Compensation per employee and hours worked per employed person by NUTS 2 region and by industry by country
Countries reporting
40
Highest
88,900 Euro
Luxembourg
Lowest
10,000 Euro
North Macedonia
Median
33,450 Euro
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
8,615
What the numbers show
Compensation per employee and hours worked per employed person by NUTS 2 region and by industry is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 88,900 Euro in Luxembourg; the lowest is 10,000 Euro in North Macedonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 33,450 Euro, and the mean is 38,198 Euro.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 145.5%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 5.0%).
Compensation per employee and hours worked per employed person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 88,900 Euro | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 71,700 Euro | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 66,300 Euro | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 4 | Ireland | 61,600 Euro | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 57,900 Euro | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 57,900 Euro | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 7 | Austria | 56,300 Euro | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 8 | France | 55,200 Euro | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 9 | Finland | 53,200 Euro | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 52,900 Euro | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 11 | Guadeloupe | 51,000 Euro | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 12 | Sweden | 49,400 Euro | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 12 | Mayotte | 49,400 Euro | 2024 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 14 | Martinique | 48,100 Euro | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 41,100 Euro | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 16 | Spain | 40,500 Euro | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 17 | Slovenia | 39,400 Euro | 2024 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 17 | Slovenia | 39,400 Euro | 2024 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 19 | Malta | 34,500 Euro | 2024 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 20 | Cyprus | 33,700 Euro | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 21 | Estonia | 33,200 Euro | 2024 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 21 | Estonia | 33,200 Euro | 2024 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 23 | Czechia | 29,900 Euro | 2024 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 29,500 Euro | 2024 | up 134.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Lithuania | 29,500 Euro | 2024 | up 134.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Portugal | 28,700 Euro | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 27 | Latvia | 26,700 Euro | 2024 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 27 | Latvia | 26,700 Euro | 2024 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 29 | Croatia | 26,600 Euro | 2024 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 29 | Croatia | 26,600 Euro | 2024 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 31 | Slovakia | 24,700 Euro | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 31 | Slovakia | 24,700 Euro | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 33 | Poland | 21,000 Euro | 2023 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 33 | Poland | 21,000 Euro | 2023 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 35 | Greece | 20,900 Euro | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 36 | Romania | 18,900 Euro | 2023 | up 145.5% | rising |
| 37 | Hungary | 18,500 Euro | 2023 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 15,600 Euro | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Serbia | 13,600 Euro | 2023 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 10,000 Euro | 2023 | up 92.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 86,700 Euro
- Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 79,800 Euro
- Prov. Brabant wallon 78,900 Euro
- Hovedstaden 74,300 Euro
- Prov. Antwerpen 73,800 Euro
- Vlaams Gewest 70,900 Euro
- Ile de France 70,500 Euro
- Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 69,000 Euro
- Noord-Holland 67,400 Euro
- Eastern and Midland 66,500 Euro
- Danmark 66,100 Euro
- Prov. West-Vlaanderen 64,800 Euro
- Région wallonne 64,800 Euro
- Prov. Liège 64,300 Euro
- Prov. Limburg (BE) 63,900 Euro
- Oberbayern 63,800 Euro
- Prov. Namur 63,400 Euro
- Hamburg 62,900 Euro
- Utrecht 62,900 Euro
- West-Nederland 62,700 Euro
- Syddanmark 62,300 Euro
- Darmstadt 62,200 Euro
- Midtjylland 62,100 Euro
- Wien 61,800 Euro
- Prov. Hainaut 61,800 Euro
- Stuttgart 61,200 Euro
- Extra-Regio NUTS 1 59,700 Euro
- Extra-Regio NUTS 2 59,700 Euro
- Prov. Luxembourg (BE) 59,600 Euro
- Sjælland 59,600 Euro
- Nordjylland 59,600 Euro
- Zuid-Holland 59,400 Euro
- Helsinki-Uusimaa 59,100 Euro
- Hessen 58,800 Euro
- Ostösterreich 58,000 Euro
- Vorarlberg 57,700 Euro
- Stockholm 57,700 Euro
- Southern 57,700 Euro
- Berlin 56,800 Euro
- Baden-Württemberg 56,400 Euro