Table 15. Total labor compensation in manufacturing, 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 5.7 NA NA 3.1 NA 2.2 NA 1.5 3.1 0.5 0.9 NA 3.5 2.3 NA NA 1.9 NA 2.6 1951 6.7 NA NA 3.6 NA 2.5 NA 2.0 3.9 0.6 1.3 NA 3.9 2.7 NA NA 2.3 NA 2.9 1952 7.3 NA NA 4.0 NA 2.6 NA 2.3 4.3 0.6 1.5 NA 4.1 3.0 NA NA 2.7 NA 3.2 1953 8.0 NA NA 4.4 NA 2.7 NA 2.4 4.7 0.7 1.7 NA 4.3 3.2 NA NA 2.7 NA 3.4 1954 7.7 NA NA 4.3 NA 3.0 NA 2.6 5.3 0.7 1.9 NA 4.9 3.4 NA NA 2.9 NA 3.7 1955 8.4 NA NA 4.6 NA 3.1 NA 2.8 6.2 0.8 2.1 NA 5.5 3.7 NA NA 3.2 NA 4.1 1956 9.1 NA NA 5.1 NA 3.3 NA 3.2 7.0 0.9 2.5 NA 6.2 4.0 NA NA 3.4 NA 4.4 1957 9.5 NA NA 5.4 NA 3.5 NA 3.6 7.6 1.0 2.7 NA 7.0 4.2 NA NA 3.7 NA 4.7 1958 9.1 NA NA 5.3 NA 3.7 NA 4.1 8.2 1.0 2.9 NA 7.1 4.3 NA NA 3.8 NA 4.8 1959 10.1 NA NA 5.7 NA 4.2 NA 4.4 8.9 1.1 3.3 NA 7.4 4.6 NA NA 4.0 NA 5.1 1960 10.5 NA 8.0 5.8 NA 4.7 2.1 4.8 10.4 1.3 3.9 NA 8.4 4.9 NA NA 4.5 NA 5.5 1961 10.5 NA 8.7 5.9 NA 5.3 2.4 5.3 11.8 1.4 4.8 NA 9.4 5.4 NA NA 5.0 NA 5.9 1962 11.3 NA 9.6 6.4 NA 6.0 2.7 5.9 13.1 1.7 5.7 NA 10.1 6.0 NA NA 5.6 NA 6.1 1963 11.8 NA 10.7 6.8 NA 6.4 2.9 6.7 13.7 2.0 6.5 NA 11.2 6.4 NA NA 6.2 NA 6.3 1964 12.6 NA 12.4 7.5 NA 7.2 3.3 7.4 14.8 2.2 7.5 NA 13.0 6.9 NA NA 6.7 NA 6.8 1965 13.6 NA 13.5 8.3 NA 8.1 3.6 8.0 16.5 2.2 8.4 NA 14.6 7.6 NA NA 7.4 NA 7.5 1966 15.1 NA 14.8 9.3 NA 8.9 4.0 8.5 17.5 2.4 9.6 NA 16.2 8.5 NA NA 8.0 NA 8.0 1967 15.8 NA 15.5 9.9 NA 9.4 4.3 9.2 17.0 2.7 11.4 NA 17.3 9.4 NA NA 8.5 NA 7.9 1968 17.3 NA 16.3 10.6 NA 10.2 4.7 10.1 18.6 3.0 13.7 NA 18.8 10.0 NA NA 8.9 NA 8.5 1969 18.8 NA 18.2 11.6 NA 11.5 5.4 11.4 21.3 3.3 16.5 NA 21.3 10.9 NA NA 9.6 NA 9.4 1970 18.9 NA 20.7 12.2 NA 12.8 6.5 12.9 25.4 4.1 19.9 0.2 23.7 12.2 NA NA 10.7 2.2 10.6 1971 19.3 NA 23.5 13.0 NA 14.1 7.6 14.5 27.7 4.7 22.8 0.3 26.3 13.9 NA NA 11.7 2.9 11.4 1972 21.3 NA 26.8 14.4 NA 15.7 9.1 16.0 29.7 5.1 26.1 0.4 28.8 15.5 NA NA 12.5 3.5 12.7 1973 24.0 NA 31.2 16.2 NA 18.5 11.1 18.6 33.6 6.2 32.9 0.5 33.4 17.4 NA NA 14.0 4.8 14.8 1974 26.1 NA 38.0 19.0 NA 22.0 14.0 22.0 36.5 8.1 41.0 0.8 38.8 20.4 NA NA 16.7 6.8 17.2 1975 26.3 NA 40.8 21.0 NA 23.4 16.9 25.5 36.9 9.9 44.1 1.0 39.9 24.0 NA NA 20.2 7.2 21.8 1976 29.9 NA 46.2 24.1 NA 26.4 19.7 29.0 39.9 12.4 48.6 1.6 43.5 27.0 10.6 NA 23.3 9.2 24.7 1977 33.9 NA 47.7 26.2 NA 28.7 20.9 32.6 43.1 14.9 53.2 2.1 44.8 29.7 11.9 NA 24.5 10.8 28.2 1978 38.2 NA 48.9 29.2 NA 31.0 21.9 35.9 45.6 17.0 56.1 3.0 46.8 31.1 14.0 NA 25.7 13.1 32.6 1979 42.7 NA 50.6 33.1 NA 34.8 25.4 40.2 49.3 20.7 60.0 4.1 49.6 31.7 16.9 19.0 27.4 16.0 38.4 1980 45.7 NA 54.3 36.3 NA 37.8 30.0 45.5 53.3 24.6 65.0 5.1 51.1 34.6 20.4 21.1 30.1 20.4 42.8 1981 49.9 NA 54.5 40.7 NA 40.0 34.5 50.4 55.0 28.7 69.9 6.4 51.7 37.9 23.7 23.0 32.3 25.4 44.3 1982 50.1 NA 56.6 41.5 NA 43.8 37.1 56.3 56.3 32.9 72.7 7.2 53.5 40.3 26.4 25.1 33.5 27.7 46.2 1983 52.0 NA 59.3 43.8 NA 47.9 39.9 61.1 57.0 37.1 75.9 8.9 54.6 41.7 29.2 27.6 36.7 30.3 46.9 1984 57.3 NA 