HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 22) IMPORTANT NOTE: DATA IN THE FOLLOWING TABLES ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION AND IN THE COUNTRY NOTES. THE INTRODUCTION AND COUNTRY NOTES CAN BE ACCESSED AT: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/indnotes.txt. General Notes: The measures for total manufacturing were published in news release USDL 03-507, "International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, 2002," September 26, 2003. The measures for individual manufacturing industries are less reliable than the total manufacturing data because there are more technical limitations associated with them. For more information about limitations, see the Technical Notes and Country Notes. The measures in these tables are shown according to the U.S. 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) for every U.S. two-digit level industry and selected three-digit industries. Data are also shown for two-digit level International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) Rev. 2 industry groups. Currently, data are unavailable for the latest years for several countries in which there have been recent changes in wage surveys or in industrial classification. Additional revisions to this database will be made on an SIC basis. In the future, this database will be converted to a NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) basis. Note: Hourly compensation costs in national currency for countries that are members of the European Monetary Union (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain) are expressed in the national currency used in each country prior to the implementation of the euro for 1975-1998, and in euros for 1999-2002. More information about national currency units and exchange rates used in these tables is on page 136. .. Data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Prepared By: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Productivity And Technology, May 18, 2004. HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: INDEX U.S. = 100 PAGE 14 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 22) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33 33 29 17 17 14 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 97 116 104 97 99 104 99 84 82 84 80 79 MEXICO.................. .. .. 19 16 21 20 11 11 12 11 12 14 15 15 HONG KONG SAR (1)....... 19 24 20 30 35 37 38 40 38 39 38 37 39 36 ISRAEL.................. 49 43 33 63 57 59 65 67 69 66 62 65 69 58 JAPAN................... 52 67 56 92 124 135 152 133 120 106 114 122 105 99 KOREA................... 7 13 12 30 42 46 51 51 46 30 32 36 34 39 TAIWAN.................. 8 15 17 35 40 39 40 38 36 31 31 31 30 27 AUSTRIA................. 78 103 68 132 131 136 156 152 132 130 123 105 103 108 BELGIUM................. 128 159 85 147 146 153 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 129 146 84 158 150 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 89 99 76 156 111 #120 #144 137 .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 90 115 71 121 116 117 127 122 106 104 97 86 84 89 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 117 151 86 164 166 172 196 185 158 152 141 125 122 128 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 139 130 114 111 116 GREECE.................. 37 54 43 66 59 60 69 70 65 60 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 62 76 59 97 89 90 95 94 86 82 80 70 75 80 ITALY................... 97 113 79 147 116 114 114 119 107 100 93 79 76 79 NETHERLANDS............. 147 175 93 160 157 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 149 98 177 151 149 167 166 152 147 143 126 128 145 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 90 79 73 79 80 71 68 65 59 58 61 SWEDEN.................. 152 178 100 180 136 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 118 145 95 175 170 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 66 96 56 96 86 87 91 92 95 96 94 89 85 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 15 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 22) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 4.13 6.32 8.54 10.34 11.63 12.01 12.38 12.78 13.27 13.79 14.37 14.84 15.20 15.75 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.22 4.32 3.98 2.42 2.53 2.09 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 8.28 11.96 12.14 11.59 12.23 13.28 13.18 11.63 11.72 12.52 12.09 12.37 MEXICO.................. .. .. 1.60 1.68 2.40 2.45 1.41 1.37 1.56 1.53 1.69 2.03 2.23 2.42 HONG KONG SAR (1)....... 0.77 1.53 1.71 3.05 4.12 4.44 4.70 5.09 5.10 5.41 5.42 5.49 5.86 5.72 ISRAEL.................. 