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Labour cost by effective hour. By activity sectors and specific sectors

Labour cost by effective hour. By activity sectors and specific sectors Catalonia Value. Total cost by hour
Total Industry Construction Services Tourism Culture ICT
Q4/2023 27.0 30.1 29.2 26.2 22.0 28.7 40.2
Q3/2023 26.0 28.4 25.6 25.5 19.3 29.1 38.0
Q2/2023 25.3 28.1 24.6 24.8 19.7 27.1 34.1
Q1/2023 23.0 24.7 21.2 22.8 19.1 24.7 31.1
Q4/2022 25.2 28.0 25.2 24.7 20.9 27.5 35.7
Q3/2022 24.4 27.0 23.1 24.0 17.8 26.8 35.6
Q2/2022 23.7 26.2 22.8 23.2 18.0 26.2 33.4
Q1/2022 22.2 23.4 20.2 22.0 18.2 24.5 28.9
Q4/2021 24.3 27.2 23.3 23.8 19.6 29.1 34.7
Q3/2021 23.7 26.1 22.3 23.3 18.2 27.2 31.0
Q2/2021 23.4 25.7 22.1 23.0 18.7 27.1 30.7
Q1/2021 21.9 22.9 19.1 21.9 20.1 25.3 29.1
Q4/2020 23.9 26.2 24.0 23.3 21.8 28.8 32.7
Q3/2020 24.2 25.9 21.1 24.0 19.3 27.1 31.8
Q2/2020 24.9 27.6 23.2 24.5 23.5 28.1 31.6
Q1/2020 20.8 22.5 18.4 20.6 18.6 24.8 26.2
Q4/2019 23.3 26.5 22.1 22.7 19.6 26.3 33.6
Q3/2019 22.8 25.7 20.8 22.4 18.3 25.3 31.3
Q2/2019 22.2 25.0 20.8 21.7 17.9 24.6 31.1
Q1/2019 20.1 21.6 17.5 19.9 17.6 23.8 24.9
Q4/2018 22.5 26.1 21.5 21.8 18.6 25.2 31.4
Q3/2018 21.9 24.8 21.0 21.3 17.2 25.8 30.9
Q2/2018 20.7 23.5 19.3 20.2 17.1 24.2 27.9
Q1/2018 20.0 21.8 17.8 19.7 16.8 23.5 25.8
Q4/2017 22.4 26.0 21.2 21.6 18.3 24.4 29.6
Q3/2017 21.4 24.5 20.4 20.7 17.2 24.0 26.5
Q2/2017 21.1 24.1 20.8 20.4 16.5 23.0 25.0
Q1/2017 18.8 21.3 17.3 18.3 16.1 21.6 21.2
Q4/2016 22.0 25.5 21.8 21.1 17.9 22.5 28.8
Q3/2016 21.4 24.2 21.1 20.8 17.2 23.1 27.3
Q2/2016 20.4 22.9 20.1 19.8 16.5 21.3 25.6
Q1/2016 20.0 22.4 18.3 19.6 16.8 22.9 24.9
Q4/2015 21.2 24.6 19.8 20.5 17.8 23.3 28.7
Q3/2015 21.8 24.7 20.8 21.1 17.2 24.1 28.6
Q2/2015 21.1 24.0 20.4 20.4 17.0 22.9 24.5
Q1/2015 19.4 21.6 17.1 19.0 16.6 21.8 26.0
Q4/2014 21.1 24.4 22.2 20.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2014 21.8 24.8 21.2 21.1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2014 20.9 23.9 20.8 20.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2014 19.3 21.2 18.5 18.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2013 21.8 24.7 21.9 21.1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2013 22.3 24.7 21.6 21.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2013 20.7 23.1 21.9 20.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2013 19.7 21.4 18.8 19.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2012 22.0 24.7 22.0 21.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2012 22.2 24.6 22.7 21.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2012 20.6 22.7 19.9 20.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2012 19.4 20.4 18.3 19.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2011 22.1 24.2 22.2 21.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2011 21.7 23.8 21.1 21.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2011 21.0 22.3 19.9 20.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2011 19.3 19.9 17.9 19.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2010 21.5 23.3 21.7 21.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2010 21.0 23.1 19.4 20.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2010 20.9 22.5 20.0 20.