Germany, Hourly labour cost 2025: EUR 45
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.
Questions and answers
- What is the latest figure for Hourly labour cost in Germany?
- EUR 45 (2025), according to Eurostat.
- How does Germany rank in Europe?
- Rank 9 of 30 European countries with data for 2025, from highest to lowest.
- How has it changed since 2024?
- From EUR 44 to EUR 45, a change of +EUR 2.
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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EU rules behind this number
- AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Annex III, point 4): AI used for hiring, promotion or dismissal is high-risk under the AI Act. Duties, exemptions and fines
- GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (Art. 88): Member states may set their own rules for employee data.
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
- Unemployment rate, monthly
- Inflation, monthly
- House price change, quarterly
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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