HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 39) 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 128 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 39) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 26 25 16 15 12 .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 13 10 15 14 9 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 JAPAN (1)............... 53 67 59 100 139 150 157 129 122 110 125 127 110 108 KOREA................... 6 11 10 26 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 7 12 14 29 34 37 39 38 37 32 32 33 32 30 BELGIUM................. 104 142 69 123 128 136 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 117 139 81 152 142 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 84 114 73 123 117 120 131 128 111 111 108 96 92 98 GREECE.................. 31 42 35 51 48 51 59 58 55 52 .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 113 106 70 132 106 105 103 109 101 96 90 77 72 76 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 90 80 74 81 75 67 61 61 53 50 54 SWEDEN.................. 137 160 92 169 122 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 113 142 91 165 169 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 57 92 55 94 82 81 85 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Including ordnance. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 129 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 39) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 4.74 7.02 9.48 11.30 12.62 12.90 13.31 13.74 14.05 14.29 14.74 15.24 16.05 16.42 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.70 3.65 3.63 2.31 2.26 2.00 .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 1.20 1.15 1.85 1.82 1.13 1.15 1.31 1.38 1.50 1.72 1.99 2.11 JAPAN (1)............... 2.51 4.68 5.59 11.26 17.51 19.32 20.86 17.71 17.16 15.69 18.41 19.40 17.59 17.70 KOREA................... 0.26 0.80 0.97 2.97 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 0.32 0.84 1.33 3.32 4.32 4.73 5.15 5.15 5.20 4.50 4.70 5.04 5.15 4.93 BELGIUM................. 4.93 9.97 6.51 13.85 16.11 17.58 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 5.54 9.74 7.70 17.15 17.95 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 4.01 8.01 6.93 13.91 14.82 15.48 17.44 17.59 15.60 15.83 15.97 14.60 14.73 16.13 GREECE.................. 1.46 2.95 3.32 5.81 6.06 6.62 7.83 8.04 7.79 7.49 .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 5.37 7.44 6.67 14.92 13.43 13.51 13.77 15.04 14.20 13.70 13.30 11.73 11.54 12.50 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 10.21 10.11 9.60 10.71 10.34 9.36 8.76 9.02 8.11 8.02 8.84 SWEDEN.................. 6.48 11.22 8.73 19.08 15.37 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 5.34 9.97 8.58 18.68 21.28 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 2.72 6.48 5.26 10.67 10.31 10.42 11.27 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Including ordnance. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 130 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 39) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 4.74 7.02 9.48 11.30 12.62 12.90 13.31 13.74 14.05 14.29 14.74 15.24 16.05 16.42 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.72 3.94 4.22 4.21 4.14 4.70 .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 309.1 3226 #5.78 6.13 7.27 8.77 10.40 12.62 14.34 16.25 18.59 20.39 JAPAN (1)............... 745.1 1057 1334 1633 1946 1975 1960 1927 2078 2056 2093 2091 2138 2217 KOREA................... 127.4 484.8 845.3 2102 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 12.17 30.20 53.05 89.34 114.1 125.3 136.4 141.6 149.7 151.1 152.0 157.6 174.3 170.4 BELGIUM................. 181.1 291.0 386.1 463.0 556.9 587.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 31.79 54.85 81.61 106.1 116.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 17.16 33.82 62.25 75.79 83.97 85.85 86.94 90.01 91.11 93.43 #14.99 15.82 16.46 17.07 GREECE.................. 47.10 125.6 457.9 921.6 1389 1606 1814 1935 2128 2214 .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 3505 6360 12724 17870 21132 21768 22425 23212 24190 23788 #12.49 12.70 12.89 13.23 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 1041 1289 1286 1335 1310 1372 1308 #8.46 8.78 8.96 9.35 SWEDEN.................. 26.84 47.46 75.12 113.0 119.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 13.78 16.69 21.08 25.97 31.46 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.23 2.78 4.05 5.98 6.87 6.80 7.14 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Including ordnance. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004