U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

International Labor Comparisons

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United States

United States, 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	34.19	34.81	35.53
Hourly pay for time worked	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	23.04	23.31	23.70
Hourly directly paid benefits	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	2.92	2.95	3.17
Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	8.23	8.55	8.65
Productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing
Productivity (output per hour)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	137.3	152.7	155.7
Output	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	106.2	118.2	123.2
Hours worked	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	77.4	77.4	79.1
Unit labor costs in U.S. dollars	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	93.7	85.2	85.7
Labor market
Unemployment rate - Total	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM	XLS	9.3	9.6	8.9
Unemployment rate - Youth (under 25)	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM	XLS	17.6	18.4	17.3
Unemployment rate - Men	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM	XLS	10.3	10.5	9.4
Unemployment rate - Women	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM	XLS	8.1	8.6	8.5
Employment-population ratio - Total	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	59.3	58.5	58.4
Employment-population ratio - Men	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	64.5	63.7	63.9
Employment-population ratio - Women	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	54.4	53.6	53.2
Labor force participation rate - Total	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	65.4	64.7	64.1
Labor force participation rate - Men	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	72.0	71.2	70.5
Labor force participation rate - Women	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	59.2	58.6	58.1
Women's share of the labor force	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM	XLS	46.7	46.7	46.6
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
GDP per capita	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	47,041	47,772	48,282
GDP per hour	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	59.00	60.41	60.59
GDP per employed person	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	102,185	105,235	106,541
Prices
Consumer Price Index (CPI)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	-0.4	1.6	3.2
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	-0.9	2.5	3.9
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

Last Modified Date: December 21, 2012