Labour costs annual data - NACE Rev. 2 methods, notes and classification

Methods

Explanatory Notes

Average hourly labour costs, defined as total labour costs divided by the corresponding number of hours worked.

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- Unit of measure
  - 00 Euro
- Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2)
  - 000 Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defense, compulsory social security)
- Labour costs structure
  - 00 Labour cost for LCI (compensation of employees plus taxes minus subsidies)
  - 01 Wages and salaries (total)
  - 02 Labour costs other than wages and salaries
  - 03 Share of non-wage costs (%)
- Geopolitical entity (reporting)
  - 000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
  - 001 Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
  - 002 Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
  - 003 Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
  - 004 Belgium
  - 005 Bulgaria
  - 006 Czechia
  - 007 Denmark
  - 008 Germany
  - 009 Estonia
  - 00a Ireland
  - 00b Greece
  - 00c Spain
  - 00d France
  - 00e Croatia
  - 00f Italy
  - 00g Cyprus
  - 00h Latvia
  - 00i Lithuania
  - 00j Luxembourg
  - 00k Hungary
  - 00l Malta
  - 00m Netherlands
  - 00n Austria
  - 00o Poland
  - 00p Portugal
  - 00q Romania
  - 00r Slovenia
  - 00s Slovakia
  - 00t Finland
  - 00u Sweden
  - 00v Iceland
  - 00w Norway
  - 00x Switzerland
  - 00y United Kingdom
  - 00z Bosnia and Herzegovina
  - 010 Montenegro
  - 011 North Macedonia
  - 012 Albania
  - 013 Serbia
  - 014 Türkiye