Table 2. Unit labor costs, compensation, and output in national currency
Table 2. Unit labor costs, compensation, and output
National currency basis, manufacturing, 19 countries, 1979-2011
Average annual compound rates of change
Country Indicator 1979-2011 1979-1990 1990-2000 2000-2007 2007-2011 2009-2010 2010-2011
United States Unit labor costs 0.2 2.5 -0.4 -2.2 -0.7 -9.1 0.6
Compensation 2.9 4.9 3.8 0.6 -1.0 1.1 4.9
Output 2.7 2.3 4.2 2.9 -0.3 11.2 4.3
Australia Unit labor costs NA NA 1.6 2.8 2.4 0.0 3.1
Compensation NA NA 3.1 4.4 1.2 0.7 1.0
Output 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.5 -1.2 0.7 -2.1
Belgium Unit labor costs 1.1 1.8 0.2 1.0 2.0 -3.7 -1.0
Compensation 2.4 4.4 1.6 1.7 -0.2 0.9 2.3
Output 1.2 2.6 1.5 0.7 -2.2 4.8 3.3
Canada Unit labor costs 2.0 4.6 -0.3 2.7 -0.1 -5.8 0.3
Compensation 3.5 6.5 3.8 2.1 -2.8 -0.9 2.8
Output 1.4 1.9 4.2 -0.6 -2.8 5.2 2.4
Czech Republic Unit labor costs NA NA NA -1.8 -5.4 -8.8 -7.5
Compensation NA NA NA 7.4 -0.3 3.8 1.5
Output NA NA NA 9.4 5.4 13.8 9.8
Denmark Unit labor costs 2.6 5.5 0.5 2.1 1.1 -5.4 0.0
Compensation 3.5 7.0 2.5 2.5 -2.1 -4.0 1.4
Output 0.8 1.4 2.0 0.5 -3.1 1.5 1.5
Finland Unit labor costs 1.2 5.7 -2.2 -3.1 5.2 -9.6 2.7
Compensation 4.7 9.4 3.3 2.9 -0.9 -1.3 4.7
Output 3.5 3.4 5.5 6.2 -5.8 9.1 2.0
France Unit labor costs 2.1 5.8 -0.2 0.1 1.7 -3.9 0.3
Compensation 3.0 6.7 1.7 1.3 -0.1 -0.5 1.4
Output 0.9 0.9 1.9 1.2 -1.8 3.6 1.2
Germany Unit labor costs 1.6 3.3 1.4 -2.2 3.8 -8.6 -2.2
Compensation 2.5 4.6 2.0 0.7 1.4 1.8 5.8
Output 1.0 1.2 0.6 3.0 -2.4 11.3 8.1
Italy Unit labor costs 4.4 8.8 1.9 2.1 3.1 -6.3 2.5
Compensation 5.5 11.6 3.2 3.0 -0.6 0.3 3.2
Output 1.0 2.6 1.3 0.8 -3.5 7.0 0.6
Japan Unit labor costs -1.1 0.7 -0.9 -4.4 -1.0 -13.9 5.1
Compensation 1.1 5.5 -0.1 -1.8 -2.3 1.8 1.3
Output 2.3 4.7 0.8 2.6 -1.4 18.2 -3.6
Korea, Republic of Unit labor costs 3.7 7.9 2.6 1.6 -0.7 -0.6 -6.1
Compensation 12.6 19.5 11.3 8.5 4.9 14.0 0.6
Output 8.5 10.8 8.4 6.8 5.6 14.7 7.2
Netherlands Unit labor costs 0.5 0.8 0.3 -0.1 1.3 -6.9 -1.9
Compensation 2.6 3.2 3.0 1.9 1.0 -0.5 1.6
Output 2.1 2.4 2.7 2.0 -0.3 6.9 3.5
Norway Unit labor costs 4.0 6.7 3.4 2.3 1.3 -1.9 1.8
Compensation 4.7 6.1 4.5 4.7 1.5 0.3 3.8
Output 0.7 -0.6 1.2 2.3 0.1 2.2 1.9
Singapore Unit labor costs 0.2 3.7 -1.5 -1.1 -3.0 -18.3 -2.6
Compensation 7.0 11.3 5.8 4.4 3.2 6.0 4.8
Output 6.8 7.3 7.4 5.5 6.4 29.7 7.6
Spain Unit labor costs 3.9 7.8 2.7 2.4 -0.5 -5.0 -3.6
Compensation 5.4 10.1 5.5 3.5 -3.7 -4.5 -1.2
Output 1.4 2.1 2.8 1.1 -3.2 0.5 2.4
Sweden Unit labor costs 1.1 6.6 -2.1 -2.3 1.0 -17.5 -0.5
Compensation 4.5 8.4 3.6 2.8 -0.3 -1.2 5.5
Output 3.3 1.7 5.8 5.2 -1.3 19.8 6.1
Taiwan Unit labor costs 0.5 5.5 0.2 -3.8 -4.0 -9.4 1.8
Compensation 7.1 13.5 5.2 3.1 1.9 13.6 6.8
Output 6.5 7.5 5.0 7.2 6.2 25.4 4.9
United Kingdom Unit labor costs 2.7 6.1 1.3 0.6 1.1 0.7 -2.3
Compensation 3.1 7.0 2.2 0.6 -0.6 4.5 -0.2
Output 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.1 -1.7 3.8 2.1
NOTE: German data for years before 1991 pertain to the former West Germany.
NA=data not available.
Last Modified Date: December 06, 2012
United States Department of Labor
