Short-term indicators
Labour costs

Labour cost indices1
Industry and service branches
Index of total labour costs
2020=100
Year, quarter Non-adjusted value Trend cycle component (BV 4.1) Calendar- and seanonally adjusted value (BV 4.1) Calendar adjusted value (BV 4.1)
Value Change on the corresponding quarter of the previous year in % Value Change on the previous quarter in % Value Change on the previous quarter in % Value Change on the corresponding quarter of the previous year in %
1: In the case of the change in method (due to the change in the data basis for the earnings trend) as of the 1st quarter of 2022, an influence on the earnings statement cannot be ruled out. As a result, the previous year's quarterly comparison may be distorted in the reporting year 2022. A quantification of the method-related effect is not possible.
2024 IV 124.5 3.4 118.5 0.6 118.0 1.1 123.8 3.5
III 109.7 3.7 117.8 0.6 116.8 -0.6 109.6 4.1
II 125.1 5.4 117.0 1.1 117.5 1.2 125.0 5.9
I 109.8 7.6 115.7 1.3 116.1 2.1 109.5 6.6
2023 IV 120.4 2.9 114.2 1.5 113.8 1.3 119.7 2.5
III 105.8 5.4 112.5 1.4 112.2 1.2 105.3 4.9
II 118.6 3.9 111.0 1.2 110.9 1.3 118.1 3.5
I 102.0 5.7 109.8 1.2 109.5 -1.1 102.6 6.2
2022 IV 116.9 8.2 108.4 1.6 110.7 4.1 116.7 7.3
III 100.4 2.7 106.8 1.3 106.3 -1.2 100.4 2.7
II 114.2 7.3 105.4 1.0 107.6 3.5 114.0 7.2
I 96.5 4.2 104.3 1.0 103.9 0.8 96.7 4.7
2021 IV 108.1 3.5 103.3 1.1 103.1 0.5 108.8 3.7
III 97.8 2.2 102.1 1.3 102.6 2.3 97.7 2.2
II 106.4 -0.8 100.8 0.7 100.2 0.6 106.3 -0.3
I 92.6 -0.0 100.1 0.1 99.6 -0.2 92.3 -0.5
2020 IV 104.4 0.4 100.0 -0.3 99.8 -0.7 104.9 1.5
III 95.6 4.4 100.3 0.1 100.5 0.4 95.6 4.3
II 107.3 1.9 100.2 0.6 100.0 0.3 106.7 1.9
I 92.7 3.3 99.6 0.9 99.7 1.3 92.8 3.8
2019 IV 104.0 3.2 98.7 0.9 98.5 1.3 103.3 3.2
III 91.7 2.5 97.9 0.7 97.3 -0.3 91.6 3.0
II 105.3 4.4 97.2 0.9 97.6 1.7 104.7 3.9
I 89.7 2.2 96.3 0.8 95.9 0.5 89.4 2.2

As at 11 March 2025