HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 PRIMARY AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 331-332) (1) 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 52 PRIMARY AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 331-332) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. 39 38 34 21 21 17 14 15 18 22 CANADA.................. 118 109 103 102 101 97 89 93 89 83 83 95 103 108 MEXICO.................. 14 15 16 10 9 9 9 9 10 11 12 11 11 12 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 97 101 109 107 93 96 82 75 83 103 120 121 ISRAEL.................. 45 44 44 46 48 50 49 46 48 48 42 43 44 44 JAPAN................... 115 131 142 150 125 112 100 116 119 100 91 97 104 101 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 37 39 44 50 45 29 36 47 34 39 42 47 53 TAIWAN.................. 34 32 34 35 33 32 28 30 31 29 26 27 28 28 AUSTRIA................. 123 118 124 142 135 116 114 112 96 93 98 116 128 128 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 162 157 135 133 129 112 106 113 136 150 150 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 16 16 16 14 16 19 23 26 28 FINLAND................. 110 90 102 127 119 107 98 100 88 84 90 106 119 118 FRANCE.................. 106 98 101 110 106 93 92 89 77 75 81 97 107 108 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 128 123 107 101 107 126 136 133 GREECE.................. 57 51 51 59 59 55 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. 16 16 15 15 14 15 18 22 25 26 IRELAND................. .. .. .. 76 74 72 70 71 60 61 68 81 91 93 ITALY................... 123 97 96 95 99 91 87 84 71 70 77 94 109 108 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 18 18 17 16 17 17 18 19 22 SPAIN................... 84 70 70 75 75 68 67 65 57 56 61 74 83 84 SWEDEN.................. 143 102 106 119 131 118 114 111 99 88 95 115 129 127 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 81 69 73 76 77 83 88 88 82 76 78 88 102 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: excludes uranium processing and refining. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 53 PRIMARY AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 331-332) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 17.09 17.53 17.70 18.22 18.67 18.98 19.51 19.59 20.37 21.18 21.72 22.39 22.78 23.49 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 7.35 7.22 6.67 4.07 4.27 3.60 3.08 3.34 4.01 5.07 CANADA.................. 20.17 19.17 18.25 18.61 18.89 18.50 17.43 18.19 18.20 17.66 18.12 21.35 23.53 25.48 MEXICO.................. 2.34 2.55 2.87 1.76 1.68 1.78 1.70 1.85 2.11 2.39 2.55 2.52 2.53 2.76 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 17.14 18.39 20.43 20.23 18.23 18.76 16.73 15.89 17.95 23.02 27.27 28.31 ISRAEL.................. 7.73 7.64 7.85 8.46 9.05 9.51 9.55 8.99 9.79 10.11 9.02 9.71 9.97 10.33 JAPAN................... 19.66 22.96 25.20 27.26 23.40 21.20 19.57 22.71 24.22 21.09 19.84 21.62 23.58 23.73 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 6.45 6.94 7.98 9.39 8.45 5.67 6.99 9.64 7.11 8.37 9.37 10.60 12.38 TAIWAN.................. 5.74 5.65 6.09 6.32 6.17 6.14 5.52 5.97 6.34 6.20 5.66 5.96 6.36 6.63 AUSTRIA................. 21.02 20.71 21.87 25.88 25.14 22.10 22.30 21.87 19.56 19.67 21.30 26.04 29.13 30.08 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 29.55 29.38 25.72 25.96 25.24 22.86 22.39 24.55 30.46 34.28 35.18 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 3.01 3.15 3.10 2.94 3.45 4.19 5.25 6.03 6.55 FINLAND................. 18.79 15.82 18.08 23.15 22.27 20.34 19.05 19.68 17.92 17.82 19.50 23.67 27.09 27.67 FRANCE.................. 18.16 17.25 17.82 20.01 19.73 17.71 17.88 17.50 15.70 15.95 17.53 21.66 24.49 25.29 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25.03 24.08 21.70 21.47 23.21 28.29 30.95 31.35 GREECE.................. 