What one OEE point is worth in Ireland
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 €12,268 a year in Ireland at national costs.
Labour cost per hour, manufacturing
Eurostat annual estimate 2025, manufacturing (NACE C), as published by Destatis
Industrial electricity per kWh
Eurostat, 2025-S2, band IC 500-1,999 MWh, excl. VAT and recoverable taxes (band ID not published in the release)
One OEE point, per line and year
82% of the value is labour time and 18% is electricity.
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.
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How Ireland compares
Same reference line, same formula, national costs. All 22 countries are on the country benchmark table.
| Country | Labour €/h | Electricity €/kWh | One OEE point, €/year | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 42.4 | 0.2552 | 12,268 | 8 |
| United Kingdom | 29.6 | 0.1961 | 8,733 | 12 |
| France | 47.1 | 0.1488 | 12,436 | 7 |
| Netherlands | 47.3 | 0.2192 | 13,106 | 6 |
| EU-27 cost base | 35.0 | 0.1920 | 9,962 | · |
What moves the number in Ireland
Ireland has the highest non-household electricity price in the EU in the second half of 2025 (Eurostat), so energy carries a larger share of an OEE point here than almost anywhere else in this comparison. 82% of the value is labour time and 18% is electricity.
A PDF in English: sensitivity tables for starting OEE, shift patterns and crew sizes, the value-added view, how Ireland compares, a 30-day baseline plan, funding routes and every source.
Public money for a measurement project in Ireland
Enterprise Ireland’s Digital Process Innovation support offers up to 50% grant funding towards the internal implementation team and external expertise for a new production method: open to start-ups, SMEs and large client companies.
- What an OEE system really costs: the 3-year calculator
- Enterprise Ireland: Digital Process Innovation
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 annual estimate 2025, manufacturing (NACE C), as published by Destatis
- Electricity
- Eurostat, 2025-S2, band IC 500-1,999 MWh, excl. VAT and recoverable taxes (band ID not published in the release)
- Value-added view
- Not shown for Ireland: no like-for-like value-added series on the Eurostat basis used for the other countries.
- 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 Ireland?
- About €12,268 a year on a two-shift line with four operators and 150 kW load, starting from 60% OEE, at Ireland’s national labour and electricity costs. On three shifts (6,000 planned hours) the same point is worth about €20,447.
- 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 €9,239 in Ireland.
- 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.
- All 22 countries
- OEE calculator: availability × performance × quality
- What one OEE point is worth at your own margin
- Manufacturing data profile: Ireland
Sources
- Destatis: EU labour cost per hour worked, manufacturing (Eurostat annual estimate, 2025)
- Eurostat news, 8 May 2026: non-household electricity prices, 2nd half 2025 (band IC 500-1,999 MWh)
- ManufacturingML: Ireland manufacturing data profile
- 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.