HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 TEXTILES AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-314) IMPORTANT NOTE: DATA IN THE FOLLOWING TABLES ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION. THE INTRODUCTION CAN BE ACCESSED AT: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/indnotesnaics.txt. General Notes: The measures for total manufacturing were published in news release USDL 06-2020, "International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, 2005," November 30, 2006. For some countries, data for total manufacturing have been revised in these tables to reflect revisions subsequent to the news release. 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. The measures in these tables are shown according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for most NAICS 3-digit level industries; selected additional industry combinations are shown as well. These data as well as data on a U.S. 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis for selected years, 1975-2002, are available at https://www.bls.gov/fls. Note: Hourly compensation costs in national currency for countries that are members of the Euro area (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 1992-1998, and in euros for 1999-2005. More information about national currency units and exchange rates used in these tables is on page 6. Notations: .. 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, December 14, 2007. HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: INDEX U.S. = 100 PAGE 13 TEXTILES AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-314) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 33 33 28 17 17 14 12 12 14 18 CANADA.................. 109 100 95 95 100 96 83 82 84 78 79 88 103 109 MEXICO.................. 18 19 20 12 11 12 11 12 13 14 14 14 13 14 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 109 108 119 109 90 96 84 72 79 97 108 113 ISRAEL.................. 52 48 51 49 51 52 50 47 50 53 46 46 49 51 JAPAN................... 103 119 131 145 128 117 105 115 123 105 99 100 108 100 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 40 51 51 50 46 30 33 36 35 42 45 45 54 TAIWAN.................. 41 40 40 41 39 40 32 32 34 33 31 28 29 31 AUSTRIA................. 135 130 137 153 150 131 127 120 103 99 105 125 138 140 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 178 167 143 140 133 116 112 122 144 160 159 DENMARK................. 156 149 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 132 107 118 141 135 120 112 110 98 97 106 122 138 139 FRANCE.................. 123 114 116 124 119 104 101 95 83 82 88 105 116 117 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 136 127 110 106 113 132 143 140 GREECE.................. 64 60 61 68 69 65 60 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 100 88 90 93 93 87 83 82 73 77 83 98 107 109 ITALY................... 145 117 117 112 120 109 104 99 86 84 91 116 134 135 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 210 183 178 175 152 145 153 182 207 209 NETHERLANDS............. 159 154 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. 172 149 150 165 165 152 146 143 126 128 140 161 175 186 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 18 18 17 16 18 18 18 20 22 SPAIN................... 98 82 75 80 79 70 67 65 58 58 61 76 85 86 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 96 83 86 89 90 96 98 100 95 91 95 104 119 118 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 14 TEXTILES AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-314) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 11.58 11.75 11.95 12.57 12.90 13.26 13.85 14.23 14.75 15.20 15.52 16.04 16.34 16.77 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 4.28 4.36 3.94 2.45 2.56 2.11 1.85 1.98 2.25 2.94 CANADA.................. 12.63 11.75 11.40 11.91 12.95 12.78 11.47 11.60 12.36 11.87 12.25 14.08 16.83 18.26 MEXICO.................. 2.05 2.21 2.45 1.50 1.45 1.58 1.54 1.65 1.86 2.08 2.22 2.18 2.17 2.38 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 13.03 13.59 15.37 14.40 12.51 13.67 12.37 10.95 12.27 15.59 17.72 18.93 ISRAEL.................. 5.99 5.70 6.08 6.12 6.61 6.93 6.91 6.63 7.39 8.11 7.21 7.44 8.00 8.49 JAPAN................... 11.94 13.93 15.67 18.22 16.55 15.54 14.49 16.30 18.10 15.97 15.35 16.05 17.63 16.83 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 4.67 6.14 6.37 6.49 6.04 4.18 4.70 5.31 5.33 6.54 7.24 7.34 9.03 TAIWAN.................. 