Table 3.3 Hourly pay for time worked 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 15.74 16.22 16.63 17.15 17.77 18.44 19.16 19.77 20.25 20.73 20.91 21.50 22.16 23.04 23.31 23.70 Argentina 5.04 5.18 5.49 5.58 5.70 5.81 6.32 7.27 9.05 10.97 13.90 17.07 21.65 26.03 34.15 44.86 Australia 17.75 18.32 19.58 20.09 20.25 20.62 22.39 24.12 25.14 25.96 27.01 27.84 29.43 29.60 30.40 31.58 Austria 155.12 158.55 162.81 #12.20 12.49 12.88 13.19 13.41 13.47 13.92 14.27 14.77 15.39 16.17 15.95 16.38 Belgium 498.46 509.28 522.76 #13.27 13.63 14.20 14.50 15.33 15.95 16.19 16.45 16.67 17.44 17.89 18.22 18.71 Brazil 3.73 4.01 4.09 4.07 4.25 4.55 4.81 5.27 6.01 6.49 6.96 7.42 8.26 8.72 9.54 10.48 Canada 18.79 18.99 19.63 19.81 20.40 20.46 20.70 21.35 22.11 22.75 22.96 23.89 24.21 23.54 24.81 25.19 Czech Republic 55.47 61.99 68.95 72.71 78.52 83.91 89.58 94.49 100.16 105.36 111.11 119.63 126.16 128.91 131.21 137.58 Denmark NA 130.81 135.27 140.77 145.72 151.93 156.60 161.09 164.46 168.90 172.98 182.96 190.90 198.42 204.03 209.61 Estonia NA NA NA NA 28.50 30.71 33.84 37.26 40.02 45.33 53.39 64.75 73.09 71.62 71.98 #4.83 Finland 69.15 70.53 73.42 #12.84 13.46 14.04 14.41 14.80 15.30 15.89 16.44 16.82 17.50 18.46 18.55 18.97 France 74.90 76.48 77.71 #12.03 12.24 12.51 12.79 13.07 13.36 13.55 13.91 14.28 14.61 14.93 15.20 15.58 Germany 28.44 28.88 29.46 #15.17 15.90 16.20 16.68 17.13 17.50 17.74 17.88 18.27 18.65 19.05 19.45 19.88 Greece 1773.80 1848.82 1929.14 2015.37 2108.21 #5.85 6.84 7.04 7.43 7.12 7.69 8.38 9.14 9.48 9.81 9.09 Hungary 247.47 297.77 346.46 384.78 439.92 512.05 576.24 625.69 677.06 724.82 788.62 865.21 911.25 958.73 985.79 1045.45 Ireland 7.80 8.11 8.58 #11.59 12.42 13.85 14.71 15.40 16.17 16.73 17.31 18.15 19.04 19.87 19.93 19.69 Israel 27.97 32.13 35.49 38.27 40.53 44.01 44.61 45.56 46.30 47.60 48.78 50.73 53.02 54.39 56.36 58.75 Italy 16450.58 17095.70 17580.79 #9.29 9.48 9.97 10.55 11.16 11.82 12.18 12.61 12.99 13.47 13.91 14.31 14.66 Japan 1445.03 1484.39 1511.79 1524.50 1523.66 1539.74 1541.29 1548.85 1548.51 1561.06 1563.30 1566.68 1590.27 1612.61 1594.70 1612.12 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 25.27 26.90 #12.88 13.59 14.22 14.77 15.24 15.46 15.56 15.92 16.25 16.80 17.06 17.13 17.43 New Zealand 15.04 15.55 15.99 16.41 16.87 17.40 18.03 18.56 19.08 19.76 20.67 21.56 22.53 23.18 23.97 24.87 Norway NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Philippines 26.29 27.98 29.75 30.62 32.58 36.39 38.43 40.76 44.95 48.53 51.04 54.60 57.59 60.06 62.75 64.58 Poland NA 4.72 5.59 7.83 8.71 9.43 9.80 10.11 10.40 10.81 11.50 12.73 14.01 14.60 15.17 15.85 Portugal 665.56 682.87 721.81 #3.70 3.82 4.06 4.31 4.45 4.62 4.74 4.88 5.01 5.22 5.39 5.47 5.66 Singapore 10.38 11.23 12.27 12.71 13.65 14.65 14.55 14.87 15.06 15.00 14.71 15.75 17.74 16.94 17.28 18.85 Slovakia 41.69 47.51 49.65 53.78 58.98 65.11 75.31 82.73 87.99 94.82 101.81 109.61 119.58 #4.20 4.36 4.58 Spain 1096.16 1142.16 1179.98 #7.29 7.49 7.74 8.09 8.45 8.69 9.09 9.46 9.83 10.33 10.83 10.96 11.23 Sweden 108.92 113.72 118.70 120.82 125.27 131.13 137.79 142.14 144.14 149.12 153.95 161.09 167.39 176.70 177.21 180.48 Switzerland 29.31 29.47 30.00 29.72 30.38 31.38 31.74 32.63 32.50 32.71 33.12 33.70 34.32 35.82 35.23 35.38 Taiwan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA United Kingdom 7.62 7.92 8.41 8.79 9.09 9.84 10.34 11.03 11.41 11.92 12.31 12.72 13.26 13.53 13.55 13.70 '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: 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