Labour cost index, business economy and services, France
Released 19 August 2026
117.5 in the first quarter of 2026, provisional. Total hourly labour cost, wages plus employer contributions, as an index with 2020 at 100. Nominal, unadjusted for the season.
117.5Labour cost index, business economy and services, France, the first quarter of 2026, provisional
2024-Q2112.7
2024-Q3108.0
2024-Q4117.1
2025-Q1115.4
2025-Q2115.1p
2025-Q3110.3p
2025-Q4119.6p
2026-Q1117.5p
115.1Labour cost index, business economy and services, France, the second quarter of 2025, beside 5 others
Norway153.9p
Netherlands143.1p
Germany131.0
Finland127.5p
Belgium122.4p
France115.1p
What it does not measure
An index compares a country with its own 2020, not with another country's level. Sector codes follow NACE Rev. 2.
Every figure kept
| Period | Value | Status | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 | 117.5 | provisional | 19 August 2026 |
| 2025-Q4 | 119.6 | provisional | 19 August 2026 |
| 2025-Q3 | 110.3 | provisional | 19 August 2026 |
| 2025-Q2 | 115.1 | provisional | 19 August 2026 |
| 2025-Q1 | 115.4 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2024-Q4 | 117.1 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2024-Q3 | 108.0 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2024-Q2 | 112.7 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2024-Q1 | 112.4 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2023-Q4 | 114.4 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2023-Q3 | 104.6 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2023-Q2 | 108.4 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2023-Q1 | 108.1 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2022-Q4 | 110.2 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2022-Q3 | 100.7 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2022-Q2 | 103.7 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2022-Q1 | 103.8 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2021-Q4 | 105.2 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2021-Q3 | 96.8 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2021-Q2 | 100.9 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2021-Q1 | 100.4 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2020-Q4 | 103.9 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2020-Q3 | 95.6 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2020-Q2 | 101.0 | 19 August 2026 | |
| 2020-Q1 | 99.5 | 19 August 2026 |
Source: Eurostat, lc_lci_r2_q, index, 2020 = 100. Eurostat, CC BY 4.0. Free to reuse with attribution to Eurostat; the table on this page may be copied as it stands.
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