diff --git a/app/charts/column/columns-state.tsx b/app/charts/column/columns-state.tsx
index 382ee5ecc0..60be604a3b 100644
--- a/app/charts/column/columns-state.tsx
+++ b/app/charts/column/columns-state.tsx
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ import { sortBy } from "lodash";
 import { ReactNode, useMemo } from "react";
 import { ColumnFields, SortingOrder, SortingType } from "../../configurator";
 import {
-  formatError,
   formatNumberWithUnit,
   getPalette,
   mkNumber,
-  useError,
+  useErrorMeasure,
+  useErrorRange,
+  useErrorVariable,
   useFormatNumber,
   useTimeFormatUnit,
 } from "../../configurator/components/ui-helpers";
@@ -71,20 +72,23 @@ export interface ColumnsState {
   getAnnotationInfo: (d: Observation) => TooltipInfo;
 }
 
-const useColumnsState = ({
-  data,
-  fields,
-  measures,
-  dimensions,
-  interactiveFiltersConfig,
-  aspectRatio,
-}: Pick<
-  ChartProps,
-  "data" | "measures" | "dimensions" | "interactiveFiltersConfig"
-> & {
-  fields: ColumnFields;
-  aspectRatio: number;
-}): ColumnsState => {
+const useColumnsState = (
+  chartProps: Pick<
+    ChartProps,
+    "data" | "measures" | "dimensions" | "interactiveFiltersConfig"
+  > & {
+    fields: ColumnFields;
+    aspectRatio: number;
+  }
+): ColumnsState => {
+  const {
+    data,
+    fields,
+    measures,
+    dimensions,
+    interactiveFiltersConfig,
+    aspectRatio,
+  } = chartProps;
   const width = useWidth();
   const formatNumber = useFormatNumber();
   const timeFormatUnit = useTimeFormatUnit();
@@ -106,12 +110,9 @@ const useColumnsState = ({
   const getX = useStringVariable(fields.x.componentIri);
   const getXAsDate = useTemporalVariable(fields.x.componentIri);
   const getY = useOptionalNumericVariable(fields.y.componentIri);
-  const getYErrorRange = useError(
-    measures,
-    dimensions,
-    getY,
-    fields.y.componentIri
-  );
+  const errorMeasure = useErrorMeasure(chartProps, fields.y.componentIri);
+  const getYErrorRange = useErrorRange(errorMeasure, getY);
+  const getYError = useErrorVariable(errorMeasure);
   const getSegment = useSegment(fields.segment?.componentIri);
 
   const sortingType = fields.x.sorting?.sortingType;
@@ -161,7 +162,6 @@ const useColumnsState = ({
     ) ?? 0,
     0
   );
-  const entireMaxValue = max(sortedData, getY) as number;
 
   const yScale = scaleLinear()
     .domain([mkNumber(minValue), mkNumber(maxValue)])
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ const useColumnsState = ({
       datum: {
         label: fields.segment?.componentIri && getSegment(datum),
         value: `${yValueFormatter(getY(datum))}`,
-        error: getYErrorRange
-          ? ` ${formatError(getYErrorRange(datum), yValueFormatter)}`
+        error: getYError
+          ? `${getYError(datum)}${errorMeasure?.unit ?? ""}`
           : undefined,
         color: colors(getSegment(datum)) as string,
       },
diff --git a/app/charts/shared/interaction/tooltip-content.tsx b/app/charts/shared/interaction/tooltip-content.tsx
index 4f0b428749..29424a931a 100644
--- a/app/charts/shared/interaction/tooltip-content.tsx
+++ b/app/charts/shared/interaction/tooltip-content.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { Trans } from "@lingui/macro";
 import { Box, Text } from "theme-ui";
 import { LegendItem } from "../legend-color";
 import { TooltipValue } from "./tooltip";
@@ -27,43 +26,11 @@ export const TooltipSingle = ({
           {segment}
         </Text>
       )}
-      {yError && yValue ? (
-        <>
-          <table width="100%">
-            <tr>
-              <td>
-                <Text as="div" variant="meta" color="hint">
-                  <Trans id="tooltip.average">Average:</Trans>
-                </Text>
-              </td>
-              <td align="right">
-                <Text as="div" variant="meta">
-                  {yValue}
-                </Text>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td>
-                <Text as="div" variant="meta" color="hint">
-                  <Trans id="tooltip.error">Error:</Trans>
-                </Text>
-              </td>
-              <td align="right">
-                <Text as="div" variant="meta">
-                  {yError}
-                </Text>
-              </td>
-            </tr>
-          </table>
-        </>
-      ) : (
-        <>
-          {yValue && (
-            <Text as="div" variant="meta">
-              {yValue}
-            </Text>
-          )}
-        </>
+      {yValue && (
+        <Text as="div" variant="meta">
+          {yValue}
+          {yError ? <> ± {yError}</> : null}
+        </Text>
       )}
     </Box>
   );
diff --git a/app/configurator/components/ui-helpers.ts b/app/configurator/components/ui-helpers.ts
index ea09c8f096..ce09ef2e28 100644
--- a/app/configurator/components/ui-helpers.ts
+++ b/app/configurator/components/ui-helpers.ts
@@ -310,18 +310,32 @@ export const formatNumberWithUnit = (
   return `${formatter(nb)}${unit ? ` ${unit}` : ""}`;
 };
 
-export const useError = (
-  measures: ChartProps["measures"],
-  dimensions: ChartProps["dimensions"],
-  valueGetter: (d: Observation) => number | null,
-  valueIri: string
-) => {
+export const useErrorMeasure = (chartState: ChartProps, valueIri: string) => {
+  const { measures, dimensions } = chartState;
   return useMemo(() => {
-    const errorMeasure = [...measures, ...dimensions].find((m) => {
+    return [...measures, ...dimensions].find((m) => {
       return m.related?.some(
         (r) => r.type === "StandardError" && r.iri === valueIri
       );
     });
+  }, [dimensions, measures, valueIri]);
+};
+
+export const useErrorVariable = (errorMeasure?: DimensionMetaDataFragment) => {
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    return errorMeasure
+      ? (d: Observation) => {
+          return d[errorMeasure.iri];
+        }
+      : null;
+  }, [errorMeasure]);
+};
+
+export const useErrorRange = (
+  errorMeasure: DimensionMetaDataFragment | undefined,
+  valueGetter: (d: Observation) => number | null
+) => {
+  return useMemo(() => {
     return errorMeasure
       ? (d: Observation) => {
           const v = valueGetter(d) as number;
@@ -337,7 +351,7 @@ export const useError = (
           ];
         }
       : null;
-  }, [measures, dimensions, valueIri, valueGetter]);
+  }, [errorMeasure, valueGetter]);
 };
 
 export const useFormatNumber = () => {