-18- Table 11. All Employees: Pay for time worked in national currency in manufacturing, 32 countries or areas, 1996-2007 Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Americas United States............. 15.75 16.22 16.63 17.15 17.77 18.44 19.16 19.77 20.26 20.73 20.92 21.50 Argentina................. 4.96 5.10 5.40 5.51 5.63 5.73 6.26 7.22 8.95 10.86 13.77 16.90 Brazil.................... 3.74 3.99 4.06 4.05 4.21 4.51 4.79 5.27 5.99 6.49 6.96 7.42 Canada.................... 18.95 19.17 19.79 19.97 20.55 20.83 21.28 21.65 22.31 22.88 23.39 24.14 Mexico.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Asia and Oceania Australia................. 18.38 18.98 20.29 20.82 21.00 21.53 23.22 24.92 25.88 26.84 28.20 28.87 Israel.................... 28.02 32.23 35.72 38.45 40.80 44.26 45.03 45.99 46.96 48.27 49.47 51.45 Japan..................... 1463 1503 1530 1542 1541 1557 1559 1568 1568 1579 1582 1586 Korea, Republic of........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. New Zealand............... 15.04 15.59 16.09 16.54 17.06 17.64 18.27 18.74 19.25 19.91 20.80 21.66 Philippines............... 23.51 24.93 26.53 27.02 28.27 30.97 32.94 34.84 38.23 41.17 43.73 44.62 Singapore................. 10.38 11.25 12.34 12.76 13.64 14.78 14.52 14.95 15.08 15.05 14.81 15.74 Taiwan.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Europe Austria................... 173.1 176.4 181.3 #13.59 13.94 14.48 14.89 15.20 15.36 15.89 16.32 16.87 Belgium................... 429.5 439.7 451.6 #11.44 11.79 12.24 12.71 12.97 13.33 13.67 14.01 14.29 Czech Republic............ 55.61 61.63 68.50 72.51 78.45 83.80 89.41 94.31 100.0 105.2 111.0 119.5 Denmark................... .. 129.9 133.8 139.7 144.4 150.6 156.2 161.9 162.7 168.5 173.2 181.2 Finland................... 69.62 70.98 73.82 #12.90 13.51 14.10 14.46 14.86 15.35 15.95 16.46 17.05 France.................... 79.33 80.70 81.76 #12.63 12.83 13.14 13.47 13.79 14.12 14.43 14.91 15.32 Germany................... .. .. 33.91 #17.59 18.43 18.80 19.40 20.00 20.50 20.86 21.09 21.62 Hungary................... 255.2 317.9 376.5 443.5 529.2 616.4 696.1 757.9 823.5 882.5 968.6 1063 Ireland................... 7.94 8.26 8.75 #11.82 12.69 14.16 15.07 15.76 16.56 17.14 17.73 18.44 Italy..................... 16698 17338 17730 #9.32 9.48 9.90 10.53 11.13 11.82 12.14 12.54 12.89 Netherlands............... .. 26.36 27.59 #13.05 13.56 14.52 15.06 15.66 15.95 16.26 16.45 16.75 Norway.................... .. 133.4 143.1 150.9 156.4 163.4 171.9 177.4 185.2 188.4 198.2 211.2 Poland.................... .. 4.73 5.56 7.76 8.59 9.30 9.68 10.02 10.40 10.85 11.52 12.72 Portugal.................. 543.4 581.1 620.2 #3.26 3.49 3.78 4.08 4.23 4.49 4.65 4.65 4.67 Slovakia.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Spain..................... 1031 1089 1137 #7.12 7.41 7.69 8.05 8.41 8.71 9.02 9.39 9.72 Sweden.................... 103.1 106.0 111.7 112.9 117.1 123.5 128.2 132.9 135.8 138.5 143.0 148.1 Switzerland............... 26.44 26.50 26.71 26.77 27.12 27.85 28.35 28.70 28.89 29.27 29.60 30.03 United Kingdom............ 7.76 8.07 8.56 8.88 9.14 9.88 10.33 11.03 11.43 11.97 12.28 12.77 '..' means data not available. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.