Table 3.2 Hourly pay for time worked in manufacturing, U.S. dollars, 1996-2011 Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 United States 15.74 16.22 16.63 17.15 17.77 18.44 19.16 19.77 20.25 20.73 20.91 21.50 22.16 23.04 23.31 23.70 Argentina 5.04 5.19 5.49 5.59 5.71 5.81 2.06 2.51 3.09 3.78 4.55 5.51 6.89 7.02 8.77 10.92 Australia 13.89 13.63 12.32 12.97 11.78 10.66 12.18 15.74 18.52 19.80 20.35 23.36 25.13 23.47 27.97 32.63 Austria 14.65 12.99 13.15 13.00 11.53 11.53 12.47 15.19 16.75 17.33 17.93 20.26 22.67 22.54 21.14 22.82 Belgium 16.10 14.22 14.40 14.13 12.58 12.72 13.71 17.36 19.84 20.15 20.66 22.86 25.68 24.93 24.16 26.07 Brazil 3.71 3.72 3.52 2.24 2.32 1.93 1.65 1.71 2.05 2.67 3.20 3.81 4.51 4.36 5.42 6.27 Canada 13.78 13.71 13.23 13.33 13.73 13.21 13.18 15.24 16.98 18.77 20.25 22.25 22.71 20.62 24.09 25.48 Czech Republic 2.04 1.96 2.14 2.10 2.03 2.21 2.74 3.35 3.90 4.40 4.92 5.89 7.39 6.76 6.87 7.77 Denmark NA 19.79 20.18 20.14 18.00 18.23 19.86 24.49 27.46 28.17 29.11 33.62 37.52 37.04 36.26 39.15 Estonia NA NA NA NA 1.68 1.76 2.04 2.69 3.18 3.60 4.28 5.66 6.83 6.36 6.10 6.73 Finland 15.05 13.59 13.74 13.68 12.42 12.57 13.62 16.76 19.03 19.78 20.65 23.06 25.77 25.73 24.60 26.43 France 14.64 13.10 13.17 12.82 11.30 11.20 12.09 14.80 16.62 16.87 17.47 19.57 21.52 20.80 20.16 21.70 Germany 18.90 16.65 16.74 16.16 14.68 14.50 15.77 19.39 21.77 22.09 22.47 25.05 27.47 26.55 25.80 27.70 Greece 7.37 6.77 6.53 6.57 5.77 5.24 6.47 7.97 9.24 8.87 9.65 11.49 13.46 13.22 13.00 12.66 Hungary 1.62 1.59 1.62 1.62 1.56 1.79 2.23 2.79 3.34 3.63 3.75 4.71 5.29 4.74 4.74 5.20 Ireland 12.48 12.31 12.23 12.34 11.46 12.40 13.91 17.44 20.11 20.83 21.75 24.89 28.03 27.69 26.43 27.43 Israel 8.76 9.31 9.34 9.24 9.94 10.46 9.42 10.00 10.33 10.61 10.95 12.35 14.78 13.83 15.07 16.42 Italy 10.66 10.03 10.12 9.90 8.75 8.92 9.98 12.63 14.71 15.16 15.84 17.82 19.83 19.39 18.97 20.43 Japan 13.28 12.26 11.54 13.40 14.13 12.67 12.31 13.36 14.32 14.18 13.44 13.30 15.38 17.21 18.17 20.23 Korea, Republic of NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Mexico NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Netherlands NA 12.94 13.56 13.72 12.54 12.73 13.96 17.26 19.23 19.38 20.00 22.28 24.74 23.77 22.72 24.29 New Zealand 10.34 10.30 8.57 8.68 7.71 7.31 8.37 10.80 12.67 13.93 13.42 15.88 16.11 14.74 17.29 19.70 Norway NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Philippines 1.01 0.95 0.73 0.78 0.74 0.71 0.74 0.75 0.80 0.88 0.99 1.18 1.30 1.26 1.39 1.49 Poland NA 1.44 1.61 1.97 2.00 2.30 2.40 2.60 2.84 3.34 3.71 4.60 5.81 4.68 5.03 5.35 Portugal 4.31 3.89 4.00 3.94 3.53 3.64 4.07 5.04 5.75 5.90 6.14 6.88 7.69 7.51 7.26 7.88 Singapore 7.36 7.56 7.34 7.50 7.91 8.17 8.13 8.53 8.91 9.01 9.26 10.45 12.54 11.65 12.68 15.00 Slovakia 1.36 1.41 1.41 1.30 1.28 1.35 1.66 2.25 2.73 3.06 3.43 4.44 5.60 5.85 5.78 6.38 Spain 8.65 7.79 7.90 7.76 6.92 6.93 7.65 9.56 10.81 11.31 11.89 13.48 15.21 15.09 14.53 15.65 Sweden 16.24 14.88 14.93 14.60 13.66 12.68 14.17 17.59 19.62 19.96 20.88 23.85 25.42 23.09 24.59 27.82 Switzerland 23.71 20.31 20.68 19.75 17.97 18.58 20.39 24.26 26.15 26.26 26.43 28.09 31.73 32.99 33.77 39.92 Taiwan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA United Kingdom 11.89 12.97 13.95 14.21 13.78 14.17 15.53 18.03 20.91 21.69 22.68 25.46 24.59 21.19 20.93 21.98 'NA' means data not available. Note: Pay for time worked is wages and salaries for time actually worked. For complete definitions, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012