Table 6. Hourly compensation costs in national currency units and exchange rates, 30
   countries or areas and selected economic groups, selected years, 2002
    Country or area        Compensation costs       Exchange Rates
   Americas
   United States............. r 21.37                     1.000
   Brazil (1)................ r  7.55                     2.921
   Canada.................... r 25.15                     1.570
   Mexico.................... r 25.20                     9.663
   Asia and Oceania
   Australia................. r 28.39                     1.839
   Hong Kong SAR (2)......... r 45.63                     7.800
   Israel.................... r 51.43                     4.738
   Japan..................... r  2381                     125.2
   Korea..................... r 11294                      1250
   New Zealand............... r 18.62                     2.153
   Singapore................. r 13.01                     1.791
   Sri Lanka.................   47.26                     95.66
   Taiwan.................... r 200.8                     34.54
   Europe
   Austria................... r 22.04                     1.058
   Belgium................... r 24.10                     1.058
   Denmark................... r 198.4                     7.886
   Finland................... r 23.05                     1.058
   France.................... r 18.26                     1.058
   Germany, Former West...... r 26.87                     1.058
   Germany, Unified.......... r 25.71                     1.058
   Greece....................       -                         -
   Ireland................... r 16.43                     1.058
   Italy..................... r 15.95                     1.058
   Luxembourg................ r 19.86                     1.058
   Netherlands...............   22.99                     1.058
   Norway.................... r 216.4                     7.984
   Portugal..................    5.42                     1.058
   Spain..................... r 12.71                     1.058
   Sweden.................... r 197.0                     9.720
   Switzerland............... r 37.53                     1.557
   United Kingdom............ r 12.01                     .6660
   r=revised
   Dash means data not available.
   (1) Data for Brazil are not available before 1996.
   (2) Hong Kong special administrative region of China.
   National currency units are: United States, dollar; Canada, dollar;
   Brazil, real; Mexiao, peso; Australia, dollar; Hong Kong, dollar;
   Israel, new shekel; Japan, yen; Korea, won; New Zeland, dollar;
   Singapore, dollar; Sri Lanka, rupee; Taiwan, dollar;
   Austria, euro; Belgium, euro; Denmark, krone; Finland, euro;
   France, euro; Germany, euro; Greece, euro; Ireland, euro;
   Italy, euro; Luxembourg, euro; Netherlands, euro; Norway, krone;
   Portugal, euro; Spain, euro; Sweden, krona;
   Switzerland, franc; United Kingdom, pound
   Note: For data for all years 1975-2002, see the supplementary tables to this
         news release at https://www.bls.gov/fls.
   Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2004.