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Labour cost index, manufacturing, Germany

Released 19 August 2026

110.2 in the first quarter of 2026. Total hourly labour cost, wages plus employer contributions, as an index with 2020 at 100. Nominal, unadjusted for the season.

110.2Labour cost index, manufacturing, Germany, the first quarter of 2026
2024-Q2125.5
2024-Q3107.1
2024-Q4122.7
2025-Q1107.1
2025-Q2131.2
2025-Q3110.2
2025-Q4123.0
2026-Q1110.2
Eurostat, lc_lci_r2_q, 2024-Q2 to 2026-Q1. CC BY 4.0.
131.2Labour cost index, manufacturing, Germany, the second quarter of 2025, beside 5 others
Norway155.5p
Netherlands148.3p
Germany131.2
Finland128.6p
Belgium120.6p
France116.5p
Eurostat, lc_lci_r2_q, 2025-Q2: the newest period every country has filed. p provisional. CC BY 4.0.

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.

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Labour cost index, manufacturing, Germany
PeriodValueStatusReleased
2026-Q1110.219 August 2026
2025-Q4123.019 August 2026
2025-Q3110.219 August 2026
2025-Q2131.219 August 2026
2025-Q1107.119 August 2026
2024-Q4122.719 August 2026
2024-Q3107.119 August 2026
2024-Q2125.519 August 2026
2024-Q1107.219 August 2026
2023-Q4118.319 August 2026
2023-Q3103.619 August 2026
2023-Q2121.219 August 2026
2023-Q199.519 August 2026
2022-Q4113.119 August 2026
2022-Q397.219 August 2026
2022-Q2117.219 August 2026
2022-Q194.5break in series19 August 2026
2021-Q4105.319 August 2026
2021-Q396.619 August 2026
2021-Q2108.619 August 2026
2021-Q190.519 August 2026
2020-Q4102.419 August 2026
2020-Q395.519 August 2026
2020-Q2111.419 August 2026
2020-Q190.719 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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