Hourly labour cost: France vs Italy

France: EUR 44 (2025). Italy: EUR 32 (2025).

Hourly labour cost in France and Italy, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

FranceItaly
Latest figureEUR 44EUR 32
EU rank10 / 3014 / 30
Change, 1 year+EUR 1+EUR 1
Change, 5 years+EUR 6+EUR 3

Shared periods

PeriodFranceItalyGap
2025EUR 44EUR 32+EUR 12
2024EUR 43EUR 31+EUR 12
2023EUR 42EUR 30+EUR 12
2022EUR 40EUR 29+EUR 11
2021EUR 39EUR 29+EUR 10
2020EUR 39EUR 29+EUR 10
2016EUR 35EUR 28+EUR 7
2012EUR 34EUR 28+EUR 7
2008EUR 31EUR 25+EUR 6

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat lc_lci_lev

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