By 16.2% rose the total hourly labour cost for the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2021, according to snap statistics released by the National Statistical Institute.
In comparison, in the first quarter these expenses grew by 12%, and in the second - by 14.4%.
The total hourly labour cost increased by 18.1% in industry, 16.4% in services and 16.0% in construction.
The breakdown by economic activities showed that the highest annual growth in total labour costs was recorded in “Accommodation and food service activities” - by 23.4%, “Mining and quarrying” - by 19.4% and “Public administration and defence;compulsory social security” - by 19.2%.
In the structure of the total labour costs, the wages and salaries costs per hour worked grew by 16.3% in comparison with a year earlier, while the other (non-wage) costs rose by 15.8%.
Among the economic activities in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2021, the growth rate of wages and salaries component ranged from 23.6% in “Accommodation and food service activities” to 7.5% in “Human health and social work activities”.