The German Federal statistics office, Destatis, reported today that employers of the German private industry paid an average €30.90 per hour worked in 2009. Compared with the other European countries (EU26), the level of labour costs in Germany was eighth after Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Austria, Finland and the Netherlands. Denmark recorded the highest labour costs per hour worked at €37.40 and Bulgaria the lowest ath €2.90. There was no data for Ireland.
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