Average Monthly Labour Costs per Employee at EUR 1,695 in 2005
Ljubljana, 17 December
Average monthly labour costs per person in paid employment amounted to SIT 406,183 (EUR 1,695) last year, according to the Statistics Office. Salaries represented the bulk or 81.9% of the costs, as they amounted to SIT 332.764 (EUR 1,389).
Employers monthly payed an average of SIT 54,492 (EUR 227.39) per employee, which represents 13.42% of the average total costs. The highest average monthly labour costs per person in paid employment were recorded in the section of financial intermediation, where they totaled SIT 632,704 (EUR 2,640). The lowest costs (SIT 303,732/EUR 1,267) were meanwhile noted in the section of hotels and restaurants. Eurostat data for 2004 showed Denmark as having the highest average monthly labour costs in industry and services with EUR 4,186. Latvia had the lowest costs with EUR 389, whereas costs in Slovenia reached EUR 1,522, placing the country directly ahead of Portugal (1,395) and behind Cyprus (EUR 1,903).
