Table 5.1 Production Workers: Indexes of hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis, 1975-2009 (Index, U.S. = 100) Country or Area 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 United States 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Australia 68.73 69.39 62.26 61.94 59.14 59.99 65.29 59.45 53.35 54.96 46.97 50.73 55.50 64.86 66.58 64.48 63.97 59.93 55.86 61.58 68.42 76.52 75.93 69.01 74.35 63.96 57.06 66.70 82.27 94.59 97.77 98.86 102.33 112.85 104.00 Austria 94.61 90.54 94.86 106.03 110.79 112.94 89.96 82.40 81.37 77.19 79.07 110.55 137.32 142.04 132.31 152.05 142.73 153.21 151.72 160.73 189.93 186.92 161.04 162.58 159.81 135.73 119.78 123.02 137.83 144.97 145.18 147.51 148.98 168.21 163.97 Belgium 143.65 136.20 140.58 151.21 155.65 154.25 119.97 95.34 89.18 82.94 87.11 123.38 154.20 163.68 154.63 178.84 171.10 182.87 177.66 194.43 232.17 226.13 195.61 198.25 193.32 176.98 153.13 159.20 185.17 202.41 196.26 198.18 196.96 221.33 211.14 Brazil -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 53.20 51.53 49.69 29.51 29.06 22.87 18.68 18.75 20.13 26.35 30.60 32.30 37.88 36.54 Canada 69.63 73.16 65.84 58.79 55.82 53.25 56.76 57.27 60.98 59.65 57.59 57.95 61.40 66.78 69.19 77.02 84.12 84.60 81.54 77.46 80.11 79.20 75.40 68.82 69.15 66.74 63.34 66.48 76.25 84.89 92.38 100.99 98.07 103.22 89.92 Czech Republic -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13.08 14.48 18.35 20.75 19.36 20.70 20.39 19.41 19.88 23.38 26.80 29.93 31.01 34.31 36.78 46.34 43.00 Denmark 22.36 22.41 22.69 26.50 28.05 25.76 19.76 18.81 19.46 19.36 15.84 17.04 15.71 10.50 11.85 16.37 17.61 20.78 19.61 25.25 34.37 38.86 35.41 36.34 46.83 38.93 44.43 51.77 62.97 67.22 71.46 70.26 73.63 80.41 75.70 Finland 94.86 97.84 95.76 88.49 92.34 95.50 82.02 72.08 61.48 62.60 64.74 84.23 105.92 127.25 132.24 156.59 138.02 117.04 105.92 122.25 146.33 132.28 114.87 98.16 110.62 95.34 90.42 95.94 109.75 121.48 119.94 124.25 123.56 137.55 132.40 France 120.35 115.12 112.37 125.63 135.76 141.54 113.33 101.47 100.48 93.33 92.20 124.51 143.39 149.06 141.14 159.11 149.90 161.93 146.50 149.14 167.75 162.40 143.14 144.58 142.15 123.57 116.25 122.07 139.99 152.43 156.81 158.48 157.77 175.30 157.16 Germany 99.11 99.98 100.82 112.51 119.94 117.98 89.94 80.40 78.26 71.14 70.92 98.42 121.50 127.50 119.17 139.04 132.85 143.02 138.47 144.56 171.19 164.97 140.44 137.00 127.23 113.05 102.53 106.56 121.53 130.92 123.44 129.90 120.75 132.98 128.46 Hong Kong SAR 2.48 2.57 2.66 2.72 2.70 2.77 2.55 2.42 2.22 2.36 2.62 2.92 3.26 3.76 4.34 4.73 5.02 5.36 5.80 6.29 6.76 7.31 7.47 7.42 7.29 7.14 11.46 10.69 9.57 9.32 9.09 9.09 8.17 8.44 8.16 Hungary -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 24.12 23.94 23.38 21.63 21.24 20.54 18.12 18.69 21.77 24.10 26.80 27.72 26.53 30.30 34.16 27.62 Ireland 44.11 39.91 35.17 38.02 41.95 49.09 43.55 42.67 40.66 41.34 42.97 57.58 63.95 66.85 60.88 66.58 62.12 63.92 55.97 