Dec 19 (Reuters) – The EU statistics agency released the following data on Monday for hourly labour costs and wages in the euro zone and the European Union in the third quarter.
(percentage rise vs same year-ago quarter)
Whole economy(NACE Rev. 2 sections B to S)
Q3 2021
Q4 2021
Q1 2022
Q2 2022
Q3 2022
TOTAL
WAGES
OTHER
TOTAL
WAGES
OTHER
TOTAL
WAGES
OTHER
TOTAL
WAGES
OTHER
TOTAL
WAGES
OTHER
Euro area
2.1
2.2
1.9
2.5
2.2
3.4
3.8
2.7
7.2
3.8
3.2
6.0
2.9
2.1
5.3
EU
2.5
2.6
2.0
2.8
2.6
3.4
4.1
3.2
7.2
4.2
3.6
6.0
3.4
2.8
5.3
Belgium
0.7
0.7
0.6
2.0
1.9
2.1
4.4
4.4
4.4
5.5
5.5
5.6
6.9
6.8
7.1
Bulgaria
13.9
14.2
12.4
12.1
12.6
9.4
12.7
12.7
12.3
14.4
14.6
13.5
16.2
16.3
15.8
Czechia
3.5
4.6
0.4
1.6
1.5
2.1
10.0
3.2
39.4
5.0
3.2
10.9
2.0
5.1
-6.9
Denmark
1.6
3.4
-9.5
0.7
2.5
-10.4
-0.6
1.1
-9.8
2.9
2.4
6.5
3.3
2.6
8.0
Germany
2.2
2.3
2.0
4.2
3.8
5.3
4.6
2.4
12.2
4.2
3.0
8.5
0.1
-1.5
5.7
Estonia
8.1
8.2
7.6
7.8
7.9
7.7
9.6
9.1
10.7
10.4
10.0
11.5
7.5
7.6
7.4
Ireland
3.7
4.0
0.1
6.9
3.5
69.9
7.5
3.1
67.1
9.9
3.9
88.2
8.6
3.2
70.9
Greece
-4.6
-3.2
-9.0
-3.9
-1.3
-11.9
-4.7
-1.8
-13.2
-1.0
0.8
-6.4
10.0
11.6
5.2
Spain
1.1
1.0
1.3
0.8
1.4
-1.2
2.4
2.9
1.2
2.3
2.9
0.7
2.3
2.5
1.8
France
1.7
1.8
1.4
1.3
1.4
1.2
3.2
3.0
3.5
2.7
2.6
3.1
4.3
4.4
3.9
Croatia
4.3
4.4
4.0
4.8
4.8
4.8
6.4
6.3
6.8
7.9
7.8
8.2
8.6
8.6
8.4
Italy
1.3
1.7
0.5
0.2
-0.1
1.0
1.4
1.5
1.1
2.9
2.9
2.9
1.8
1.8
1.8
Cyprus
6.1
2.6
24.5
2.1
2.3
0.8
10.9
11.3
9.0
10.2
8.2
20.2
5.5
5.6
4.9
Latvia
6.5
6.8
5.6
8.1
8.5
6.6
12.8
11.4
18.1
7.3
6.4
10.9
5.6
6.0
4.3
Lithuania
14.5
12.1
152.8
15.3
10.6
:
11.1
11.4
4.9
12.5
12.4
14.1
14.0
13.9
16.7
Luxembourg
2.8
2.8
2.0
3.4
3.4
3.0
5.2
5.5
1.4
5.5
5.7
3.7
4.6
4.6
4.8
Hungary
10.0
10.9
4.8
11.4
11.7
9.4
20.0
22.7
3.7
12.7
14.9
-0.9
14.0
16.6
-1.9
Malta
5.1
2.5
:
8.1
4.5
:
6.0
3.2
140.0
10.4
5.9
:
3.8
-0.3
125.2
Netherlands
2.1
1.9
3.1
1.9
-0.8
14.5
4.9
1.3
19.9
4.4
2.6
12.1
6.8
5.2
12.5
Austria
4.8
5.0
4.1
2.0
2.1
1.7
5.7
5.2
7.1
6.3
6.4
6.0
5.9
6.1
5.4
Poland
9.3
9.3
9.4
9.2
9.2
9.1
10.5
10.5
10.7
11.1
11.1
11.3
13.3
13.3
13.5
Portugal
4.0
3.6
5.5
2.5
2.5
2.3
1.3
0.5
4.3
5.8
5.7
6.3
4.2
4.2
4.3
Romania
6.4
6.4
5.3
6.7
6.8
4.6
8.8
8.8
8.6
11.7
11.7
11.0
10.9
10.9
10.9
Slovenia
6.0
5.9
6.9
5.1
5.2
4.9
0.7
0.7
0.8
3.5
3.6
2.3
1.4
1.3
2.1
Slovakia
7.1
6.3
9.8
10.9
8.6
18.3
6.5
4.6
12.8
9.3
5.7
21.6
9.8
9.0
11.9
Finland
3.8
2.7
9.4
3.9
2.8
9.4
3.5
3.4
4.1
2.1
2.0
2.7
1.7
1.6
2.4
Sweden
2.4
2.3
2.6
2.0
1.5
3.1
3.2
2.3
5.0
2.7
2.9
2.3
3.3
3.3
3.5
Norway
2.9
3.0
2.5
3.8
3.9
3.3
3.2
3.1
3.9
3.4
3.2
4.7
1.3
1.8
-1.8
Iceland
3.4
3.6
2.5
6.3
6.5
5.6
6.7
6.3
8.4
7.3
6.9
8.7
7.4
7.1
8.8
NOTES
– Total labour costs include social security payments and other non-wage charges.
