-8- Table 1. All Employees: Indexes of hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars in manufacturing, 32 countries or areas and selected economic groups, 1996-2007 (Index, U.S. = 100) Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Americas United States............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Argentina................. 33 33 34 34 33 31 11 13 15 18 22 26 Brazil.................... 32 31 29 18 17 14 11 11 13 17 20 23 Canada.................... 86 83 78 77 76 71 70 77 84 90 98 104 Mexico.................... 10 11 10 11 12 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 Asia and Oceania Australia................. 90 87 77 80 70 61 66 82 95 99 102 114 Israel.................... 51 53 53 50 52 53 46 46 47 47 48 52 Japan..................... 108 98 90 101 103 88 81 84 88 86 81 78 Korea, Republic of........ 41 39 28 35 38 33 36 38 42 48 55 60 New Zealand............... 57 55 45 44 38 34 37 46 52 56 54 63 Philippines............... 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 Singapore................. 54 53 50 47 47 47 45 45 45 44 46 50 Taiwan.................... 31 31 27 29 30 28 25 25 25 26 27 27 Europe Austria................... 142 122 121 117 100 94 98 114 123 124 128 141 Belgium................... 124 107 107 102 89 84 88 103 114 113 116 127 Czech Republic............ 15 14 15 15 14 14 17 20 23 24 27 32 Denmark................... .. 112 113 114 98 96 101 121 130 132 137 156 Finland................... 114 99 97 94 81 79 83 100 112 113 118 130 France.................... 127 111 109 104 88 83 85 100 109 108 112 123 Germany................... .. .. 144 136 119 112 117 138 152 147 154 166 Hungary................... 17 16 15 16 14 16 19 22 26 27 28 34 Ireland................... 79 76 75 74 66 68 73 87 98 99 103 117 Italy..................... 94 87 83 79 67 64 68 83 93 93 96 105 Netherlands............... .. 103 103 100 85 85 89 107 118 117 118 129 Norway.................... .. 123 121 121 106 104 120 135 145 150 157 180 Poland.................... .. 14 15 15 14 15 15 16 17 19 21 25 Portugal.................. 26 24 25 25 22 22 24 28 31 31 31 34 Slovakia.................. .. 13 13 11 11 10 12 16 18 20 22 28 Spain..................... 69 61 60 58 50 48 51 62 69 69 72 80 Sweden.................... 116 103 103 98 89 80 85 102 113 110 114 127 Switzerland............... 149 124 123 116 100 98 104 116 123 121 121 125 United Kingdom............ 75 81 86 87 82 79 83 92 104 105 108 120 Trade-Weighted Measures (1,2) All 31 Foreign Economies.. .. .. 70 70 66 61 62 69 75 76 79 85 OECD (3).................. .. .. 74 75 70 65 66 74 81 82 85 91 Europe.................... .. .. 105 101 88 85 89 104 115 114 118 129 Euro Area (4)............. .. .. 110 105 91 87 91 108 119 117 122 133 Eastern Europe (6)........ .. .. 15 14 13 14 16 18 21 23 24 29 East Asia ex-Japan (5).... .. .. 30 33 34 32 32 33 34 37 40 43 '..' means data not available. (1) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the Technical Notes preceding these tables. (2) The trade-weighted measures for all employees in this table are not directly comparable with those for production workers; the country coverage of the two series differs slightly. (3) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (4) Euro Area refers to European Union member countries in this release that have adopted the Euro as the common currency as of January 1, 2009. (5) East Asia ex-Japan includes the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan. (6) Eastern Europe refers to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.