Table 3.1 Indexes of hourly pay for time worked 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 32 32 33 33 32 32 11 13 15 18 22 26 31 30 38 46 Australia 88 84 74 76 66 58 64 80 91 96 97 109 113 102 120 138 Austria 93 80 79 76 65 63 65 77 83 84 86 94 102 98 91 96 Belgium 102 88 87 82 71 69 72 88 98 97 99 106 116 108 104 110 Brazil 24 23 21 13 13 10 9 9 10 13 15 18 20 19 23 26 Canada 88 85 80 78 77 72 69 77 84 91 97 103 102 90 103 108 Czech Republic 13 12 13 12 11 12 14 17 19 21 24 27 33 29 29 33 Denmark NA 122 121 117 101 99 104 124 136 136 139 156 169 161 156 165 Estonia NA NA NA NA 9 10 11 14 16 17 20 26 31 28 26 28 Finland 96 84 83 80 70 68 71 85 94 95 99 107 116 112 106 112 France 93 81 79 75 64 61 63 75 82 81 84 91 97 90 86 92 Germany 120 103 101 94 83 79 82 98 107 107 107 116 124 115 111 117 Greece 47 42 39 38 32 28 34 40 46 43 46 53 61 57 56 53 Hungary 10 10 10 9 9 10 12 14 16 18 18 22 24 21 20 22 Ireland 79 76 74 72 65 67 73 88 99 100 104 116 126 120 113 116 Israel 56 57 56 54 56 57 49 51 51 51 52 57 67 60 65 69 Italy 68 62 61 58 49 48 52 64 73 73 76 83 90 84 81 86 Japan 84 76 69 78 80 69 64 68 71 68 64 62 69 75 78 85 Korea, Republic of NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Mexico NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Netherlands NA 80 82 80 71 69 73 87 95 93 96 104 112 103 97 102 New Zealand 66 64 52 51 43 40 44 55 63 67 64 74 73 64 74 83 Norway NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Philippines 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 Poland NA 9 10 12 11 12 13 13 14 16 18 21 26 20 22 23 Portugal 27 24 24 23 20 20 21 25 28 28 29 32 35 33 31 33 Singapore 47 47 44 44 45 44 42 43 44 43 44 49 57 51 54 63 Slovakia 9 9 8 8 7 7 9 11 13 15 16 21 25 25 25 27 Spain 55 48 47 45 39 38 40 48 53 55 57 63 69 65 62 66 Sweden 103 92 90 85 77 69 74 89 97 96 100 111 115 100 106 117 Switzerland 151 125 124 115 101 101 106 123 129 127 126 131 143 143 145 168 Taiwan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA United Kingdom 76 80 84 83 78 77 81 91 103 105 108 118 111 92 90 93 'NA' means data not available. Note: Pay for time worked is wages and salaries for time actually worked. For complete definitions, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012