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	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..
Belgium	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	354	389	410	435
Czech Republic	1276	1242	1326	1392
Denmark	..	..	..	..
Germany	..	..	..	..
Estonia	..	1084	1091	1154
Ireland	..	4049	3944	3917
Greece	..	..	..	..
Spain	2639	2752	2787	2836
France	..	..	..	..
Italy	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	..	2624	2675	2386
Latvia	865	833	794	796
Lithuania	846	836	802	825
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..
Hungary	..	..	..	1072
Malta	..	..	..	..
Netherlands	4250	4388	4456	4576
Austria	..	..	..	..
Poland	..	..	..	..
Portugal	..	1664	1719	1768
Romania	628	575	592	610
Slovenia	1917 ^(p)	1959 ^(p)	2034 ^(p)	2066 ^(p)
Slovakia	33	1090	1121	1170
Finland	..	..	..	..
Sweden	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	2969	2720	2871	2828
Iceland	..	..	..	..
Norway	..	..	..	..
Switzerland	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..
Hourly labour cost
	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..
Belgium	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	2.42	2.70	2.90	3.08
Czech Republic	8.82	8.62	9.08	9.52
Denmark	..	..	..	..
Germany	..	..	..	..
Estonia	..	7.45	7.34	7.68
Ireland	28.48	25.79	25.04	24.91
Greece	..	..	..	..
Spain	18.10	19.12	19.26	19.66
France	..	..	..	..
Italy	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	16.37	15.28	15.59	15.75
Latvia	5.69	5.56	5.23	5.25
Lithuania	5.83	5.66	5.39	5.52
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..
Hungary	..	..	..	5.27
Malta	..	..	..	..
Netherlands	30.21	30.96	31.67	32.28
Austria	..	..	..	..
Poland	..	..	..	..
Portugal	..	11.67	12.25	12.41
Romania	4.07	3.76	3.84	3.94
Slovenia	13.65 ^(p)	13.98 ^(p)	14.24 ^(p)	14.50 ^(p)
Slovakia	0.24	7.85	7.90	8.24
Finland	..	..	..	..
Sweden	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	20.09	18.31	19.32	19.02
Iceland	..	..	..	..
Norway	..	..	..	..
Switzerland	..	..	40.58	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..

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

Source: Eurostat