Hourly earnings by country - metal products manufacturing 2012

This statistic represents the hourly compensation costs paid out within the metal products manufacturing sector in selected countries in 2008 and 2012. In the United States, hourly compensation costs in this sector stood at 32.25 U.S. dollars in 2012.

Hourly compensation within the metal products manufacturing sector in selected countries in 2008 and 2012 (in U.S. dollars)*

Characteristic	2008	2012
Australia	38	50.05
Sweden	40.21	45.29
Denmark	45.97	43.93
Germany	43.74	41.63
Austria	43.24	41.52
France	39.61	37.71
Italy	33.65	32.69
United States	30.18	32.25
United Kingdom	31.34	28.26
Spain	28.31	25.82
South Korea	16.1	19.87
Israel	14.34	15.46
Brazil	9.66	12.42
Poland	10.03	8.65
Hungary	9.18	8.06
Mexico	7.27	7.09

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Release date

August 2013

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2008 and 2012

Supplementary notes

* The figures refer to ISIC (International Standard Industrial Classification) 24-25, which is comprised of the manufacture of primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment.

Compensation costs include social insurance expenditures, direct pay and labor-related taxes, according to the source.

The costs were converted to U.S. dollars using the respective year's average annual exchange rate as published by either the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or the International Monetary Fund.

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