Labour Cost Statistics. Q1/2024

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 3,253.65 euros in Catalonia in the first quarter of 2024, 3.8% more than in the same quarter of 2023. For specific sectors, the labour cost per worker and month in the ICT sector was 5,403.34 euros, 10.7% more than a year ago, while the culture sector stood at 3,721.12 euros, with a year-over-year increase of 8.0%. The tourism sector increased by 2.5% compared to the same quarter of 2023, with a labour cost of 2,432.52 euros per worker and month. Within the tourism sector, the highest labour cost was recorded by the tourism transport subsector (3,785.88 euros). Within the culture sector, the books and press subsector recorded the highest labour cost (4,188.40 euros).

The wage cost per worker and month increased by 4.2% in Catalonia and reached 2,398.08 euros. The wage cost in the ICT sector was 4,237.85 euros (13.9% year-over-year increase), in the culture sector was 2,753.57 euros (6,6%) and in the tourism sector 1,781.26 euros (3.7%).

By effective hour, the labour cost was 24.60 euros, and the wage cost 18.13 euros. In the analysed specific sectors, ICT sector had the highest effective wage cost per hour (28.06 euros), followed by the cultural (20.04 euros) and tourism (14.51 euros) sectors.

Finally, the number of job vacancies was 28,062, a 4.3% less than a year ago, and the service sector accounts for 85.3% of these job vacancies.