Labour costs, Slovenia, 2018

3.1% annual increase in labour costs
Average monthly labour costs per person in paid employment for 2018 in Slovenia amounted to EUR 2,286.36, which is an increase of 3.1% over the previous year. The highest share in the labour costs was that of employee’s incomes, 85.6%.

The highest labour costs in activity electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
Average monthly labour costs per person in paid employment for 2018 were the highest in activity electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (EUR 3,665.38) and in financial and insurance activities (EUR 3,453.83), and the lowest in accommodation and food service activities (EUR 1,549.81) and in other service activities (EUR 1,566.85).

For 2018 the highest labour costs in the EU-28 were recorded in Denmark and the lowest in Bulgaria
According to the Eurostat’s data and methodology for 2018 (source: Eurostat, on 14 October 2019), the highest average labour costs per hour worked in all activities (except activity agriculture, forestry and fishing and activity public administration and defence, compulsory social security) and in business entities with more than 9 employees were recorded in Denmark (EUR 43.5), in Luxembourg (EUR 40.6), in Belgium (EUR 39.7) and in Sweden (EUR 36.6); in the EU-28 they were EUR 27.4. For the same period the lowest average labour costs per hour worked were recorded in Bulgaria (EUR 5.4) and in Romania (EUR 6.8). For 2018 Slovenia’s average labour costs per hour worked in the mentioned activities and business entities amounted to EUR 18.1, which ranked our country between Spain (EUR 21.4) and Cyprus (EUR 16.3).