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What one OEE point is worth in Germany

On a reference two-shift line (3,600 planned hours a year, a crew of four, 150 kW average load, starting at 60% OEE) one extra OEE point is worth €13,782 a year in Germany at national costs.

In shortOne OEE point frees 59 line-hours a year on the reference line. At €49.5 per labour hour and €0.2369 per kWh, that is €11,685 of labour time and €2,097 of electricity: €13,782 per point, per line, per year. If the freed capacity can be sold instead, the same point is +1.7% good output: about €14,640 of value added at Germany’s average manufacturing productivity. Germany is at position 5 of 22 European countries on this measure.
€49.5

Labour cost per hour, manufacturing

Eurostat lc_lci_lev, 2025, manufacturing (NACE C)

€0.2369

Industrial electricity per kWh

Eurostat nrg_pc_205, 2025-S2, band ID 2,000-19,999 MWh, excl. VAT and recoverable taxes

€13,782

One OEE point, per line and year

85% of the value is labour time and 15% is electricity.

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Position among 22 countries

Ranked by the value of one OEE point on the same reference line, converted to euro. Full table on the country benchmark table.

Run it on your own line

Inputs
2 shifts ≈ 3,600-4,000 h; 3 shifts ≈ 6,000-7,000 h
People whose hours the line’s output pays for
Preset: Eurostat lc_lci_lev, 2025, manufacturing (NACE C)
Measured average, not nameplate
Preset: Eurostat nrg_pc_205, 2025-S2, band ID 2,000-19,999 MWh, excl. VAT and recoverable taxes
The math. Hours freed = planned hours × (1 − OEE now ÷ (OEE now + gain)): the same good output needs fewer planned hours. Value = hours freed × (operators × labour cost + kW × electricity price). Labour only counts if the hours are really released: overtime, a shift, agency staff or people moved to other work.
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How Germany compares

Same reference line, same formula, national costs. All 22 countries are on the country benchmark table.

CountryLabour €/hElectricity €/kWhOne OEE point, €/year#
Germany49.50.236913,7825
Austria51.30.215914,0213
Switzerland60.70.236916,4331
Netherlands47.30.219213,1066
France47.10.148812,4367
Poland17.10.21405,93117
Czechia20.20.19806,52115
EU-27 cost base35.00.19209,962·

What moves the number in Germany

17.0% of manufacturers in Germany named labour as a factor limiting production in 2026-Q3 (EU-27: 18.0%). Where people are the constraint, released hours are worth more than the wage bill suggests: they are capacity you cannot hire. 85% of the value is labour time and 15% is electricity.

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Method and limits

Reference line
3,600 planned hours a year (two eight-hour shifts on 225 days), four operators per shift, 150 kW average electrical load, 60% OEE before improvement. Change any of it in the calculator.
Labour cost
Eurostat lc_lci_lev, 2025, manufacturing (NACE C)
Electricity
Eurostat nrg_pc_205, 2025-S2, band ID 2,000-19,999 MWh, excl. VAT and recoverable taxes
Value-added view
National manufacturing value added per person employed, €109,800 in 2025 (Eurostat nama_10_a10 ÷ nama_10_a10_e), for eight people, × 1/60. A national average, not your margin: use the OEE ROI calculator with your own contribution margin.
What it is not
Not a margin figure, and not everything a point is worth: maintenance, scrap and overhead effects are left out, and they usually make the real figure larger.

Questions

How much is one OEE point worth in Germany?
About €13,782 a year on a two-shift line with four operators and 150 kW load, starting from 60% OEE, at Germany’s national labour and electricity costs. On three shifts (6,000 planned hours) the same point is worth about €22,971.
Why does each OEE point get worth less as OEE rises?
Because each point is a smaller share of what the line already produces: from 60% to 61% saves 1/61 of planned time, from 80% to 81% only 1/81. At 80% OEE the same point is worth €10,379 in Germany.
Should I use this number in a business case?
Use it as the floor. It prices only released hours and electricity; if the line is sold out, value the extra output at your contribution margin instead, and add scrap and maintenance effects once you have measured them.

Sources

  1. Eurostat lc_lci_lev: hourly labour cost, NACE C manufacturing (D1_D4_MD5), EUR
  2. Eurostat nrg_pc_205: non-household electricity prices, band ID 2,000-19,999 MWh, excl. VAT and recoverable taxes
  3. Eurostat nama_10_a10 / nama_10_a10_e: manufacturing value added and employment, 2025
  4. ManufacturingML: Germany manufacturing data profile
  5. ManufacturingML: Western European manufacturing 2026: the Eurostat data (extracted 22 Sep 2026)

Published by TEEPTRAK SAS, which makes production-monitoring and OEE software. The costs are public statistics; the reference line is an assumption, stated so you can change it.