4.73 4.72 4.76 5.18 4.98 5.25 4.39 4.57 5.04 4.98 4.78 4.54 4.80 5.19 AUSTRIA................. 15.59 15.26 16.38 19.26 19.40 17.39 17.58 17.03 15.13 15.03 16.30 20.07 22.55 23.40 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 22.31 21.52 19.00 19.32 18.91 17.11 17.08 18.99 23.13 26.20 26.72 DENMARK................. 18.09 17.54 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 15.28 12.61 14.05 17.79 17.48 15.87 15.52 15.63 14.47 14.71 16.41 19.55 22.63 23.35 FRANCE.................. 14.19 13.40 13.87 15.59 15.38 13.83 13.96 13.59 12.32 12.43 13.59 16.78 18.99 19.68 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18.83 18.12 16.29 16.18 17.53 21.20 23.38 23.52 GREECE.................. 7.44 7.07 7.33 8.59 8.91 8.65 8.31 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 11.57 10.32 10.78 11.71 11.97 11.52 11.46 11.61 10.78 11.74 12.89 15.71 17.43 18.27 ITALY................... 16.81 13.70 13.98 14.12 15.47 14.45 14.40 14.16 12.63 12.83 14.18 18.65 21.83 22.65 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 27.11 24.29 24.71 24.84 22.48 21.96 23.75 29.24 33.87 34.98 NETHERLANDS............. 18.43 18.06 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. 19.90 17.55 17.95 20.74 21.26 20.12 20.22 20.37 18.55 19.38 21.80 25.77 28.54 31.24 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.32 2.51 2.42 2.33 2.69 2.80 2.95 3.19 3.73 SPAIN................... 11.34 9.58 8.93 10.05 10.17 9.30 9.28 9.18 8.61 8.82 9.54 12.12 13.89 14.44 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 11.17 9.79 10.29 11.24 11.67 12.78 13.61 14.17 14.03 13.79 14.75 16.75 19.50 19.85 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 15 TEXTILES AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-314) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 11.58 11.75 11.95 12.57 12.90 13.26 13.85 14.23 14.75 15.20 15.52 16.04 16.34 16.77 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 4.31 4.70 4.58 4.46 4.68 4.96 5.40 6.08 6.60 7.15 CANADA.................. 15.27 15.16 15.57 16.36 17.66 17.71 17.02 17.24 18.37 18.38 19.24 19.73 21.91 22.14 MEXICO.................. 6355 #6.90 8.27 9.64 11.04 12.49 14.12 15.76 17.59 19.46 21.45 23.56 24.51 25.87 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 17.81 18.35 19.63 19.37 19.89 21.17 21.27 21.19 22.57 23.89 24.06 24.82 ISRAEL.................. 14.73 16.13 18.32 18.44 21.10 23.90 26.25 27.46 30.13 34.09 34.17 33.86 35.86 38.09 JAPAN................... 1515 1547 1602 1712 1800 1882 1898 1853 1951 1941 1922 1861 1908 1853 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 3746 4931 4909 5217 5740 5848 5592 6011 6884 8179 8625 8409 9252 TAIWAN.................. 118.9 124.8 125.9 137.2 136.9 151.0 147.3 147.8 157.4 168.5 165.1 156.3 160.2 166.8 AUSTRIA................. 171.4 177.7 186.9 194.1 205.4 212.4 217.6 #15.99 16.39 16.79 17.24 17.72 18.13 18.80 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 657.6 666.6 680.5 701.6 #17.75 18.54 19.08 20.09 20.43 21.07 21.47 DENMARK................. 109.2 113.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 68.55 72.20 73.52 77.83 80.31 82.48 83.01 #14.67 15.67 16.43 17.36 17.27 18.19 18.76 FRANCE.................. 75.14 75.92 76.91 77.72 78.66 80.77 82.38 #12.75 13.34 13.88 14.38 14.82 15.27 15.81 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33.13 #17.01 17.64 18.08 18.54 18.72 18.80 18.89 GREECE.................. 1419 1622 1778 1991 2144 2362 2456 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 6.79 7.04 7.20 7.30 7.48 7.60 8.05 #10.90 11.68 13.11 13.64 13.88 14.01 14.68 ITALY................... 20711 21554 22528 23002 23870 24626 25020 #13.29 13.68 14.33 14.99 16.47 17.55 18.19 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 839.2 868.7 897.1 #23.32 24.35 24.53 25.12 25.83 27.23 28.10 NETHERLANDS............. 32.42 33.55 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. 123.7 124.6 126.6 131.4 137.3 142.6 152.7 159.0 163.5 174.4 174.1 182.5 192.3 201.2 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 7.62 8.73 9.60 10.14 11.02 11.44 11.48 11.68 12.06 SPAIN................... 1161 1222 1196 1252 1288 1363 1387 #8.62 9.32 9.85 10.09 10.71 11.17 11.60 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 6.32 6.52 6.72 7.12 7.48 7.80 8.21 8.76 9.26 9.58 9.82 10.24 10.64 10.90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007