Table 5.3 Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes 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 4.74 4.85 4.87 4.88 5.10 5.54 5.82 6.29 6.53 6.74 6.86 7.71 7.69 8.23 8.55 8.65 Argentina 1.48 1.42 1.49 1.41 1.38 1.35 1.60 1.85 2.30 2.78 3.53 4.34 5.50 6.61 8.67 11.39 Australia 4.35 4.66 5.04 5.30 5.30 5.65 6.63 7.35 7.79 7.97 8.06 8.18 8.65 8.55 8.62 8.95 Austria 80.41 82.18 84.48 #6.31 6.40 6.30 6.36 6.38 6.30 6.56 6.79 7.08 7.47 7.85 7.73 7.95 Belgium 313.68 321.04 330.48 #8.37 9.20 8.87 9.01 9.42 9.75 10.15 10.58 10.96 11.75 12.04 12.31 12.67 Brazil 2.42 2.55 2.66 2.51 2.58 2.79 2.92 3.26 3.58 4.00 4.21 4.45 5.02 5.22 5.67 6.22 Canada 3.96 3.94 3.90 3.91 3.96 4.23 4.73 5.17 5.59 5.86 6.21 6.31 6.55 6.92 7.33 7.40 Czech Republic 23.93 26.98 30.05 31.85 35.54 38.67 41.23 43.62 46.56 46.59 49.30 53.28 55.55 59.55 60.61 63.56 Denmark NA 4.98 5.15 9.71 9.48 13.68 17.07 19.46 20.80 23.26 22.82 25.04 25.79 25.49 26.01 26.62 Estonia NA NA NA NA 11.08 11.78 13.36 14.69 15.73 17.91 21.41 26.02 29.36 28.24 28.82 #1.93 Finland 26.64 26.26 23.23 #4.45 4.49 4.80 5.16 5.27 5.57 5.78 6.14 6.24 6.64 6.78 6.46 6.60 France 43.00 43.99 44.79 #6.95 7.08 7.33 7.59 7.85 8.12 8.15 8.27 8.39 8.49 8.67 8.83 9.05 Germany 11.82 11.86 11.77 #5.84 6.27 6.39 6.64 6.82 7.01 6.83 7.19 6.85 6.90 7.13 7.23 7.35 Greece 710.67 736.45 763.95 793.37 824.93 #2.26 2.62 2.66 2.78 2.70 2.96 3.28 3.63 3.77 3.89 3.61 Hungary 161.24 188.69 213.22 229.65 254.22 288.51 316.33 334.39 351.97 373.12 386.64 428.70 453.37 452.00 416.14 433.53 Ireland 1.41 1.43 1.50 #2.00 2.13 2.48 2.57 2.82 3.05 3.34 3.64 4.02 4.43 4.62 4.64 4.59 Israel 6.09 7.09 8.00 7.99 8.47 9.62 10.08 10.10 9.96 10.13 9.79 9.29 10.80 11.71 11.45 12.50 Italy 10871.67 11298.01 10397.87 #5.48 5.70 5.93 6.13 6.45 6.79 6.84 6.77 6.82 6.90 7.13 7.33 7.51 Japan 389.77 414.00 430.40 437.36 448.86 462.95 462.49 472.49 481.56 495.89 499.95 501.10 511.16 507.66 504.54 515.15 Korea, Republic of 1344.62 2036.02 2471.43 3026.00 2954.64 3036.52 3092.04 2933.02 2827.63 2634.26 2939.51 3340.04 3522.94 3764.06 4026.71 4099.98 Mexico 8.07 9.40 11.03 12.58 14.52 16.87 17.56 18.38 18.62 18.79 19.85 20.68 22.36 23.91 23.28 24.27 Netherlands NA 10.08 10.32 #4.75 4.81 5.27 5.50 5.93 5.95 5.86 5.84 5.83 6.23 6.32 6.33 6.44 New Zealand 0.63 0.64 0.63 0.63 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.65 0.70 0.75 0.80 0.88 0.89 1.03 1.05 1.25 Norway NA 27.56 29.65 31.23 32.51 35.98 39.87 43.35 47.46 47.83 49.78 52.47 54.79 56.93 59.08 61.49 Philippines 3.50 3.73 3.96 4.09 4.20 4.52 4.59 4.77 5.49 5.80 5.98 6.26 6.60 6.88 7.19 7.40 Poland NA 3.11 3.66 1.99 2.27 2.47 2.58 2.67 2.77 2.79 2.87 3.07 3.26 3.40 3.54 3.69 Portugal 234.26 236.88 246.66 #1.25 1.27 1.34 1.41 1.45 1.50 1.54 1.58 1.62 1.68 1.74 1.76 1.82 Singapore 3.74 3.93 3.94 2.76 3.12 3.53 3.49 3.56 3.38 3.14 3.18 3.52 4.13 4.11 4.19 4.58 Slovakia 26.07 29.70 30.93 31.31 35.08 36.56 42.42 47.86 45.99 49.15 53.69 58.38 64.02 #2.31 2.22 2.29 Spain 497.82 517.24 532.84 #3.28 3.36 3.50 3.69 3.90 4.08 4.28 4.48 4.73 4.84 5.31 5.25 5.18 Sweden 55.21 58.52 61.62 63.94 67.74 72.46 76.62 82.63 84.45 87.80 87.17 97.05 94.44 103.93 103.46 104.95 Switzerland 6.75 6.79 6.91 6.85 7.00 7.34 7.54 7.67 7.56 7.73 7.94 8.08 8.23 8.44 8.16 8.19 Taiwan 26.84 27.27 28.53 29.90 32.38 33.77 31.04 29.54 29.65 33.09 35.43 38.25 40.33 38.23 39.09 39.52 United Kingdom 2.08 2.07 2.12 2.37 2.36 2.37 2.27 2.22 2.22 2.35 2.47 2.59 2.74 2.79 2.80 2.95 '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: Employer social insurance expenditures are legally required, private, and contractual social benefit costs, and labor-related taxes minus subsidies. For complete definitions, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012