Table 2.1 Indexes of hourly direct pay in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis, 1996-2011 (Index, U.S. = 100) Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 United States 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Argentina 34 34 35 35 34 33 12 14 16 19 23 27 33 33 40 49 Australia 89 85 75 77 67 59 64 80 92 96 98 109 114 103 121 138 Austria 116 100 99 95 81 78 81 95 102 103 106 117 127 122 113 119 Belgium 127 110 108 104 89 86 89 109 122 121 124 133 146 137 131 138 Brazil 26 26 24 15 15 12 10 10 11 14 17 20 23 21 26 29 Canada 89 86 81 79 79 73 70 78 85 92 98 104 103 91 105 108 Czech Republic 14 13 14 13 12 13 16 18 21 23 25 30 36 32 32 36 Denmark NA 126 126 123 106 103 108 129 141 142 146 163 178 169 165 174 Estonia NA NA NA NA 10 10 11 14 16 18 21 26 31 28 27 29 Finland 108 95 94 91 79 78 82 99 112 113 116 126 136 131 124 130 France 109 95 93 88 75 71 74 88 97 96 99 109 117 109 104 110 Germany 143 123 119 112 99 95 99 118 127 126 128 140 149 138 130 138 Greece 54 49 46 46 39 34 40 48 55 51 55 63 71 67 65 62 Hungary 12 11 11 11 10 11 14 17 19 21 21 26 28 25 24 26 Ireland 82 80 78 77 69 72 76 92 103 105 109 123 136 129 122 124 Israel 54 56 55 53 55 55 48 49 50 50 51 56 65 59 63 67 Italy 79 72 71 67 57 56 59 72 82 82 85 92 99 94 91 96 Japan 113 102 93 103 105 90 83 87 91 89 84 80 90 95 99 109 Korea, Republic of 44 39 26 32 35 32 36 40 45 52 60 65 54 47 54 57 Mexico 11 13 13 14 16 17 18 16 16 17 17 18 18 15 16 17 Netherlands NA 95 97 95 84 82 86 103 112 111 114 124 135 125 119 124 New Zealand 66 64 52 51 44 40 44 55 63 67 64 75 74 65 75 83 Norway NA 121 119 118 105 103 117 132 142 148 155 176 188 169 180 198 Philippines 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 Poland NA 12 13 15 15 16 16 17 18 20 22 27 33 26 27 28 Portugal 32 28 28 28 24 23 25 29 32 33 34 37 40 38 36 39 Singapore 52 52 49 49 50 49 47 48 49 49 50 55 64 57 61 71 Slovakia 11 11 11 10 9 9 11 14 17 18 20 25 31 31 30 32 Spain 65 57 57 54 47 45 48 58 65 66 68 75 82 79 75 79 Sweden 107 95 94 89 81 72 78 93 102 101 105 116 120 105 111 123 Switzerland 170 141 141 131 115 115 122 140 146 145 146 151 166 165 165 190 Taiwan 35 34 29 31 32 30 28 27 28 29 29 29 30 25 27 30 United Kingdom 82 87 92 92 86 84 87 96 107 109 113 123 116 97 94 97 Trade-Weighted Measures (1) All Foreign Countries (2) NA 70 66 66 #63 59 59 66 72 74 76 81 84 77 81 86 OECD (2) NA 73 70 70 #67 63 63 71 77 79 81 87 90 82 86 91 Europe (2) NA 98 98 94 #83 80 84 99 109 109 112 122 129 119 115 121 Euro Area (2) NA 99 97 93 #81 78 82 98 108 108 110 121 130 122 116 122 Eastern Europe (2) NA 12 13 13 #12 13 15 17 19 21 23 27 32 28 28 30 East Asia ex-Japan NA 38 31 33 35 33 34 35 38 41 45 48 46 40 44 48 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. (1) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf (2) 1997-1999 data exclude Estonia Note: Direct pay includes pay for time worked (wages) and directly-paid benefits. For complete definitions, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012