December 27, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and in the United States, 2010
Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollars, selected countries, 2010
| Country |
Hourly compensation cost |
Norway |
$57.53 |
Switzerland |
53.20 |
Belgium |
50.70 |
Denmark |
45.48 |
Sweden |
43.81 |
Germany |
43.76 |
Finland |
42.30 |
Austria |
41.07 |
Netherlands |
40.92 |
Australia |
40.60 |
France |
40.55 |
Ireland |
36.30 |
Canada |
35.67 |
United States |
34.74 |
Italy |
33.41 |
Japan |
31.99 |
United Kingdom |
29.44 |
Spain |
26.60 |
Singapore |
19.10 |
Republic of Korea |
16.62 |
Argentina |
12.66 |
Brazil |
10.08 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and in the United States, 2010.
Benefit components of hourly compensation costs as a percent of total compensation, social insurance and directly-paid benefits, selected countries, 2010
| Country |
Precent of total |
| Social insurance |
Directly-paid benefits |
Sweden |
33.0 |
10.4 |
Belgium |
32.3 |
20.3 |
Brazil |
32.1 |
14.2 |
France |
31.9 |
16.2 |
Italy |
28.6 |
14.6 |
Czech Republic |
27.3 |
13.4 |
Spain |
25.9 |
19.4 |
Austria |
25.7 |
21.5 |
United States |
24.4 |
8.5 |
Canada |
22.5 |
9.6 |
Germany |
21.8 |
19.3 |
Australia |
20.2 |
9.5 |
Japan |
17.8 |
24.9 |
Argentina |
17.4 |
14.0 |
Singapore |
16.1 |
17.5 |
Switzerland |
15.5 |
20.1 |
United Kingdom |
14.9 |
13.2 |
Ireland |
12.0 |
15.5 |
Philippines |
9.5 |
16.3 |
New Zealand |
3.2 |
12.7 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and in the United States, 2010.
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