Table 1.4 Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, national currency, 1996-2011 Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 United States 22.47 23.04 23.49 24.02 24.96 26.22 27.36 28.57 29.31 30.14 30.48 32.07 32.78 34.19 34.81 35.53 Argentina 7.43 7.55 8.00 8.08 8.16 8.26 9.21 10.59 13.19 15.99 20.26 24.89 31.57 37.95 49.79 65.41 Australia 24.49 25.45 27.26 28.10 28.29 29.06 32.05 34.72 36.33 37.44 38.72 39.77 42.06 42.15 43.12 44.80 Austria 297.75 304.01 311.94 #23.33 23.80 24.24 24.74 25.07 25.07 26.00 26.77 27.81 29.10 30.58 30.15 30.98 Belgium 1012.99 1035.53 1063.88 #26.98 28.31 28.80 29.36 30.93 32.12 32.94 33.82 34.62 36.59 37.51 38.25 39.31 Brazil 7.14 7.62 7.83 7.66 7.96 8.54 9.01 9.93 11.18 12.22 13.02 13.83 15.47 16.24 17.74 19.48 Canada 25.40 25.61 26.30 26.51 27.23 27.58 28.35 29.53 30.81 31.82 32.41 33.57 34.18 33.77 35.63 36.15 Czech Republic 91.83 102.87 114.46 120.86 131.15 142.51 150.89 159.34 168.89 174.93 184.33 199.18 208.75 217.78 221.67 232.43 Denmark NA 156.67 162.00 174.35 179.76 191.68 200.70 208.52 213.67 222.12 227.17 241.77 252.90 260.36 269.68 276.61 Estonia NA NA NA NA 43.33 46.75 51.61 56.90 61.20 69.51 82.07 99.77 112.91 110.64 111.20 #7.46 Finland 114.88 116.07 116.53 #20.73 21.52 22.83 23.93 24.84 26.10 27.02 28.04 28.57 29.78 31.20 30.99 31.69 France 142.32 145.17 147.33 #22.79 23.15 23.80 24.47 25.14 25.84 26.24 26.94 27.68 28.36 28.97 29.50 30.23 Germany 49.99 50.59 50.89 #25.88 27.53 28.28 29.23 30.03 30.33 30.55 31.34 31.72 32.28 32.84 33.05 34.01 Greece 3035.82 3169.63 3313.04 3467.14 3633.20 #10.08 11.78 12.12 12.78 12.25 13.22 14.41 15.71 16.31 16.86 15.63 Hungary 475.33 570.26 661.48 732.37 834.65 965.19 1079.06 1163.88 1250.99 1339.23 1441.81 1590.78 1682.02 1744.66 1745.28 1843.11 Ireland 10.54 10.99 11.69 #15.85 17.07 19.00 19.97 20.88 21.85 23.01 24.21 25.82 27.53 28.75 28.88 28.59 Israel 36.77 42.35 46.87 49.80 52.78 57.81 59.01 60.03 60.65 62.24 63.10 64.88 69.08 71.55 73.24 76.63 Italy 32395.51 33665.92 33350.10 #17.58 18.03 18.81 19.69 20.69 21.80 22.26 22.70 23.20 23.84 24.63 25.33 25.96 Japan 2574.31 2661.95 2696.63 2682.89 2697.41 2727.04 2690.19 2714.45 2732.94 2780.60 2794.96 2793.10 2840.73 2812.92 2787.43 2846.02 Korea, Republic of 7682.03 8786.38 9269.48 10221.16 10879.69 11622.44 12811.76 13501.28 14468.53 15182.83 16573.22 18054.50 18509.06 19192.54 20492.46 20933.61 Mexico 23.14 27.49 32.71 38.40 44.41 50.53 54.03 57.29 59.34 61.15 64.09 67.43 72.13 76.93 77.52 80.57 Netherlands NA 43.83 46.13 #21.85 22.79 24.11 25.10 26.20 26.54 26.74 27.36 27.94 29.26 29.70 29.82 30.34 New Zealand 17.61 18.20 18.70 19.17 19.70 20.30 21.03 21.67 22.24 23.07 24.26 25.58 26.78 27.48 28.29 29.52 Norway NA 183.06 196.93 207.43 215.94 228.07 241.77 252.05 265.18 270.22 284.37 303.20 320.24 332.75 345.33 359.40 Philippines 35.50 37.77 40.17 41.61 44.39 49.72 52.65 55.60 61.39 65.99 69.12 73.62 77.66 80.99 84.61 87.08 Poland NA 10.33 12.04 13.50 14.81 16.00 16.59 17.07 17.52 18.11 19.17 21.12 23.12 24.09 25.04 26.17 Portugal 1098.39 1132.22 1202.46 #6.20 6.42 6.76 7.09 7.23 7.42 7.65 7.92 8.17 8.55 8.83 8.96 9.27 Singapore 16.82 18.05 19.18 18.67 20.21 21.88 21.74 22.21 22.31 22.04 21.87 23.67 26.69 25.51 26.03 28.40 Slovakia 83.79 95.49 101.79 107.19 119.47 129.95 146.96 161.13 167.84 180.64 194.78 210.61 229.07 #8.07 8.08 8.45 Spain 1960.69 2044.36 2113.50 #13.06 13.44 13.95 14.65 15.39 15.94 16.66 17.35 18.08 18.84 19.99 20.11 20.41 Sweden 182.14 191.25 200.38 205.39 214.62 226.59 238.98 250.52 255.11 264.37 269.46 287.81 292.67 313.19 313.33 318.69 Switzerland 43.91 44.16 44.94 44.53 45.51 47.45 48.41 49.48 48.98 49.97 51.26 52.23 53.25 54.89 53.31 53.53 Taiwan 195.08 202.70 212.52 219.54 228.22 242.08 236.02 239.68 242.96 254.79 261.76 268.73 273.70 256.59 263.54 274.45 United Kingdom 11.39 11.78 12.48 13.22 13.64 14.40 14.71 15.30 15.55 16.33 16.94 17.60 18.44 18.82 18.84 19.18 'NA' 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. Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. For complete definitions, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012