Table 12. ALL EMPLOYEES: Hourly compensation costs in national currency units and exchange rates
-27- 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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