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2026.03.1910:00:00UTC+00Euro Zone Labor Cost Growth Holds Steady at 3.3% in Q4 2025

The Euro Zone’s Labor Cost Index rose 3.30% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, unchanged from the 3.30% increase recorded in the previous quarter. The data, updated on 19 March 2026, show that the pace of labor cost growth has stabilized after the third quarter, when the same annual rate was registered.

Measured on a year-over-year basis, the indicator compares the change in labor costs in the fourth quarter of 2025 with the same period a year earlier, while the previous figure reflected a similar comparison for the third quarter. The steady reading suggests that, over the second half of 2025, wage and related labor cost pressures in the Euro Zone neither intensified nor eased in aggregate, providing a consistent backdrop for policymakers and businesses assessing labor-driven inflation risks and planning cost structures into 2026.

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