International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing Industries,

by Industry, 2008-2012

Technical Notes (PDF)
Country Notes and Data Sources (PDF)

Tables by industry, ISIC basis, U.S. dollars

ISIC C - Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)
ISIC 10-12 - Food products, beverages and tobacco
ISIC 10-11 - Food and beverages
ISIC 10 - Food products
ISIC 11 - Beverages
ISIC 12 - Tobacco products
ISIC 13-15 - Textiles, wearing apparel and leather
ISIC 13-14 - Textiles and wearing apparel
ISIC 13 - Textiles
ISIC 14 - Wearing apparel
ISIC 15 - Leather and related products
ISIC 16-18 - Wood and paper products and printing
ISIC 16 - Wood and wood products, except furniture
ISIC 17 - Paper and paper products
ISIC 18 - Printing and reproduction of recorded media
ISIC 19 - Coke and refined petroleum products
ISIC 20-21 - Chemicals and pharmaceutical products
ISIC 20 - Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals
ISIC 21 - Pharmaceutical products
ISIC 22-23 - Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products
ISIC 22 - Rubber and plastic products
ISIC 23 - Other non-metallic mineral products
ISIC 24-25 - Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
ISIC 24 - Basic metals
ISIC 25 - Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
ISIC 26 - Computer, electronic and optical products
ISIC 27 - Electrical equipment
ISIC 28 - Machinery and equipment n.e.c.
ISIC 29-30 - Motor vehicles and other transport equipment
ISIC 29 - Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
ISIC 30 - Other transport equipment
ISIC 31 - Furniture

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Table 1. Manufacturing (ISIC C, NAICS 31-33), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	32.78	34.19	34.81	35.51	35.67
Argentina	10.04	10.23	12.77	15.98	18.87
Australia	35.91	33.42	39.68	46.47	47.68
Austria	42.86	42.62	39.98	43.23	41.53
Belgium	53.88	52.27	50.72	54.76	52.19
Brazil	8.44	8.13	10.01	11.67	11.20
Canada	32.06	29.40	34.36	36.34	36.59
Czech Republic	12.23	11.42	11.42	12.71	11.95
Denmark	49.70	48.60	47.93	51.67	48.47
Estonia	10.56	10.03	9.47	10.42	10.41
Finland	43.85	44.25	41.44	45.05	42.60
France	41.76	40.37	39.12	42.12	39.81
Germany	47.53	45.76	43.84	47.42	45.79
Greece	23.14	22.72	22.36	22.68	19.41
Hungary	9.77	8.62	8.39	9.17	8.95
Ireland	40.53	41.21	38.57	39.74	38.17
Israel	18.54	17.55	19.22	21.14	20.14
Italy	35.11	34.32	33.57	36.15	34.18
Japan	27.48	30.03	31.75	35.71	35.34
Korea, Republic of	16.85	15.06	17.89	19.25	20.72
Mexico	6.47	5.70	6.14	6.49	6.36
Netherlands	43.09	41.39	39.54	42.26	39.62
New Zealand	19.15	17.47	20.42	23.38	24.77
Norway	57.35	53.39	57.66	64.76	63.36
Philippines	1.75	1.71	1.89	2.02	2.10
Poland	9.60	7.72	8.16	8.68	8.25
Portugal	12.61	12.34	11.94	13.15	12.10
Singapore	18.87	17.54	19.42	23.13	24.16
Slovakia	10.72	11.24	10.72	11.77	11.30
Spain	27.75	27.86	26.66	28.44	26.83
Sweden	44.45	40.92	43.51	49.21	49.80
Switzerland	49.23	50.54	51.10	60.40	57.79
Taiwan	8.68	7.77	8.37	9.34	9.46
United Kingdom	34.20	29.47	29.11	30.77	31.23
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 2. Food products, beverages and tobacco (ISIC 10-12), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	24.92	25.93	26.56	26.91	27.20
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	32.80	30.06	35.35	40.78	41.21
Austria	33.82	33.25	31.69	33.78	32.46
Belgium	NA	46.10	44.94	48.53	46.24
Brazil	6.31	6.34	7.71	9.18	8.81
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	49.27	46.96	45.36	48.36	44.67
Estonia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Germany	32.28	31.10	29.80	31.80	31.52
Greece	21.39	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	8.18	6.99	6.61	NA	7.16
Ireland	38.37	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	12.76	11.99	13.05	14.29	13.65
Italy	35.33	34.33	33.90	36.25	33.99
Japan	18.63	20.60	22.28	24.86	25.37
Korea, Republic of	14.06	12.52	14.80	15.01	15.58
Mexico	5.45	4.73	5.22	5.61	5.52
Netherlands	44.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	49.80	46.58	51.62	57.67	56.32
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Portugal	NA	12.13	11.30	12.85	12.15
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	15.97	NA
Slovakia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Spain	23.37	23.54	22.89	24.21	23.06
Sweden	40.87	35.15	36.91	41.38	42.58
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	30.62	26.14	25.52	26.01	26.96
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 3. Food products and beverages (ISIC 10-11), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	33.16	32.22	31.10	33.18	31.88
Belgium	NA	46.08	44.93	48.52	46.22
Brazil	6.22	6.25	7.61	9.07	8.70
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	49.21	47.00	45.45	48.49	44.77
Estonia	NA	9.96	9.37	9.99	9.83
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Germany	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Greece	20.85	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	8.08	6.89	6.52	7.17	7.07
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Italy	35.25	34.25	33.83	36.18	33.92
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	13.78	12.29	14.57	14.80	15.39
Mexico	5.43	4.70	5.19	5.58	5.49
Netherlands	43.54	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	8.86	7.17	7.47	7.96	7.38
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	9.33	9.42	9.46	9.90	NA
Spain	23.02	23.18	22.55	23.85	22.69
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	30.36	25.89	25.27	25.76	26.67