2.03 2.72 2.78 6.47 6.61 7.05 8.00 8.53 9.11 9.08 8.87 9.70 10.46 9.15 JAPAN................... 2.16 4.25 4.74 9.48 14.38 16.17 18.77 17.03 15.94 14.68 16.42 18.12 15.97 15.52 KOREA................... 0.29 0.80 1.00 3.06 4.91 5.47 6.36 6.47 6.04 4.15 4.66 5.29 5.15 6.15 TAIWAN.................. 0.32 0.96 1.47 3.65 4.60 4.66 4.94 4.79 4.84 4.24 4.38 4.62 4.52 4.32 AUSTRIA................. 3.23 6.52 5.83 13.67 15.26 16.38 19.27 19.41 17.58 17.95 17.61 15.64 15.69 17.08 BELGIUM................. 5.31 10.03 7.24 15.15 17.01 18.34 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 5.34 9.21 7.21 16.33 17.43 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 3.68 6.26 6.49 16.15 12.94 #14.35 #17.77 17.51 .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 3.72 7.24 6.07 12.48 13.53 14.04 15.76 15.55 14.07 14.28 13.99 12.70 12.84 14.05 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 4.83 9.53 7.33 16.93 19.37 20.67 24.28 23.66 21.01 20.89 20.30 18.52 18.52 20.10 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19.22 18.63 16.89 16.85 18.27 GREECE.................. 1.54 3.42 3.67 6.79 6.91 7.23 8.54 8.90 8.58 8.27 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 2.55 4.83 5.02 10.02 10.34 10.80 11.72 12.02 11.36 11.37 11.53 10.43 11.43 12.57 ITALY................... 3.99 7.16 6.74 15.20 13.51 13.69 14.10 15.16 14.26 13.76 13.36 11.79 11.59 12.52 NETHERLANDS............. 6.09 11.03 7.90 16.52 18.30 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 9.41 8.41 18.27 17.55 17.95 20.74 21.26 20.12 20.30 20.53 18.78 19.52 22.86 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 9.29 9.17 8.76 9.80 10.21 9.37 9.37 9.30 8.76 8.80 9.60 SWEDEN.................. 6.30 11.23 8.56 18.59 15.85 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 4.87 9.16 8.12 18.04 19.78 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 2.75 6.05 4.80 9.87 9.95 10.40 11.31 11.70 12.57 13.20 13.53 13.16 12.85 14.15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 16 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 22) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 4.13 6.32 8.54 10.34 11.63 12.01 12.38 12.78 13.27 13.79 14.37 14.84 15.20 15.75 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.25 4.66 4.62 4.41 4.62 4.91 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 11.32 13.95 15.66 15.83 16.79 18.12 18.25 17.27 17.42 18.61 18.72 19.43 MEXICO.................. .. .. 411.1 4715 #7.48 8.28 9.04 10.42 12.35 14.02 16.19 19.21 20.84 23.38 HONG KONG SAR (1)....... 3.81 7.59 13.34 23.79 31.90 34.29 36.38 39.37 39.49 41.91 42.09 42.79 45.68 44.64 ISRAEL.................. 1.30 13.92 #3.28 13.05 18.70 21.23 24.10 27.23 31.41 34.50 36.73 39.55 43.99 43.35 JAPAN................... 640.0 959.4 1131 1375 1598 1652 1763 1853 1930 1923 1867 1953 1942 1944 KOREA................... 139.9 486.5 868.1 2168 3941 4393 4903 5204 5745 5816 5547 5984 6657 7684 TAIWAN.................. 12.33 34.73 58.54 98.22 121.6 123.3 131.0 131.7 139.3 142.3 141.7 144.4 152.9 149.3 AUSTRIA................. 56.15 84.25 120.5 154.8 177.6 186.9 194.2 205.5 214.7 222.2 #16.53 16.94 17.52 18.07 BELGIUM................. 194.6 292.7 429.4 506.5 588.3 613.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 30.63 51.85 76.46 101.1 113.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 13.47 23.30 40.22 61.85 74.08 #75.13 #77.78 80.48 .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 15.94 30.56 54.51 67.97 76.70 77.87 78.56 79.55 82.14 84.27 #13.13 13.76 14.35 14.86 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 11.87 17.30 21.56 27.37 32.05 33.53 34.78 35.61 36.45 36.77 #19.06 20.06 20.68 21.26 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33.83 #17.49 18.30 18.83 19.33 GREECE.................. 49.60 145.7 507.2 1076 1584 1755 1979 2143 2343 2445 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 1.15 2.35 4.71 6.05 7.06 7.21 7.31 7.51 7.49 7.98 #10.82 11.29 12.77 13.30 ITALY................... 2606 6122 12868 18211 21249 22053 22968 23397 24306 23903 #12.54 12.77 12.95 13.24 NETHERLANDS............. 15.36 21.89 26.22 30.10 34.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 46.44 72.27 114.3 124.6 126.6 131.4 137.3 142.6 153.3 160.3 165.5 175.6 182.5 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 947.8 1169 1173 1221 1294 1372 1400 #8.73 9.49 9.84 10.15 SWEDEN.................. 26.08 47.49 73.64 110.1 123.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 12.56 15.35 19.95 25.08 29.24 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.24 2.60 3.70 5.53 6.62 6.79 7.17 7.49 7.68 7.96 8.37 8.68 8.93 9.42 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004