HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES MANUFACTURING (US SIC 25) 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 32 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES MANUFACTURING (US SIC 25) (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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 22 20 12 13 10 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 85 102 94 90 87 90 85 80 81 81 77 78 MEXICO.................. .. .. 12 9 13 12 7 7 8 8 9 10 12 12 HONG KONG SAR (2)....... 34 34 23 34 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. JAPAN................... 50 63 57 94 125 133 146 121 110 98 111 110 90 82 KOREA................... 7 15 13 32 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 7 13 15 32 35 36 35 34 31 27 27 29 26 23 BELGIUM................. 124 165 85 149 152 161 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 87 100 72 152 109 #115 #140 131 117 112 .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 82 109 67 115 109 109 116 109 95 93 89 79 75 79 GREECE.................. 32 48 35 54 51 55 63 67 61 57 .. .. .. .. SWEDEN.................. 142 162 93 165 127 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 130 155 101 179 179 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes metal furniture for the United States, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. Metal furniture is classified in fabricated metal products in the other countries. (2) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 33 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES MANUFACTURING (US SIC 25) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 4.63 7.01 9.34 11.38 12.53 12.77 13.15 13.57 14.15 14.58 15.05 15.71 16.50 17.12 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.11 3.09 2.89 1.82 1.98 1.66 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 7.90 11.61 11.77 11.48 11.47 12.18 12.02 11.64 12.13 12.77 12.77 13.36 MEXICO.................. .. .. 1.12 1.00 1.58 1.58 0.97 0.97 1.09 1.15 1.34 1.63 1.97 2.07 HONG KONG SAR (2)....... 1.60 2.35 2.18 3.89 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. JAPAN................... 2.33 4.39 5.32 10.69 15.68 16.93 19.14 16.38 15.55 14.31 16.64 17.36 14.81 14.10 KOREA................... 0.30 1.02 1.21 3.68 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 0.33 0.93 1.43 3.60 4.40 4.53 4.66 4.61 4.44 3.91 4.12 4.50 4.32 3.91 BELGIUM................. 5.75 11.54 7.91 16.98 19.02 20.51 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 4.04 6.99 6.75 17.36 13.69 #14.70 #18.40 17.74 16.57 16.37 .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 3.78 7.61 6.29 13.04 13.60 13.91 15.31 14.81 13.41 13.58 13.45 12.34 12.43 13.52 GREECE.................. 1.49 3.35 3.24 6.10 6.33 6.99 8.28 9.03 8.67 8.36 .. .. .. .. SWEDEN.................. 6.58 11.38 8.67 18.83 15.97 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 6.05 10.84 9.45 20.36 22.45 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes metal furniture for the United States, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. Metal furniture is classified in fabricated metal products in the other countries. (2) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 34 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES MANUFACTURING (US SIC 25) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 4.63 7.01 9.34 11.38 12.53 12.77 13.15 13.57 14.15 14.58 15.05 15.71 16.50 17.12 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.13 3.33 3.35 3.31 3.62 3.91 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 10.79 13.54 15.19 15.68 15.75 16.61 16.65 17.27 18.03 18.97 19.78 20.97 MEXICO.................. .. .. 287.2 2810 #4.93 5.35 6.20 7.34 8.64 10.53 12.84 15.44 18.40 19.97 HONG KONG SAR (2)....... 7.88 11.70 16.99 30.32 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. JAPAN................... 691.1 991.0 1270 1551 1742 1731 1799 1782 1883 1875 1892 1871 1801 1766 KOREA................... 147.3 619.7 1056 2601 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 12.56 33.49 56.95 96.82 116.2 120.0 123.6 126.7 127.9 131.2 133.2 140.5 146.1 134.9 BELGIUM................. 210.8 336.8 469.6 567.4 657.9 685.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 14.80 26.00 41.82 66.47 78.36 #76.95 #80.50 81.49 86.10 87.51 .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 16.18 32.10 56.46 71.05 77.10 77.13 76.32 75.76 78.30 80.13 #12.63 13.36 13.89 14.30 GREECE.................. 48.05 142.6 448.0 966.4 1451 1695 1919 2173 2368 2470 .. .. .. .. SWEDEN.................. 27.24 48.11 74.61 111.5 124.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 15.61 18.16 23.20 28.30 33.18 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes metal furniture for the United States, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. Metal furniture is classified in fabricated metal products in the other countries. (2) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004