Table 6. All Employees: Hourly compensation costs in national currency units and exchange rates
-21- Table 6. All Employees: Hourly compensation costs in national currency units and exchange rates, 32 countries or areas, 2007 Country or Area Compensation costs Exchange Rates Americas United States............. 30.56 1.000 Argentina................. 24.64 3.089 Brazil.................... 13.87 1.946 Canada.................... 34.25 1.073 Mexico.................... 42.70 10.93 Asia and Oceania Australia................. 41.41 1.192 Israel.................... 65.79 4.133 Japan..................... 2820 117.8 Korea, Republic of........ 17053 929.0 New Zealand............... 26.06 1.358 Philippines............... 63.91 46.79 Singapore................. 23.24 1.507 Taiwan.................... 267.8 32.85 Europe Austria................... 31.49 .7293 Belgium................... 28.26 .7293 Czech Republic............ 198.7 20.54 Denmark................... 258.7 5.441 Finland................... 28.98 .7293 France.................... 27.48 .7293 Germany................... 37.00 .7293 Hungary................... 1942 185.2 Ireland................... 25.98 .7293 Italy..................... 23.48 .7293 Netherlands............... 28.79 .7293 Norway.................... 322.2 5.856 Poland.................... 21.55 2.802 Portugal.................. 7.50 .7293 Slovakia.................. 211.7 24.92 Spain..................... 17.91 .7293 Sweden.................... 262.1 6.755 Switzerland............... 46.00 1.200 United Kingdom............ 18.31 .4995 Dash means data not available. National currency units are: United States, dollar; Argentina, peso; Brazil, real; Canada, dollar; Mexico, peso; Australia, dollar; Israel, new shekel; Japan, yen; Korea, won; New Zealand, dollar; Philippines, peso; Singapore, dollar; Taiwan, dollar; Austria, euro; Belgium, euro; Czech Republic, koruna; Denmark, krone; Finland, euro; France, euro; Germany, euro; Hungary, forint; Ireland, euro; Italy, euro; Netherlands, euro; Norway, krone; Poland, zloty; Portugal, euro; Slovakia, koruna; Spain, euro; Sweden, krona; Switzerland, franc; United Kingdom, pound. Note: For data for all years 1975-2007, see the supplementary tables to this news release at http://www.bls.gov/ilc. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.
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