Table 12. Average annual compensation in manufacturing, national currency basis, 19 countries, 1950-2011 (Indexes: 2002 = 100) Year United Australia Belgium Canada Czech Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Japan Korea, Netherlands Norway Singapore Spain Sweden Taiwan United States (1) (1) Republic (1) (1) Republic of (1) (1) Kingdom (1) (1) 1950 6.2 NA NA 4.4 NA 2.0 NA 1.2 3.2 0.7 1.8 NA 3.1 1.9 NA NA 1.6 NA 1.5 1951 6.8 NA NA 4.9 NA 2.2 NA 1.5 3.7 0.8 2.3 NA 3.4 2.2 NA NA 1.8 NA 1.6 1952 7.3 NA NA 5.4 NA 2.4 NA 1.8 4.0 0.8 2.7 NA 3.7 2.5 NA NA 2.1 NA 1.8 1953 7.6 NA NA 5.7 NA 2.5 NA 1.9 4.2 0.9 2.9 NA 3.8 2.6 NA NA 2.2 NA 1.9 1954 7.8 NA NA 5.9 NA 2.6 NA 2.0 4.5 1.0 3.2 NA 4.2 2.8 NA NA 2.3 NA 2.0 1955 8.3 NA NA 6.1 NA 2.7 NA 2.2 5.0 1.0 3.3 NA 4.6 2.9 NA NA 2.4 NA 2.1 1956 8.8 NA NA 6.5 NA 2.9 NA 2.5 5.3 1.1 3.6 NA 5.0 3.2 NA NA 2.6 NA 2.3 1957 9.2 NA NA 6.8 NA 3.1 NA 2.7 5.7 1.1 3.8 NA 5.6 3.3 NA NA 2.8 NA 2.5 1958 9.5 NA NA 7.2 NA 3.2 NA 3.1 6.0 1.2 3.8 NA 5.8 3.5 NA NA 2.9 NA 2.6 1959 10.1 NA NA 7.5 NA 3.3 NA 3.4 6.6 1.2 4.3 NA 6.0 3.7 NA NA 3.0 NA 2.7 1960 10.4 NA 5.1 7.8 NA 3.5 2.3 3.7 7.4 1.4 4.8 NA 6.5 3.9 NA NA 3.2 NA 2.8 1961 10.7 NA 5.4 8.0 NA 3.8 2.4 4.0 8.1 1.5 5.5 NA 7.1 4.2 NA NA 3.5 NA 3.0 1962 11.2 NA 5.8 8.3 NA 4.2 2.7 4.4 9.0 1.7 6.1 NA 7.6 4.6 NA NA 3.9 NA 3.1 1963 11.5 NA 6.4 8.7 NA 4.5 2.9 4.9 9.4 2.0 6.8 NA 8.3 4.9 NA NA 4.3 NA 3.2 1964 12.1 NA 7.2 9.1 NA 4.9 3.3 5.4 10.2 2.2 7.5 NA 9.5 5.3 NA NA 4.6 NA 3.5 1965 12.5 NA 7.9 9.8 NA 5.4 3.6 5.8 11.2 2.3 8.3 NA 10.6 5.7 NA NA 5.1 NA 3.7 1966 13.1 NA 8.6 10.4 NA 6.1 3.9 6.2 12.0 2.4 9.2 NA 11.8 6.3 NA NA 5.6 NA 4.0 1967 13.5 NA 9.3 11.0 NA 6.7 4.2 6.7 12.3 2.7 10.4 NA 13.1 6.9 NA NA 6.1 NA 4.1 1968 14.5 NA 10.0 11.7 NA 7.2 4.7 7.5 13.4 2.9 12.0 NA 14.3 7.5 NA NA 6.4 NA 4.4 1969 15.5 NA 10.8 12.5 NA 8.0 5.0 8.3 14.7 3.2 14.1 NA 16.0 8.0 NA NA 6.9 NA 4.8 1970 16.2 NA 12.0 13.2 NA 8.8 5.7 9.1 17.2 3.8 16.6 NA 17.7 8.9 NA NA 7.5 NA 5.5 1971 17.2 NA 13.6 14.0 NA 10.2 6.4 10.2 18.8 4.2 18.8 NA 19.9 10.0 NA NA 8.5 NA 6.1 1972 18.4 NA 15.8 15.1 NA 11.1 7.5 11.1 20.6 4.6 21.5 NA 22.5 11.1 NA NA 9.2 NA 6.9 