Table 3. Components of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing,
U.S. dollars, 2010
Hourly Compensation Costs
Direct Pay
Social Directly- Pay for
Insur- Paid Time
Total ance Benefits Worked
(1) (2) (3)
Norway 57.53 9.88 47.65(4)
Switzerland 53.20 8.22 10.69 34.29
Belgium 50.70 16.39 10.29 24.01
Denmark 45.48 3.07 7.62 34.78
Sweden 43.81 14.47 4.56 24.78
Germany 43.76 9.52 8.43 25.80
Finland 42.30 9.18 8.06 25.05
Austria 41.07 10.56 8.84 21.67
Netherlands 40.92 8.68 8.74 23.49
Australia 40.60 8.20 3.85 28.55
France 40.55 12.95 6.55 21.06
Ireland 36.30 4.37 5.63 26.29
Canada 35.67 8.03 3.42 24.23
United States 34.74 8.47 2.95 23.32
Italy 33.41 9.57 4.88 18.96
Japan 31.99 5.71 7.97 18.32
United Kingdom 29.44 4.39 3.89 21.16
Spain 26.60 6.89 5.17 14.53
Greece 22.19 5.01 4.17 13.01
New Zealand 20.57 0.66 2.62 17.29
Israel 20.12 3.36 1.48 15.28
Singapore 19.10 3.08 3.34 12.68
Korea, Republic of 16.62 3.27 13.36(4)
Argentina 12.66 2.20 1.77 8.68
Portugal 11.72 2.30 2.26 7.16
Czech Republic 11.50 3.14 1.54 6.81
Slovakia 10.72 2.95 1.75 6.03
Brazil 10.08 3.24 1.43 5.41
Estonia 9.47 2.50 0.88 6.10
Hungary 8.40 2.00 1.65 4.74
Taiwan 8.36 1.23 7.13(4)
Poland 8.01 1.26 1.89 4.86
Mexico 6.23 1.94 4.30(4)
Philippines 1.90 0.18 0.31 1.41
(1) Social insurance includes labor-related taxes net of subsidies.
(2) Directly-paid benefits are primarily pay for leave time,
bonuses, and pay in kind.
(3) Pay for time worked is wages and salaries for time actually
worked.
(4) Separate measures of directly-paid benefits and pay for time
worked are not available. Data relate to total direct pay.