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2010 19.0 20.6 17.2 18.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2009 21.0 23.5 21.7 20.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2009 21.3 23.8 20.4 20.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2009 20.7 22.8 20.9 20.1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2009 18.8 20.0 17.9 18.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2008 20.4 22.4 20.2 19.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2008 20.6 23.1 19.7 20.1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2008 19.1 20.5 18.7 18.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2008 18.0 (b) Break in time series 19.1 (b) Break in time series 16.7 (b) Break in time series 17.9 (b) Break in time series .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2007 19.9 21.8 19.6 19.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2007 18.9 22.0 18.7 18.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2007 18.1 19.4 17.2 17.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2007 16.3 17.4 14.4 16.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2006 18.8 20.9 17.4 18.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2006 17.7 20.9 16.8 16.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2006 17.3 18.9 15.8 17.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2006 15.5 16.7 13.6 15.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2005 18.0 19.7 16.6 17.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2005 16.7 19.6 15.8 15.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2005 16.2 17.7 15.1 15.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2005 15.7 16.9 13.9 15.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2004 17.5 19.1 16.4 17.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2004 16.3 18.7 15.3 15.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2004 16.0 17.5 15.3 15.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2004 14.6 15.9 13.1 14.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2003 16.2 17.8 15.1 15.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2003 16.1 18.4 14.2 15.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2003 15.4 17.2 14.3 14.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2003 13.9 14.8 12.0 13.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2002 15.7 17.2 14.4 15.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2002 15.6 17.8 13.3 15.1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2002 14.2 15.5 13.1 13.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2002 13.4 14.3 11.2 13.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2001 14.9 16.1 13.4 14.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2001 15.2 16.7 13.4 14.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2001 13.7 14.9 12.3 13.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2001 12.3 13.1 10.4 12.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q4/2000 14.2 15.2 13.0 13.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q3/2000 14.4 16.2 12.8 13.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q2/2000 13.2 14.2 11.8 13.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Q1/2000 11.7 12.6 10.1 11.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Units: Euros.
