Labour costs annual data - Nace Rev. 2

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Average hourly labour costs are defined as total labour costs divided by the corresponding number of hours worked and the Average monthly labour costs are defined as total labour costs per 12 and divided by the yearly average number of employees, expressed as full-time units.

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Monthly labour cost
	2008	2009	2010
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..
Belgium	..	..	..
Bulgaria	354	389	410
Czech Republic	1276	1242	1330
Denmark	..	..	..
Germany	..	..	..
Estonia	..	1084	1091
Ireland	..	4037	3957
Greece	..	..	..
Spain	2639	2752	2787
France	..	..	..
Italy	..	..	..
Cyprus	..	2624	2675
Latvia	865	833	794
Lithuania	846	836	802
Luxembourg	..	..	..
Hungary	..	..	..
Malta	..	..	..
Netherlands	4250	4388	4456
Austria	..	..	..
Poland	..	..	..
Portugal	..	1664	1719
Romania	628	575	592
Slovenia	1917 ^(p)	1959 ^(p)	2034 ^(p)
Slovakia	33	1090	1121
Finland	..	..	..
Sweden	..	..	..
United Kingdom	2969	2720	2871
Iceland	..	..	..
Norway	..	..	..
Switzerland	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..
Hourly labour cost
	2008	2009	2010
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..
Belgium	..	..	..
Bulgaria	2.42	2.70	2.90
Czech Republic	8.82	8.62	9.11
Denmark	..	..	..
Germany	..	..	..
Estonia	..	7.45	7.34
Ireland	28.48	29.40	28.69
Greece	..	..	..
Spain	18.10	19.12	19.26
France	..	..	..
Italy	..	..	..
Cyprus	16.37	15.28	15.59
Latvia	5.69	5.56	5.23
Lithuania	5.83	5.66	5.39
Luxembourg	..	..	..
Hungary	..	..	..
Malta	..	..	..
Netherlands	30.21	30.96	31.67
Austria	..	..	..
Poland	..	..	..
Portugal	..	11.67	12.25
Romania	4.07	3.76	3.84
Slovenia	13.65 ^(p)	13.98 ^(p)	14.24 ^(p)
Slovakia	0.24	7.85	7.90
Finland	..	..	..
Sweden	..	..	..
United Kingdom	20.09	18.31	19.32
Iceland	..	..	..
Norway	..	..	..
Switzerland	..	..	40.58
Montenegro	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..

(..) - not available
(p) - provisional

Source: Eurostat