57.54 62.89 62.75 57.57 54.71 52.88 44.83 47.18 50.92 62.13 72.58 72.89 74.77 73.79 81.14 78.62 Israel 33.68 31.75 31.40 26.87 30.94 31.78 31.21 29.58 31.31 29.20 24.82 31.38 36.93 43.28 41.59 42.77 40.36 39.23 36.66 37.87 43.52 45.08 47.57 48.69 44.58 45.99 46.82 41.72 40.39 39.05 38.36 36.55 33.57 44.90 43.10 Italy 145.38 123.42 117.39 120.38 130.19 126.43 100.81 91.54 92.14 84.57 86.48 119.31 144.07 151.45 159.23 181.65 173.30 162.72 133.43 138.90 145.22 158.87 150.06 138.13 135.21 115.82 107.39 112.79 131.56 146.33 145.75 145.40 145.51 162.31 155.91 Japan 29.15 30.28 34.38 46.19 39.56 34.22 34.89 29.57 30.91 31.23 31.68 46.08 52.98 60.81 58.74 55.97 59.92 64.60 74.43 83.09 94.60 83.00 77.05 74.04 87.09 90.85 76.02 70.43 72.01 75.66 72.95 67.03 59.13 69.56 74.86 Korea, Republic of 3.23 3.74 4.38 5.32 6.29 5.36 5.06 4.83 4.93 5.04 5.04 5.26 6.35 7.99 12.90 15.38 21.23 25.60 28.83 28.56 33.22 40.13 49.99 41.25 59.53 58.44 48.38 48.58 44.78 43.05 43.96 51.07 50.42 42.42 36.39 Luxembourg 88.55 89.58 90.31 97.04 96.84 95.52 70.15 54.63 47.99 44.12 44.38 62.65 74.41 78.84 72.65 78.92 72.35 75.28 73.74 82.28 91.19 87.49 75.74 76.22 76.71 66.28 58.34 58.79 65.29 69.73 70.19 69.94 68.62 75.18 70.58 Mexico 46.88 47.13 33.92 37.03 38.67 41.52 49.32 31.59 23.50 23.79 23.12 15.87 13.86 16.49 19.19 19.57 21.08 24.12 25.98 26.45 16.64 16.05 17.82 18.06 19.88 22.33 24.24 23.23 20.22 18.97 19.40 20.15 18.88 19.72 17.02 Netherlands 150.37 143.82 146.67 164.65 170.27 160.58 116.61 101.21 94.90 83.84 82.40 115.83 138.63 140.28 122.99 134.04 123.94 129.12 124.87 132.22 154.72 147.85 126.33 125.85 120.66 99.45 100.08 105.44 127.42 135.90 134.36 134.98 133.60 155.98 149.10 New Zealand 13.82 11.56 11.37 12.48 12.71 12.88 12.27 10.81 9.61 8.41 7.86 9.55 11.37 13.32 12.16 11.97 11.01 9.93 9.43 10.13 11.17 11.53 10.90 8.77 8.60 7.09 6.03 6.16 7.12 8.16 8.57 7.92 8.37 7.73 7.68 Norway 122.87 124.06 123.63 123.16 127.52 128.71 109.88 98.44 86.71 81.07 82.14 104.87 128.84 139.80 128.45 137.13 123.81 124.97 97.35 100.12 115.92 116.65 110.20 107.00 104.44 88.33 88.24 103.35 115.82 127.25 131.37 136.23 141.81 154.60 138.53 Philippines -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.95 2.15 1.94 2.29 2.44 2.56 2.37 1.77 1.94 1.66 1.40 1.35 1.24 1.34 1.41 1.54 1.57 1.75 1.67 Poland -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 22.89 24.78 12.73 12.06 12.64 12.45 12.40 13.02 14.34 15.15 16.31 20.37 15.99 Portugal 30.72 28.74 25.75 23.91 22.69 25.72 22.76 19.40 16.81 15.07 15.77 21.10 24.64 26.59 26.27 30.31 30.85 35.10 29.84 30.51 34.09 34.62 30.09 30.41 29.47 24.82 23.10 24.26 27.30 29.72 28.90 29.68 29.71 33.42 32.06 Singapore 11.80 10.88 14.68 15.45 18.28 21.92 23.52 23.24 25.88 28.89 28.03 16.81 13.78 16.59 20.04 23.99 26.05 28.75 29.73 36.10 45.27 48.34 45.39 38.86 25.98 27.18 25.02 23.15 22.76 21.31 18.92 22.35 19.92 23.24 21.35 Spain 74.79 75.57 66.38 70.38 82.90 82.78 70.03 59.21 48.61 45.78 