International Labor Comparisons

Country at a Glance

Switzerland, 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	50.54	51.10	60.40
Hourly pay for time worked	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	32.99	33.77	39.92
Hourly directly paid benefits	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	9.78	9.51	11.24
Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	7.77	7.82	9.25
Labor market
Unemployment rate - Total	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM		–	4.2	–
Employment-population ratio - Total	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	64.9	–
Labor force participation rate
Labor force participation rate - Men	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	75.4	–
Labor force participation rate - Women	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	60.6	–
Prices
Consumer Price Index (CPI)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	-0.5	0.7	0.3
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	-0.8	0.7	0.1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

Last Modified Date: December 21, 2012