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 4. Food products (ISIC 10), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	23.65	24.87	25.39	25.97	26.25
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	31.87	29.04	33.93	38.95	39.15
Austria	31.29	30.35	29.29	31.36	30.10
Belgium	NA	44.79	43.59	47.06	44.84
Brazil	5.92	5.99	7.34	8.80	8.44
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	48.95	46.68	45.11	48.27	44.51
Estonia	NA	9.23	8.69	9.31	9.20
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	31.97	30.97	30.06	32.29	30.55
Germany	30.17	28.91	27.76	29.65	29.56
Greece	20.44	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	7.57	6.45	6.10	6.63	6.58
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	12.21	11.45	12.44	13.57	13.07
Italy	34.53	33.55	33.13	35.43	33.22
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	13.35	11.89	14.04	14.37	14.95
Mexico	5.22	4.55	5.14	5.57	5.50
Netherlands	42.67	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	17.86	16.52	19.72	22.44	23.49
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	8.48	6.83	7.18	7.64	7.09
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	8.89	8.90	8.94	9.37	NA
Spain	21.56	21.89	21.25	22.58	21.63
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	28.58	24.77	24.21	24.61	25.40
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 5. Beverages (ISIC 11), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	43.87	43.54	42.23	44.45	42.84
Belgium	NA	54.88	53.73	58.03	55.14
Brazil	9.36	9.07	10.39	11.97	11.47
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	52.12	50.57	49.20	50.87	47.69
Estonia	NA	15.39	14.88	16.07	15.42
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Germany	44.79	44.02	41.89	44.64	43.20
Greece	24.41	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	11.97	10.41	9.76	11.26	10.81
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Italy	40.57	39.47	39.01	41.72	39.12
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	18.64	17.11	21.42	20.29	21.51
Mexico	6.10	5.21	5.39	5.62	5.55
Netherlands	57.29	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	13.55	11.39	11.53	12.62	11.64
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	11.65	12.18	12.33	13.02	NA
Spain	33.41	32.34	31.66	32.74	30.07
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	44.00	36.20	35.11	36.71	37.57
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 6. Tobacco products (ISIC 12), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Belgium	NA	45.86	44.86	48.60	46.41
Brazil	11.22	11.83	14.40	16.53	16.23
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Estonia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Germany	59.93	60.30	59.72	64.47	62.28
Greece	34.07	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	17.51	15.90	13.84	NA	12.13
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Italy	56.94	55.32	54.74	58.55	54.95
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	41.54	37.64	38.55	36.94	31.79
Mexico	9.85	11.32	11.75	12.29	11.71
Netherlands	63.61	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Spain	52.83	53.35	50.07	52.54	53.50
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	52.56	47.11	46.60	46.97	49.70
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 7. Textiles, wearing apparel and leather (ISIC 13-15), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	21.56	21.33	22.22	23.42	24.34
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	31.99	32.25	30.89	33.26	31.98
Belgium	NA	40.64	39.46	42.86	41.20
Brazil	3.98	3.92	4.79	5.51	5.32
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	44.68	43.87	43.40	46.58	43.29
Estonia	NA	7.30	6.99	7.50	7.12
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	33.30	32.12	31.08	33.46	31.54
Germany	36.06	34.98	33.68	36.39	35.09
Greece	17.76	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	5.83	5.03	4.89	5.30	5.21
Ireland	27.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	11.84	11.17	12.29	13.58	12.98
Italy	28.05	27.39	26.85	28.94	27.45
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	11.35	10.68	12.26	13.78	14.54
Mexico	3.32	2.85	3.14	3.36	3.30
Netherlands	38.98	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	16.04	15.08	17.62	19.94	21.65
Norway	45.42	42.99	46.35	53.02	51.55
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	6.05	4.95	5.29	5.53	5.28
Portugal	NA	9.04	8.84	9.68	8.81
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	6.56	7.00	6.62	7.33	NA
Spain	19.90	20.26	19.55	20.73	19.14
Sweden	36.70	34.45	36.34	40.12	42.05
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	25.77	22.74	21.87	24.22	24.18
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 8. Textiles and wearing apparel (ISIC 13-14), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	21.38	21.04	22.04	23.27	24.19
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	32.78	32.89	31.71	34.16	33.03
Belgium	NA	40.50	39.32	42.69	40.99
Brazil	4.06	4.02	4.86	5.70	5.52
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	44.42	43.46	43.15	46.21	42.85
Estonia	NA	7.28	7.00	7.51	7.09
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	33.47	32.21	31.11	33.49	31.54
Germany	35.56	34.36	33.10	35.55	34.37
Greece	17.34	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	5.81	5.03	4.89	5.26	5.18
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	11.58	10.92	12.00	13.39	12.82
Italy	28.11	27.42	26.90	29.01	27.51
Japan	NA	NA	21.48	23.71	23.67
Korea, Republic of	11.18	10.61	12.18	13.79	14.60
