Table 1.1 Indexes of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis, 1996-2011 (Index, U.S. = 100) Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 United States 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Argentina 33 33 34 34 33 32 11 13 15 18 22 25 31 30 37 45 Australia 85 82 73 76 66 57 64 79 91 95 96 104 110 98 114 130 Austria 125 108 107 103 88 83 85 99 106 107 110 119 131 125 115 121 Belgium 146 125 125 120 105 98 101 123 136 136 139 148 164 153 146 154 Brazil 32 31 29 18 17 14 11 11 13 17 20 22 26 24 29 33 Canada 83 80 75 74 73 68 66 74 81 87 94 97 98 87 99 103 Czech Republic 15 14 15 15 14 14 17 20 22 24 27 31 37 33 33 37 Denmark NA 103 103 104 89 88 93 111 122 123 125 139 152 142 138 145 Estonia NA NA NA NA 10 10 11 14 17 18 22 27 32 29 27 29 Finland 111 97 93 92 80 78 83 98 111 112 116 122 134 127 118 124 France 124 108 106 101 86 81 85 100 110 108 111 118 127 118 112 119 Germany 148 127 123 115 102 97 101 119 129 126 129 136 145 134 126 133 Greece 56 50 48 47 40 34 41 48 54 51 54 62 71 66 64 61 Hungary 14 13 13 13 12 13 15 18 21 22 22 27 30 25 24 26 Ireland 75 72 71 70 63 65 69 83 93 95 100 110 124 117 110 112 Israel 51 53 53 50 52 52 46 46 46 46 46 49 59 53 56 60 Italy 93 86 82 78 67 64 68 82 92 92 94 99 107 100 96 102 Japan 105 95 88 98 100 86 79 82 86 84 79 74 84 88 91 101 Korea, Republic of 42 40 28 36 39 34 37 40 43 49 57 61 51 44 51 53 Mexico 14 15 15 17 19 21 20 19 18 19 19 19 20 17 18 18 Netherlands NA 97 99 97 84 82 87 104 113 110 113 119 131 121 114 119 New Zealand 54 52 43 42 36 33 36 44 50 54 52 59 58 51 59 66 Norway NA 112 111 111 98 97 111 125 134 139 146 161 173 155 164 181 Philippines 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 Poland NA 14 15 14 14 15 15 15 16 19 20 24 29 23 24 25 Portugal 32 28 28 27 24 23 24 29 31 32 33 35 38 36 34 36 Singapore 53 53 49 46 47 47 44 45 45 44 45 49 58 51 55 64 Slovakia 12 12 12 11 10 10 12 15 18 19 22 27 33 33 31 33 Spain 69 61 60 58 50 48 51 61 68 69 72 77 85 81 77 80 Sweden 121 109 107 103 94 84 90 109 118 117 120 133 136 120 125 138 Switzerland 158 132 132 123 108 107 114 129 134 133 134 136 150 148 147 170 Taiwan 32 31 27 28 29 27 25 24 25 26 26 26 26 23 24 26 United Kingdom 79 84 88 89 83 79 81 88 97 99 102 110 104 86 84 87 Trade-Weighted Measures (1) All Foreign Countries (2) NA 69 66 66 #63 59 59 65 71 72 75 78 82 75 78 82 OECD (2) NA 73 70 70 #66 62 62 70 75 77 80 83 87 80 82 87 Europe (2) NA 101 101 97 #85 82 86 100 110 109 112 119 127 117 112 118 Euro Area (2) NA 105 103 98 #86 82 86 102 112 111 114 121 132 122 116 122 Eastern Europe (2) NA 14 14 14 #13 14 15 17 19 21 23 27 32 27 27 29 East Asia ex-Japan NA 38 31 33 35 33 33 34 35 38 42 44 42 37 41 44 'NA' 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) 1997-1999 data exclude Estonia Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. For complete definitions, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012