Table 5.2 Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes 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 4.74 4.85 4.87 4.88 5.10 5.54 5.82 6.29 6.53 6.74 6.86 7.71 7.69 8.23 8.55 8.65 Argentina 1.48 1.42 1.49 1.41 1.38 1.35 0.52 0.64 0.79 0.96 1.16 1.40 1.75 1.78 2.23 2.77 Australia 3.40 3.46 3.17 3.42 3.08 2.92 3.61 4.79 5.74 6.08 6.07 6.86 7.39 6.78 7.93 9.25 Austria 7.59 6.73 6.82 6.72 5.91 5.64 6.02 7.22 7.84 8.17 8.54 9.71 10.99 10.93 10.26 11.07 Belgium 10.13 8.97 9.10 8.91 8.49 7.94 8.52 10.67 12.13 12.63 13.29 15.03 17.31 16.77 16.32 17.64 Brazil 2.41 2.37 2.29 1.38 1.41 1.19 1.00 1.06 1.22 1.64 1.94 2.28 2.74 2.61 3.22 3.72 Canada 2.91 2.84 2.63 2.63 2.66 2.73 3.01 3.69 4.29 4.84 5.48 5.88 6.14 6.06 7.11 7.49 Czech Republic 0.88 0.85 0.93 0.92 0.92 1.02 1.26 1.55 1.81 1.94 2.18 2.63 3.25 3.12 3.17 3.59 Denmark NA 0.75 0.77 1.39 1.17 1.64 2.17 2.96 3.47 3.88 3.84 4.60 5.07 4.76 4.62 4.97 Estonia NA NA NA NA 0.65 0.67 0.80 1.06 1.25 1.42 1.72 2.28 2.75 2.51 2.44 2.69 Finland 5.80 5.06 4.35 4.74 4.15 4.30 4.88 5.97 6.93 7.20 7.72 8.56 9.78 9.45 8.57 9.20 France 8.40 7.53 7.59 7.40 6.54 6.56 7.17 8.88 10.10 10.14 10.39 11.51 12.50 12.09 11.71 12.61 Germany 7.85 6.84 6.69 6.22 5.79 5.72 6.27 7.72 8.73 8.51 9.03 9.39 10.16 9.94 9.59 10.24 Greece 2.95 2.70 2.59 2.59 2.26 2.03 2.47 3.01 3.45 3.37 3.72 4.50 5.35 5.25 5.16 5.03 Hungary 1.06 1.01 0.99 0.97 0.90 1.01 1.23 1.49 1.74 1.87 1.84 2.33 2.63 2.23 2.00 2.16 Ireland 2.26 2.18 2.14 2.14 1.96 2.22 2.43 3.19 3.79 4.16 4.58 5.51 6.52 6.44 6.15 6.39 Israel 1.91 2.06 2.10 1.93 2.08 2.29 2.13 2.22 2.22 2.26 2.20 2.26 3.01 2.98 3.06 3.49 Italy 7.05 6.63 5.99 5.84 5.26 5.31 5.80 7.30 8.45 8.52 8.51 9.35 10.16 9.93 9.72 10.47 Japan 3.58 3.42 3.29 3.85 4.16 3.81 3.69 4.08 4.45 4.50 4.30 4.26 4.94 5.42 5.75 6.46 Korea, Republic of 1.67 2.14 1.76 2.54 2.61 2.35 2.47 2.46 2.47 2.57 3.08 3.60 3.21 2.95 3.48 3.70 Mexico 1.06 1.19 1.21 1.32 1.54 1.81 1.82 1.70 1.65 1.72 1.82 1.89 2.01 1.77 1.84 1.95 Netherlands NA 5.16 5.20 5.06 4.44 4.72 5.20 6.71 7.40 7.30 7.34 7.99 9.17 8.81 8.39 8.97 New Zealand 0.44 0.42 0.34 0.33 0.28 0.26 0.29 0.38 0.47 0.53 0.52 0.65 0.64 0.65 0.76 0.99 Norway NA 3.89 3.93 4.00 3.69 4.00 4.99 6.12 7.04 7.43 7.77 8.96 9.72 9.05 9.77 10.98 Philippines 0.13 0.13 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.16 0.17 Poland NA 0.95 1.05 0.50 0.52 0.60 0.63 0.69 0.76 0.86 0.92 1.11 1.35 1.09 1.17 1.25 Portugal 1.52 1.35 1.37 1.33 1.17 1.20 1.34 1.64 1.86 1.91 1.98 2.22 2.48 2.42 2.34 2.54 Singapore 2.65 2.65 2.36 1.63 1.81 1.97 1.95 2.04 2.00 1.89 2.00 2.34 2.92 2.82 3.08 3.64 Slovakia 0.85 0.88 0.88 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.94 1.30 1.43 1.58 1.81 2.36 3.00 3.22 2.94 3.19 Spain 3.93 3.53 3.57 3.50 3.11 3.13 3.49 4.42 5.07 5.32 5.63 6.48 7.12 7.40 6.96 7.22 Sweden 8.23 7.66 7.75 7.73 7.38 7.01 7.88 10.23 11.49 11.75 11.82 14.37 14.34 13.58 14.36 16.18 Switzerland 5.46 4.68 4.76 4.55 4.14 4.35 4.84 5.71 6.09 6.20 6.34 6.73 7.61 7.77 7.82 9.25 Taiwan 0.98 0.95 0.85 0.93 1.04 1.00 0.90 0.86 0.89 1.03 1.09 1.16 1.28 1.16 1.24 1.35 United Kingdom 3.24 3.38 3.51 3.83 3.58 3.42 3.41 3.63 4.07 4.28 4.55 5.18 5.08 4.37 4.32 4.73 Trade-Weighted Measures (1) All Foreign Countries (2) NA 3.24 3.13 3.17 #3.12 3.13 3.32 3.88 4.33 4.53 4.80 5.21 5.63 5.49 5.77 6.24 OECD (2) NA 3.40 3.30 3.38 #3.32 3.33 3.56 4.18 4.66 4.87 5.16 5.58 6.02 5.87 6.16 6.63 Europe (2) NA 5.48 5.44 5.31 #4.86 4.85 5.27 6.48 7.32 7.41 7.72 8.51 9.31 8.98 8.75 9.46 Euro Area (2) NA 6.20 6.10 5.87 #5.35 5.34 5.83 7.28 8.26 8.30 8.65 9.46 10.50 10.24 9.87 10.57 Eastern Europe (2) NA 0.93 0.99 0.76 #0.74 0.82 0.97 1.17 1.34 1.47 1.58 1.96 2.36 2.14 2.10 2.31 East Asia ex-Japan NA 1.75 1.51 1.69 1.79 1.71 1.72 1.73 1.73 1.79 2.05 2.36 2.36 2.20 2.50 2.74 '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