63.3 47.5 NA 53.4 43.7 64.9 59.4 40.8 80.6 10.8 56.4 45.0 32.6 29.5 40.8 36.2 50.0 1985 60.0 NA 66.6 50.9 NA 58.4 47.8 67.8 62.5 45.2 84.0 11.5 59.1 49.3 32.6 31.4 45.3 38.9 54.4 1986 61.8 NA 67.9 53.6 NA 63.4 50.2 69.8 65.6 48.5 86.9 13.8 61.4 54.0 30.4 35.5 48.8 46.5 57.8 1987 64.0 NA 68.9 57.0 NA 66.7 53.3 71.8 68.4 52.0 88.9 17.1 64.0 59.7 33.6 39.8 52.2 52.6 64.2 1988 68.3 NA 71.1 62.4 NA 67.7 57.3 74.1 70.8 57.2 93.9 22.4 64.5 61.0 40.7 42.9 56.5 56.1 69.8 1989 70.8 NA 76.0 65.8 NA 70.2 62.9 77.8 74.5 63.5 100.5 24.7 65.4 59.7 47.9 47.7 61.3 60.5 74.9 1990 72.4 67.6 81.3 66.4 NA 73.6 67.9 82.0 80.7 69.4 107.7 28.9 70.0 61.0 55.1 54.7 66.2 64.3 81.1 1991 73.4 68.0 85.4 65.3 NA 75.1 63.9 84.6 86.5 75.0 114.9 35.4 73.8 62.7 61.3 59.6 67.1 69.4 82.7 1992 76.5 69.1 86.5 66.1 NA 76.4 59.8 86.3 90.7 76.4 115.6 39.9 77.4 63.9 67.2 64.8 64.2 74.6 77.9 1993 79.3 71.5 85.8 67.5 NA 75.7 58.8 85.4 87.6 76.9 112.5 45.0 77.8 66.1 72.0 66.9 59.4 78.7 79.3 1994 83.2 74.1 85.8 70.8 NA 77.2 63.7 85.9 87.9 79.4 111.2 52.9 78.4 69.8 79.1 68.4 63.9 84.2 82.9 1995 85.1 79.7 86.8 74.9 54.0 82.6 71.2 88.3 90.5 83.8 112.4 64.6 79.9 74.3 85.5 71.6 71.8 89.5 86.8 1996 86.3 83.4 87.5 77.4 65.1 84.7 73.7 89.4 90.2 87.7 112.6 72.9 80.8 78.1 90.2 76.1 77.6 93.3 88.0 1997 90.0 85.3 89.4 80.6 73.0 87.8 78.1 91.5 90.4 91.4 115.2 74.2 83.5 84.9 95.2 82.1 80.9 97.8 91.6 1998 95.4 87.7 91.2 85.0 78.2 91.2 84.4 91.9 92.7 92.1 110.7 67.0 87.4 91.9 92.9 86.2 86.1 99.4 97.7 1999 98.9 89.3 93.4 90.2 78.9 92.6 88.2 94.0 94.0 93.1 107.3 73.6 89.9 93.9 87.0 89.4 89.0 102.7 99.7 2000 105.1 91.9 95.6 96.7 85.9 94.6 93.8 96.7 98.4 94.9 106.6 84.2 93.7 95.2 96.3 93.8 93.8 106.7 100.5 2001 102.0 94.5 99.7 97.5 94.4 99.4 100.7 98.4 100.7 97.2 104.3 90.9 97.4 97.4 97.8 98.2 98.9 100.6 99.8 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 102.7 103.7 99.2 102.9 105.1 99.7 99.6 100.2 99.3 103.2 97.2 104.1 100.6 98.7 99.9 103.6 101.5 105.9 99.6 2004 103.0 108.1 100.5 107.7 115.3 99.4 101.6 101.5 99.8 106.2 95.9 119.0 101.9 101.5 104.2 105.4 103.0 114.8 100.0 2005 105.2 112.8 100.7 110.5 122.0 102.4 105.5 102.9 98.6 107.4 93.2 131.6 100.7 108.4 110.9 109.4 104.8 121.3 100.7 2006 108.1 117.7 103.5 111.7 131.0 105.7 110.4 104.0 101.6 111.4 93.9 139.9 103.2 122.3 118.8 113.9 106.3 129.2 104.1 2007 109.8 124.3 107.6 111.9 141.9 112.6 114.9 105.6 103.7 116.4 93.7 149.1 106.9 131.1 129.9 119.0 113.9 132.3 104.8 2008 109.9 128.6 109.8 108.9 151.8 116.5 117.8 107.7 107.6 119.6 93.8 153.5 111.3 139.3 138.9 123.1 117.5 134.7 104.1 2009 99.5 128.0 103.5 98.0 133.1 106.4 107.2 104.0 101.7 110.0 82.6 157.4 110.2 133.7 132.8 108.6 107.8 117.7 98.2 2010 100.6 129.0 104.4 97.1 138.2 102.2 105.8 103.5 103.5 110.4 84.2 179.4 109.7 134.0 140.7 103.7 106.5 133.6 102.6 2011 105.6 130.2 106.8 99.8 140.4 103.6 110.8 105.0 109.5 113.9 85.2 180.5 111.4 139.1 147.5 102.4 112.4 142.7 102.4 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.