Table 12. ALL EMPLOYEES: Hourly compensation costs in national currency units and exchange rates

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Table 12. ALL EMPLOYEES:  Hourly compensation costs in national currency units in manufacturing and 
   	  exchange rates, 32 countries or areas, 2006


    Country or area        Compensation costs       Exchange Rates

   Americas
   UNITED STATES.............   29.60                     1.000
   ARGENTINA.................   20.08                     3.054
   BRAZIL....................   12.83                     2.174
   CANADA....................   32.88                     1.134
   MEXICO....................   40.58                     10.91

   Asia and Oceania
   AUSTRALIA.................   39.94                     1.327
   ISRAEL....................   64.04                     4.457
   JAPAN.....................    2838                     116.3
   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF........   16097                     954.3
   NEW ZEALAND...............   24.77                     1.540
   PHILIPPINES...............   69.81                     51.25
   SINGAPORE.................   21.52                     1.588
   TAIWAN....................   258.4                     32.51

   Europe
   AUSTRIA...................   29.21                     .7960
   BELGIUM...................   28.93                     .7960
   CZECH REPUBLIC............       -                         -
   DENMARK...................   227.0                     5.942
   FINLAND...................   28.07                     .7960
   FRANCE....................   26.85                     .7960
   GERMANY...................   32.67                     .7960
   HUNGARY...................    1765                     210.4
   IRELAND...................   24.67                     .7960
   ITALY.....................   22.86                     .7960
   NETHERLANDS...............   28.13                     .7960
   NORWAY....................   296.8                     6.410
   POLAND....................   19.42                     3.103
   PORTUGAL..................    7.59                     .7960
   SLOVAKIA..................   193.5                     29.61
   SPAIN.....................   17.55                     .7960
   SWEDEN....................   252.2                     7.372
   SWITZERLAND...............   44.71                     1.253
   UNITED KINGDOM............   18.27                     .5420

   Dash means data not available.

   National currency units are: United States, dollar; Argentina, pesos;
   Brazil, real; Canada, dollar; Mexico, peso; Australia, dollar; 
   Israel, new shekel; Japan, yen; Republic of Korea, won; New Zealand, dollar; 
   Philippines, peso; Singapore, dollar; Taiwan, dollar; Austria, euro; 
   Belgium, euro; Czech Republic, koruna; Denmark, krone; Finland, euro; 
   France, euro; Germany, euro; Hungary, forint; Ireland, euro; Italy, euro; 
   Netherlands, euro; Norway, krone; Poland, zloty; Portugal, euro; Slovakia, koruna;
   Spain, euro; Sweden, krona; Switzerland, franc; United Kingdom, pound.

   Note: For data for all years 1975-2006, see the supplementary tables to this
         news release at http://www.bls.gov/fls.

   Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2008.

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