-15- Table 8. All Employees: Hourly direct pay in national currency in manufacturing, 32 countries or areas, 1996-2007 Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Americas United States............. 17.51 17.97 18.40 18.91 19.67 20.50 21.35 22.05 22.57 23.17 23.32 24.03 Argentina................. 5.86 6.03 6.40 6.58 6.69 6.81 7.54 8.69 10.78 13.07 16.58 20.35 Brazil.................... 4.73 5.04 5.13 5.12 5.33 5.71 6.06 6.66 7.58 8.21 8.81 9.38 Canada.................... 21.63 21.88 22.58 22.79 23.45 23.77 24.28 24.70 25.45 26.11 26.69 27.54 Mexico.................... 12.57 14.02 15.36 17.43 19.57 21.74 23.96 26.24 27.46 28.57 29.88 31.47 Asia and Oceania Australia................. 20.87 21.55 23.02 23.63 23.83 24.43 26.35 28.29 29.37 30.46 32.00 32.77 Israel.................... 30.76 35.37 39.21 41.96 44.44 48.64 49.37 50.36 51.44 52.82 54.17 56.08 Japan..................... 2209 2277 2293 2273 2277 2291 2256 2270 2280 2312 2324 2317 Korea, Republic of........ 6085 6483 6538 6931 7625 8225 9300 10098 11090 12103 13024 14028 New Zealand............... 17.11 17.73 18.23 18.66 19.32 20.07 20.78 21.32 21.80 22.55 23.66 24.87 Philippines............... 28.28 29.99 31.91 32.65 34.33 37.78 40.37 42.71 46.86 50.46 53.60 54.69 Singapore................. 13.16 14.23 15.42 16.05 17.16 18.59 18.28 18.83 19.05 19.05 18.75 19.93 Taiwan.................... 168.6 175.9 184.6 190.3 196.7 209.3 205.6 210.2 213.0 221.1 225.8 229.5 Europe Austria................... 242.9 247.1 253.6 #18.98 19.44 20.20 20.78 21.21 21.43 22.18 22.77 23.54 Belgium................... 595.7 609.9 626.5 #15.86 16.35 16.98 17.63 17.99 18.50 18.96 19.44 19.83 Czech Republic............ 68.62 75.81 84.26 88.81 95.58 103.5 109.3 115.3 122.0 128.0 134.7 145.4 Denmark................... .. 158.5 164.3 174.0 180.8 188.5 195.1 201.9 202.0 209.2 215.5 226.7 Finland................... 88.65 90.19 93.58 #16.31 17.05 18.06 18.80 19.60 20.56 21.36 22.04 22.84 France.................... 100.5 102.2 103.6 #16.00 16.25 16.50 16.76 17.00 17.24 17.62 18.21 18.71 Germany................... .. .. 44.70 #23.09 24.45 25.17 26.02 26.84 27.13 27.83 29.03 30.42 Hungary................... 372.1 451.4 521.1 598.9 697.8 814.2 920.9 1004 1093 1171 1286 1411 Ireland................... 9.01 9.47 10.14 #13.84 15.01 16.57 17.44 18.03 18.73 19.77 20.88 22.25 Italy..................... 21904 22357 22922 #12.08 12.32 12.79 13.52 14.21 14.99 15.40 15.91 16.35 Netherlands............... .. 35.02 36.58 #17.27 17.91 19.21 19.98 20.83 21.27 21.68 21.93 22.34 Norway.................... .. 164.1 176.8 187.3 195.1 203.8 214.3 221.2 230.9 234.8 247.1 263.3 Poland.................... .. 7.26 8.35 11.39 12.31 13.27 13.72 14.12 14.58 15.22 16.16 17.85 Portugal.................. 711.0 766.3 824.2 #4.37 4.71 5.05 5.38 5.52 5.79 6.01 6.00 6.04 Slovakia.................. .. 66.46 71.76 76.67 85.22 94.28 105.3 114.0 122.5 132.1 141.8 153.0 Spain..................... 1449 1513 1562 #9.67 9.96 10.38 10.91 11.43 11.89 12.31 12.82 13.27 Sweden.................... 120.1 123.7 130.5 132.2 137.3 145.1 151.0 156.9 160.8 164.0 169.3 175.4 Switzerland............... 33.81 33.89 34.16 34.24 34.68 35.61 36.25 36.70 36.94 37.43 37.85 38.40 United Kingdom............ 9.10 9.50 10.11 10.53 10.88 11.61 11.97 12.62 12.90 13.51 13.86 14.41 '..' means data not available. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.