Hourly labour cost, Germany
Hourly labour cost in Germany was EUR 45 in 2025. That is +EUR 2 against 2024. Source: Eurostat lc_lci_lev, published 2026-04-23.
What the number means
What an employer pays on average for one hour of work, wages and employer contributions included.
Earlier periods
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | EUR 45 |
| 2024 | EUR 44 |
| 2023 | EUR 41 |
| 2022 | EUR 40 |
| 2021 | EUR 37 |
| 2020 | EUR 37 |
| 2016 | EUR 33 |
| 2012 | EUR 31 |
| 2008 | EUR 28 |
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Open the table at Eurostat
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Other series for this region
- Gross domestic product per inhabitant
- Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
- Consumer price change, annual average
- Unemployment rate
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation
- Population on 1 January
- Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
- Government debt, share of GDP
- Government surplus or deficit, share of GDP
- House price change, annual
Same series, other regions
- Iceland
- Luxembourg
- Norway
- Switzerland
- Denmark
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Austria
- France
- Ireland
- Sweden
- Finland
- European Union
- Italy
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Cyprus
- Estonia
- Czechia
- Slovakia
- Portugal
- Poland
- Malta
- Croatia
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