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Table 3. Components of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollars, 2011 Hourly Compensation Costs Direct Pay Social Directly- Pay for Insur- Paid Time Total ance Benefits Worked (1) (2) (3) Norway 64.15 10.98 53.18(4) Switzerland 60.40 9.25 11.24 39.92 Belgium 54.77 17.64 11.05 26.07 Denmark 51.67 4.97 7.54 39.15 Sweden 49.12 16.18 5.13 27.82 Germany 47.38 10.24 9.44 27.70 Australia 46.29 9.25 4.41 32.63 Finland 44.14 9.20 8.51 26.43 Austria 43.16 11.07 9.26 22.82 Netherlands 42.26 8.97 9.01 24.29 France 42.12 12.61 7.80 21.70 Ireland 39.83 6.39 6.00 27.43 Canada 36.56 7.49 3.59 25.48 Italy 36.17 10.47 5.27 20.43 Japan 35.71 6.46 9.02 20.23 United States 35.53 8.65 3.17 23.70 United Kingdom 30.77 4.73 4.05 21.98 Spain 28.44 7.22 5.57 15.65 New Zealand 23.38 0.99 2.69 19.70 Singapore 22.60 3.64 3.95 15.00 Greece 21.78 5.03 4.08 12.66 Israel 21.42 3.49 1.50 16.42 Korea, Republic of 18.91 3.70 15.21(4) Argentina 15.91 2.77 2.23 10.92 Czech Republic 13.13 3.59 1.77 7.77 Portugal 12.91 2.54 2.49 7.88 Slovakia 11.77 3.19 2.20 6.38 Brazil 11.65 3.72 1.66 6.27 Estonia 10.39 2.69 0.98 6.73 Taiwan 9.34 1.35 8.00(4) Hungary 9.17 2.16 1.81 5.20 Poland 8.83 1.25 2.23 5.35 Mexico 6.48 1.95 4.53(4) Philippines 2.01 0.17 0.35 1.49 (1) Social insurance expenditures are legally required, private, and contractual social benefit costs, and labor-related taxes minus subsidies. (2) Directly-paid benefits are primarily pay for leave time, bonuses, and pay in kind. (3) Pay for time worked is wages and salaries for time actually worked. (4) Separate measures of directly-paid benefits and pay for time worked are not available. Data relate to total direct pay.