site.btaQ1 2015 Hourly Labour Cost up 6.9% Y/Y - Statistics

Q1 2015 Hourly Labour Cost up 6.9% Y/Y - Statistics

Sofia, June 19 (BTA) - The total hourly labour cost has risen by
6.9 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2014, according
to preliminary data released by the National Statistical
Institute on Friday. The total hourly labour cost grew by 5.6
per cent in industry, by 8.6 per cent in services and by 7.1 per
cent in construction.

In the structure of total labour costs, the wages and salaries
costs per hour of work grew by 7.3 per cent, year-on-year, while
non-wage costs rose by 5.0 per cent. Among the economic
activities in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first
quarter of 2014, the growth rate of wages and salaries component
ranged from 0.3 per cent in "Mining and quarrying" to 15.7 per
cent in "Administrative and support service activities".