1973 19.8 NA 18.3 16.3 NA 12.9 8.8 12.6 23.1 5.5 26.1 NA 26.4 12.4 NA NA 10.2 7.6 8.0 1974 21.6 NA 21.9 18.9 NA 16.0 10.8 14.7 25.7 6.9 32.8 NA 30.6 14.4 NA NA 11.9 10.7 9.3 1975 23.8 NA 25.0 21.5 NA 18.6 13.2 17.5 27.7 8.4 37.4 NA 32.3 17.1 NA NA 14.3 11.7 12.4 1976 26.1 NA 29.5 24.9 NA 21.1 15.5 20.0 30.6 10.5 41.4 NA 36.5 19.3 NA NA 16.6 13.2 14.4 1977 28.5 NA 31.7 27.4 NA 23.3 17.0 22.4 33.0 12.5 45.8 NA 38.0 21.2 NA NA 18.0 14.4 16.4 1978 30.8 NA 33.9 29.7 NA 25.5 18.4 24.9 35.0 14.1 49.0 NA 40.4 22.8 NA NA 19.4 16.1 19.1 1979 33.6 NA 36.1 32.2 NA 28.7 20.6 28.4 37.4 17.0 52.5 NA 43.1 23.5 23.1 18.4 20.6 19.0 22.6 1980 37.3 NA 39.5 35.3 NA 32.1 23.2 32.5 40.1 19.9 55.8 NA 44.8 25.7 25.5 20.9 22.7 23.3 26.5 1981 40.9 NA 42.1 39.8 NA 35.3 26.9 37.2 42.1 23.8 59.4 NA 46.3 28.6 28.2 24.3 25.1 28.5 30.0 1982 44.1 NA 45.0 45.3 NA 39.3 29.5 42.3 44.3 27.8 62.0 NA 49.6 31.6 30.7 27.9 27.1 31.0 33.1 1983 46.6 NA 48.2 48.8 NA 43.1 32.3 46.8 46.4 32.0 63.7 NA 52.6 34.7 34.1 31.2 30.3 32.3 35.1 1984 48.9 NA 52.0 51.8 NA 46.0 35.8 51.4 48.6 36.7 66.2 NA 55.5 37.8 38.8 34.2 33.5 34.8 37.6 1985 51.5 NA 55.6 54.8 NA 48.0 39.6 55.2 50.6 41.4 68.3 13.0 57.4 41.1 41.0 37.5 36.7 36.2 40.8 1986 53.8 NA 57.2 55.8 NA 50.8 43.0 57.9 52.3 44.7 71.0 14.4 59.1 44.8 40.7 41.7 39.5 41.4 44.1 1987 55.6 NA 59.4 57.8 NA 54.9 46.3 61.0 54.5 48.6 73.6 15.9 61.0 49.5 43.4 45.1 42.6 45.4 48.8 1988 58.3 NA 61.5 61.0 NA 57.8 50.4 64.0 56.5 52.7 76.2 19.4 61.5 53.0 47.2 47.7 45.3 48.3 51.7 1989 60.1 NA 64.8 63.5 NA 60.6 55.8 66.9 58.5 57.9 79.9 21.6 61.6 55.9 51.0 51.4 49.9 53.9 54.7 1990 62.3 63.7 68.8 67.1 NA 63.5 61.6 70.2 61.7 62.5 84.2 25.3 64.2 59.2 53.9 57.0 55.8 61.3 61.1 1991 65.5 68.6 73.0 71.5 NA 65.9 63.6 73.7 65.2 67.9 87.7 31.5 66.7 62.9 58.2 62.9 60.3 67.3 68.1 1992 69.5 70.6 75.0 75.4 NA 68.9 65.9 77.8 74.0 71.7 88.1 36.4 71.1 65.3 64.8 70.6 63.4 72.0 68.1 1993 71.9 73.8 77.4 77.4 NA 70.3 68.7 80.8 76.8 74.8 88.6 42.1 73.9 66.5 69.5 77.0 63.4 76.3 71.0 1994 74.5 74.1 80.6 79.5 NA 72.6 73.5 83.5 81.2 78.5 90.5 48.9 77.3 68.7 77.4 80.3 68.5 80.2 72.5 1995 75.1 79.2 82.0 81.5 52.9 75.5 78.3 85.5 85.6 83.2 