HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 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 49 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 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.................. .. .. .. .. 32 31 28 17 17 14 11 12 13 18 CANADA.................. 111 99 94 95 94 92 85 88 86 80 81 94 101 107 MEXICO.................. 13 14 16 9 9 9 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 86 92 97 91 77 80 69 62 69 85 97 101 ISRAEL.................. 51 49 50 51 53 55 53 50 52 51 45 47 47 48 JAPAN................... 109 125 137 143 121 106 95 110 112 93 85 91 96 92 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 33 37 42 48 42 27 33 38 34 37 40 42 45 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 48 50 46 38 38 34 30 31 32 30 32 TAIWAN.................. 31 30 32 33 32 31 27 27 28 26 23 24 25 25 AUSTRIA................. 122 117 123 141 134 115 113 110 94 90 95 114 125 124 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 159 153 131 129 126 110 104 112 133 148 147 DENMARK................. 125 117 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 114 92 104 129 120 108 94 100 87 84 89 106 120 118 FRANCE.................. 110 102 105 114 110 97 96 94 81 79 85 103 114 113 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 129 123 107 101 107 127 136 133 GREECE.................. 52 47 49 55 57 52 49 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. .. .. .. 80 77 74 71 72 62 63 72 87 98 100 ITALY................... 128 100 98 96 100 91 87 84 71 71 79 98 115 113 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 132 111 106 101 85 81 87 107 121 121 NETHERLANDS............. 120 114 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 16 17 16 16 17 17 18 19 22 SPAIN................... 86 72 71 77 73 65 64 63 55 56 61 74 84 84 SWEDEN.................. 154 108 112 124 136 120 115 112 100 89 95 116 130 127 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 82 70 74 78 79 84 87 88 81 76 78 88 102 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes manufacture of wire products, central heating radiators and boilers, and commercial water heaters. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 50 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 332) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 15.54 15.96 16.07 16.57 17.03 17.41 17.96 18.10 18.82 19.58 20.02 20.56 20.99 21.72 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 5.46 5.44 5.03 3.11 3.15 2.70 2.27 2.46 2.81 3.81 CANADA.................. 17.31 15.79 15.17 15.79 16.06 15.94 15.29 16.02 16.13 15.66 16.26 19.29 21.14 23.15 MEXICO.................. 1.97 2.21 2.52 1.54 1.46 1.54 1.46 1.62 1.86 2.12 2.28 2.25 2.22 2.44 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 13.77 15.17 16.58 15.77 13.86 14.41 12.90 12.13 13.79 17.52 20.31 21.95 ISRAEL.................. 7.98 7.85 8.05 8.49 9.09 9.51 9.56 8.99 9.77 10.04 9.02 9.73 9.94 10.37 JAPAN................... 16.93 19.93 21.97 23.78 20.53 18.53 17.12 19.83 21.11 18.13 17.08 18.71 20.07 19.90 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 5.29 5.98 6.93 8.12 7.34 4.83 5.96 7.08 6.61 7.43 8.30 8.79 9.79 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 8.03 8.45 8.09 6.76 6.80 6.37 5.94 6.17 6.68 6.39 6.93 TAIWAN.................. 4.87 4.84 5.08 5.47 5.36 5.38 4.83 4.95 5.29 5.04 4.70 4.92 5.15 5.40 AUSTRIA................. 19.01 18.60 19.72 23.37 22.76 20.03 20.29 19.83 17.75 17.61 19.07 23.46 26.22 26.86 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 26.42 26.07 22.79 23.14 22.78 20.73 20.36 22.47 27.38 30.99 31.86 DENMARK................. 19.48 18.60 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 17.72 14.70 16.72 21.40 20.51 18.72 16.93 18.11 16.34 16.44 17.91 21.86 25.11 25.71 FRANCE.................. 17.12 16.26 16.83 18.95 18.72 16.93 17.20 16.94 15.27 15.50 17.06 21.09 23.86 24.64 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23.11 22.26 20.05 19.82 21.40 26.07 28.47 28.80 GREECE.................. 