9.68 8.94 8.96 10.77 11.00 10.47 9.72 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. 2.94 2.98 2.94 2.89 2.90 3.23 3.99 4.85 5.78 6.18 IRELAND................. .. .. .. 13.89 13.82 13.70 13.71 13.84 12.31 12.82 14.80 18.10 20.72 21.90 ITALY................... 21.07 17.01 16.97 17.22 18.54 17.31 16.96 16.42 14.45 14.80 16.74 21.02 24.84 25.34 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.38 3.57 3.40 3.27 3.65 3.74 4.02 4.43 5.23 SPAIN................... 14.41 12.33 12.37 13.68 14.00 12.82 12.98 12.75 11.57 11.92 13.17 16.57 18.96 19.71 SWEDEN.................. 24.49 17.81 18.72 21.59 24.53 22.36 22.23 21.75 20.23 18.67 20.62 25.76 29.38 29.73 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 13.81 12.06 12.83 13.84 14.38 15.83 17.10 17.27 16.78 16.12 16.98 19.70 23.13 23.55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: excludes uranium processing and refining. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 54 PRIMARY AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 331-332) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 17.09 17.53 17.70 18.22 18.67 18.98 19.51 19.59 20.37 21.18 21.72 22.39 22.78 23.49 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 7.39 7.78 7.74 7.41 7.82 8.47 8.99 10.28 11.72 12.35 CANADA.................. 24.39 24.73 24.92 25.55 25.77 25.63 25.87 27.03 27.05 27.35 28.44 29.91 30.64 30.88 MEXICO.................. 7258 #7.96 9.69 11.28 12.73 14.08 15.54 17.68 19.95 22.28 24.65 27.18 28.55 30.11 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 23.43 24.82 26.08 27.20 28.98 29.06 28.78 30.75 33.02 35.30 37.03 37.12 ISRAEL.................. 19.01 21.62 23.65 25.48 28.88 32.80 36.28 37.23 39.90 42.54 42.76 44.22 44.68 46.34 JAPAN................... 2493 2550 2575 2561 2546 2568 2564 2582 2611 2564 2484 2506 2552 2613 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 5174 5577 6157 7551 8035 7933 8317 10900 9191 10460 11170 12134 12677 TAIWAN.................. 144.5 149.3 161.2 167.4 169.5 176.8 185.1 192.9 198.1 209.8 195.4 205.2 212.1 213.2 AUSTRIA................. 231.0 241.0 249.5 260.8 266.2 269.9 276.0 #20.53 21.19 21.97 22.53 23.00 23.42 24.16 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 870.7 910.0 921.0 942.5 #23.69 24.76 25.01 25.97 26.91 27.56 28.26 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 95.45 101.6 107.2 113.3 131.3 137.2 148.1 154.9 156.9 FINLAND................. 84.30 90.55 94.64 101.3 102.3 105.7 101.9 #18.48 19.41 19.90 20.63 20.90 21.78 22.23 FRANCE.................. 96.11 97.74 98.85 99.76 100.9 103.4 105.5 #16.42 17.01 17.82 18.54 19.13 19.69 20.31 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44.05 #22.61 23.51 23.98 24.55 24.99 24.88 25.18 GREECE.................. 1845 2050 2173 2495 2648 2859 2874 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. 449.4 557.2 631.3 686.1 817.3 925.3 1029 1087 1173 1234 IRELAND................. .. .. .. 8.66 8.64 9.04 9.63 #12.99 13.34 14.32 15.66 15.99 16.66 17.59 ITALY................... 25962 26750 27340 28056 28613 29504 29453 #15.41 15.66 16.54 17.71 18.56 19.97 20.35 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 11.07 12.42 13.50 14.21 14.94 15.26 15.64 16.22 16.93 SPAIN................... 1476 1572 1656 1705 1774 1878 1940 #11.97 12.53 13.31 13.93 14.63 15.25 15.83 SWEDEN.................. 142.7 138.8 144.5 154.2 164.5 170.9 176.7 179.9 185.6 193.1 200.4 208.1 215.9 222.1 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 7.82 8.03 8.38 8.77 9.21 9.66 10.32 10.68 11.07 11.20 11.31 12.05 12.62 12.93 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: excludes uranium processing and refining. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007