Table 2.3 Hourly direct pay in manufacturing, national currency, 1996-2011 Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 United States 17.73 18.20 18.62 19.14 19.87 20.68 21.54 22.27 22.78 23.40 23.62 24.37 25.09 25.96 26.26 26.87 Argentina 5.95 6.13 6.51 6.66 6.78 6.91 7.61 8.75 10.89 13.20 16.73 20.55 26.07 31.34 41.12 54.01 Australia 20.15 20.79 22.22 22.80 22.99 23.41 25.42 27.38 28.53 29.46 30.66 31.59 33.41 33.60 34.51 35.85 Austria 217.34 221.83 227.45 #17.02 17.40 17.94 18.37 18.69 18.76 19.44 19.98 20.72 21.64 22.74 22.42 23.03 Belgium 699.31 714.48 733.40 #18.61 19.12 19.93 20.35 21.51 22.37 22.79 23.24 23.66 24.84 25.47 25.94 26.65 Brazil 4.72 5.07 5.17 5.15 5.38 5.75 6.09 6.67 7.60 8.21 8.81 9.38 10.45 11.02 12.07 13.26 Canada 21.44 21.67 22.39 22.60 23.27 23.34 23.62 24.36 25.22 25.95 26.20 27.25 27.63 26.85 28.30 28.74 Czech Republic 67.90 75.88 84.41 89.01 95.62 103.84 109.65 115.72 122.33 128.35 135.03 145.90 153.20 158.23 161.06 168.87 Denmark NA 151.69 156.85 164.64 170.28 178.00 183.63 189.07 192.87 198.86 204.35 216.73 227.11 234.87 243.68 249.99 Estonia NA NA NA NA 32.24 34.97 38.25 42.20 45.48 51.60 60.66 73.75 83.56 82.40 82.37 #5.53 Finland 88.24 89.81 93.29 #16.28 17.03 18.02 18.77 19.57 20.53 21.24 21.90 22.32 23.13 24.41 24.53 25.08 France 99.32 101.18 102.54 #15.84 16.07 16.47 16.88 17.29 17.72 18.09 18.67 19.29 19.87 20.30 20.67 21.18 Germany 38.18 38.73 39.12 #20.04 21.26 21.89 22.59 23.21 23.31 23.72 24.15 24.87 25.38 25.71 25.82 26.66 Greece 2325.15 2433.18 2549.08 2673.77 2808.27 #7.82 9.16 9.45 10.00 9.54 10.25 11.13 12.08 12.54 12.97 12.02 Hungary 314.09 381.57 448.26 502.72 580.44 676.68 762.73 829.50 899.02 966.11 1055.16 1162.08 1228.65 1292.66 1329.15 1409.58 Ireland 9.13 9.56 10.19 #13.85 14.94 16.52 17.40 18.06 18.80 19.67 20.57 21.80 23.10 24.13 24.24 24.00 Israel 30.68 35.26 38.88 41.81 44.31 48.19 48.93 49.92 50.69 52.11 53.31 55.59 58.28 59.84 61.79 64.13 Italy 21523.83 22367.91 22952.23 #12.10 12.32 12.87 13.55 14.24 15.00 15.42 15.93 16.38 16.94 17.50 18.00 18.45 Japan 2184.54 2247.96 2266.23 2245.53 2248.55 2264.10 2227.70 2241.96 2251.38 2284.71 2295.01 2292.00 2329.57 2305.26 2282.88 2330.87 Korea, Republic of 6337.42 6750.37 6798.05 7195.16 7925.04 8585.92 9719.73 10568.26 11640.91 12548.57 13633.71 14714.47 14986.11 15428.48 16465.75 16833.62 Mexico 15.07 18.09 21.68 25.82 29.89 33.66 36.46 38.91 40.72 42.36 44.24 46.75 49.77 53.02 54.24 56.30 Netherlands NA 33.75 35.81 #17.10 17.98 18.84 19.60 20.27 20.59 20.88 21.51 22.11 23.03 23.38 23.49 23.90 New Zealand 16.98 17.57 18.07 18.54 19.08 19.68 20.41 21.02 21.54 22.33 23.46 24.70 25.88 26.46 27.25 28.27 Norway NA 155.50 167.29 176.20 183.43 192.09 201.89 208.70 217.71 222.39 234.59 250.72 265.46 275.82 286.25 297.91 Philippines 31.99 34.05 36.20 37.51 40.19 45.20 48.05 50.83 55.90 60.19 63.14 67.36 71.06 74.11 77.42 79.68 Poland NA 7.23 8.38 11.51 12.55 13.53 14.01 14.39 14.75 15.33 16.31 18.05 19.85 20.69 21.50 22.47 Portugal 864.13 895.35 955.80 #4.95 5.16 5.42 5.67 5.78 5.92 6.12 6.34 6.55 6.87 7.09 7.20 7.44 Singapore 13.08 14.12 15.24 15.91 17.08 18.35 18.24 18.65 18.93 18.90 18.68 20.15 22.56 21.40 21.83 23.82 Slovakia 57.73 65.79 70.86 75.88 84.39 93.39 104.54 113.28 121.85 131.49 141.09 152.22 165.05 #5.76 5.86 6.16 Spain 1462.87 1527.13 1580.66 #9.78 10.07 10.45 10.96 11.49 11.86 12.38 12.87 13.36 14.01 14.68 14.86 15.23 Sweden 126.93 132.73 138.76 141.45 146.89 154.13 162.36 167.89 170.66 176.56 182.29 190.76 198.23 209.26 209.86 213.74 Switzerland 37.16 37.37 38.03 37.68 38.51 40.10 40.87 41.81 41.42 42.24 43.32 44.15 45.02 46.45 45.15 45.34 Taiwan 168.24 175.43 183.99 189.64 195.84 208.31 204.99 210.14 213.31 221.71 226.34 230.48 233.38 218.36 224.44 234.93 United Kingdom 9.32 9.72 10.36 10.86 11.27 12.03 12.44 13.08 13.33 13.97 14.48 15.01 15.71 16.02 16.04 16.23 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Note: See note in Table 7.1. for national currency units. Note: Direct pay includes pay for time worked (wages) and directly-paid benefits. For complete definitions, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012