The SME Chamber presents its official feedback on the proposed Malta Labour Migration Policy
05 February 2025
The Malta Chamber of SMEs presented its official feedback on the proposed Malta Labour Migration...
Second quarter of 2013 – Annual growth in labour costs slowed to 0.9% in both euro area and EU27
22 September 2013
Hourly labour costs in the euro area
(EA17) rose by 0.9% in the year up to the second quarter of 2013, compared with
+1.7% for the first quarter of 2013. In the EU27, the annual rise was also 0.9%
up to the second quarter of 2013, compared with +2.0% in the previous quarter.
These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European
Union.
The two main components of labour costs are wages & salaries and
non-wage costs. In the euro area, wages & salaries per hour worked grew by
1.1% and the non-wage component by 0.1% in the year up to the second quarter of
2013, compared with +1.8% and +1.4% respectively for the previous quarter. In
the EU27, hourly wages & salaries rose by 1.0% and the non-wage component
by 0.3% in the year up to the second quarter of 2013, compared with +2.0% for
both components for the first quarter of 2013.
non-wage costs. In the euro area, wages & salaries per hour worked grew by
1.1% and the non-wage component by 0.1% in the year up to the second quarter of
2013, compared with +1.8% and +1.4% respectively for the previous quarter. In
the EU27, hourly wages & salaries rose by 1.0% and the non-wage component
by 0.3% in the year up to the second quarter of 2013, compared with +2.0% for
both components for the first quarter of 2013.
