Table 5.1 Indexes of hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis, 1996-2011 (Index, U.S. = 100) Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 United States 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Argentina 31 29 31 29 27 24 9 10 12 14 17 18 23 22 26 32 Australia 72 71 65 70 61 53 62 76 88 90 88 89 96 82 93 107 Austria 160 139 140 138 116 102 103 115 120 121 124 126 143 133 120 128 Belgium 214 185 187 183 167 143 146 170 186 187 194 195 225 204 191 204 Brazil 51 49 47 28 28 21 17 17 19 24 28 30 36 32 38 43 Canada 61 59 54 54 52 49 52 59 66 72 80 76 80 74 83 87 Czech Republic 19 18 19 19 18 18 22 25 28 29 32 34 42 38 37 42 Denmark NA 16 16 28 23 30 37 47 53 58 56 60 66 58 54 57 Estonia NA NA NA NA 13 12 14 17 19 21 25 30 36 30 29 31 Finland 122 104 89 97 81 78 84 95 106 107 112 111 127 115 100 106 France 177 155 156 152 128 118 123 141 155 151 151 149 163 147 137 146 Germany 166 141 137 128 114 103 108 123 134 126 132 122 132 121 112 118 Greece 62 56 53 53 44 37 43 48 53 50 54 58 70 64 60 58 Hungary 22 21 20 20 18 18 21 24 27 28 27 30 34 27 23 25 Ireland 48 45 44 44 39 40 42 51 58 62 67 72 85 78 72 74 Israel 40 42 43 40 41 41 37 35 34 33 32 29 39 36 36 40 Italy 149 137 123 120 103 96 100 116 129 126 124 121 132 121 114 121 Japan 76 71 68 79 82 69 63 65 68 67 63 55 64 66 67 75 Korea, Republic of 35 44 36 52 51 42 42 39 38 38 45 47 42 36 41 43 Mexico 22 24 25 27 30 33 31 27 25 26 27 25 26 22 22 23 Netherlands NA 106 107 104 87 85 89 107 113 108 107 104 119 107 98 104 New Zealand 9 9 7 7 6 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 11 Norway NA 80 81 82 72 72 86 97 108 110 113 116 126 110 114 127 Philippines 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Poland NA 20 22 10 10 11 11 11 12 13 13 14 18 13 14 14 Portugal 32 28 28 27 23 22 23 26 29 28 29 29 32 29 27 29 Singapore 56 55 48 33 36 36 34 32 31 28 29 30 38 34 36 42 Slovakia 18 18 18 16 15 14 16 21 22 24 26 31 39 39 34 37 Spain 83 73 73 72 61 56 60 70 78 79 82 84 93 90 81 83 Sweden 174 158 159 158 145 126 135 163 176 174 172 186 187 165 168 187 Switzerland 115 97 98 93 81 78 83 91 93 92 92 87 99 94 91 107 Taiwan 21 20 17 19 20 18 15 14 14 15 16 15 17 14 15 16 United Kingdom 68 70 72 78 70 62 59 58 62 64 66 67 66 53 51 55 Trade-Weighted Measures (1) All Foreign Countries (2) NA 67 64 #65 61 57 57 62 66 67 70 68 73 67 68 72 OECD (2) NA 70 68 #69 65 60 61 66 71 72 75 72 78 71 72 77 Europe (2) NA 113 112 #109 95 87 91 103 112 110 112 110 121 109 102 109 Euro Area (2) NA 128 125 #120 105 96 100 116 126 123 126 123 137 124 116 122 Eastern Europe (2) NA 19 20 #16 15 15 17 19 21 22 23 25 31 26 25 27 East Asia ex-Japan NA 36 31 35 35 31 30 27 26 27 30 31 31 27 29 32 '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: Employer social insurance expenditures are legally required, private, and contractual social benefit costs, and labor-related taxes minus subsidies. For complete definitions, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012