8.02 7.43 7.85 9.19 9.62 9.05 8.73 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. .. .. .. 13.25 13.10 12.80 12.79 12.99 11.74 12.42 14.46 17.80 20.52 21.70 ITALY................... 19.83 15.89 15.78 15.90 17.03 15.78 15.57 15.13 13.37 13.86 15.91 20.16 24.13 24.61 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 22.40 19.40 19.08 18.34 16.02 15.92 17.51 22.02 25.37 26.33 NETHERLANDS............. 18.66 18.26 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.82 3.03 2.95 2.94 3.27 3.39 3.68 4.03 4.81 SPAIN................... 13.38 11.43 11.48 12.73 12.35 11.24 11.46 11.36 10.41 11.03 12.25 15.29 17.55 18.27 SWEDEN.................. 23.88 17.15 18.02 20.62 23.22 20.90 20.74 20.32 18.81 17.34 19.09 23.92 27.24 27.66 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 12.74 11.10 11.94 12.94 13.47 14.60 15.67 15.98 15.26 14.83 15.55 18.05 21.51 21.66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes manufacture of wire products, central heating radiators and boilers, and commercial water heaters. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 51 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 332) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 15.54 15.96 16.07 16.57 17.03 17.41 17.96 18.10 18.82 19.58 20.02 20.56 20.99 21.72 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 5.49 5.87 5.84 5.66 5.76 6.35 6.62 7.58 8.22 9.27 CANADA.................. 20.93 20.37 20.72 21.68 21.91 22.08 22.69 23.80 23.96 24.25 25.53 27.02 27.53 28.06 MEXICO.................. 6085 #6.89 8.50 9.90 11.12 12.22 13.40 15.46 17.60 19.78 22.00 24.30 25.06 26.62 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 18.82 20.48 21.17 21.21 22.03 22.33 22.18 23.47 25.35 26.85 27.58 28.78 ISRAEL.................. 19.62 22.22 24.25 25.56 29.03 32.82 36.33 37.23 39.83 42.23 42.74 44.31 44.53 46.54 JAPAN................... 2147 2215 2245 2235 2234 2243 2242 2255 2276 2204 2139 2168 2172 2191 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 4250 4808 5347 6531 6980 6756 7093 8008 8536 9289 9895 10062 10026 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 11.38 11.92 12.02 11.30 11.53 10.99 10.66 11.05 11.64 10.80 11.53 TAIWAN.................. 122.5 127.7 134.5 144.9 147.3 154.8 162.1 159.8 165.4 170.3 162.3 169.4 172.0 173.4 AUSTRIA................. 208.9 216.6 225.0 235.6 241.0 244.6 251.2 #18.62 19.23 19.67 20.17 20.72 21.08 21.58 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 778.6 807.4 816.2 840.3 #21.38 22.46 22.75 23.76 24.19 24.92 25.59 DENMARK................. 117.6 120.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 79.50 84.18 87.49 93.65 94.23 97.27 90.55 #17.00 17.70 18.36 18.95 19.31 20.19 20.65 FRANCE.................. 90.65 92.16 93.35 94.46 95.75 98.83 101.5 #15.90 16.54 17.31 18.05 18.63 19.18 19.79 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40.67 #20.89 21.72 22.14 22.63 23.03 22.89 23.13 GREECE.................. 1528 1704 1905 2130 2316 2471 2581 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. .. .. .. 8.26 8.19 8.44 8.98 #12.19 12.72 13.87 15.30 15.72 16.50 17.43 ITALY................... 24428 24988 25417 25894 26270 26883 27048 #14.21 14.48 15.48 16.83 17.81 19.40 19.77 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 693.6 694.0 692.5 #17.22 17.35 17.79 18.53 19.45 20.39 21.15 NETHERLANDS............. 32.81 33.93 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 9.24 10.54 11.71 12.77 13.39 13.85 14.32 14.76 15.57 SPAIN................... 1370 1457 1537 1586 1564 1647 1711 #10.66 11.27 12.32 12.96 13.51 14.11 14.68 SWEDEN.................. 139.1 133.7 139.1 147.3 155.7 159.7 164.9 168.1 172.6 179.3 185.5 193.3 200.2 206.6 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 7.22 7.40 7.79 8.20 8.63 8.91 9.46 9.88 10.07 10.30 10.36 11.04 11.73 11.89 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes manufacture of wire products, central heating radiators and boilers, and commercial water heaters. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007