Mexico	3.38	2.95	3.25	3.44	3.40
Netherlands	39.47	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	6.04	4.95	5.28	5.50	5.27
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	6.36	6.72	6.38	7.10	NA
Spain	20.56	21.24	20.70	21.69	20.05
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	25.73	22.23	21.62	24.06	24.01
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 9. Textiles (ISIC 13), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	22.28	21.89	22.84	23.60	24.17
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	35.77	34.94	33.29	36.09	34.64
Belgium	NA	41.36	39.92	43.46	41.89
Brazil	5.54	5.42	6.81	7.83	7.60
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	44.12	43.19	42.45	46.03	42.95
Estonia	NA	8.41	8.49	8.86	8.16
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	32.67	31.36	30.26	32.63	30.73
Germany	34.69	33.20	31.69	34.10	33.82
Greece	21.01	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	6.98	6.04	5.91	6.33	6.12
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	13.19	12.56	13.79	15.17	14.07
Italy	30.79	30.04	29.45	31.77	30.13
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	10.70	10.36	11.79	12.71	13.41
Mexico	3.91	3.44	3.78	3.94	3.87
Netherlands	39.78	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	7.09	5.90	6.14	6.39	6.07
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	7.63	8.30	7.77	8.39	NA
Spain	22.01	22.23	20.90	22.29	20.65
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	7.23	6.80	6.72	7.35	7.29
United Kingdom	26.13	22.91	22.51	24.65	24.83
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 10. Wearing apparel (ISIC 14), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	19.86	19.66	20.72	22.61	24.09
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	29.09	30.37	29.69	31.47	30.82
Belgium	NA	37.47	36.63	39.46	37.51
Brazil	3.31	3.36	3.99	4.75	4.61
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	45.29	44.21	45.16	46.71	42.55
Estonia	NA	6.56	6.01	6.70	6.44
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	34.40	33.21	32.10	34.49	32.47
Germany	37.19	36.44	35.75	38.44	35.49
Greece	15.07	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	5.36	4.59	4.43	4.76	4.69
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	10.49	9.72	10.59	12.00	11.77
Italy	25.98	25.35	24.87	26.81	25.43
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	11.73	10.90	12.66	15.10	15.95
Mexico	2.85	2.48	2.77	2.95	2.92
Netherlands	38.12	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	5.60	4.57	4.89	5.08	4.88
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	5.98	6.25	5.93	6.59	NA
Spain	19.32	20.40	20.52	21.18	19.54
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	24.74	20.61	19.41	22.60	22.05
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 11. Leather and related products (ISIC 15), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	24.40	25.91	24.96	25.34	26.34
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	28.90	29.98	28.08	30.24	28.82
Belgium	NA	43.98	42.77	46.12	43.80
Brazil	3.82	3.69	4.62	5.08	4.87
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Estonia	NA	7.48	6.90	7.40	7.38
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	32.87	31.86	30.99	33.39	31.60
Germany	38.92	38.46	36.82	40.82	38.83
Greece	17.49	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	5.87	5.02	4.90	5.38	5.27
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	10.98	10.58	12.02	12.56	12.28
Italy	27.88	27.25	26.66	28.68	27.25
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	12.96	11.34	12.96	13.70	14.06
Mexico	3.18	2.61	2.88	3.18	3.03
Netherlands	35.39	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	6.17	4.98	5.33	5.65	5.31
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	7.01	7.60	7.04	7.72	NA
Spain	17.57	16.80	15.54	17.27	15.94
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	26.08	26.79	23.96	25.52	25.34
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 12. Wood and paper products and printing (ISIC 16-18), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	28.66	29.66	30.01	30.44	30.78
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	34.53	31.44	36.71	41.73	41.40
Austria	40.05	39.23	37.44	40.04	38.12
Belgium	NA	46.65	45.33	49.05	46.77
Brazil	7.19	6.93	8.75	9.84	9.49
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	47.03	45.29	44.55	47.43	44.51
Estonia	NA	10.61	10.20	11.27	11.17
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	36.59	35.23	34.07	36.57	34.51
Germany	40.24	38.46	36.67	38.88	37.94
Greece	20.88	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	8.52	7.56	7.59	7.99	7.68
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	13.10	12.65	13.77	14.83	14.03
Italy	32.38	31.81	30.86	33.16	31.42
Japan	23.18	24.99	26.57	29.41	29.64
Korea, Republic of	12.60	11.55	13.07	15.41	16.41
Mexico	4.81	4.21	4.68	4.93	4.89
Netherlands	41.31	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	8.87	7.15	7.49	8.01	7.69
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	10.16	10.44	10.53	11.06	NA
Spain	25.16	25.01	23.45	26.10	24.17
Sweden	40.23	36.70	38.90	43.96	44.29
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	31.78	27.67	26.70	28.43	27.67
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 13. Wood and wood products, except furniture (ISIC 16), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	23.95	24.65	24.56	24.63	24.67
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	29.84	26.91	30.97	36.47	37.56
