Table 7. ALL EMPLOYEES: Indexes of hourly compensation costs (United States = 100)
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Table 7. ALL EMPLOYEES: Indexes of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, 32
countries or areas and selected economic groups, selected years, 1996-2006
Country or area 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006
Americas
UNITED STATES............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
ARGENTINA................. 33 34 33 11 15 18 22
BRAZIL.................... 32 29 17 11 13 17 20
CANADA.................... 85 78 75 69 83 89 98
MEXICO.................... 10 10 12 13 12 12 13
Asia and Oceania
AUSTRALIA................. 89 77 69 66 95 98 102
ISRAEL.................... 51 53 52 46 46 46 49
JAPAN..................... 109 90 103 81 89 86 82
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF........ 42 28 38 37 43 49 57
NEW ZEALAND............... 57 45 38 37 52 56 54
PHILIPPINES............... 6 4 4 4 4 4 5
SINGAPORE................. 53 49 47 44 45 44 46
TAIWAN.................... 31 27 30 25 25 26 27
Europe
AUSTRIA................... 135 114 93 92 118 119 124
BELGIUM................... 124 107 90 91 116 118 123
CZECH REPUBLIC............ 15 15 14 17 22 24 -
DENMARK................... - 107 92 95 122 124 129
FINLAND................... 112 94 81 84 111 112 119
FRANCE.................... 126 109 88 85 109 110 114
GERMANY................... - 125 108 107 137 135 139
HUNGARY................... 15 15 14 19 26 27 28
IRELAND................... 75 70 62 68 97 99 105
ITALY..................... 95 84 67 68 93 93 97
NETHERLANDS............... - 103 85 89 118 117 119
NORWAY.................... - 116 102 116 142 149 156
POLAND.................... - 15 14 15 17 19 21
PORTUGAL.................. 30 28 23 23 30 30 32
SLOVAKIA.................. - 13 11 12 18 20 22
SPAIN..................... 70 61 51 52 70 70 74
SWEDEN.................... 116 103 89 85 112 110 116
SWITZERLAND............... 147 122 99 102 122 120 121
UNITED KINGDOM............ 77 90 87 86 106 108 114
Trade-weighted measures
All 31 Foreign Economies
(1,2)................... 70 68 65 60 73 75 78
OECD (3).................. 75 72 69 65 79 81 85
Europe.................... 99 100 86 87 112 112 116
Euro Area (4)............. 104 103 87 88 114 114 118
Asian NIEs (5)............ 41 32 37 35 37 40 44
Dash 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 earlier in this release; 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, 2001.
(5) The Asian NIEs are Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2008.
Last Modified Date: January 25, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
