Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 6.8% compared to the second quarter of 2014. The total hourly labour cost grew by 5.7% in industry, by 8.4% in services and by 5.6% in construction.

The breakdown by economic activities showed that the highest annual growths in total labour costs were recorded in "Arts, entertainment and recreation" - 17.0%, "Administrative and support service activities" - 14.6% and "Other service activities" - 13.6%. The lowest increase by 1.5% in total labour costs was observed in "Public administration and defence; compulsory social security".

In the structure of the total labour costs, the wages and salaries costs per hour worked grew by 6.9% in comparison with a year earlier, while the other (non-wage) costs rose by 6.3%. Among the economic activities in the second quarter of 2015 compared to the second quarter of 2014 the growth rate of wages and salaries component ranged from 0.5% in "Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply"  to 17.0% in "Arts, entertainment and recreation".