Hourly labour cost: Germany vs Netherlands

Germany: EUR 45 (2025). Netherlands: EUR 48 (2025).

Hourly labour cost in Germany and Netherlands, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

GermanyNetherlands
Latest figureEUR 45EUR 48
EU rank9 / 307 / 30
Change, 1 year+EUR 2+EUR 3
Change, 5 years+EUR 8+EUR 10

Shared periods

PeriodGermanyNetherlandsGap
2025EUR 45EUR 48EUR -3
2024EUR 44EUR 45EUR -2
2023EUR 41EUR 43EUR -2
2022EUR 40EUR 40EUR -1
2021EUR 37EUR 38EUR -1
2020EUR 37EUR 38EUR -1
2016EUR 33EUR 35EUR -2
2012EUR 31EUR 33EUR -2
2008EUR 28EUR 30EUR -2

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat lc_lci_lev

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