Table 3. All Employees: Annual percent change in hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars
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Table 3. All Employees: Annual percent change in hourly compensation costs in U.S.
dollars in manufacturing, 32 countries or areas and selected economic groups,
selected years, 1996-2007
Country or Area 1996- 1996- 2000- 2004 2005 2006 2007
2007(1) 2000 2007
Americas
United States............. 3.0 2.7 3.1 2.7 2.8 .8 1.9
Argentina................. .8 2.4 -.1 23.1 22.1 20.6 21.4
Brazil.................... .0 -11.8 7.5 18.1 31.7 19.5 19.0
Canada.................... 4.8 -.4 7.9 11.8 10.5 9.5 9.0
Mexico.................... 4.9 5.7 4.4 -.7 7.1 4.2 4.9
Asia and Oceania
Australia................. 5.2 -3.6 10.6 18.4 7.2 3.5 14.0
Israel.................... 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.8 2.4 2.6 11.7
Japan..................... .0 1.4 -.8 7.9 -.1 -4.9 -1.5
Korea, Republic of........ 6.5 .2 10.3 11.2 18.8 16.0 10.7
New Zealand............... 3.9 -7.2 10.9 16.7 9.7 -3.4 19.4
Philippines............... .7 -8.2 6.1 6.8 9.5 14.2 13.0
Singapore................. 2.4 -.5 4.1 3.3 .5 4.2 12.0
Taiwan.................... 1.5 1.5 1.5 4.6 8.5 2.9 .6
Europe
Austria................... 2.9 -6.0 8.4 10.9 3.5 3.6 12.8
Belgium................... 3.2 -5.4 8.4 13.0 2.5 3.4 11.2
Czech Republic............ 9.9 -.2 16.2 16.4 11.1 11.7 18.9
Denmark................... 6.4 - 10.2 10.1 4.5 5.0 15.4
Finland................... 4.3 -5.7 10.4 15.5 3.8 4.6 12.6
France.................... 2.7 -6.4 8.2 11.9 2.3 4.3 12.1
Germany................... 4.8 - 8.2 12.7 -.8 5.9 9.9
Hungary................... 9.9 -1.0 16.7 19.4 8.8 3.0 24.7
Ireland................... 6.7 -1.8 11.8 15.4 3.6 4.4 15.9
Italy..................... 4.0 -5.6 9.9 15.9 2.8 3.5 12.2
Netherlands............... 5.4 - 9.5 12.6 2.0 2.1 11.2
Norway.................... 7.0 - 11.2 10.6 6.4 5.7 16.7
Poland.................... 9.1 - 12.3 9.9 18.0 10.7 22.3
Portugal.................. 5.3 -1.8 9.6 13.2 3.8 .8 9.7
Slovakia.................. 11.5 - 18.3 18.7 11.9 13.2 28.3
Spain..................... 4.4 -5.4 10.5 14.4 3.8 5.2 13.3
Sweden.................... 3.8 -3.9 8.5 13.3 .3 4.6 13.0
Switzerland............... 1.4 -6.9 6.5 8.7 .9 .5 6.0
United Kingdom............ 7.5 5.1 9.0 15.9 4.1 3.9 12.8
Trade-Weighted Measures (2,3)
All 31 Foreign Economies.. 3.9 - 6.5 9.6 6.7 5.5 8.5
OECD (4).................. 4.2 - 6.8 9.8 6.0 5.1 8.2
Europe.................... 4.8 - 9.1 13.5 2.3 4.3 12.0
Euro Area (5)............. 4.0 - 9.1 13.3 1.6 4.5 11.7
Eastern Europe (6)........ 9.9 - 15.3 15.2 13.0 9.3 23.0
East Asia ex-Japan (7).... 3.6 - 5.9 7.1 10.9 9.2 8.0
Rates of change based on compound rate method.
Dash means data not available.
(1) 1997-2007 data for Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Slovakia. 1998-2007
data for Germany.
(2) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the Technical
Notes preceding these tables.
(3) The trade-weighted measures for all employees in this table are not directly comparable
with those for production workers later in this release; the country coverage of
the two series differs slightly.
(4) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
(5) Euro Area refers to European Union member countries in this release that have adopted
the Euro as the common currency as of January 1, 2009.
(6) Eastern Europe refers to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia.
(7) East Asia ex-Japan includes the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore,
and Taiwan.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.
Last Modified Date: March 26, 2009
