HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING (US SIC 331) 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 80 IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING (US SIC 331) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 35 31 20 22 17 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 71 88 80 73 70 72 71 67 69 66 60 58 JAPAN (1)............... 51 55 51 95 112 119 126 110 101 95 111 113 90 80 KOREA................... .. 9 10 26 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. AUSTRIA................. 58 66 46 95 91 92 105 106 92 94 91 78 70 72 BELGIUM................. 79 100 52 100 99 104 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 56 61 43 81 71 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 74 83 54 106 102 103 119 118 105 106 101 .. .. .. GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 104 99 .. .. .. ITALY................... 56 55 43 86 64 62 61 69 65 64 61 52 46 49 NETHERLANDS............. 80 87 49 94 87 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 62 55 53 56 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 38 47 33 60 46 49 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Breaks in series at 1990 and 1991. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 81 IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING (US SIC 331) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 10.26 17.52 21.38 24.28 28.92 30.25 31.52 30.71 30.85 30.80 31.44 32.92 36.33 37.44 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11.47 10.89 9.63 6.17 7.25 6.09 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 15.17 21.39 23.02 21.99 21.92 22.12 21.82 20.55 21.74 21.79 21.71 21.59 JAPAN (1)............... 5.21 9.63 10.99 23.11 32.40 35.95 39.58 33.71 31.26 29.40 34.86 37.04 32.73 30.02 KOREA................... .. 1.57 2.22 6.30 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. AUSTRIA................. 5.92 11.56 9.90 23.00 26.30 27.79 33.11 32.50 28.52 28.82 28.70 25.84 25.44 26.99 BELGIUM................. 8.06 17.60 11.17 24.34 28.56 31.36 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 5.74 10.73 9.18 19.59 20.52 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 7.61 14.55 11.64 25.82 29.53 31.19 37.57 36.29 32.31 32.73 31.70 .. .. .. GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32.04 31.02 .. .. .. ITALY................... 5.75 9.58 9.20 20.85 18.66 18.68 19.37 21.20 20.15 19.77 19.20 17.01 16.79 18.30 NETHERLANDS............. 8.24 15.23 10.48 22.81 25.20 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 15.13 16.00 15.91 17.51 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.88 8.30 7.16 14.48 13.37 14.77 15.78 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Breaks in series at 1990 and 1991. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 82 IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING (US SIC 331) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 10.26 17.52 21.38 24.28 28.92 30.25 31.52 30.71 30.85 30.80 31.44 32.92 36.33 37.44 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11.53 11.74 11.18 11.23 13.26 14.32 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 20.72 24.96 29.70 30.04 30.10 30.17 30.22 30.49 32.31 32.39 33.63 33.90 JAPAN (1)............... 1546 2173 2621 3351 3599 3675 3719 3668 3786 3851 3963 3993 3980 3759 KOREA................... .. 956.3 1931 4457 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. AUSTRIA................. 103.0 149.5 204.8 260.6 306.1 317.1 333.8 344.2 348.2 356.8 #26.94 27.99 28.42 28.55 BELGIUM................. 295.7 513.8 663.1 813.4 987.7 1048 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 24.58 45.28 82.44 106.7 116.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 18.69 26.40 34.23 41.75 48.88 50.59 53.80 54.62 56.06 57.60 #29.76 .. .. .. GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 56.39 #29.12 .. .. .. ITALY................... 3753 8191 17556 24976 29346 30093 31553 32713 34338 34338 #18.03 18.42 18.76 19.36 NETHERLANDS............. 20.79 30.23 34.78 41.56 46.82 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 1543 2039 2131 2182 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.75 3.57 5.52 8.12 8.91 9.64 10.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Breaks in series at 1990 and 1991. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004