Austria	33.43	32.75	31.48	34.11	32.55
Belgium	NA	38.72	37.33	40.37	38.38
Brazil	4.49	4.18	5.41	6.44	6.27
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	43.16	41.88	40.39	43.50	40.00
Estonia	NA	10.25	10.00	10.96	10.92
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	30.72	29.75	28.81	31.01	29.34
Germany	34.13	32.49	30.68	32.53	31.27
Greece	22.03	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	6.66	5.73	5.86	5.89	5.67
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	11.80	11.20	11.97	13.43	13.28
Italy	28.14	27.80	27.06	29.48	27.61
Japan	19.15	21.08	23.04	24.96	26.97
Korea, Republic of	12.30	11.38	12.37	14.60	15.86
Mexico	2.74	2.44	2.71	2.69	2.70
Netherlands	35.62	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	17.54	15.72	17.99	20.55	21.73
Norway	46.15	42.53	45.85	50.63	49.41
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	7.51	5.99	6.24	6.61	6.29
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	7.96	8.21	8.21	8.85	NA
Spain	21.04	20.85	19.82	22.16	20.11
Sweden	36.11	33.24	35.06	39.41	39.18
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	25.98	23.99	22.26	23.21	22.74
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 14. Paper and paper products (ISIC 17), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	34.02	34.55	35.31	36.42	36.99
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	46.88	42.30	48.47	54.44	53.33
Austria	47.42	46.94	44.87	48.22	45.82
Belgium	NA	52.58	50.91	55.46	53.30
Brazil	10.31	10.26	12.99	14.32	13.82
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	48.62	47.56	47.18	49.87	47.09
Estonia	NA	11.40	9.81	11.93	11.66
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	39.44	37.96	36.81	39.58	37.46
Germany	42.56	40.93	39.55	42.14	41.12
Greece	21.39	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	11.32	9.97	9.97	10.40	9.98
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	15.76	14.62	16.40	17.71	15.89
Italy	34.00	33.12	32.40	34.81	33.08
Japan	25.43	27.40	29.36	32.09	31.24
Korea, Republic of	13.49	12.78	14.49	16.98	18.08
Mexico	5.29	4.58	5.10	5.39	5.34
Netherlands	45.98	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	54.84	50.71	54.29	60.21	56.60
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	10.56	8.63	9.11	9.43	9.15
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	12.38	12.56	12.86	13.04	NA
Spain	31.21	30.45	29.29	32.25	29.45
Sweden	44.18	40.21	42.63	48.22	49.55
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	7.40	6.18	6.73	7.81	7.43
United Kingdom	34.63	30.18	30.07	32.15	31.47
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 15. Printing and reproduction of recorded media (ISIC 18), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	28.35	29.28	29.49	29.62	30.15
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	33.73	31.07	37.02	41.44	40.36
Austria	45.68	43.62	41.61	43.50	41.23
Belgium	NA	48.38	47.02	50.65	48.08
Brazil	6.98	6.41	7.78	8.79	8.49
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	51.21	48.18	48.22	50.96	48.79
Estonia	NA	11.78	11.26	12.46	12.10
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	38.77	37.23	35.81	38.29	35.93
Germany	42.02	39.95	37.75	39.87	39.44
Greece	19.61	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	8.50	7.40	7.27	8.01	7.64
Ireland	37.41	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	12.17	12.01	12.94	13.82	13.26
Italy	35.34	34.77	33.36	35.43	33.77
Japan	23.09	24.74	25.96	29.17	29.40
Korea, Republic of	11.65	10.11	11.58	13.71	14.36
Mexico	4.76	4.19	4.56	4.84	4.73
Netherlands	41.53	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	19.43	17.88	19.99	22.28	23.65
Norway	56.14	51.31	55.96	63.61	60.75
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	10.70	8.60	9.04	9.92	9.45
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	10.66	10.24	10.03	11.10	NA
Spain	24.60	24.77	22.53	25.18	23.93
Sweden	39.67	34.96	37.85	42.79	41.62
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	6.76	6.24	6.55	7.33	7.39
United Kingdom	33.31	28.14	27.01	29.03	28.19
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 16. Coke and refined petroleum products (ISIC 19), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	45.99	52.55	52.89	53.71	55.85
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Belgium	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Brazil	17.30	20.56	28.26	39.01	38.31
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Estonia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Germany	69.90	68.98	66.20	72.27	69.38
Greece	50.60	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	27.74	23.97	22.19	25.09	22.98
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Italy	53.24	51.43	49.95	54.00	51.21
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	44.67	31.55	46.53	60.70	63.56
Mexico	14.81	12.72	14.26	15.18	14.56
Netherlands	79.03	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	19.35	14.77	16.96	18.22	17.19
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	26.31	27.41	25.19	28.15	NA
Spain	57.57	54.91	54.61	57.08	51.59
Sweden	55.63	50.60	52.30	62.83	66.31
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	19.28	16.78	18.66	21.28	20.38
United Kingdom	64.06	55.46	49.06	51.19	48.38
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 17. Chemicals and pharmaceutical products (ISIC 20-21), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	42.46	41.40	42.75	42.42	42.52
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	52.16	50.90	49.19	53.17	51.42
