1. Labour Cost Index (LCI)

2. Dissemination by Eurostat
News release – latest September 17th
Homepage – LCI recent trends
Homepage – databank
Dissemination in Denmark

3. News release
Focus on the yearly changes for the LCI (working day adjusted) broken down
Cost items: Total costs, wages and salary and other labour costs
Economic activity:
Whole economy (NACE B-S)
Business economy (NACE B-N)
Non-business economy (NACE O-S)

4. Focus on the yearly changes for the LCI with splits into:
News release
Focus on the yearly changes for the LCI with splits into:
For all 3 economies B-S, B-N and O-S:
Member states with highest increase
Member states with lowest increase

5. Note that the LCI is often revised:
News release
Note that the LCI is often revised:
2nd quarter news release:
1st quarter revised
from 2.0% to 1.6% for EA17
from 1.7% to 1.5% for EU27
Reason: inclusion of previously unavailable data for Germany, Ireland and Greece

6. Homepage – LCI resent trends
Focus on most recent evolutions of the LCI
Eurostat estimates annual labour cost per hour using:
LCI, LCS (four yearly) and annual LCS updates

7. Short introduction to the possibilities
Homepage - databank
Short introduction to the possibilities

8. Dissemination in Denmark
2 page news release with EU, DK and USA