Country
Lithuania
Full labour cost: €17.80 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €14.44 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €10.99 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €9.09 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €6.94 |
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
€17.80 / 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 Lithuania
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €1.21 | €0.18 | 6.8× |
| Answer a customer chat | €0.58 | €0.08 | 6.9× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €0.76 | €0.09 | 8.2× |
| Check an expense claim | €0.61 | €0.10 | 6.4× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €4.54 | €0.68 | 6.7× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €1.51 | €0.20 | 7.7× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €3.79 | €0.65 | 5.8× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €4.54 | €0.75 | 6× |
| Research one B2B lead | €3.66 | €0.72 | 5.1× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €1.83 | €0.21 | 8.6× |
| Screen one CV | €1.10 | €0.20 | 5.6× |
| Draft a social media post | €2.75 | €0.38 | 7.2× |
| Write a help-centre article | €7.33 | €1.14 | 6.4× |
| Write a product description | €4.81 | €0.74 | 6.5× |
| Translate one page | €12.03 | €2.43 | 4.9× |
| Write a job ad | €7.22 | €1.23 | 5.9× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €14.44 | €2.46 | 5.9× |
| Triage a bug report | €3.61 | €0.79 | 4.6× |
| Review a small pull request | €7.22 | €1.28 | 5.7× |
| Write a SQL report query | €7.22 | €1.25 | 5.8× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method