Belgium	NA	67.81	65.94	71.83	68.64
Brazil	16.67	15.99	18.84	21.55	20.26
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	58.63	53.95	53.62	56.65	53.73
Estonia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	56.62	54.95	53.33	57.49	54.28
Germany	58.90	56.75	54.47	59.45	58.18
Greece	30.17	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	16.42	14.89	14.84	15.43	14.68
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Italy	47.67	46.44	45.38	48.98	46.44
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	20.97	18.27	21.07	23.08	24.10
Mexico	11.32	9.73	10.61	11.25	11.01
Netherlands	61.29	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	13.56	10.99	11.46	11.99	11.31
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	12.99	13.54	12.40	13.81	NA
Spain	40.15	39.68	37.54	39.44	35.73
Sweden	61.90	57.52	60.39	66.85	67.91
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	39.56	34.15	35.52	37.87	38.87
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 18. Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals (ISIC 20), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	38.08	39.01	41.24	40.48	39.48
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	52.50	52.24	49.70	54.07	53.12
Belgium	NA	66.32	64.55	70.36	67.32
Brazil	16.21	15.30	17.86	20.46	19.23
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	55.35	53.00	53.54	55.96	53.63
Estonia	NA	12.24	12.09	13.85	13.71
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	54.32	52.64	51.08	55.11	52.03
Germany	58.14	56.09	53.72	59.02	57.59
Greece	24.52	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	14.67	12.88	12.99	13.11	12.91
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Italy	43.33	42.21	41.24	44.50	42.20
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	21.02	18.15	20.66	23.14	24.25
Mexico	9.99	8.83	9.68	10.26	9.91
Netherlands	62.04	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	61.42	67.59	76.15	71.94
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	12.65	10.03	10.66	11.26	10.81
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	12.82	13.17	11.95	13.51	NA
Spain	37.02	37.39	34.54	37.42	33.65
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	36.53	32.01	33.49	36.89	36.38
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 19. Pharmaceutical products (ISIC 21), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	50.99	45.76	45.51	46.02	48.20
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	51.85	48.84	48.65	52.04	49.14
Belgium	NA	71.47	69.13	75.26	71.79
Brazil	17.90	17.97	21.65	24.89	23.40
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	66.27	63.80	63.43	69.78	67.09
Estonia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	60.73	59.08	57.38	61.76	58.33
Germany	61.20	58.73	56.94	61.01	60.06
Greece	36.16	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	17.86	16.44	16.25	17.33	15.97
Ireland	62.69	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	22.66	23.25	25.63	29.55	26.70
Italy	54.41	53.02	51.80	55.94	53.05
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	20.72	18.71	22.63	22.82	23.47
Mexico	14.68	12.02	12.97	13.72	13.93
Netherlands	59.13	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	61.31	66.25	74.66	72.67
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	16.11	13.74	13.89	14.34	12.99
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	13.59	14.94	14.10	15.03	NA
Spain	46.12	44.11	43.38	43.31	39.72
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	45.32	37.72	39.52	39.86	42.52
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 20. Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products (ISIC 22-23), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	27.83	28.75	29.34	30.01	30.24
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	35.77	32.81	38.31	48.12	52.53
Austria	41.31	40.56	38.12	41.57	39.58
Belgium	NA	48.80	47.34	51.38	49.10
Brazil	7.16	6.74	8.25	9.64	9.24
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	49.63	48.32	46.88	50.74	47.41
Estonia	NA	11.85	11.12	12.49	12.32
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	39.25	37.94	36.76	39.61	37.49
Germany	38.44	36.91	35.72	38.15	37.71
Greece	24.62	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	9.79	8.50	8.36	8.96	8.63
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	14.93	14.15	15.54	17.01	16.29
Italy	34.15	33.48	32.65	35.30	33.44
Japan	24.43	26.97	29.36	33.14	32.35
Korea, Republic of	14.64	12.99	14.74	15.44	16.31
Mexico	5.73	5.05	5.56	5.78	5.52
Netherlands	41.17	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	54.11	49.88	54.13	60.63	58.81
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	9.90	7.94	8.42	8.88	8.36
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	10.90	11.38	10.90	11.91	NA
Spain	28.68	28.10	27.16	28.52	27.28
Sweden	39.60	35.96	37.81	42.76	43.82
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	7.22	6.66	7.06	7.77	7.97
United Kingdom	30.25	26.81	26.77	27.94	27.78
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 21. Rubber and plastics products (ISIC 22), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	27.50	28.76	28.97	29.37	29.60
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	36.20	33.19	38.72	50.58	57.02
Austria	38.76	38.04	35.96	39.42	37.23
Belgium	NA	48.15	46.87	51.17	49.03
Brazil	7.87	7.33	9.01	10.70	10.21
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	49.86	48.81	48.42	52.12	48.50
Estonia	NA	9.99	9.87	10.88	10.84
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	38.60	37.33	36.21	39.05	36.94
