Hourly labour cost: Ireland vs Netherlands

Ireland: EUR 44 (2025). Netherlands: EUR 48 (2025).

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

IrelandNetherlands
Latest figureEUR 44EUR 48
EU rank11 / 307 / 30
Change, 1 year+EUR 2+EUR 3
Change, 5 years+EUR 11+EUR 10

Shared periods

PeriodIrelandNetherlandsGap
2025EUR 44EUR 48EUR -4
2024EUR 43EUR 45EUR -3
2023EUR 40EUR 43EUR -3
2022EUR 38EUR 40EUR -2
2021EUR 35EUR 38EUR -4
2020EUR 34EUR 38EUR -4
2016EUR 31EUR 35EUR -4
2012EUR 30EUR 33EUR -3
2008EUR 29EUR 30EUR -1

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat lc_lci_lev

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