On average, and for the year 2021, the average hourly cost in the European Union is €29.1. This is revealed by Eurostat in its picture appeared recently. It is specified that the study only takes into account companies with at least ten workers. At the top of this ranking are Denmark (€46.9) and Luxembourg (€43.0). Belgium occupies an astonishing third place with an average hourly cost of €41.6 per worker. Behind us, we have Sweden (€39.7), the Netherlands (€38.3), France (€37.9), Austria (€37.5), Germany (37, €2) and Finland (€35.1). At the bottom of this ranking, there are all the former Eastern European countries, then Portugal (€16.0), Greece (€17.2), Malta (€17.3), Cyprus (18.3 €), Spain (€22.9) and Italy (€29.3).
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