Table 5.3 Production Workers: Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes in manufacturing, national currency, 1975-2009 Country or Area 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 United States 1.01 1.13 1.29 1.44 1.61 1.80 2.02 2.26 2.35 2.41 2.47 2.50 2.59 2.67 2.79 3.03 3.29 3.48 3.60 3.64 3.63 3.71 3.79 3.80 3.80 3.97 4.29 4.50 4.84 5.04 5.21 5.32 5.96 5.94 6.04 Australia 0.53 0.64 0.72 0.78 0.85 0.95 1.15 1.32 1.39 1.51 1.66 1.89 2.05 2.21 2.35 2.50 2.70 2.83 2.96 3.06 3.36 3.62 3.87 4.17 4.38 4.37 4.74 5.51 6.11 6.48 6.68 6.98 7.27 7.85 7.93 Austria 16.63 18.35 20.24 22.20 23.89 26.34 28.99 31.80 34.36 37.19 40.45 42.24 45.03 46.94 48.88 52.12 54.92 58.53 63.66 66.69 69.53 73.34 74.53 76.47 #5.70 5.84 5.75 5.85 5.90 5.88 6.08 6.25 6.48 6.78 7.11 Belgium 53.23 59.35 65.00 68.64 73.63 81.26 90.17 98.75 107.15 115.36 127.90 137.96 149.33 161.02 170.10 180.84 192.64 204.33 221.48 236.38 248.57 259.50 265.60 273.52 #6.90 7.61 7.35 7.57 7.92 8.21 8.21 8.39 8.57 8.92 9.15 Brazil -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.98 2.11 2.19 2.04 2.11 2.31 2.45 2.79 2.97 3.34 3.54 3.75 4.12 4.41 Canada 0.72 0.81 0.90 0.97 1.05 1.12 1.38 1.60 1.77 1.86 1.95 2.02 2.11 2.20 2.29 2.72 3.17 3.55 3.79 3.85 3.99 4.00 3.96 3.88 3.90 3.94 4.21 4.69 5.17 5.57 5.83 6.09 6.28 6.53 6.20 Czech Republic -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13.75 15.16 17.69 20.87 23.27 25.39 26.78 29.76 32.47 34.40 36.63 38.80 38.71 41.24 45.02 46.94 50.32 Denmark 1.29 1.53 1.76 2.11 2.38 2.62 2.85 3.55 4.18 4.83 4.15 3.45 2.79 1.89 2.42 3.07 3.71 4.36 4.59 5.84 6.99 8.35 8.87 9.26 12.44 12.52 15.90 18.35 20.07 20.30 22.32 22.21 23.89 24.29 24.50 Finland 3.52 4.27 4.98 5.26 5.80 6.42 7.15 7.86 8.05 9.06 9.93 10.69 12.07 14.23 15.84 18.11 18.38 18.22 21.81 23.23 23.21 22.51 22.61 19.93 #3.95 4.10 4.34 4.56 4.70 4.93 5.02 5.26 5.37 5.54 5.74 France 5.20 6.21 7.13 8.17 9.32 10.78 12.46 15.10 17.99 19.64 20.49 21.59 22.35 23.76 25.14 26.22 27.87 29.79 29.93 30.08 30.39 30.78 31.69 32.41 #5.07 5.32 5.58 5.80 5.99 6.18 6.56 6.71 6.86 7.07 6.81 Germany 2.46 2.84 3.02 3.26 3.55 3.86 4.11 4.42 4.70 4.88 5.16 5.35 5.66 5.99 6.26 6.80 7.27 7.76 8.26 8.53 8.91 9.20 9.24 9.16 #4.54 4.86 4.92 5.07 5.20 5.31 5.17 5.50 5.25 5.36 5.57 Hong Kong SAR 0.12 0.14 0.16 0.18 0.22 0.25 0.29 0.33 0.38 0.45 0.50 0.57 0.66 0.79 0.94 1.12 1.28 1.44 1.62 1.77 1.90 2.10 2.19 2.18 2.15 2.21 3.84 3.75 3.61 3.66 3.68 3.75 3.80 3.90 3.82 Hungary -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 92.30 109.31 132.26 153.19 173.00 185.07 203.09 229.90 252.38 261.90 274.00 288.21 296.95 331.70 348.96 337.60 Ireland 0.20 0.25 0.26 0.29 0.33 0.43 0.54 0.68 0.77 0.92 1.00 1.07 1.11 1.17 1.20 1.21 1.27 1.30 1.38 1.40 1.42 1.45 1.44 1.46 #1.89 1.93 2.26 2.42 2.66 2.94 3.05 3.17 3.21 3.27 3.41 Israel 0.22 0.29 0.42 0.68 1.27 2.93 7.21 16.24 41.36 206.21 #0.72 1.17 1.53 1.85 2.22 2.61 3.03 3.35 3.74 4.15 4.76 5.33 6.22 7.03 7.01 7.45 8.46 8.89 8.91 8.83 8.97 8.66 8.22 9.56 10.24 Italy 957.78 1157.43 1337.34 1475.46 1744.98 1950.42 2319.32 2804.22 3289.93 3577.22 4084.78 4454.12 4844.17 5275.05 6099.29 6585.30 7082.87 6968.72 7568.10 8141.05 8596.70 9081.49 9694.51 9116.19 #4.82 4.98 5.15 5.36 5.63 5.93 6.10 6.16 6.33 6.54 6.76 Japan 87.33 101.37 118.80 139.02 139.23 139.72 155.56 166.61 172.55 178.60 186.92 194.24 198.58 208.43 226.39 245.51 265.54 284.64 298.03 308.80 322.93 334.56 353.66 368.52 376.37 389.02 396.90 