45.69 60.52 71.42 77.53 78.59 93.00 93.08 97.17 82.43 80.61 87.90 89.88 79.05 78.16 77.82 66.14 61.66 65.61 77.14 85.12 86.30 89.27 91.52 100.76 103.03 Sri Lanka 2.61 2.02 2.30 1.73 1.33 1.13 1.46 1.52 1.51 1.52 1.62 1.66 1.66 1.65 1.58 1.66 1.74 1.65 1.66 1.78 1.88 1.85 1.72 1.76 1.74 1.72 1.50 1.57 1.51 1.47 1.49 1.53 1.46 1.64 -- Sweden 166.38 187.55 192.13 183.31 194.49 196.22 166.27 128.29 115.09 115.84 119.46 152.01 180.89 195.03 196.61 213.30 213.48 227.25 137.74 145.38 178.79 193.09 173.16 170.68 169.29 152.28 128.73 136.66 162.37 177.49 171.54 155.65 177.07 185.14 153.90 Switzerland 85.72 82.19 77.76 97.28 96.37 90.32 73.49 67.14 64.52 59.30 59.15 83.96 101.46 102.04 90.42 104.04 101.11 103.32 97.04 105.90 127.92 121.29 101.18 103.51 100.02 83.43 79.30 83.68 89.58 92.67 91.95 91.24 86.24 97.67 93.25 Taiwan 2.83 3.00 3.07 3.33 3.73 4.26 4.51 4.13 4.14 4.45 4.47 5.42 6.67 7.46 8.82 9.36 9.40 12.11 10.50 12.57 17.91 17.35 21.44 19.11 20.65 21.99 19.43 16.48 14.52 14.47 16.10 16.60 15.78 17.24 15.12 United Kingdom 36.91 34.83 37.36 45.65 57.27 72.81 62.53 50.82 44.72 38.46 36.84 45.68 50.76 56.11 52.83 60.24 65.37 59.40 49.30 51.31 49.64 50.69 52.37 55.51 79.38 73.43 67.10 60.55 64.05 99.84 99.00 100.99 102.13 98.35 81.15 Trade-Weighted Measures (1) All Foreign Economies (2) 61.89 61.85 58.17 61.13 62.49 62.42 57.39 50.17 48.71 46.64 45.88 54.13 61.43 66.33 65.59 72.47 73.68 76.36 73.10 75.19 81.80 80.13 #72.82 69.80 71.60 67.30 62.07 62.86 69.28 76.18 77.36 80.09 77.74 84.11 #77.61 OECD (3) 66.31 66.28 62.21 65.37 66.75 66.56 61.08 53.32 51.68 49.35 48.55 57.71 65.61 70.79 69.84 77.13 78.38 81.09 77.61 79.61 86.30 84.42 #77.70 74.63 77.45 72.60 67.02 68.18 75.43 83.11 84.28 87.10 84.54 91.35 84.17 Europe (3) 97.27 93.88 93.58 102.85 110.40 112.29 89.18 77.62 73.78 67.87 67.99 92.50 110.68 116.34 110.35 125.72 120.94 124.93 112.80 118.35 135.49 133.68 #116.00 114.67 114.74 100.78 93.07 96.17 110.19 124.61 122.59 124.67 123.02 134.52 125.20 Euro Area 109.91 105.09 104.22 114.05 121.29 120.75 94.16 83.14 80.16 73.88 74.34 102.54 123.57 129.44 122.85 140.43 133.14 139.16 129.38 135.47 156.05 153.09 133.67 131.05 126.06 110.13 101.83 106.55 123.48 134.47 131.92 134.98 131.64 146.96 139.88 Eastern Europe -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21.50 22.52 17.34 16.03 16.57 18.45 20.12 22.10 23.22 24.10 26.45 31.98 27.21 East Asia ex-Japan (4) 4.84 4.90 5.98 6.57 7.65 8.24 8.51 8.24 8.81 9.60 9.46 7.47 7.64 9.15 12.19 14.17 16.86 19.90 20.91 22.82 28.13 31.28 #33.13 28.12 32.38 32.56 28.41 27.22 25.16 24.24 24.50 27.80 26.77 25.07 21.99 '--' 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) 1975-1996 data exclude Brazil, Czech Republic, Hungary, Philippines, and Poland; 2009 data exclude Sri Lanka. (3) 1975-1996 data exclude Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. (4) 1975-1996 data exclude Philippines. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2011