Germany	38.17	36.59	35.44	38.02	37.91
Greece	18.62	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	9.14	7.80	7.63	8.17	8.13
Ireland	31.91	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	14.67	13.88	15.11	16.49	15.72
Italy	33.08	32.54	31.80	34.51	32.73
Japan	23.64	26.18	28.84	32.49	31.17
Korea, Republic of	13.54	12.02	13.75	14.19	15.08
Mexico	4.96	4.31	4.62	4.89	4.81
Netherlands	40.19	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	20.41	17.99	20.41	23.60	25.55
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	9.45	7.59	8.10	8.51	8.04
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	10.38	10.85	10.51	11.35	NA
Spain	29.08	28.29	27.07	28.97	27.54
Sweden	39.07	35.50	37.39	42.16	43.06
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	7.09	6.58	7.02	7.74	7.99
United Kingdom	29.50	26.41	25.99	27.26	26.53
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 22. Other non-metallic products (ISIC 23), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	28.35	28.74	30.01	31.15	31.37
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	35.30	32.43	37.94	45.88	48.45
Austria	43.36	42.65	39.92	43.42	41.67
Belgium	NA	49.36	47.74	51.45	49.09
Brazil	6.45	6.15	7.52	8.65	8.31
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	49.37	47.75	45.12	49.17	46.16
Estonia	NA	13.41	12.27	14.15	13.84
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	40.11	38.64	37.36	40.19	38.04
Germany	38.95	37.52	36.27	38.38	37.31
Greece	28.84	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	10.81	9.62	9.74	10.41	9.57
Ireland	35.11	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	15.44	14.68	16.51	18.18	17.62
Italy	35.12	34.36	33.44	36.08	34.12
Japan	25.86	28.38	30.17	34.19	34.57
Korea, Republic of	17.08	15.18	16.95	18.38	19.22
Mexico	6.58	5.87	6.69	6.85	6.29
Netherlands	42.29	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	19.91	18.27	20.96	23.09	24.19
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	10.48	8.41	8.83	9.38	8.82
Portugal	NA	13.52	12.95	13.93	12.55
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	11.59	12.16	11.54	12.86	NA
Spain	28.41	27.97	27.22	28.22	27.10
Sweden	40.56	36.69	38.51	43.48	45.01
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	7.54	6.87	7.17	7.86	7.95
United Kingdom	31.48	27.40	27.90	29.07	30.21
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 23. Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (ISIC 24-25), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	30.18	31.09	31.59	32.19	32.25
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	38.00	35.31	41.61	48.64	50.05
Austria	43.24	43.15	40.09	43.77	41.52
Belgium	NA	50.20	48.55	52.14	49.62
Brazil	9.66	9.17	11.27	12.98	12.42
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	45.97	44.50	44.30	47.14	43.93
Estonia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	39.61	38.19	36.96	39.84	37.71
Germany	43.74	42.19	40.45	42.86	41.63
Greece	22.51	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	9.18	8.07	7.74	8.25	8.06
Ireland	33.24	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	14.34	13.18	14.57	15.98	15.46
Italy	33.65	32.89	32.16	34.60	32.69
Japan	28.04	30.75	31.27	35.23	34.58
Korea, Republic of	16.10	14.34	16.84	18.57	19.87
Mexico	7.27	6.48	6.83	7.20	7.09
Netherlands	40.50	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	10.03	8.02	8.42	9.12	8.65
Portugal	NA	12.16	11.82	13.30	12.48
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	13.17	13.36	12.74	13.57	NA
Spain	28.31	27.54	26.20	27.73	25.82
Sweden	40.21	36.69	40.02	45.10	45.29
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	7.98	7.03	7.54	8.39	8.31
United Kingdom	31.34	27.24	27.64	28.97	28.26
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 24. Basic metals (ISIC 24), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	34.44	35.52	36.04	37.13	37.29
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	45.92	43.11	50.77	59.77	62.15
Austria	50.63	51.30	46.11	50.72	47.91
Belgium	NA	58.56	57.11	61.48	58.47
Brazil	14.26	13.90	16.61	19.48	18.58
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	44.96	43.41	42.78	45.64	43.41
Estonia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	46.52	44.77	43.36	46.86	44.49
Germany	51.42	49.33	46.68	49.63	48.14
Greece	24.27	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	12.63	11.11	11.22	11.85	11.35
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	13.83	13.11	14.31	16.03	15.09
Italy	38.46	37.56	36.77	39.55	37.37
Japan	34.70	37.14	37.14	42.16	40.98
Korea, Republic of	19.83	16.89	20.90	23.26	26.94
Mexico	8.58	7.43	7.80	8.48	8.39
Netherlands	50.12	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	23.62	21.26	24.25	28.21	29.81
Norway	61.46	56.58	61.08	68.56	69.90
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	12.08	9.51	9.88	10.73	10.16
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	17.29	16.89	15.75	16.41	NA
Spain	35.44	31.20	29.92	32.75	31.45
Sweden	45.55	40.89	44.78	52.09	52.35
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	11.83	9.51	10.76	11.92	10.88
United Kingdom	35.93	30.68	32.50	32.10	33.49
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 25. Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (ISIC 25), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	28.92	29.82	30.24	30.68	30.73
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	33.59	31.12	36.90	42.79	43.55
Austria	39.32	39.05	36.89	40.09	38.20
Belgium	NA	44.26	42.75	45.97	43.69
