-14- Table 7. All Employees: Hourly direct pay in U.S. dollars in manufacturing, 32 countries or areas and selected economic groups, 1996-2007 Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Americas United States............. 17.51 17.97 18.40 18.91 19.67 20.50 21.35 22.05 22.57 23.17 23.32 24.03 Argentina................. 5.86 6.03 6.40 6.58 6.69 6.81 2.46 3.00 3.69 4.50 5.43 6.59 Brazil.................... 4.70 4.68 4.42 2.81 2.91 2.43 2.08 2.17 2.59 3.37 4.05 4.82 Canada.................... 15.86 15.80 15.22 15.34 15.78 15.35 15.46 17.63 19.55 21.55 23.53 25.66 Mexico.................... 1.65 1.77 1.68 1.82 2.07 2.33 2.48 2.43 2.43 2.62 2.74 2.88 Asia and Oceania Australia................. 16.33 16.02 14.48 15.25 13.86 12.63 14.33 18.46 21.63 23.23 24.11 27.50 Israel.................... 9.64 10.25 10.32 10.14 10.90 11.56 10.42 11.06 11.48 11.77 12.15 13.57 Japan..................... 20.31 18.81 17.51 19.99 21.12 18.84 18.01 19.58 21.08 21.00 19.98 19.68 Korea, Republic of........ 7.56 6.82 4.67 5.83 6.74 6.37 7.44 8.47 9.68 11.82 13.65 15.10 New Zealand............... 11.77 11.75 9.77 9.88 8.83 8.43 9.65 12.41 14.48 15.89 15.36 18.32 Philippines............... 1.08 1.02 0.78 0.84 0.78 0.74 0.78 0.79 0.84 0.92 1.05 1.17 Singapore................. 9.33 9.58 9.22 9.47 9.95 10.37 10.21 10.80 11.27 11.45 11.81 13.23 Taiwan.................... 6.14 6.11 5.50 5.89 6.29 6.19 5.95 6.11 6.38 6.88 6.95 6.99 Europe Austria................... 22.94 20.25 20.48 20.22 17.94 18.09 19.64 24.01 26.66 27.61 28.60 32.27 Belgium................... 19.24 17.03 17.25 16.90 15.09 15.20 16.67 20.37 23.00 23.60 24.42 27.18 Czech Republic............ 2.53 2.39 2.61 2.57 2.48 2.72 3.34 4.09 4.75 5.34 5.96 7.08 Denmark................... .. 23.99 24.51 24.89 22.33 22.62 24.74 30.69 33.73 34.90 36.27 41.67 Finland................... 19.29 17.36 17.50 17.38 15.74 16.16 17.77 22.19 25.58 26.59 27.69 31.31 France.................... 19.64 17.51 17.56 17.04 15.00 14.77 15.84 19.24 21.45 21.93 22.87 25.65 Germany................... .. .. 25.40 24.60 22.57 22.53 24.60 30.39 33.75 34.64 36.47 41.71 Hungary................... 2.44 2.42 2.43 2.53 2.47 2.84 3.57 4.48 5.39 5.87 6.11 7.62 Ireland................... 14.41 14.36 14.44 14.75 13.86 14.83 16.48 20.41 23.30 24.62 26.23 30.51 Italy..................... 14.20 13.12 13.20 12.87 11.38 11.45 12.78 16.08 18.64 19.17 19.99 22.42 Netherlands............... .. 17.94 18.44 18.40 16.53 17.20 18.89 23.58 26.45 26.99 27.55 30.63 Norway.................... .. 23.16 23.41 23.99 22.14 22.66 26.84 31.24 34.26 36.45 38.55 44.97 Poland.................... .. 2.21 2.40 2.87 2.83 3.24 3.36 3.63 3.99 4.70 5.21 6.37 Portugal.................. 4.61 4.37 4.57 4.66 4.35 4.52 5.09 6.25 7.21 7.48 7.54 8.28 Slovakia.................. .. 1.98 2.04 1.85 1.85 1.95 2.32 3.10 3.80 4.26 4.79 6.14 Spain..................... 11.44 10.33 10.45 10.31 9.20 9.30 10.31 12.94 14.79 15.32 16.11 18.19 Sweden.................... 17.90 16.18 16.41 15.98 14.97 14.03 15.54 19.42 21.88 21.95 22.97 25.96 Switzerland............... 27.36 23.35 23.55 22.76 20.51 21.08 23.29 27.28 29.73 30.04 30.20 32.01 United Kingdom............ 14.20 15.56 16.76 17.03 16.49 16.71 17.98 20.62 23.65 24.61 25.58 28.85 Trade-Weighted Measures (1,2) All 31 Foreign Economies.. .. .. 12.92 13.19 13.05 12.75 13.22 15.31 16.96 17.88 18.76 20.57 OECD (3).................. .. .. 13.75 14.08 13.87 13.53 14.13 16.45 18.26 19.25 20.19 22.14 Europe.................... .. .. 18.54 18.26 16.73 16.89 18.48 22.48 25.25 26.01 27.12 30.64 Euro Area (4)............. .. .. 19.06 18.67 16.91 17.07 18.69 23.10 25.91 26.65 27.87 31.61 Eastern Europe (6)........ .. .. 2.40 2.56 2.51 2.82 3.26 3.88 4.51 5.09 5.56 6.83 East Asia ex-Japan (5).... .. .. 5.58 6.21 6.79 6.69 7.01 7.59 8.25 9.28 10.10 11.00 '..' 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; 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, 2009. (5) East Asia ex-Japan includes the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan. (6) Eastern Europe refers to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.