HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 301-6) 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 59 RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 301-6) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES (2)....... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 41 38 38 20 19 16 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 72 94 91 88 84 85 86 78 79 80 69 67 MEXICO.................. .. .. 23 18 26 23 14 13 14 13 16 19 15 11 JAPAN (3)............... 47 53 45 84 110 123 136 117 108 94 105 109 87 83 KOREA................... 4 8 7 21 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 5 9 11 24 27 28 30 29 27 22 23 24 21 20 BELGIUM................. 106 125 65 120 120 127 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 88 96 58 112 108 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 71 83 53 101 96 96 104 98 87 85 80 70 67 71 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 99 118 68 135 137 142 166 158 135 129 121 108 100 105 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 126 118 105 97 101 ITALY................... 86 91 60 126 98 99 99 105 97 92 86 74 68 70 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 55 72 43 82 70 71 75 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) As noted below, the U.S. includes some plastics products; this is generally not true for the other countries. (2) Including plastics footwear & hose & belting. (3) Including plastics footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 60 RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 301-6) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES (2)....... 6.61 10.72 14.17 16.11 18.11 18.29 18.39 18.85 19.53 20.09 20.82 21.28 22.69 23.76 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.75 7.43 7.59 4.20 4.12 3.68 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 10.26 15.12 16.42 16.06 15.48 16.01 16.86 15.69 16.39 17.06 15.66 15.98 MEXICO.................. .. .. 3.20 2.93 4.62 4.22 2.60 2.44 2.79 2.69 3.32 3.95 3.45 2.66 JAPAN (3)............... 3.10 5.72 6.43 13.61 19.87 22.45 25.05 22.00 21.01 18.97 21.91 23.21 19.70 19.62 KOREA................... 0.29 0.82 0.99 3.42 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 0.36 0.96 1.53 3.82 4.86 5.16 5.49 5.46 5.21 4.51 4.87 5.06 4.76 4.70 BELGIUM................. 6.97 13.37 9.17 19.38 21.80 23.23 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 5.83 10.34 8.19 18.07 19.61 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 4.68 8.93 7.48 16.24 17.45 17.56 19.12 18.40 16.93 17.08 16.65 14.79 15.12 16.80 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 6.57 12.68 9.62 21.82 24.78 25.99 30.47 29.72 26.27 25.92 25.23 22.90 22.67 24.97 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25.29 24.61 22.34 22.11 23.94 ITALY................... 5.71 9.80 8.56 20.34 17.82 18.04 18.17 19.86 18.97 18.49 17.96 15.71 15.41 16.74 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.60 7.76 6.14 13.18 12.72 13.06 13.76 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) As noted below, the U.S. includes some plastics products; this is generally not true for the other countries. (2) Including plastics footwear & hose & belting. (3) Including plastics footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 61 RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 301-6) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES (2)....... 6.61 10.72 14.17 16.11 18.11 18.29 18.39 18.85 19.53 20.09 20.82 21.28 22.69 23.76 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.78 8.01 8.81 7.64 7.53 8.66 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 14.01 17.65 21.19 21.93 21.25 21.83 23.35 23.28 24.36 25.36 24.26 25.09 MEXICO.................. .. .. 821.2 8255 #14.40 14.23 16.67 18.54 22.07 24.59 31.71 37.33 32.20 25.73 JAPAN (3)............... 919.8 1290 1533 1973 2208 2294 2354 2393 2544 2485 2491 2502 2396 2457 KOREA................... 142.2 497.6 860.7 2421 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 13.71 34.51 60.78 102.9 128.3 136.6 145.4 149.9 150.0 151.3 157.4 158.1 161.0 162.3 BELGIUM................. 255.9 390.5 544.3 647.7 753.9 776.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 33.46 58.20 86.85 111.9 127.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 20.06 37.70 67.15 88.49 98.87 97.39 95.31 94.12 98.83 100.8 #15.63 16.02 16.89 17.77 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 16.14 23.02 28.30 35.28 41.00 42.15 43.64 44.74 45.58 45.63 #23.69 24.81 25.32 26.41 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44.51 #23.10 24.20 24.69 25.32 ITALY................... 3728 8377 16349 24371 28025 29063 29598 30641 32331 32110 #16.86 17.02 17.21 17.70 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.62 3.34 4.73 7.39 8.47 8.52 8.72 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) As noted below, the U.S. includes some plastics products; this is generally not true for the other countries. (2) Including plastics footwear & hose & belting. (3) Including plastics footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004