The graphs illustrate the changes of salaries in G7 countries over the period of 2000-2007 and 2008-2012. In general, the seven countries tended to have a fluctuating trend over the both range of periods, and had declining percentages from the initial and final year.
In the first period between 2000 and 2007, most countries had decreasing trends. The nation which had the highest wages spending growth among them was the UK, started from 5% in 2000. Then, the United Kingdom experienced continuous drop until it had negative growth about -0,5% in 2005 before it climbed up to 2% in 2007. The lowest growth was in Japan, which had slightly above 0% in 2000 and ended up at almost -1% in 2007. Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the US had a fluctuating trend also but still managed to end in 0% and above.
On the other hand, the period from 2008 to 2012 reported lower growth in most countries. The UK reported the lowest growth in 2011, -2% then had a rise in 2012 although it was still negative. Italy, Japan, the US also had positive growth at the earlier period but resulted in a negative percentage in 2012, however Germany had the same pattern but had consistent positive salary growth. While Canada and France were the only countries that had an increasing trend between the first and last year.