396.45 404.49 412.66 418.50 414.75 415.20 426.92 423.67 Korea, Republic of 15.79 20.47 27.36 37.19 49.12 58.68 69.62 80.01 89.92 98.00 107.50 116.47 135.85 157.02 242.73 330.74 515.01 698.07 837.38 838.10 932.58 1196.89 1796.18 2194.80 2691.47 2625.08 2684.68 2730.47 2586.45 2486.22 2344.88 2592.59 2792.50 2766.40 2802.06 Luxembourg 32.89 39.07 41.77 44.13 45.80 50.32 52.63 56.47 57.67 61.40 65.21 70.06 72.01 77.52 79.90 79.80 81.35 84.12 91.97 100.13 97.67 100.36 102.73 105.13 #2.74 2.85 2.80 2.80 2.79 2.83 2.94 2.96 2.98 3.03 3.06 Mexico 5.92 7.70 9.89 12.18 14.23 17.18 24.44 40.30 66.34 96.17 146.94 243.11 495.18 1002.59 1318.33 1665.58 2095.09 2594.30 #2.93 3.26 3.90 4.52 5.35 6.28 7.22 8.39 9.72 10.09 10.57 10.80 11.01 11.69 12.30 13.04 13.87 Netherlands 3.83 4.29 4.64 5.14 5.51 5.75 5.89 6.12 6.37 6.48 6.77 7.10 7.28 7.42 7.28 7.39 7.64 7.89 8.37 8.75 9.02 9.24 9.35 9.49 #4.30 4.28 4.80 5.01 5.45 5.51 5.62 5.72 5.81 6.29 6.46 New Zealand 0.12 0.13 0.15 0.17 0.20 0.24 0.29 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.39 0.46 0.50 0.54 0.57 0.61 0.63 0.64 0.63 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.60 0.59 0.62 0.63 0.65 0.68 0.65 0.74 Norway 6.47 7.65 8.49 9.32 10.42 11.45 12.75 14.38 14.88 15.93 17.47 19.43 22.51 24.39 24.79 25.95 26.46 26.99 24.92 25.69 26.68 27.92 29.61 30.70 30.98 30.92 34.09 37.09 39.73 43.25 44.09 46.45 49.51 51.73 52.64 Philippines -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.76 1.91 1.90 2.20 2.28 2.48 2.65 2.75 2.88 2.91 3.07 3.13 3.26 3.78 4.03 4.21 4.31 4.60 4.80 Poland -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.85 3.28 1.92 2.08 2.22 2.28 2.34 2.40 2.42 2.50 2.69 2.91 3.01 Portugal 7.89 9.79 12.67 15.16 17.91 23.20 28.25 35.16 44.09 53.62 67.17 79.13 90.18 102.59 115.51 130.86 147.08 164.81 173.25 184.15 185.65 197.89 200.18 208.28 #1.05 1.07 1.11 1.15 1.17 1.20 1.21 1.26 1.29 1.35 1.39 Singapore 0.28 0.30 0.46 0.51 0.64 0.85 1.00 1.13 1.29 1.48 1.53 0.92 0.75 0.89 1.09 1.32 1.48 1.63 1.73 2.01 2.33 2.53 2.56 2.47 1.67 1.86 1.93 1.86 1.92 1.82 1.64 1.89 1.79 1.95 1.88 Spain 43.36 57.10 65.07 77.92 89.76 106.95 130.64 147.18 163.86 177.27 192.23 212.19 228.61 241.52 259.70 286.80 318.46 345.77 378.81 392.52 398.02 421.89 439.18 443.71 #2.78 2.85 2.96 3.12 3.30 3.45 3.61 3.78 3.98 4.06 4.47 Sri Lanka 0.19 0.19 0.27 0.39 0.33 0.34 0.57 0.71 0.83 0.93 1.09 1.16 1.26 1.41 1.59 2.01 2.37 2.51 2.89 3.20 3.50 3.79 3.85 4.31 4.67 5.27 5.75 6.77 7.04 7.52 7.82 8.45 9.62 10.57 -- Sweden 6.96 9.23 11.08 11.96 13.45 14.96 17.02 18.24 20.75 23.08 25.43 27.13 29.76 32.01 35.43 38.22 42.54 46.02 38.71 40.80 46.38 48.00 50.19 51.57 53.23 55.49 57.18 59.73 63.55 65.77 66.77 61.04 71.32 72.37 71.16 Switzerland 2.23 2.32 2.41 2.50 2.59 2.73 2.91 3.09 3.19 3.36 3.59 3.78 3.92 3.99 4.13 4.38 4.78 5.05 5.17 5.26 5.49 5.56 5.57 5.71 5.72 5.60 5.75 5.86 5.84 5.81 5.97 6.09 6.17 6.28 6.13 Taiwan 1.09 1.29 1.51 1.78 2.17 2.76 3.36 3.65 3.90 4.25 4.42 5.14 5.49 5.71 6.50 7.62 8.28 10.59 10.00 12.10 17.24 17.65 23.40 24.36 25.36 27.31 28.23 25.59 24.20 24.35 26.95 28.71 30.91 32.27 30.17 United Kingdom 0.17 0.22 0.28 0.34 0.44 0.56 0.62 0.66 0.69 0.69 0.70 0.78 0.80 0.84 0.90 1.02 1.22 1.17 1.18 1.22 1.14 1.20 1.21 1.27 1.87 1.92 2.00 1.81 1.90 2.75 2.83 2.91 3.04 3.15 3.13 '--' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Note: See note in Table 7.1. for national currency units. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2011