Country
Luxembourg
Full labour cost: €56.80 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €40.26 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €32.46 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €25.47 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €20.27 |
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
€56.80 / 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 Luxembourg
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €3.40 | €0.45 | 7.5× |
| Answer a customer chat | €1.69 | €0.20 | 8.7× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €2.12 | €0.23 | 9.3× |
| Check an expense claim | €1.70 | €0.23 | 7.3× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €12.73 | €1.77 | 7.2× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €4.24 | €0.47 | 9× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €10.61 | €1.75 | 6.1× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €12.73 | €1.84 | 6.9× |
| Research one B2B lead | €10.82 | €1.79 | 6× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €5.41 | €0.57 | 9.5× |
| Screen one CV | €3.25 | €0.55 | 5.9× |
| Draft a social media post | €8.12 | €1.10 | 7.4× |
| Write a help-centre article | €21.64 | €3.29 | 6.6× |
| Write a product description | €13.42 | €2.03 | 6.6× |
| Translate one page | €33.55 | €6.74 | 5× |
| Write a job ad | €20.13 | €3.38 | 5.9× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €40.26 | €6.76 | 6× |
| Triage a bug report | €10.06 | €2.08 | 4.8× |
| Review a small pull request | €20.13 | €3.43 | 5.9× |
| Write a SQL report query | €20.13 | €3.41 | 5.9× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method