Source: Idescat, based on data from the INE's Quarterly Labour Cost Survey.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
(b) Break in time series.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Labour cost by effective hour. By activity sectors and specific sectors Spain Value. Total cost by hour
Total Industry Construction Services
Q4/2023 25.0 27.0 23.1 24.8
Q3/2023 23.8 26.3 21.1 23.6
Q2/2023 23.2 25.0 21.0 23.1
Q1/2023 21.5 22.8 18.5 21.5
Q4/2022 23.6 25.4 21.7 23.4
Q3/2022 22.6 25.2 19.8 22.3
Q2/2022 21.8 23.5 20.4 21.6
Q1/2022 20.6 21.8 17.8 20.7
Q4/2021 22.7 24.6 20.6 22.5
Q3/2021 21.9 24.1 19.1 21.7
Q2/2021 21.7 23.1 19.4 21.6
Q1/2021 20.6 21.9 17.6 20.7
Q4/2020 22.7 24.5 20.7 22.5
Q3/2020 22.0 24.2 18.6 21.8
Q2/2020 22.9 24.5 20.5 22.7
Q1/2020 19.9 21.4 17.3 19.9
Q4/2019 21.6 23.8 20.2 21.2
Q3/2019 21.1 23.9 18.7 20.8
Q2/2019 20.4 22.4 18.8 20.2
Q1/2019 19.0 20.5 16.7 18.9
Q4/2018 21.1 23.5 19.8 20.8
Q3/2018 20.6 23.5 18.3 20.3
Q2/2018 19.3 21.2 18.0 19.0
Q1/2018 19.0 20.6 17.0 18.9
Q4/2017 21.0 23.6 19.3 20.7
Q3/2017 20.1 22.9 18.1 19.7
Q2/2017 19.7 21.7 18.5 19.3
Q1/2017 18.3 19.9 16.3 18.2
Q4/2016 20.8 23.2 19.5 20.4
Q3/2016 20.2 22.9 18.2 19.8
Q2/2016 19.0 20.6 18.0 18.7
Q1/2016 19.1 20.7 17.3 18.9
Q4/2015 20.7 22.9 19.5 20.3
Q3/2015 20.2 22.9 18.6 19.8
Q2/2015 19.7 21.5 19.0 19.4
Q1/2015 18.6 20.0 17.0 18.4
Q4/2014 20.3 22.9 19.9 19.8
Q3/2014 20.3 23.1 18.7 19.8
Q2/2014 19.7 21.7 19.4 19.3
Q1/2014 18.3 20.0 17.3 18.1
Q4/2013 20.6 22.9 20.3 20.1
Q3/2013 20.3 23.2 18.7 19.9
Q2/2013 19.0 20.9 19.0 18.6
Q1/2013 18.7 20.4 17.8 18.4
Q4/2012 20.2 22.9 20.5 19.6
Q3/2012 20.2 22.8 18.9 19.8
Q2/2012 19.5 21.1 19.2 19.2
Q1/2012 18.3 19.5 17.1 18.2
Q4/2011 20.7 22.5 20.3 20.3
Q3/2011 20.2 22.3 18.6 19.9
Q2/2011 19.3 20.3 18.4 19.2
Q1/2011 18.0 18.9 16.7 18.0
Q4/2010 20.2 22.0 19.4 19.9
Q3/2010 19.3 21.4 17.6 19.0
Q2/2010 19.1 20.1 17.8 19.0
Q1/2010 18.0 19.2 16.4 18.0
Q4/2009 20.0 21.5 19.2 19.7
Q3/2009 19.6 21.7 18.0 19.3
Q2/2009 18.9 20.1 17.9 18.8
Q1/2009 17.7 18.8 16.3 17.6
Q4/2008 19.0 20.5 18.1 18.8
Q3/2008 18.8 20.7 17.4 18.6
Q2/2008 17.2 18.2 16.1 17.2
Q1/2008 17.0 (b) Break in time series 18.0 (b) Break in time series 15.5 (b) Break in time series 17.1 (b) Break in time series
Q4/2007 18.0 19.8 16.8 17.8
Q3/2007 17.4 19.9 15.6 17.1
Q2/2007 16.5 17.8 15.2 16.4
Q1/2007 15.4 16.7 13.6 15.4
Q4/2006 17.2 19.1 15.8 17.0
Q3/2006 16.5 19.1 14.8 16.2
Q2/2006 15.8 17.3 14.6 15.7
Q1/2006 14.7 16.0 13.0 14.8
Q4/2005 16.5 18.3 15.1 16.2
Q3/2005 15.9 18.4 14.1 15.6
Q2/2005 14.7 16.0 13.4 14.6
Q1/2005 14.7 15.9 12.8 14.7
Q4/2004 16.0 17.7 14.7 15.7
Q3/2004 15.4 17.7 13.7 15.0
Q2/2004 14.5 15.7 13.4 14.3
Q1/2004 13.8 14.9 12.1 13.8
Q4/2003 15.1 16.6 13.7 14.9
Q3/2003 15.0 17.3 13.0 14.7
Q2/2003 14.1 15.5 12.8 13.9
Q1/2003 13.2 14.1 11.4 13.3
Q4/2002 14.6 16.0 13.0 14.4
Q3/2002 14.5 16.4 12.3 14.3
Q2/2002 13.0 14.2 11.7 12.9
Q1/2002 12.8 13.6 11.0 12.9
Q4/2001 14.0 15.3 12.5 13.9
Q3/2001 13.9 15.6 11.6 13.8
Q2/2001 12.7 12.7 11.4 12.6
Q1/2001 11.8 12.6 10.0 11.9
Q4/2000 13.3 14.5 11.8 13.2
Q3/2000 13.3 15.0 11.1 13.2
Q2/2000 12.2 13.1 10.9 12.2
Q1/2000 11.3 12.0 9.6 11.4
Units: Euros.
Source: INE. Quarterly Labour Cost Survey.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
(b) Break in time series.

