HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 371) 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 116 MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 371) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 57 57 64 43 41 33 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 66 85 82 78 78 77 74 78 75 .. .. .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 12 11 16 15 10 9 10 11 13 15 17 16 JAPAN (1)............... 37 44 41 70 94 99 110 95 88 87 99 99 83 77 KOREA................... 4 7 8 24 29 33 41 46 36 30 40 42 37 43 TAIWAN.................. 7 10 9 21 26 25 26 25 25 25 26 25 23 21 BELGIUM................. 75 89 50 95 99 102 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 60 63 38 76 72 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 53 63 42 73 68 67 75 72 63 68 66 59 57 58 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 80 94 59 120 126 131 154 148 128 137 133 115 106 106 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 134 131 113 104 104 IRELAND................. 35 41 28 51 41 40 46 45 44 46 50 44 45 44 ITALY................... 54 53 42 81 65 63 65 69 64 67 64 54 50 51 NETHERLANDS............. 70 73 42 72 72 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 68 64 58 63 61 53 53 57 50 45 47 SWEDEN.................. 78 80 51 94 69 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 43 53 36 66 60 60 63 62 67 76 76 69 65 67 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Including motorcycle manufacturing. 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 117 MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 371) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 9.55 15.96 19.71 22.48 25.52 26.64 26.55 27.23 28.00 26.44 26.73 27.99 29.84 31.67 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.43 15.86 16.83 11.50 11.51 9.85 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 12.98 19.20 20.83 20.65 20.81 21.02 20.86 20.50 19.94 .. .. .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 2.33 2.50 3.98 4.09 2.56 2.51 2.93 3.02 3.45 4.18 5.04 5.12 JAPAN (1)............... 3.56 6.97 8.09 15.68 23.93 26.35 29.12 25.83 24.52 22.89 26.38 27.77 24.77 24.37 KOREA................... 0.41 1.15 1.62 5.48 7.37 8.83 10.85 12.46 10.02 8.06 10.63 11.75 10.95 13.62 TAIWAN.................. 0.63 1.63 1.84 4.74 6.66 6.73 6.98 6.76 7.09 6.58 7.03 7.06 6.82 6.53 BELGIUM................. 7.16 14.27 9.87 21.30 25.20 27.16 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 5.78 9.98 7.54 16.99 18.37 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 5.10 9.98 8.31 16.37 17.36 17.97 20.04 19.67 17.75 17.97 17.77 16.65 16.95 18.49 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 7.62 15.03 11.70 26.98 32.10 34.90 40.83 40.28 35.94 36.11 35.58 32.26 31.73 33.42 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35.47 34.92 31.63 31.11 32.81 IRELAND................. 3.30 6.51 5.56 11.55 10.45 10.76 12.14 12.35 12.31 12.18 13.42 12.39 13.30 13.97 ITALY................... 5.16 8.54 8.19 18.29 16.63 16.67 17.22 18.82 17.88 17.60 17.09 15.12 14.92 16.24 NETHERLANDS............. 6.72 11.64 8.21 16.29 18.28 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 15.26 16.22 15.39 16.78 16.70 14.92 14.14 15.16 13.92 13.31 14.83 SWEDEN.................. 7.44 12.70 10.14 21.13 17.61 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 4.13 8.50 7.18 14.93 15.21 16.00 16.78 16.94 18.77 20.12 20.32 19.45 19.32 21.15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Including motorcycle manufacturing. 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 118 MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 371) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 9.55 15.96 19.71 22.48 25.52 26.64 26.55 27.23 28.00 26.44 26.73 27.99 29.84 31.67 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.50 17.10 19.53 20.94 21.07 23.17 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 17.73 22.41 26.87 28.20 28.57 28.67 28.88 30.42 29.62 .. .. .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 599.5 7044 #12.39 13.79 16.41 19.08 23.22 27.67 32.99 39.58 47.07 49.51 JAPAN (1)............... 1055 1572 1929 2273 2659 2693 2736 2811 2969 2999 3000 2993 3012 3052 KOREA................... 200.8 697.5 1408 3879 5913 7096 8367 10027 9528 11280 12648 13284 14146 17020 TAIWAN.................. 23.95 58.62 73.37 127.5 175.9 178.2 184.9 185.6 204.1 220.8 227.1 220.8 230.8 225.4 BELGIUM................. 262.8 416.8 585.7 711.9 871.5 907.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 33.14 56.19 79.97 105.2 119.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 21.83 42.11 74.58 89.18 98.39 99.65 99.92 100.6 103.6 106.0 #16.68 18.03 18.94 19.56 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 18.72 27.28 34.42 43.62 53.13 56.61 58.47 60.63 62.36 63.55 #33.40 34.94 35.44 35.35 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 62.43 #32.78 34.26 34.75 34.70 IRELAND................. 1.48 3.16 5.21 6.97 7.14 7.19 7.57 7.72 8.12 8.55 #12.60 13.42 14.86 14.78 ITALY................... 3367 7300 15641 21908 26161 26849 28046 29042 30465 30564 #16.04 16.38 16.67 17.18 NETHERLANDS............. 16.95 23.11 27.24 29.68 33.97 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 1557 2068 2061 2090 2116 2186 2113 #14.23 15.08 14.87 15.69 SWEDEN.................. 30.82 53.69 87.21 125.2 137.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.86 3.66 5.53 8.37 10.13 10.44 10.63 10.86 11.46 12.14 12.57 12.83 13.42 14.08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Including motorcycle manufacturing. Breaks in series at 1990 and 1991. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004