Press Release - Second quarter of 2016 Annual growth in labour costs down to 1.0% in euro area Down to 1.4% in EU28
Hourly labour costs rose by 1.0% in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.4% the EU28 in the second quarter of 2016, compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the first quarter of 2016, hourly labour costs increased by 1.6% in both zones. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.





