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CHART 3.3

Employer social insurance expenditures and other labor taxes as a percent of hourly compensation costs, 2004
for production workers in manufacturing

Employer social insurance costs as a percent of hourly compensation costs were about the same for the U.S. and the EU-15 as a whole, but U.S. costs were higher than in all but one of the non-European countries.

In Europe, social insurance costs ranged widely: France and Italy had higher costs than the U.S., while Denmark and Ireland had much lower costs.

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Chart of employer social insurance expenditures and other labor taxes as a percent of hourly compensation costs, 2004 production workers in manufacturing

NOTE: Hong Kong SAR stands for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics.