Table 7. Hourly compensation in manufacturing, national currency basis, 19 countries, 1950-2011 (Indexes: 2002 = 100) Year United Australia Belgium Canada Czech Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Japan Korea, Netherlands Norway Singapore Spain Sweden Taiwan United States (1) (1) Republic (1) (1) Republic of (1) (1) Kingdom (1) (1) 1950 6.1 NA NA 4.2 NA 1.5 NA 0.9 2.2 0.6 1.5 NA 2.3 1.4 NA NA NA NA 1.2 1951 6.7 NA NA 4.7 NA 1.7 NA 1.1 2.6 0.7 2.0 NA 2.6 1.6 NA NA NA NA 1.4 1952 7.1 NA NA 5.2 NA 1.8 NA 1.3 2.8 0.7 2.3 NA 2.7 1.8 NA NA NA NA 1.5 1953 7.5 NA NA 5.5 NA 1.9 NA 1.4 2.9 0.8 2.4 NA 2.8 1.9 NA NA NA NA 1.6 1954 7.8 NA NA 5.8 NA 2.0 NA 1.5 3.1 0.8 2.6 NA 3.1 2.1 NA NA NA NA 1.7 1955 8.1 NA NA 5.9 NA 2.1 NA 1.6 3.3 0.9 2.7 NA 3.4 2.2 NA NA NA NA 1.8 1956 8.6 NA NA 6.3 NA 2.2 NA 1.8 3.6 0.9 2.8 NA 3.8 2.4 NA NA NA NA 1.9 1957 9.1 NA NA 6.7 NA 2.3 NA 2.0 4.1 1.0 3.0 NA 4.2 2.5 NA NA NA NA 2.1 1958 9.6 NA NA 7.0 NA 2.4 NA 2.3 4.4 1.0 3.0 NA 4.3 2.7 NA NA NA NA 2.2 1959 9.9 NA NA 7.3 NA 2.6 NA 2.6 4.8 1.1 3.4 NA 4.4 2.9 NA NA NA NA 2.3 1960 10.3 NA 4.2 7.7 NA 2.8 1.8 2.8 5.4 1.1 3.7 NA 4.8 3.0 NA NA 3.0 NA 2.4 1961 10.6 NA 4.4 7.9 NA 3.1 1.9 3.0 6.1 1.3 4.4 NA 5.4 3.3 NA NA 3.3 NA 2.5 1962 11.0 NA 4.8 8.2 NA 3.4 2.2 3.3 6.9 1.5 5.0 NA 5.8 3.6 NA NA 3.7 NA 2.7 1963 11.3 NA 5.3 8.5 NA 3.7 2.3 3.7 7.3 1.8 5.6 NA 6.4 3.9 NA NA 4.1 NA 2.8 1964 11.8 NA 6.0 8.9 NA 4.0 2.6 4.0 7.9 1.9 6.2 NA 7.4 4.2 NA NA 4.4 NA 3.0 1965 12.0 NA 6.6 9.5 NA 4.5 2.9 4.4 8.7 2.0 7.0 NA 8.3 4.6 NA NA 4.9 NA 3.3 1966 12.6 NA 7.3 10.2 NA 5.1 3.2 4.7 9.5 2.2 7.8 NA 9.3 5.0 NA NA 5.4 NA 3.5 1967 13.3 NA 8.0 10.8 NA 5.7 3.5 5.1 10.0 2.4 8.7 NA 10.3 5.6 NA NA 6.0 NA 3.6 1968 14.3 NA 8.5 11.5 NA 6.2 3.9 5.8 10.7 2.5 10.1 NA 11.5 6.2 NA NA 6.5 NA 3.9 1969 15.3 NA 9.3 12.4 NA 7.0 4.3 6.5 11.7 2.8 12.0 NA 13.0 6.8 NA NA 7.0 NA 4.3 1970 16.4 NA 10.6 13.2 NA 8.0 4.9 7.2 13.8 3.4 14.2 NA 14.7 7.6 NA NA 7.8 NA 4.9 1971 17.4 NA 12.3 14.0 NA 9.3 5.7 8.0 15.4 3.9 16.5 NA 16.9 8.7 NA NA 8.8 NA 5.6 1972 18.3 NA 14.5 15.0 NA 10.4 6.6 9.0 17.1 4.3 19.0 NA 19.2 9.7 NA NA 9.8 NA 6.5 1973 19.6 NA 17.3 16.4 