Labour costs by NACE Rev. 2 activity - lc_an_struc_r2

Data - Eurostat

Info

Last observation: 2011 (N = 2054)

First observation: 1996 (N = 58)

Last data update: 16 juil. 2026, 01:02. Last compile: 02 sept. 2026, 00:05

Structure

freq

nace_r2

lcstruct

sizeclas

unit

geo

Non-Wage Labour Cost Share

Germany, by Sector

lc_an_struc_r2 |>
  filter(geo == "DE",
         sizeclas == "GE10",
         lcstruct == "D12-D4_MD5",
         nace_r2 %in% c("C", "F", "G-N", "B-S_X_O")) |>
  year_to_date() |>
  mutate(values = values/100) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Nace_r2)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1995, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(legend.position = "right") +
  xlab("") + ylab("Employers' social contributions (% of total labour cost)") +
  scale_y_continuous(labels = scales::percent_format(accuracy = 1))

Cross-Country Comparison, Business Economy (10+ employees)

latest_y <- lc_an_struc_r2 |>
  filter(sizeclas == "GE10",
         nace_r2 == "B-S_X_O",
         !is.na(values)) |>
  summarise(m = max(time)) |>
  pull(m)

lc_an_struc_r2 |>
  filter(sizeclas == "GE10",
         nace_r2 == "B-S_X_O",
         time == latest_y,
         !is.na(values)) |>
  select(geo, Geo, Lcstruct, values) |>
  spread(Lcstruct, values) |>
  arrange(desc(`Employers' social contributions and other labour costs paid by employer`)) |>
  print_table_conditional()

geo	Geo	Employers' social contributions and other labour costs paid by employer	Wages and salaries (total)
FR	France	33.7	66.3
SE	Sweden	32.9	67.1
BE	Belgium	28.0	72.0
LT	Lithuania	27.6	72.4
CZ	Czechia	27.0	73.0
ES	Spain	26.3	73.7
SK	Slovakia	25.9	74.1
HU	Hungary	25.6	74.4
NL	Netherlands	23.6	76.4
RO	Romania	22.7	77.3
DE	Germany	22.2	77.8
FI	Finland	22.2	77.8
LV	Latvia	20.9	79.1
PT	Portugal	19.1	80.9
BG	Bulgaria	16.3	83.7
HR	Croatia	15.7	84.3
UK	United Kingdom	15.6	84.4
LU	Luxembourg	14.0	86.0
SI	Slovenia	14.0	86.0
DK	Denmark	13.1	86.9
IE	Ireland	12.6	87.4