Table 7. ALL EMPLOYEES: Indexes of hourly compensation costs (United States = 100)
-22- Table 7. ALL EMPLOYEES: Indexes of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, 32 countries or areas and selected economic groups, selected years, 1996-2006 Country or area 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006 Americas UNITED STATES............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 ARGENTINA................. 33 34 33 11 15 18 22 BRAZIL.................... 32 29 17 11 13 17 20 CANADA.................... 85 78 75 69 83 89 98 MEXICO.................... 10 10 12 13 12 12 13 Asia and Oceania AUSTRALIA................. 89 77 69 66 95 98 102 ISRAEL.................... 51 53 52 46 46 46 49 JAPAN..................... 109 90 103 81 89 86 82 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF........ 42 28 38 37 43 49 57 NEW ZEALAND............... 57 45 38 37 52 56 54 PHILIPPINES............... 6 4 4 4 4 4 5 SINGAPORE................. 53 49 47 44 45 44 46 TAIWAN.................... 31 27 30 25 25 26 27 Europe AUSTRIA................... 135 114 93 92 118 119 124 BELGIUM................... 124 107 90 91 116 118 123 CZECH REPUBLIC............ 15 15 14 17 22 24 - DENMARK................... - 107 92 95 122 124 129 FINLAND................... 112 94 81 84 111 112 119 FRANCE.................... 126 109 88 85 109 110 114 GERMANY................... - 125 108 107 137 135 139 HUNGARY................... 15 15 14 19 26 27 28 IRELAND................... 75 70 62 68 97 99 105 ITALY..................... 95 84 67 68 93 93 97 NETHERLANDS............... - 103 85 89 118 117 119 NORWAY.................... - 116 102 116 142 149 156 POLAND.................... - 15 14 15 17 19 21 PORTUGAL.................. 30 28 23 23 30 30 32 SLOVAKIA.................. - 13 11 12 18 20 22 SPAIN..................... 70 61 51 52 70 70 74 SWEDEN.................... 116 103 89 85 112 110 116 SWITZERLAND............... 147 122 99 102 122 120 121 UNITED KINGDOM............ 77 90 87 86 106 108 114 Trade-weighted measures All 31 Foreign Economies (1,2)................... 70 68 65 60 73 75 78 OECD (3).................. 75 72 69 65 79 81 85 Europe.................... 99 100 86 87 112 112 116 Euro Area (4)............. 104 103 87 88 114 114 118 Asian NIEs (5)............ 41 32 37 35 37 40 44 Dash means data not available. (1) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the Technical Notes preceding these tables. (2) The trade-weighted measures for all employees in this table are not directly comparable with those for production workers earlier in this release; the country coverage of the two series differs slightly. (3) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (4) Euro Area refers to European Union member countries in this release that have adopted the Euro as the common currency as of January 1, 2001. (5) The Asian NIEs are Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2008.
Table of Contents
Last Modified Date: January 25, 2008