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Taiwan, selected international labor statistics, 2009–11
Indicator Unit Report Time Series 2009 2010 2011

Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing

Hourly compensation costs

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

7.77 8.36

Hourly direct pay

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

6.61 7.13

Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

1.16 1.23

Productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing

Productivity (output per hour)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

4.8 15.2

Output

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

-4.4 26.7

Hours worked

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

-8.7 10.0

Unit labor costs in U.S. dollars

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

-11.6 -6.4

Labor market

Employment-population ratio - Total

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

53.1

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

 

Last Modified Date: June 12, 2012