Table 6.4 Hourly social insurance expenditures and other labor-related taxes as a percent of total hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, 1996-2011 Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 United States 21.1 21.0 20.7 20.3 20.4 21.1 21.3 22.0 22.3 22.4 22.5 24.0 23.5 24.1 24.6 24.4 Argentina 19.9 18.8 18.7 17.5 16.9 16.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 Australia 17.7 18.3 18.5 18.9 18.7 19.5 20.7 21.2 21.5 21.3 20.8 20.6 20.6 20.3 20.0 20.0 Austria 27.0 27.0 27.1 27.1 26.9 26.0 25.7 25.4 25.1 25.2 25.4 25.5 25.6 25.7 25.7 25.7 Belgium 31.0 31.0 31.1 31.0 32.5 30.8 30.7 30.5 30.4 30.8 31.3 31.7 32.1 32.1 32.2 32.2 Brazil 33.9 33.5 34.0 32.7 32.5 32.7 32.4 32.9 32.0 32.8 32.4 32.1 32.5 32.1 31.9 31.9 Canada 15.6 15.4 14.8 14.8 14.5 15.3 16.7 17.5 18.1 18.4 19.2 18.8 19.2 20.5 20.6 20.5 Czech Republic 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 27.1 27.1 27.3 27.4 27.6 26.6 26.7 26.7 26.6 27.3 27.3 27.3 Denmark NA 3.2 3.2 5.6 5.3 7.1 8.5 9.3 9.7 10.5 10.0 10.4 10.2 9.8 9.6 9.6 Estonia NA NA NA NA 25.6 25.2 25.9 25.8 25.7 25.8 26.1 26.1 26.0 25.5 25.9 25.8 Finland 23.2 22.6 19.9 21.5 20.9 21.0 21.6 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.9 21.9 22.3 21.7 20.8 20.8 France 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.6 30.8 31.0 31.2 31.4 31.1 30.7 30.3 29.9 29.9 29.9 29.9 Germany 23.6 23.5 23.1 22.6 22.8 22.6 22.7 22.7 23.1 22.4 22.9 21.6 21.4 21.7 21.9 21.6 Greece 23.4 23.2 23.1 22.9 22.7 22.5 22.2 22.0 21.7 22.1 22.4 22.8 23.1 23.1 23.1 23.1 Hungary 33.9 33.1 32.2 31.4 30.5 29.9 29.3 28.7 28.1 27.9 26.8 26.9 27.0 25.9 23.8 23.5 Ireland 13.4 13.0 12.8 12.6 12.5 13.1 12.9 13.5 14.0 14.5 15.1 15.6 16.1 16.1 16.1 16.1 Israel 16.6 16.8 17.1 16.0 16.0 16.6 17.1 16.8 16.4 16.3 15.5 14.3 15.6 16.4 15.6 16.3 Italy 33.6 33.6 31.2 31.2 31.6 31.5 31.2 31.2 31.2 30.7 29.8 29.4 28.9 28.9 28.9 28.9 Japan 15.1 15.6 16.0 16.3 16.6 17.0 17.2 17.4 17.6 17.8 17.9 17.9 18.0 18.0 18.1 18.1 Korea, Republic of 17.5 23.2 26.7 29.6 27.2 26.1 24.1 21.7 19.5 17.4 17.7 18.5 19.0 19.6 19.6 19.6 Mexico 34.9 34.2 33.7 32.8 32.7 33.4 32.5 32.1 31.4 30.7 31.0 30.7 31.0 31.1 30.0 30.1 Netherlands NA 23.0 22.4 21.8 21.1 21.9 21.9 22.6 22.4 21.9 21.4 20.9 21.3 21.3 21.2 21.2 New Zealand 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.7 4.2 Norway NA 15.1 15.1 15.1 15.1 15.8 16.5 17.2 17.9 17.7 17.5 17.3 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.1 Philippines 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.5 9.1 8.7 8.6 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 Poland NA 30.0 30.4 14.7 15.3 15.4 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.4 15.0 14.5 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 Portugal 21.3 20.9 20.5 20.1 19.7 19.8 19.9 20.1 20.2 20.1 19.9 19.8 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 Singapore 22.2 21.8 20.5 14.8 15.5 16.1 16.1 16.0 15.1 14.2 14.6 14.9 15.5 16.1 16.1 16.1 Slovakia 31.1 31.1 30.4 29.2 29.4 28.1 28.9 29.7 27.4 27.2 27.6 27.7 27.9 28.6 27.5 27.1 Spain 25.4 25.3 25.2 25.1 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.4 25.6 25.7 25.8 26.1 25.7 26.6 26.1 25.4 Sweden 30.3 30.6 30.8 31.1 31.6 32.0 32.1 33.0 33.1 33.2 32.4 33.7 32.3 33.2 33.0 32.9 Switzerland 15.4 15.4 15.4 15.4 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.5 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.4 15.3 15.3 Taiwan 13.8 13.5 13.4 13.6 14.2 14.0 13.2 12.3 12.2 13.0 13.5 14.2 14.7 14.9 14.8 14.4 United Kingdom 18.2 17.5 17.0 17.9 17.3 16.5 15.4 14.5 14.3 14.4 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.8 14.8 15.4 Trade-Weighted Measures (1) All Foreign Countries (2) NA 22.3 22.1 21.9 #21.8 22.1 22.1 22.1 22.0 21.9 22.1 21.9 22.1 22.5 22.3 22.3 OECD (2) NA 22.4 22.3 22.2 #22.0 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.4 22.2 22.5 22.2 22.4 22.9 22.6 22.7 Europe (2) NA 23.3 22.9 22.7 #22.8 22.6 22.5 22.5 22.6 22.5 22.5 22.2 22.2 22.3 22.3 22.3 Euro Area (2) NA 25.3 24.9 24.6 #24.8 24.7 24.7 24.9 25.0 24.7 24.8 24.3 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.3 Eastern Europe (2) NA 29.9 29.8 23.4 #23.7 23.5 23.6 23.5 23.3 22.8 22.5 22.4 22.2 22.2 21.6 21.5 East Asia ex-Japan NA 19.1 20.2 20.2 19.5 19.1 18.0 16.8 15.7 14.8 15.1 15.7 16.2 16.6 16.6 16.5 '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: 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