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EU Hourly Labour Costs by Country and Industry — Quarterly, Annual Change (Eurostat Labour Cost Index)

Annual change (%) of total hourly labour costs (wages plus non-wage costs, calendar adjusted) for the euro area, the EU, every member state, Norway, Iceland and Türkiye, quarterly: whole economy (B-S), business economy, industry, construction, services and every activity section (manufacturing, trade, transport, hospitality, ICT, finance, real estate, professional services, public administration, education, health, arts). Options for series: geo: EU27_2020, EA21, EA20, EA, BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, FI, SE, IS, NO, TR; item: B-S, B-N, B-F, B-E, F, G-N, C, D, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S.

Call it (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/call/eu-labour-costs-by-country?geo=EU27_2020&item=B-S&compact=1

Full metadata: verbose=1 · Markdown: format=llm · Only some fields: add &fields=a,b.c · MCP: tool call_api with {"apiId":"eu-labour-costs-by-country"}

Parameters

Example response (live, compact)

{
  "apiId": "eu-labour-costs-by-country",
  "data_freshness": "cached",
  "data": {
    "geo": "EU27_2020",
    "item": "B-S",
    "series": "European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) — Industry, construction and services (except activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies) (hourly labour costs, annual change, CA)",
    "unit": "% vs. year earlier",
    "frequency": "Q",
    "latest": {
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "value": 3.2
    },
    "history": [
      {
        "period": "2023-Q2",
        "value": 5.2
      },
      {
        "period": "2023-Q3",
        "value": 5.5
      },
      {
        "period": "2023-Q4",
        "value": 4.8
      },
      {
        "period": "2024-Q1",
        "value": 5.7
      },
      {
        "period": "2024-Q2",
        "value": 5.5
      },
      {
        "period": "2024-Q3",
        "value": 5.1
      },
      {
        "period": "2024-Q4",
        "value": 4.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q1",
        "value": 4.2
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q2",
        "value": 4.5
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q3",
        "value": 3.7
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q4",
        "value": 4
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-Q1",
        "value": 3.5
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-Q2",
        "value": 3.2
      }
    ],
    "available": {
      "from": "2010-Q1",
      "to": "2026-Q2",
      "points": 66
    },
    "verification": {
      "checked_at": "2026-10-31T22:34:37.978Z",
      "checks": []
    },
    "source": {
      "publisher": "Eurostat",
      "licence": "Eurostat (reuse incl. commercial allowed, source acknowledged)",
      "licence_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/help/copyright-notice",
      "series_title": "European Union - 27 countries (from 2020);Industry, construction and services (except activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)"
    },
    "attribution": "Source: Eurostat"
  },
  "source": "Eurostat",
  "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/help/copyright-notice",
  "license": "Eurostat (reuse incl. commercial allowed, source acknowledged)",
  "licence_status": "green"
}

Recorded history available: /api/v1/history/eu-labour-costs-by-country?geo=EU27_2020&item=B-S

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