Table 14. Real average annual compensation in manufacturing, CPI basis, 14 countries or areas, 1950-2000 [Indexes: 1992 = 100] United Germany Former West Nether- United Year States Canada Japan Korea Taiwan Belgium Denmark France (unified)Germany Italy lands Norway Sweden Kingdom 1950 47.4 40.3 NA NA NA NA 40.2 23.9 NA 17.2 20.1 22.3 34.5 32.8 31.4 1955 57.4 48.7 21.7 NA NA NA 44.0 32.1 NA 23.3 24.0 27.7 38.7 39.4 34.8 1960 64.9 56.8 28.6 NA NA 30.8 50.8 36.4 NA 31.0 29.2 34.8 45.9 43.2 40.0 1961 66.2 57.5 31.2 NA NA 32.2 53.1 39.1 NA 33.4 31.3 37.7 48.1 45.9 40.8 1962 68.7 59.4 32.6 NA NA 34.2 54.5 41.2 NA 35.8 34.1 39.0 50.0 48.5 40.6 1963 70.1 61.0 33.6 NA NA 37.0 55.4 42.9 NA 36.5 37.8 41.5 51.8 51.5 41.6 1964 72.5 62.7 36.2 NA NA 39.9 58.3 44.8 NA 38.7 38.1 45.0 52.7 53.7 43.4 1965 73.7 64.9 37.2 NA NA 41.9 60.7 47.1 NA 41.0 37.8 48.3 54.5 56.0 44.6 1966 75.2 66.6 39.3 NA NA 44.0 63.4 48.8 NA 42.4 39.7 50.9 57.9 57.6 45.6 1967 75.5 67.8 42.3 NA NA 46.2 65.4 50.6 NA 42.9 42.8 54.3 61.3 60.3 46.4 1968 77.9 69.4 46.6 NA NA 48.1 65.1 53.6 NA 46.1 45.0 57.2 63.7 62.9 48.1 1969 78.6 71.5 51.8 NA NA 50.2 69.9 56.3 NA 49.5 47.9 59.6 66.6 64.9 49.5 1970 78.0 73.7 56.7 NA NA 53.6 72.5 59.6 NA 56.0 54.5 65.2 66.4 68.0 52.7 1971 79.4 76.0 60.7 NA NA 58.5 78.5 62.9 NA 58.4 58.3 68.6 70.9 70.3 53.5 1972 82.3 77.9 66.2 NA NA 64.1 79.8 64.7 NA 60.7 60.2 72.0 73.0 72.1 57.0 1973 83.3 78.3 71.8 NA 36.5 69.4 83.9 67.9 NA 63.8 65.1 77.7 76.1 73.2 60.2 1974 81.7 81.4 73.3 NA 34.9 73.8 89.8 70.1 NA 66.5 68.6 81.9 80.5 77.6 60.4 1975 82.7 83.4 74.6 NA 36.3 74.8 94.6 74.1 NA 67.4 71.1 83.7 85.6 85.1 64.6 1976 85.7 89.1 75.6 NA 39.8 80.8 97.2 77.7 NA 71.5 76.0 85.6 88.4 89.0 64.9 1977 87.9 91.4 77.4 NA 40.6 81.1 96.0 80.0 NA 74.3 77.3 87.3 89.4 86.0 63.5 1978 88.8 90.8 79.4 NA 43.0 83.1 95.0 81.8 NA 76.9 78.3 89.7 88.8 86.5 67.8 1979 88.6 91.1 82.0 NA 46.0 84.6 96.8 83.6 NA 79.2 81.9 91.4 87.5 86.1 70.6 1980 88.3 91.2 80.9 NA 47.4 86.9 95.7 84.9 NA 80.7 79.2 90.6 86.3 83.1 70.5 1981 88.7 90.8 82.0 NA 49.8 86.0 93.2 85.6 NA 79.7 79.9 89.3 84.6 82.2 72.4 1982 90.2 92.0 83.5 NA 52.7 84.5 93.5 87.2 NA 79.7 79.8 90.6 83.8 81.4 73.5 1983 91.4 94.3 84.3 NA 54.1 84.0 94.8 87.4 NA 80.9 80.2 92.4 85.2 81.8 75.6 1984 92.3 95.4 85.8 NA 58.3 85.3 93.9 88.5 NA 82.7 82.9 91.6 87.7 84.0 78.0 1985 94.2 96.2 87.2 55.5 60.8 87.0 92.5 89.8 NA 84.3 85.3 91.9 90.4 85.5 80.4 1986 96.7 94.2 90.5 58.3 69.0 88.3 93.3 91.3 NA 87.3 86.7 95.0 92.1 88.1 84.3 1987 96.7 93.2 92.9 63.7 75.2 90.4 95.8 92.4 NA 90.9 89.8 98.0 93.7 91.2 90.6 1988 97.9 94.9 94.8 72.0 79.0 92.4 94.9 93.8 NA 93.2 92.5 97.7 94.1 92.7 92.5 1989 96.9 94.1 97.4 75.5 84.5 94.5 94.6 95.2 NA 93.9 95.6 97.1 94.7 96.5 91.6 1990 96.0 94.9 100.3 81.4 92.2 96.9 96.3 96.5 NA 96.4 97.2 97.0 96.2 96.9 93.1 1991 96.8 96.1 101.2 92.8 97.7 99.7 97.6 98.3 92.6 98.2 99.2 98.4 98.7 96.6 97.4 1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1993 101.5 101.2 99.3 109.0 102.9 100.5 102.5 100.8 99.4 99.1 99.6 101.0 99.5 97.7 104.0 1994 103.0 103.6 100.9 117.4 103.9 102.1 102.6 101.7 102.4 101.7 100.2 102.6 101.2 102.1 104.9 1995 101.9 103.3 105.1 137.3 108.1 102.3 104.0 102.1 106.1 104.9 101.1 103.2 102.4 105.0 104.2 1996 100.5 103.4 106.4 150.0 111.5 102.3 104.6 101.8 107.1 107.2 102.6 103.2 104.6 111.8 103.7 1997 101.0 103.8 107.5 152.1 114.5 104.3 107.0 102.9 107.3 107.9 105.3 103.1 106.3 115.5 103.9 1998 103.9 105.4 107.2 147.6 117.1 105.1 108.2 104.3 108.3 109.0 101.8 105.0 110.7 119.7 105.6 1999 106.6 105.9 106.8 155.4 120.7 107.4 110.6 105.9 109.5 NA 102.7 105.7 114.4 118.7 111.5 2000 109.6 106.7 108.6 159.5 120.9 107.5 111.7 106.5 110.0 NA 103.2 108.7 115.2 125.9 112.9 NA = not available. Note: The data relate to employees (wage and salary earners) in Belgium, Denmark, Italy, and Taiwan and to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers) in the other countries. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 2002.