94.2 59.0 78.7 71.2 83.1 82.7 72.6 86.5 73.4 1996 76.3 83.1 83.8 82.8 60.7 78.3 80.5 87.3 87.7 88.2 95.6 67.6 80.8 73.8 87.1 85.7 78.6 91.9 73.4 1997 78.9 83.7 87.0 84.7 67.1 81.7 82.5 90.3 89.4 92.2 98.1 73.0 82.5 77.0 92.4 88.6 82.0 95.2 76.0 1998 82.8 88.3 88.5 89.1 73.0 85.7 86.6 90.6 91.3 91.4 98.5 76.5 85.8 81.6 92.7 89.4 85.3 96.5 81.8 1999 87.2 92.5 91.8 91.6 77.4 89.1 88.7 93.2 93.0 93.1 98.2 83.0 88.1 86.7 89.3 89.8 88.7 99.0 86.8 2000 93.0 90.7 93.1 94.2 86.0 92.3 92.6 95.4 96.7 95.4 99.4 87.5 91.5 90.7 95.4 91.9 93.0 100.6 90.9 2001 94.6 96.0 96.1 96.7 94.1 96.5 98.6 96.5 98.5 98.0 99.9 89.9 95.3 95.7 95.6 96.8 96.3 99.3 94.8 2002 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2003 107.8 105.8 102.5 102.6 107.8 104.4 102.4 102.3 102.0 102.5 98.8 105.4 104.0 102.9 101.0 104.2 104.4 103.5 105.5 2004 109.6 109.6 105.8 107.5 117.8 108.7 107.2 107.3 104.0 106.4 98.9 119.4 108.2 110.3 102.8 106.3 110.8 108.2 110.7 2005 112.5 116.3 106.9 111.4 121.1 114.2 111.1 111.0 104.6 108.4 96.9 131.5 109.3 116.0 102.9 110.8 114.0 113.4 117.1 2006 116.3 122.8 110.9 117.1 129.5 118.5 115.5 114.4 108.6 111.3 96.2 140.6 112.5 123.5 102.4 117.5 116.8 119.4 123.6 2007 120.1 127.1 116.1 120.5 136.6 123.1 118.8 117.6 109.4 115.5 95.5 148.7 115.9 129.6 102.4 125.9 122.5 120.6 128.5 2008 124.7 129.3 118.6 122.0 144.6 125.1 119.4 121.4 111.2 119.7 97.5 152.3 119.5 135.4 102.8 132.4 126.0 121.8 131.4 2009 127.3 134.3 117.4 120.8 140.2 126.8 117.3 123.2 108.6 115.6 91.8 158.9 121.5 137.0 102.5 135.4 128.1 113.2 133.1 2010 132.4 137.6 122.7 120.0 147.5 131.5 120.4 127.5 112.6 120.3 95.2 174.0 124.7 142.6 115.8 138.5 128.4 123.1 142.6 2011 137.0 143.3 126.2 122.4 148.1 134.7 126.9 130.4 117.0 123.8 97.2 172.4 127.7 148.5 121.1 141.0 134.2 126.3 144.7 NA = Not Available The data relate to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers), except for Belgium and Taiwan, where data relate to employees (wage and salary earners). 1. Compensation adjusted for employment taxes and government subsidies to estimate the actual cost to employers. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012.