Country
Estonia
Full labour cost: €21.10 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €14.21 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €11.88 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €9.18 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €6.63 |
Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022: mean hourly earnings by occupation (earn_ses22_14) (doi:10.2908/EARN_SES22_14). Firms with 10+ employees. Excludes employer contributions.
Full hourly labour cost
€21.10 / hour, 2025
Eurostat, Labour cost levels by NACE Rev. 2 activity (lc_lci_lev) (doi:10.2908/LC_LCI_LEV). All economy except agriculture and public administration; wages plus employer costs.
EU average: €34.90 (2025).
Tasks in Estonia
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €1.22 | €0.18 | 6.8× |
| Answer a customer chat | €0.55 | €0.08 | 6.8× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €0.76 | €0.09 | 8.2× |
| Check an expense claim | €0.61 | €0.10 | 6.4× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €4.59 | €0.69 | 6.7× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €1.53 | €0.20 | 7.7× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €3.83 | €0.66 | 5.8× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €4.59 | €0.76 | 6.1× |
| Research one B2B lead | €3.96 | €0.76 | 5.2× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €1.98 | €0.23 | 8.7× |
| Screen one CV | €1.19 | €0.21 | 5.6× |
| Draft a social media post | €2.97 | €0.41 | 7.2× |
| Write a help-centre article | €7.92 | €1.23 | 6.5× |
| Write a product description | €4.74 | €0.73 | 6.5× |
| Translate one page | €11.84 | €2.39 | 4.9× |
| Write a job ad | €7.11 | €1.21 | 5.9× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €14.21 | €2.42 | 5.9× |
| Triage a bug report | €3.55 | €0.77 | 4.6× |
| Review a small pull request | €7.11 | €1.26 | 5.6× |
| Write a SQL report query | €7.11 | €1.24 | 5.8× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method