Euro zone Q3 labour costs up 3.3% yr/yr
Dec 17 (Reuters) - The EU statistics agency released the following data on Wednesday for hourly labour costs and wages in the euro zone and the European Union in the third quarter.
Nominal hourly labour costs of whole economy
% change compared with same quarter of previous year - calendar adjusted
Q3 2024 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | |||||||
TOTAL | WAGES | OTHER | TOTAL | WAGES | OTHER | TOTAL | WAGES | OTHER | |
Euro area | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
EU | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
Belgium | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | : | : | : |
Bulgaria | 12.9 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.1 |
Czechia | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
Denmark | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 5.6 |
Germany | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 5.2 |
Estonia | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
Ireland | 5.7 | 5.2 | 9.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
Greece | 1.7 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.9 |
Spain | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
France | 3.1 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
Croatia | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 11.1 |
Italy | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
Cyprus | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
Latvia | 13.1 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
Lithuania | 11.2 | 11.0 | 14.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.9 |
Luxembourg | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
Hungary | 13.5 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.0 |
Malta | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | -1.4 | -1.4 | -2.2 |
Netherlands | 6.5 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
Austria | 10.1 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
Poland | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 |
Portugal | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
Romania | 17.3 | 17.3 | 16.0 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
Slovenia | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
Slovakia | 6.0 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 7.6 |
Finland | 2.0 | 2.8 | -1.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
Sweden | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
Norway | 6.4 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.7 | -5.4 |
Iceland | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.9 |
For Eurostat release, click on:
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/news/euro-indicators
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