Euro zone Q4 labour costs up 3.3% yr/yr
March 19 (Reuters) - The EU statistics agency released the following data on Thursday for hourly labour costs and wages in the euro zone and the European Union in the fourth quarter.
Nominal hourly labour costs of whole economy
% change compared with same quarter of previous year - calendar adjusted
Q4 2024 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | |||||||
TOTAL | WAGES | OTHER | TOTAL | WAGES | OTHER | TOTAL | WAGES | OTHER | |
Euro area 20 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.4 |
Euro area 21 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
EU | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
Belgium | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | : | : | : | : | : | : |
Bulgaria | 12.8 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 |
Czechia | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
Denmark | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
Germany | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 |
Estonia | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
Ireland | 4.7 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
Greece | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 11.1 |
Spain | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
France | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
Croatia | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 13.8 |
Italy | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
Cyprus | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
Latvia | 10.7 | 11.4 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 9.5 |
Lithuania | 10.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 13.9 |
Luxembourg | 0.3 | 0.4 | -0.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
Hungary | 11.2 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 6.9 |
Malta | 6.3 | 6.4 | 4.4 | -1.3 | -1.3 | -2.2 | -3.7 | -3.9 | -1.6 |
Netherlands | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 6.6 |
Austria | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
Poland | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
Portugal | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
Romania | 13.5 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.9 |
Slovenia | 6.9 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 17.1 | 19.1 | 5.2 |
Slovakia | 5.3 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 7.4 |
Finland | 2.6 | 3.3 | -0.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 4.0 |
Sweden | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
Norway | 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.6 | -5.4 | 1.2 | 4.4 | -15.3 |
Iceland | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
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