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.

Variables Download

- Unit of measure
  - 0 Euro
- Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2)
  - 0 Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defense, compulsory social security)
- Labour costs structure
  - 0 Labour cost for LCI (compensation of employees plus taxes minus subsidies)
  - 1 Wages and salaries (total)
  - 2 Labour costs other than wages and salaries
  - 3 Share of non-wage costs (%)
- Geopolitical entity (reporting)
  - 00 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
  - 01 European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020)
  - 02 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
  - 03 Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
  - 04 Belgium
  - 05 Bulgaria
  - 06 Czechia
  - 07 Denmark
  - 08 Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)
  - 09 Estonia
  - 0a Ireland
  - 0b Greece
  - 0c Spain
  - 0d France
  - 0e Croatia
  - 0f Italy
  - 0g Cyprus
  - 0h Latvia
  - 0i Lithuania
  - 0j Luxembourg
  - 0k Hungary
  - 0l Malta
  - 0m Netherlands
  - 0n Austria
  - 0o Poland
  - 0p Portugal
  - 0q Romania
  - 0r Slovenia
  - 0s Slovakia
  - 0t Finland
  - 0u Sweden
  - 0v Iceland
  - 0w Norway
  - 0x Switzerland
  - 0y United Kingdom
  - 0z Bosnia and Herzegovina
  - 10 Montenegro
  - 11 North Macedonia
  - 12 Albania
  - 13 Serbia
  - 14 Türkiye