Different growth rates in labour costs caused the narrowing of the gap between labour groups; the labour costs for employees with basic education or less on average increased by 10.8% and for employees with upper secondary education by 5.9%, while for employees with tertiary education they decreased by 3.7%.
Na zmanjšanje razlik v stroških dela je vplivala različna dinamika rasti stroškov dela; za osnovnošolsko in srednješolsko izobražene zaposlene so se ti v letu 2013 glede na leto 2012 v povprečju povečali za 10,8% oz. za 5,9%, medtem ko so se za višje- in visokošolske izobražene zmanjšali za 3,7%.