Labor cost figures in thousands of euros are for full-time equivalent employees from 2021 onwards.
Supplementary notes
The from 2010 to 2020 were directly obtained from Eurostat, while the were obtained from another table in Eurostat. The year-over-year growth rate was calculated using the . That last indicator was calculated by averaging the quarterly data and calculating the annual growth rate.
The time series of the cost per employee was broken in 2018 and 2021, while the figures for the quarterly cost index were provisional.
*It does not include data for the 4th quarter of 2024.
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Cost per employee and growth rate of construction labor costs in Germany 2010-2025
Construction wages and salaries in Germany increased noticeably in 2025. According to the latest figures, the annual labor costs amounted to roughly * euros per employee in 2023. However, labor costs increased in the two following years. Norway was one of the countries with the highest construction labor costs in Europe.
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