Increase 10.3% was noted by the payroll index cost In the second quarter of 2025, without any correction (seasonal or correction of the number of business days) in the whole economy, with the exception of the primary sector and household activities, compared to the corresponding index of the Second Quarter 2024, as its details show ELSTAT.
According to the corresponding comparison of the second quarter of 2024 to the second quarter of 2023 there was an increase of 8.6%, according to ELSTAT. The wage costs, with seasonal correction but without correction of the number of business days, increases 8.7% in the second quarter 2024 compared to the corresponding index of the second quarter of 2024, compared to 7.3% in the corresponding comparison of 2024 in the second quarter of 2024.
Whereas, the wage cost index, with a correction of the number of business days but without seasonal correction, has an increase of 10.1% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the corresponding index of the second quarter of 2024, compared to 8.7% in the corresponding comparison of the second quarter of 2024.