Brazil	7.30	6.90	8.69	9.98	9.56
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	46.15	44.70	44.57	47.41	44.02
Estonia	NA	12.87	11.72	13.25	13.05
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	37.32	35.99	34.82	37.49	35.47
Germany	40.64	39.36	37.96	40.20	39.12
Greece	21.37	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	7.97	7.03	6.56	7.14	7.07
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	14.42	13.19	14.61	15.98	15.53
Italy	32.07	31.34	30.69	32.98	31.18
Japan	23.97	26.73	27.48	30.80	30.42
Korea, Republic of	14.50	13.23	15.01	16.36	16.64
Mexico	6.00	5.47	5.82	5.85	5.71
Netherlands	38.28	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	18.54	17.15	19.70	22.98	24.27
Norway	53.22	49.77	53.71	61.09	59.99
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	9.46	7.61	8.02	8.70	8.27
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	10.17	10.80	10.22	11.33	NA
Spain	26.17	26.44	25.06	26.20	24.14
Sweden	37.83	34.71	37.58	41.50	41.70
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	6.82	6.24	6.51	7.25	7.46
United Kingdom	29.72	26.21	26.04	28.10	26.56
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 26. Computer, electronic and optical products (ISIC 26), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	45.45	47.94	49.34	51.16	50.62
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	52.62	53.34	47.27	51.87	49.16
Belgium	NA	55.37	54.25	58.32	55.33
Brazil	11.16	11.83	14.44	16.81	16.01
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	51.16	50.40	52.67	56.82	53.54
Estonia	NA	10.16	9.15	10.21	10.40
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	54.48	52.86	51.29	55.15	52.15
Germany	54.36	52.18	50.62	54.51	50.11
Greece	24.09	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	10.20	9.26	8.81	9.98	9.89
Ireland	49.93	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	28.95	27.49	29.75	32.23	30.47
Italy	41.08	40.11	39.27	42.25	39.95
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	17.69	16.29	19.63	21.47	24.30
Mexico	5.56	4.77	5.12	5.23	5.18
Netherlands	51.14	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	10.20	7.79	8.33	8.58	7.94
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	23.93	NA
Slovakia	9.69	9.68	9.46	10.77	NA
Spain	31.30	35.94	32.56	33.23	31.63
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	10.31	8.97	9.85	11.13	11.31
United Kingdom	45.08	33.99	34.38	37.83	37.83
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 27. Electrical equipment (ISIC 27), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	30.64	32.41	33.11	35.30	36.41
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	48.58	49.47	45.40	47.86	45.85
Belgium	NA	50.05	48.93	52.47	49.87
Brazil	10.91	10.16	14.01	14.70	14.00
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	48.53	47.89	46.25	50.89	48.73
Estonia	NA	10.76	10.86	12.60	11.85
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	43.59	42.20	41.05	44.26	41.83
Germany	50.68	49.17	47.05	50.42	49.52
Greece	20.93	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	10.06	8.50	7.50	8.29	7.99
Ireland	38.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	15.57	14.64	16.94	19.12	18.77
Italy	36.73	35.90	35.15	37.81	35.75
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	14.90	13.39	15.93	17.67	18.49
Mexico	6.21	5.78	5.83	6.11	6.02
Netherlands	46.47	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	9.73	8.02	8.68	9.43	9.05
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	9.21	10.34	9.72	10.95	NA
Spain	30.76	31.44	28.65	32.26	30.68
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	32.36	27.43	27.54	29.05	28.77
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 28. Machinery and equipment n.e.c. (ISIC 28), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	34.37	35.55	36.29	37.15	38.15
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	45.88	45.69	42.92	46.27	45.09
Belgium	NA	48.60	47.45	50.94	48.45
Brazil	11.08	10.50	13.21	15.26	14.58
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	48.94	48.10	48.63	52.22	50.05
Estonia	NA	12.30	11.60	13.26	13.50
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	44.13	42.63	41.37	44.55	42.19
Germany	51.50	50.11	47.92	51.56	49.11
Greece	22.45	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	10.03	8.98	9.26	9.92	9.68
Ireland	37.03	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	20.50	19.76	21.47	23.84	23.36
Italy	37.70	36.85	36.08	38.81	36.70
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	16.26	14.21	15.92	17.16	18.24
Mexico	6.53	6.08	6.34	6.72	6.59
Netherlands	44.49	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	65.50	60.77	65.35	72.37	71.54
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	10.75	8.53	9.00	9.61	9.24
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	11.22	11.97	11.06	12.37	NA
Spain	30.19	29.86	27.77	29.83	28.92
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
United Kingdom	35.16	30.10	29.26	32.48	33.23
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 29. Motor vehicles and other transport equipment (ISIC 29-30), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	41.98	45.18	45.33	46.06	45.34
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	48.31	50.30	44.30	48.96	46.81
Belgium	NA	58.42	56.52	60.75	57.63
Brazil	14.61	13.88	16.73	19.99	18.78
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	47.59	46.93	46.77	48.66	45.61
Estonia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	48.01	46.35	44.88	48.37	45.77
Germany	59.59	57.69	54.76	60.62	58.82