Last update: March 15, 2024. Next update: June 17, 2024 Calendari

ECL

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Labour Cost Statistics (ECL).

Methodological note

The short-term information about labour costs comes from the Quarterly Labour Cost Survey(QLCS), a continuous quarterly operation carried out by the INE in order to provide indicators and find out about change in the average labour cost per worker and month, by effective hours, and time worked and not worked.

Until 2007 the study population for the QLCS was made up of all contribution accounts in the Social Security general system and special system for coal mining, regardless of their size. The QLCS gathers information about workers who have been registered for at least one day during the reference month and examines the contribution accounts whose activity is in the three big economic sectors, namely industry, construction and services, and specifically in those in sections C to K and M to O in the Catalan Classification of Economic Activities (CCEA-93). A total of 54 divisions in the CCEA-93 are analysed and Agriculture (A), fishing (B), public administration, defence and compulsory social security (L), households employing domestic personnel (P) and extraterritorial organisations (Q) are all excluded from the operation.

Since 2008 the study population for the QLCS has been adapted to the new CCAE-2009 and is made up of all contribution accounts in the Social Security general system, the special system for coal mining and the special system for sea-based workers whose economic activity is sea transport (code 50 in the new CCAE-2009) regardless of their size. The QLCS gathers information about workers who have been registered for at least one day during the reference month and examines the contribution accounts whose activity is in the three big economic sectors, namely industry, construction and services, and specifically in those in sections B to S in the Catalan Classification of Economic Activities (CCEA-2009). A total of 82 divisions in the CCEA-2009 are analysed and Agriculture (A), households employing domestic personnel (T) and extraterritorial organisations (U) are all excluded from the operation.

Until the fourth quarter of 2003 the Quarterly Labour Cost Survey was called the Labour Cost Index (LCI). In the same way the LCI had previously replaced the Salary Survey (SS), which was carried out until 2000, to expand its goals.

The items used are:

Worker

Any person linked to the contributions account by any kind of contract.

For the purposes of calculating the labour cost per worker, in the case of those workers who have been registered in the contributions account for less than one month the proportional part of the time during which they have been registered is calculated.

Labour cost

The total cost borne by the employer for the use of the labour factor. It is broken down into wage cost and other costs.

Wage cost

Includes all remuneration in cash and in kind paid to workers for the professional provision of their labour services for a third party, including both compensation for time actually worked and rest periods calculated as working time. Wage cost therefore includes the base salary, bonuses, overtime, extra month payments and deferred payments. All of these components are included in gross terms, in other words before applying withholding or social security contributions by the worker.

Other costs

They include non-wage remuneration and compulsory social security contributions:

Non-wage remuneration means payments received by the worker not for their labour activity, but rather in compensation for expenses generated by doing their work or to cover needs or situations of inactivity not attributable to the worker. It includes:

  • direct social benefits (payments for temporary disability (TD), unemployment, retirement, death and survival, total or partial permanent disability, etc.),
  • compensation payments and other non-wage remuneration (wear and tear of utensils or tools, purchase of work clothes, travel expenses and per diems, daily travel allowance and urban transport, compensation for relocation, redundancy compensation, etc.).

Compulsory social security contributions are the legally established contributions which the employer makes to the social security system on behalf of their workers to cover the benefits which the system establishes and which arise in cases of illness, maternity, accident at work, disability, retirement, unemployment, vocational training, wages guarantees and any other contingency covered by the social security.

Agreed hours

These are the hours legally established by verbal agreement, individual contract or collective agreement between the worker and the company.

Effective hours

These are the hours actually worked during normal working periods and as overtime, including hours lost at the workplace which are deemed to be effective hours by virtue of prevailing regulations.

Effective hours = agreed hours + overtime and/or supplementary hours - hours not worked + hours lost at the workplace.

Hours not worked

These are the hours not worked during the workday for whatever reason: vacation or holiday, temporary disability, maternity, adoption, time off in compensation for overtime, time spent on union duties, fulfilment of an essential obligation, taking exams, appointments with a doctor, hours not worked for technical, organisational or production reasons, hours lost at the workplace, labour conflicts, absenteeism, lock-outs, etc.

From the first quarter of 2015 onwards, there is information available regarding the specific sectors of tourism, culture and ICT. Tourism includes a set of groups and classes of the NACE-REV.2 which belong to the service sector. In contrast, culture and ICT consist of groups and classes of the NACE-REV.2 which belong to industry and services.