija	20.09	+3.9%
161	Extremadura	19.8	+4.1%
162	Bratislavský kraj	19.72	+5.2%
163	Region of Murcia	19.57	+2.7%
164	Malta	17.63	+6.7%
165	Eesti	16.94	+8.8%
166	Sostinės regionas	16.87	+14.7%
167	Kýpros	16.68	+6.1%
168	Grande Lisboa	16.61	+3.2%
169	Střední Čechy	15.06	+7.8%
170	Jihovýchod	14.75	+6.6%
171	Warszawski stołeczny	14.18	+10.8%
172	Moravskoslezsko	13.98	+6.6%
173	Střední Morava	13.77	+10.1%
174	Jihozápad	13.68	+8.2%
175	Península de Setúbal	13.68	+4.2%
176	Severovýchod	13.64	+6.5%
177	Bucureşti-Ilfov	13.6	+14.3%
178	Stredné Slovensko	13.51	+3.6%
179	Região Autónoma da Madeira	13.34	+3.8%
180	Západné Slovensko	13.1	+4.7%
181	Východné Slovensko	13.01	+3.4%
182	Grad Zagreb	12.97	+11.9%
183	Centro (PT)	12.96	+2.7%
184	Região Autónoma dos Açores	12.95	+3.9%
185	Norte	12.77	+3.6%
186	Dytiki Makedonia	12.57	-2.8%
187	Alentejo	12.5	+2.5%
188	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	12.31	+2.1%
189	Algarve	12.27	+3.2%
190	Latvija	12.2	+10.9%
191	Severozápad	11.98	+5.4%
192	Peloponnisos	11.74	+0.8%
193	Thessalia	11.7	-0.5%
194	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	11.48	+9.9%
195	Sterea Elláda	11.46	-2.4%
196	Jadranska Hrvatska	11.11	+13.1%
197	Attiki	11.03	-0.4%
198	Ionia Nisia	11.01	+2%
199	Yugozapaden	10.44	+15.5%
200	Dytiki Elláda	10.42	+1.1%
201	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	10.25	-0.3%
202	Kentriki Makedonia	10.13	+1.3%
203	Budapest	10.11	+6.5%
204	Sjeverna Hrvatska	10.03	+13.7%
205	Voreio Aigaio	9.84	-1%
206	Dolnośląskie	9.76	+10.1%
207	Ipeiros	9.61	-0.8%
208	Notio Aigaio	9.44	+0.5%
209	Kriti	9.43	+1.2%
210	Nyugat-Dunántúl	9.33	+7.5%
211	Közép-Dunántúl	9.29	+6.5%
212	Észak-Magyarország	9.21	+6.2%
213	Dél-Alföld	9.2	+7.9%
214	Śląskie	9.06	+11.5%
215	Észak-Alföld	9.01	+7.7%
216	Dél-Dunántúl	9	+6.2%
217	Pest	8.99	+6.5%
218	Małopolskie	8.86	+10.2%
219	Wielkopolskie	8.85	+12.1%
220	Panonska Hrvatska	8.7	+13%
221	Pomorskie	8.34	+10.5%
222	Vest	8.28	+15.4%
223	Centru	8.25	+15.8%
224	Łódzkie	8.15	+7.6%
225	Opolskie	8.01	+12.8%
226	Mazowiecki regionalny	7.9	+10.4%
227	Podlaskie	7.72	+11.6%
228	Nord-Vest	7.57	+19%
229	Kujawsko-pomorskie	7.53	+7.8%
230	Severoiztochen	7.44	+13.8%
231	Lubelskie	7.28	+7.4%
232	Podkarpackie	7.25	+8.2%
233	Sud-Est	7.14	+14.5%
234	Sud-Vest Oltenia	7.14	+12.2%
235	Lubuskie	7.12	+8.3%
236	Zachodniopomorskie	7.07	+8%
237	Yugoiztochen	7.01	+11.7%
238	Świętokrzyskie	6.96	+7.7%
239	Severozapaden	6.86	+13.8%
240	Yuzhen tsentralen	6.78	+11.9%
241	Sud-Muntenia	6.77	+15.8%
242	Severen tsentralen	6.65	+11.5%
243	Warmińsko-mazurskie	6.56	+10%
244	Nord-Est	6.17	+11.8%

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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.

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Which region has the highest compensation of employees per hour worked?

Luxembourg, with €53.92 in 2022, according to Eurostat.

Which region has the lowest compensation of employees per hour worked?

Nord-Est, with €6.17 in 2022.

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