Table 1.2 Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollars, 1996-2011 Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 United States 22.47 23.04 23.49 24.02 24.96 26.22 27.36 28.57 29.31 30.14 30.48 32.07 32.78 34.19 34.81 35.53 Argentina 7.43 7.55 8.01 8.08 8.16 8.27 3.01 3.65 4.51 5.51 6.63 8.04 10.04 10.23 12.78 15.91 Australia 19.17 18.93 17.15 18.14 16.45 15.02 17.42 22.65 26.75 28.55 29.17 33.37 35.91 33.42 39.67 46.29 Austria 28.12 24.91 25.20 24.85 21.97 21.70 23.38 28.38 31.18 32.37 33.63 38.13 42.86 42.62 39.98 43.16 Belgium 32.71 28.92 29.30 28.74 26.14 25.78 27.76 35.01 39.95 41.00 42.49 47.46 53.88 52.27 50.72 54.77 Brazil 7.11 7.07 6.75 4.21 4.35 3.63 3.08 3.23 3.82 5.02 5.99 7.11 8.44 8.13 10.08 11.65 Canada 18.62 18.49 17.73 17.84 18.33 17.81 18.05 21.08 23.67 26.26 28.58 31.27 32.06 29.59 34.60 36.56 Czech Republic 3.38 3.25 3.55 3.50 3.40 3.75 4.61 5.65 6.57 7.30 8.16 9.81 12.23 11.42 11.61 13.13 Denmark NA 23.70 24.17 24.94 22.21 23.00 25.45 31.70 35.68 37.05 38.23 44.43 49.70 48.60 47.93 51.67 Estonia NA NA NA NA 2.55 2.68 3.11 4.11 4.86 5.52 6.58 8.73 10.56 9.83 9.42 10.39 Finland 25.01 22.36 21.80 22.08 19.87 20.43 22.62 28.12 32.47 33.64 35.23 39.17 43.85 43.47 41.10 44.14 France 27.82 24.86 24.97 24.28 21.37 21.31 23.13 28.46 32.14 32.66 33.85 37.96 41.76 40.37 39.12 42.12 Germany 33.22 29.16 28.92 27.57 25.41 25.31 27.63 34.00 37.72 38.03 39.37 43.50 47.53 45.77 43.83 47.38 Greece 12.61 11.61 11.21 11.30 9.94 9.02 11.14 13.72 15.89 15.25 16.60 19.76 23.14 22.72 22.36 21.78 Hungary 3.11 3.05 3.09 3.09 2.96 3.37 4.18 5.19 6.17 6.71 6.85 8.66 9.77 8.62 8.39 9.17 Ireland 16.87 16.69 16.66 16.89 15.76 17.01 18.88 23.64 27.18 28.64 30.41 35.40 40.53 40.06 38.30 39.83 Israel 11.52 12.28 12.33 12.03 12.94 13.74 12.45 13.18 13.53 13.87 14.16 15.79 19.25 18.19 19.59 21.42 Italy 21.00 19.76 19.20 18.73 16.64 16.83 18.61 23.42 27.11 27.71 28.52 31.81 35.11 34.32 33.59 36.17 Japan 23.67 21.99 20.59 23.59 25.02 22.43 21.48 23.41 25.27 25.25 24.03 23.72 27.48 30.03 31.75 35.71 Korea, Republic of 9.54 9.22 6.62 8.59 9.62 9.00 10.25 11.33 12.63 14.83 17.37 19.43 16.85 15.06 17.73 18.91 Mexico 3.05 3.47 3.57 4.02 4.70 5.41 5.59 5.31 5.26 5.61 5.88 6.17 6.47 5.70 6.14 6.48 Netherlands NA 22.45 23.25 23.28 21.04 21.59 23.73 29.66 33.01 33.29 34.37 38.30 43.09 41.39 39.54 42.26 New Zealand 12.11 12.06 10.03 10.14 9.00 8.53 9.77 12.62 14.78 16.26 15.75 18.84 19.15 17.47 20.42 23.38 Norway NA 25.84 26.08 26.57 24.50 25.35 30.28 35.60 39.34 41.95 44.37 51.78 56.82 52.90 57.13 64.15 Philippines 1.36 1.28 0.98 1.06 1.00 0.98 1.02 1.03 1.10 1.20 1.35 1.60 1.75 1.70 1.88 2.01 Poland NA 3.15 3.46 3.40 3.41 3.91 4.07 4.39 4.79 5.60 6.18 7.63 9.60 7.72 8.30 8.83 Portugal 7.12 6.45 6.67 6.60 5.93 6.05 6.70 8.18 9.23 9.53 9.95 11.21 12.60 12.30 11.89 12.91 Singapore 11.93 12.15 11.47 11.01 11.71 12.20 12.14 12.74 13.20 13.25 13.77 15.71 18.87 17.54 19.10 22.60 Slovakia 2.73 2.84 2.89 2.59 2.60 2.69 3.24 4.38 5.20 5.82 6.56 8.53 10.72 11.24 10.72 11.77 Spain 15.48 13.95 14.15 13.91 12.40 12.49 13.85 17.42 19.82 20.74 21.80 24.79 27.75 27.86 26.66 28.44 Sweden 27.15 25.02 25.20 24.82 23.40 21.91 24.58 31.01 34.72 35.39 36.55 42.61 44.45 40.92 43.49 49.12 Switzerland 35.52 30.42 30.98 29.60 26.92 28.09 31.10 36.79 39.41 40.10 40.91 43.53 49.23 50.54 51.10 60.40 Taiwan 7.10 7.04 6.34 6.79 7.30 7.16 6.83 6.97 7.28 7.93 8.05 8.18 8.68 7.77 8.37 9.34 United Kingdom 17.78 19.30 20.68 21.38 20.67 20.73 22.10 25.01 28.50 29.72 31.23 35.23 34.20 29.47 29.11 30.77 Trade-Weighted Measures (1) All Foreign Countries (2) NA 15.91 15.50 15.81 #15.67 15.44 16.07 18.65 20.67 21.77 22.81 25.00 26.78 25.54 27.02 29.27 OECD (2) NA 16.76 16.37 16.78 #16.58 16.34 17.10 19.93 22.12 23.27 24.37 26.69 28.50 27.21 28.70 31.00 Europe (2) NA 23.35 23.64 23.22 #21.28 21.45 23.44 28.59 32.10 32.86 34.14 38.22 41.68 39.90 38.87 42.09 Euro Area (2) NA 24.23 24.25 23.61 #21.38 21.53 23.53 29.20 32.86 33.48 34.75 38.85 43.16 41.87 40.27 43.23 Eastern Europe (2) NA 3.12 3.34 3.27 #3.18 3.56 4.11 4.88 5.61 6.31 6.90 8.57 10.45 9.29 9.43 10.34 East Asia ex-Japan NA 8.65 7.19 8.04 8.77 8.57 8.99 9.61 10.35 11.47 12.68 14.02 13.80 12.50 14.14 15.69 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. (1) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf (2) 1997-1999 data exclude Estonia Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. For complete definitions, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012