Greece	28.73	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	11.46	10.26	9.78	10.94	10.91
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	24.69	23.22	25.41	27.65	25.95
Italy	38.28	37.42	36.60	39.41	37.26
Japan	32.82	35.66	37.21	42.37	41.65
Korea, Republic of	21.99	19.02	23.53	24.50	25.74
Mexico	8.69	8.01	7.95	8.15	7.80
Netherlands	42.38	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	21.46	19.72	23.40	25.99	27.97
Norway	63.61	60.00	64.36	72.39	71.10
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	10.90	8.70	9.28	9.92	9.53
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	20.32	NA
Slovakia	11.58	12.35	11.15	12.49	NA
Spain	35.36	34.95	33.56	35.43	33.63
Sweden	46.11	41.56	44.36	50.51	51.27
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	9.05	8.46	8.76	9.80	9.98
United Kingdom	39.41	34.78	34.78	36.99	38.28
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 30. Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (ISIC 29), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	37.36	38.10	37.35	37.90	37.38
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	36.76	35.05	42.73	51.67	54.34
Austria	48.07	49.43	43.16	47.95	46.05
Belgium	NA	59.44	57.42	61.72	58.52
Brazil	14.50	13.98	16.89	20.01	18.80
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	45.16	44.12	43.45	44.82	43.87
Estonia	NA	12.00	10.25	11.44	11.29
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	44.97	43.16	41.70	44.86	42.36
Germany	59.46	57.30	54.35	60.42	59.04
Greece	28.44	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	11.51	10.26	9.73	10.88	10.87
Ireland	30.89	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	14.58	13.80	15.15	17.30	15.85
Italy	37.93	37.03	36.26	39.00	36.88
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	20.83	18.79	23.67	23.26	25.87
Mexico	8.70	8.01	7.96	8.16	7.79
Netherlands	42.33	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	10.67	8.68	9.34	9.90	9.49
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	11.65	12.53	11.27	12.60	NA
Spain	34.42	34.33	32.90	34.51	32.19
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	9.54	8.60	8.78	9.89	10.20
United Kingdom	37.33	32.86	32.71	34.87	35.00
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 31. Other transport equipment (ISIC 30), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	47.11	51.46	53.60	54.75	54.35
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	37.45	33.06	37.17	44.96	47.28
Austria	48.53	53.03	50.08	54.10	50.45
Belgium	NA	53.39	52.22	56.15	53.42
Brazil	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	50.12	49.84	50.23	52.65	47.42
Estonia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	53.97	52.58	51.20	55.33	52.59
Germany	60.50	60.16	57.49	61.99	57.53
Greece	29.48	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	10.99	10.32	10.45	11.71	11.58
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	28.06	26.59	29.57	31.55	29.67
Italy	38.90	38.02	37.23	40.09	37.90
Japan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Korea, Republic of	24.04	19.38	23.25	26.93	25.50
Mexico	7.98	7.88	7.92	7.87	7.86
Netherlands	42.44	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	11.57	8.78	9.05	10.02	9.68
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	10.69	10.17	9.45	11.12	NA
Spain	38.80	37.07	35.96	38.80	38.92
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	8.54	8.32	8.74	9.70	9.72
United Kingdom	42.10	36.26	36.68	38.86	41.37
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 32. Furniture (ISIC 31), Hourly compensation costs, U.S. Dollars, 2008-2012
Country	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
United States	25.30	25.88	26.02	26.62	26.57
Argentina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Australia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Austria	31.88	30.92	29.63	32.00	30.40
Belgium	NA	38.04	36.84	39.88	37.85
Brazil	4.46	4.19	5.40	6.10	6.05
Canada	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Czech Republic	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denmark	44.05	44.45	41.93	43.95	42.14
Estonia	NA	9.02	8.54	9.25	9.11
Finland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
France	31.55	30.38	29.33	31.44	29.67
Germany	37.63	36.05	34.64	36.83	34.45
Greece	17.40	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hungary	6.17	5.53	5.44	5.97	5.89
Ireland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Israel	10.65	9.53	10.65	12.13	12.13
Italy	28.11	27.71	27.02	29.39	27.57
Japan	21.07	23.86	23.96	27.43	27.75
Korea, Republic of	12.94	12.02	13.96	15.52	18.73
Mexico	3.79	3.34	3.59	3.86	3.79
Netherlands	35.13	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Zealand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Norway	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Philippines	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Poland	7.64	6.09	6.42	6.68	6.39
Portugal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Singapore	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Slovakia	8.92	9.09	8.40	9.13	NA
Spain	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Sweden	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Switzerland	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Taiwan	6.11	5.94	6.13	6.76	6.84
United Kingdom	26.76	23.19	23.99	24.76	24.75
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Except for Argentina, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

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