NA 12.6 7.9 10.3 19.3 5.1 23.2 NA 22.8 10.9 NA NA 11.0 6.3 7.4 1974 21.8 NA 21.2 19.1 NA 15.4 9.9 12.3 22.0 6.6 30.4 NA 27.4 12.9 NA NA 13.0 9.3 8.8 1975 24.5 NA 25.7 22.1 NA 18.5 12.2 15.1 24.2 8.2 35.4 NA 30.1 15.4 NA NA 15.9 9.9 11.7 1976 26.5 NA 29.7 25.5 NA 20.8 14.5 16.8 26.1 10.2 38.1 NA 33.8 17.7 NA NA 18.6 11.1 13.6 1977 28.9 NA 32.1 28.3 NA 23.3 16.2 19.2 28.5 12.2 42.0 NA 35.6 19.9 NA NA 20.4 12.1 15.4 1978 31.2 NA 34.4 30.3 NA 25.8 17.3 21.6 30.6 13.9 44.8 NA 38.3 21.7 NA NA 22.7 13.7 17.9 1979 34.2 NA 36.6 33.1 NA 29.1 19.2 24.5 32.9 16.8 47.7 NA 40.9 22.8 23.6 17.7 24.4 16.2 21.3 1980 38.2 NA 40.7 36.3 NA 32.5 21.8 28.2 35.7 19.6 50.7 NA 42.8 24.8 26.0 20.3 27.1 19.8 25.9 1981 42.1 NA 44.4 40.8 NA 36.3 25.4 32.7 38.0 23.5 54.4 NA 44.1 27.6 28.7 24.0 29.9 25.4 29.8 1982 45.9 NA 46.4 46.9 NA 39.9 28.0 38.7 40.2 27.4 57.0 NA 47.2 30.7 31.6 27.4 31.6 27.7 32.5 1983 47.3 NA 50.9 50.2 NA 43.5 30.8 43.3 42.1 32.1 58.6 NA 49.9 33.5 34.8 31.2 34.5 28.9 34.4 1984 48.9 NA 55.3 53.3 NA 46.5 34.1 47.6 44.0 37.2 60.3 NA 52.6 36.7 39.8 35.0 38.0 30.8 36.5 1985 51.4 NA 58.3 56.2 NA 49.7 37.8 51.7 46.6 41.8 62.6 11.5 55.3 40.0 43.2 38.6 41.7 33.1 39.6 1986 53.8 NA 59.9 57.1 NA 51.9 41.2 54.0 48.5 44.6 65.2 12.5 57.3 43.5 41.8 42.4 45.5 37.2 42.9 1987 55.6 NA 61.8 58.4 NA 57.5 44.2 56.1 50.6 48.0 67.2 14.0 59.8 49.4 43.9 47.6 47.7 40.7 47.2 1988 57.5 NA 62.8 61.1 NA 60.7 48.1 58.1 52.7 51.6 68.8 17.5 60.6 52.4 48.8 49.8 50.1 43.8 49.8 1989 59.3 NA 66.6 64.0 NA 64.6 53.6 61.4 55.4 57.0 72.9 20.3 61.3 54.9 51.4 52.1 55.7 49.7 52.7 1990 62.1 64.2 69.8 68.2 NA 68.2 60.6 64.2 59.6 61.3 77.9 24.1 63.1 58.2 54.5 58.0 61.3 57.0 59.2 1991 65.8 70.1 75.4 73.0 NA 71.4 65.0 68.0 63.4 66.7 82.9 30.4 66.3 61.5 58.7 64.2 66.3 62.5 67.1 1992 68.9 71.3 77.5 76.5 NA 73.0 67.5 71.3 69.5 71.0 85.9 35.5 69.7 63.2 65.2 72.6 68.3 66.9 67.2 1993 70.5 74.4 81.2 77.4 NA 74.6 69.7 74.4 73.8 74.0 88.2 41.1 73.9 64.2 69.8 79.4 66.8 70.9 69.4 1994 72.2 73.0 81.9 79.6 NA 77.3 73.0 77.1 77.2 78.0 89.9 47.4 76.1 66.1 77.1 82.3 68.3 74.3 71.1 1995 73.4 78.2 84.2 81.5 51.7 78.8 77.6 79.5 81.4 82.4 92.9 56.9 