Country
Malta
Full labour cost: €19.00 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €14.86 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €12.78 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €11.06 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €9.43 |
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
€19.00 / 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 Malta
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €1.47 | €0.21 | 7× |
| Answer a customer chat | €0.79 | €0.10 | 7.5× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €0.92 | €0.11 | 8.4× |
| Check an expense claim | €0.74 | €0.11 | 6.6× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €5.53 | €0.81 | 6.8× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €1.84 | €0.23 | 8× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €4.61 | €0.79 | 5.9× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €5.53 | €0.88 | 6.3× |
| Research one B2B lead | €4.26 | €0.81 | 5.3× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €2.13 | €0.24 | 8.8× |
| Screen one CV | €1.28 | €0.23 | 5.6× |
| Draft a social media post | €3.19 | €0.44 | 7.2× |
| Write a help-centre article | €8.52 | €1.32 | 6.5× |
| Write a product description | €4.95 | €0.76 | 6.5× |
| Translate one page | €12.38 | €2.50 | 4.9× |
| Write a job ad | €7.43 | €1.27 | 5.9× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €14.86 | €2.53 | 5.9× |
| Triage a bug report | €3.71 | €0.81 | 4.6× |
| Review a small pull request | €7.43 | €1.31 | 5.7× |
| Write a SQL report query | €7.43 | €1.29 | 5.8× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method