HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 34) 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 95 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 34) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32 31 28 17 17 14 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 79 104 94 88 93 92 90 85 86 85 79 78 MEXICO.................. .. .. 10 9 13 14 8 8 8 8 9 10 12 12 HONG KONG SAR (2,3)..... 11 15 12 18 26 25 26 26 31 31 30 28 28 25 ISRAEL.................. 35 40 32 63 57 58 67 69 71 70 65 69 67 58 JAPAN................... 47 53 48 84 120 130 139 117 105 96 109 114 95 84 KOREA................... 5 10 10 26 35 37 43 50 44 28 33 38 36 38 TAIWAN.................. 7 11 12 25 30 31 33 31 30 27 26 27 25 23 BELGIUM................. 99 134 71 125 128 138 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 89 102 60 115 113 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 69 79 58 130 93 #104 #133 128 109 111 105 93 90 .. FRANCE.................. 67 87 56 101 99 101 113 108 95 96 92 81 79 84 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 92 117 67 134 140 145 170 163 141 137 131 115 109 114 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 132 125 110 105 109 GREECE.................. 26 39 29 47 44 46 53 55 50 48 .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 70 81 58 116 97 95 98 104 96 93 88 76 72 76 NETHERLANDS............. 97 112 60 111 112 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN (4)............... .. .. .. 74 69 69 76 71 63 64 62 55 55 58 SWEDEN.................. 108 121 70 135 103 #108 123 134 118 115 110 100 88 93 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 48 69 43 76 68 71 76 78 82 89 87 81 77 78 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Generally includes metal furniture except for the United States, Canada, Japan & Taiwan, which include metal furniture in furniture & fixtures manufacturing (US SIC 25). (2) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (3) Hardware, metal wristwatch bands, and metal products NEC. (4) Including foundry products. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 96 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 34) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 6.60 10.09 13.24 15.10 16.49 16.70 16.85 17.31 17.73 17.95 18.37 18.85 19.62 20.33 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.59 5.46 5.11 3.14 3.15 2.68 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 10.49 15.66 15.52 14.78 15.61 15.89 15.88 15.23 15.83 16.01 15.52 15.76 MEXICO.................. .. .. 1.37 1.35 2.15 2.26 1.39 1.31 1.44 1.42 1.64 1.98 2.28 2.39 HONG KONG SAR (2,3)..... 0.75 1.47 1.65 2.66 4.35 4.19 4.41 4.57 5.43 5.62 5.57 5.33 5.44 5.17 ISRAEL.................. 2.32 4.07 4.28 9.58 9.46 9.70 11.27 12.03 12.61 12.58 11.95 12.95 13.22 11.89 JAPAN................... 3.08 5.39 6.37 12.65 19.74 21.72 23.44 20.34 18.59 17.17 20.09 21.57 18.65 17.05 KOREA................... 0.34 1.05 1.36 3.99 5.80 6.25 7.28 8.58 7.75 5.00 6.14 7.18 6.97 7.77 TAIWAN.................. 0.43 1.14 1.54 3.73 4.91 5.22 5.50 5.42 5.33 4.78 4.83 5.09 4.84 4.63 BELGIUM................. 6.53 13.54 9.34 18.88 21.07 23.12 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 5.88 10.34 7.97 17.29 18.63 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 4.56 7.93 7.64 19.59 15.26 #17.45 #22.44 22.19 19.39 19.99 19.36 17.44 17.60 .. FRANCE.................. 4.41 8.76 7.42 15.19 16.30 16.91 19.00 18.73 16.93 17.19 16.87 15.26 15.59 17.03 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 6.09 11.78 8.91 20.29 23.16 24.28 28.62 28.25 24.93 24.66 23.98 21.69 21.46 23.23 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23.60 22.95 20.75 20.54 22.20 GREECE.................. 