77.0 69.1 82.6 85.9 71.8 80.5 72.5 1996 74.6 82.4 85.7 82.8 59.5 81.9 80.2 80.9 85.3 87.1 93.8 66.4 78.4 72.1 86.8 87.9 77.4 85.7 72.1 1997 76.5 83.3 88.9 84.1 65.6 84.9 81.6 83.8 86.8 91.1 97.0 72.7 80.3 75.3 91.7 90.0 81.5 88.5 75.7 1998 81.2 87.9 90.3 88.8 70.6 87.2 85.0 84.5 88.4 89.8 99.4 79.3 83.7 79.6 93.7 90.7 84.7 91.4 81.0 1999 84.8 91.5 91.5 90.9 74.1 89.5 88.1 87.3 90.3 91.7 99.2 79.6 86.6 84.2 88.8 90.5 87.4 93.3 86.5 2000 91.3 90.5 93.1 93.6 82.2 91.3 91.9 91.9 94.9 94.3 98.6 85.2 90.7 89.0 93.4 91.9 90.8 94.9 90.6 2001 94.8 95.9 96.3 96.3 94.0 95.6 98.2 94.4 97.9 97.2 99.9 89.1 94.7 94.3 96.2 96.6 95.0 101.0 94.1 2002 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2003 108.0 106.0 102.3 103.3 108.0 107.0 102.9 102.5 102.0 103.8 97.9 105.5 103.9 103.8 100.6 104.5 104.3 103.1 105.9 2004 108.9 109.9 104.2 107.0 117.1 110.8 106.9 105.9 102.6 107.6 96.7 120.3 108.4 107.3 101.2 107.7 107.1 106.4 111.1 2005 112.5 116.8 106.4 112.1 120.6 117.2 111.6 109.7 103.8 110.7 95.2 139.8 109.9 111.7 100.5 114.1 110.7 112.7 117.1 2006 114.8 123.9 110.2 117.7 130.4 122.0 115.5 113.9 107.9 113.1 93.8 153.2 113.1 118.6 99.4 122.4 113.9 119.5 124.2 2007 118.5 129.3 116.4 121.3 138.9 128.5 118.8 116.2 108.9 116.2 93.5 163.4 116.4 123.1 99.2 132.3 121.0 120.7 128.2 2008 123.5 131.2 120.5 123.3 146.2 130.7 122.2 119.3 111.7 121.4 96.8 164.8 120.4 129.4 100.5 139.3 124.3 123.7 132.3 2009 128.6 139.6 126.1 124.9 145.8 135.3 125.2 124.5 116.5 125.4 97.1 173.6 124.4 135.2 101.9 143.1 129.5 118.3 136.4 2010 130.0 140.8 126.4 121.9 150.2 139.1 125.9 126.9 114.6 128.6 96.0 187.2 125.5 138.5 112.4 144.2 126.7 122.1 143.4 2011 133.5 139.4 125.4 124.7 153.0 142.3 129.2 130.1 117.1 131.3 98.0 186.3 128.1 143.8 118.2 146.1 130.2 127.8 146.5 NA = Not Available The data relate to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers), except for Belgium and Taiwan, where data relate to employees (wage and salary earners). 1. Compensation adjusted for employment taxes and government subsidies to estimate the actual cost to employers. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012.