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Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Industry (except construction) (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry

Name: Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Industry (except construction) (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry
Creator: Eurostat
License: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/help/copyright-notice

Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Industry (except construction) (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry: 21 series, quarterly data from 2002 to 2026 (1,870 data points, unit: % vs. year earlier). Source: Eurostat (Eurostat (reuse incl. commercial allowed, source acknowledged)). Free JSON or CSV over a REST API and MCP, no API key, updated automatically.

Recent values: Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Industry (except construction) (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry

Period	Value (% vs. year earlier)
2026-Q2	2.9
2026-Q1	3.2
2025-Q4	2.7
2025-Q3	3.3
2025-Q2	3.6
2025-Q1	2.7
2024-Q4	4.1
2024-Q3	4.5
2024-Q2	5
2024-Q1	4.8
2023-Q4	4.7
2023-Q3	5.6

Read from the archive when this page was served (2026-11-01 08:59 UTC). Full history below.

Get the data (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/series/f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.B-E?_from=2000&format=csv

JSON: drop format=csv · Range: _from/_to (year, YYYY-MM or date) · Resample: resample=D|W|M|Q|A with agg=mean|last|min|max|sum · MCP: tool get_series with {"id":"f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.B-E"}

Series (21)

Title	Latest	Period	From	Points	Series id
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Industry (except construction) (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	2.9 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.B-E`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Industry and construction (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3.1 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.B-F`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Business economy (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.B-N`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Industry, construction and services (except activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies) (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3.1 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2009-01-01	70	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.B-S`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Manufacturing (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	2.9 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.C`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	2.2 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.D`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Construction (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3.9 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.F`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3.4 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.G`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Services of the business economy (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.G-N`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Transportation and storage (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3.7 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.H`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Accommodation and food service activities (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.I`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Information and communication (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	4.4 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.J`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Financial and insurance activities (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3.1 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.K`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Real estate activities (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	5.9 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.L`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Professional, scientific and technical activities (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	-0.4 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.M`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Administrative and support service activities (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	4.8 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2002-01-01	98	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.N`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Public administration and defence; compulsory social security (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	1.8 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2010-01-01	66	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.O`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Education (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3.4 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2010-01-01	66	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.P`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Human health and social work activities (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	3.9 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2010-01-01	66	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.Q`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Arts, entertainment and recreation (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	1.4 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2010-01-01	66	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.R`
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) — Other service activities (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA) — EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry	5.4 % vs. year earlier	2026-Q2	2010-01-01	66	`f.eu-labour-costs-by-country.EA.S`

Source & license

Source	Eurostat
License	Eurostat (reuse incl. commercial allowed, source acknowledged)
Terms	https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/help/copyright-notice
Last update	2026-10-31 22:35:14 UTC