# France Labour cost index, public admin, education, health & other services (Index, 2020=100, SA)

France Labour cost index, public admin, education, health & other services (Index, 2020=100, SA) was 118.5 in Q2 2026, up 0.5% from Q1 2026 and up 1.5% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2008.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 94.20 (Q2 2016) to 118.5 (Q2 2026), averaging 104.6.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `FR.LABORCOST.Q.SA.NACE-O-S`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2008-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (74 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/labour-cost-index-public-admin-education-health-and-other-services

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 118.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 117.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 117.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 116.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 116.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 116.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 115.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 114.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 115.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 114.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 113.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 111.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 109.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 109.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 108.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 107.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 104.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 104.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 102.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 102.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 102.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 102.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 101.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 100.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.LABORCOST.Q.SA.NACE-O-S"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.LABORCOST.Q.SA.NACE-O-S",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```