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EU/EMU Data: Services Labor Costs By Country

Release for: Second Quarter 2018
Source: Eurostat
Total nominal hourly labor costs in service sector
Calendar adjusted
Year-on-year percent changes
                 2Q17   3Q17   4Q17   1Q18  |-------2Q18------|
                Total  Total  Total  Total  Total  Wages  Other
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EMU19             2.4    2.3    2.0    2.5    2.5    2.2    3.5
EU28              2.9    2.7    2.8    2.9    2.7    2.6    3.0
Belgium           1.1    1.3    1.5    1.9    1.7    2.1    0.3
Bulgaria         10.3   11.5   12.7    4.5    7.0    6.8    8.1
Czech Republic    7.6    6.4    5.5    7.7    7.2    7.2    7.1
Denmark           1.8    1.8    1.5    1.8    1.8    1.9    1.6
Germany           3.7    3.9    2.3    2.9    2.4    2.4    2.3
Estonia           9.9    9.5    9.0    5.5    2.9    2.9    2.9
Ireland           2.5    3.2    3.5    3.6    3.0    3.7   -1.2
Greece            2.2    0.7    6.8    1.8    4.5    2.7   10.9
Spain             0.9    0.3    2.1    2.5    2.4    2.3    2.5
France            1.3    1.2    1.7    2.5    3.2    2.3    5.4
Croatia           4.9    5.6    4.8    6.1    9.6    9.8    8.3
Italy             1.6    1.4    0.0    0.4    2.4    1.7    4.3
Cyprus            0.7    1.6    1.9    2.4    2.9    2.9    2.8
Latvia            7.4    4.4    6.8   10.7   10.4    8.8   17.0
Lithuania        11.2    9.5    9.0    9.7   10.4   10.4   10.5
Luxembourg        4.1    2.9    3.1    1.6    0.7    0.9   -1.6
Hungary          10.1    7.7    9.5    9.0    8.1   10.3   -2.2
Malta             6.6   -1.5   -1.9    3.3    1.5    1.5    0.5
Netherlands       1.5    1.3    1.8    2.3   #N/A   #N/A   #N/A
Austria           5.4    4.4    2.6    3.9    2.7    2.5    3.6
Poland            8.8    5.6    9.0    8.6    6.7    6.7    6.7
Portugal          1.3    0.2    0.1   -3.0    1.7    1.6    1.9
Romania          13.2   11.8   12.4   10.3   13.0   #N/A   #N/A
Slovenia          3.9    7.7    4.6    3.5    6.2    6.6    3.8
Slovakia          6.9    8.4    6.3    7.7    6.6    6.5    7.1
Finland           1.0   -0.7    1.2    2.5    1.6    2.3   -1.4
Sweden            3.7    3.5    3.3    0.8    0.7    1.0    0.1
United Kingdom    2.8    3.3    3.9    3.9    2.2    1.8    4.1
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