1.73 3.96 3.88 7.06 7.18 7.64 9.01 9.50 8.92 8.68 .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 4.60 8.20 7.73 17.54 15.93 15.93 16.47 17.98 17.05 16.61 16.13 14.28 14.09 15.35 NETHERLANDS............. 6.37 11.32 7.98 16.75 18.42 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN (4)............... .. .. .. 11.23 11.45 11.44 12.74 12.35 11.24 11.44 11.34 10.40 10.79 11.85 SWEDEN.................. 7.11 12.18 9.26 20.31 16.95 #17.97 20.64 23.21 20.84 20.60 20.27 18.81 17.19 18.82 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.13 6.98 5.73 11.46 11.17 11.89 12.80 13.47 14.55 16.05 15.99 15.25 15.02 15.95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Generally includes metal furniture except for the United States, Canada, Japan & Taiwan, which include metal furniture in furniture & fixtures manufacturing (US SIC 25). (2) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (3) Hardware, metal wristwatch bands, and metal products NEC. (4) Including foundry products. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 97 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 34) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 6.60 10.09 13.24 15.10 16.49 16.70 16.85 17.31 17.73 17.95 18.37 18.85 19.62 20.33 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.62 5.88 5.93 5.72 5.76 6.31 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 14.33 18.27 20.02 20.18 21.43 21.67 22.00 22.61 23.52 23.79 24.04 24.74 MEXICO.................. .. .. 352.4 3788 #6.69 7.62 8.92 9.94 11.43 13.02 15.63 18.70 21.28 23.05 HONG KONG SAR (2,3)..... 3.71 7.31 12.85 20.76 33.66 32.37 34.10 35.39 42.05 43.52 43.23 41.53 42.40 40.36 ISRAEL.................. 1.48 20.86 #5.04 19.31 26.76 29.21 33.94 38.40 43.51 47.79 49.46 52.79 55.59 56.32 JAPAN................... 913.6 1216 1520 1834 2193 2220 2203 2213 2252 2249 2284 2325 2268 2135 KOREA................... 165.0 636.1 1182 2826 4656 5020 5616 6901 7373 7004 7311 8116 9005 9715 TAIWAN.................. 16.39 40.95 61.38 100.5 129.8 138.2 145.7 148.8 153.5 160.2 156.0 159.0 163.6 159.8 BELGIUM................. 239.6 395.4 554.3 630.8 728.7 772.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 33.71 58.18 84.52 107.0 120.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 16.72 29.49 47.37 75.02 87.36 #91.31 #98.19 102.0 100.8 106.9 #18.18 18.89 19.66 .. FRANCE.................. 18.87 36.95 66.65 82.73 92.35 93.80 94.75 95.81 98.83 101.4 #15.83 16.52 17.42 18.02 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 14.95 21.39 26.22 32.81 38.34 39.38 40.98 42.52 43.26 43.41 #22.51 23.49 23.97 24.57 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 41.53 #21.54 22.48 22.95 23.48 GREECE.................. 55.80 169.0 536.2 1118 1647 1853 2088 2286 2437 2565 .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 3001 7012 14754 21016 25051 25669 26827 27744 29045 28856 #15.14 15.47 15.74 16.24 NETHERLANDS............. 16.08 22.47 26.47 30.51 34.23 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN (4)............... .. .. .. 1145 1459 1532 1587 1565 1647 1710 #10.65 11.26 12.05 12.54 SWEDEN.................. 29.43 51.52 79.66 120.3 132.1 #138.7 147.4 155.7 159.3 163.8 #167.7 172.5 177.7 182.9 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.41 3.00 4.42 6.42 7.44 7.76 8.11 8.63 8.88 9.69 9.89 10.06 10.43 10.62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Generally includes metal furniture except for the United States, Canada, Japan & Taiwan, which include metal furniture in furniture & fixtures manufacturing (US SIC 25). (2) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (3) Hardware, metal wristwatch bands, and metal products NEC. (4) Including foundry products. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004