HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 CHEMICALS AND PETROLEUM, RUBBER AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS (US SIC 28-30 & ISIC 35) 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 44 CHEMICALS AND PETROLEUM, RUBBER AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS (US SIC 28-30 & ISIC 35) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 43 42 25 25 20 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 81 95 88 83 79 81 79 73 69 .. .. .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 14 14 20 19 12 12 13 12 13 15 16 15 JAPAN................... 54 64 53 95 126 139 152 128 117 103 116 118 99 94 KOREA................... 5 10 9 25 33 37 42 45 42 29 38 40 37 40 TAIWAN.................. 6 10 11 25 32 33 36 35 34 29 31 32 29 27 AUSTRIA................. 75 96 61 122 127 135 156 150 129 126 121 104 96 102 BELGIUM................. 108 142 73 141 147 161 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 90 100 58 113 111 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND (1)............. 66 73 54 123 86 #103 #128 121 107 101 101 88 87 90 FRANCE (1).............. 71 91 55 99 95 98 108 103 91 90 86 75 73 77 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 99 119 70 138 142 148 170 164 141 134 127 113 107 113 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 131 124 109 103 109 IRELAND (1)............. 53 66 50 83 76 80 85 85 82 77 74 65 66 73 ITALY................... 80 88 58 119 95 95 94 101 93 88 83 70 65 69 NETHERLANDS............. 108 124 69 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 111 77 134 118 118 136 137 126 126 122 107 107 124 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 81 73 72 78 82 71 71 69 58 56 60 SWEDEN (1).............. 101 116 67 127 96 #103 114 127 112 109 104 94 82 89 SWITZERLAND............. 96 113 75 141 142 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 52 75 47 82 72 74 76 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excluding petroleum refining. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 45 CHEMICALS AND PETROLEUM, RUBBER AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS (US SIC 28-30 & ISIC 35) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 6.83 10.72 14.29 16.66 18.35 18.52 18.91 19.49 20.03 20.61 21.04 21.71 22.80 23.52 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8.75 8.57 8.55 5.26 5.50 4.65 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 11.55 15.83 16.07 15.44 14.99 15.82 15.73 14.95 14.49 .. .. .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 2.05 2.29 3.60 3.59 2.27 2.24 2.51 2.51 2.81 3.28 3.59 3.62 JAPAN................... 3.66 6.90 7.58 15.80 23.16 25.80 28.76 25.00 23.39 21.32 24.33 25.58 22.54 22.11 KOREA................... 0.37 1.11 1.34 4.11 6.11 6.82 7.88 8.74 8.34 5.90 8.04 8.79 8.41 9.34 TAIWAN.................. 0.40 1.04 1.55 4.24 5.79 6.14 6.76 6.91 6.71 6.01 6.62 6.85 6.69 6.37 AUSTRIA................. 5.11 10.32 8.74 20.37 23.33 24.94 29.51 29.32 25.83 25.90 25.53 22.64 21.92 23.92 BELGIUM................. 7.39 15.21 10.46 23.44 26.99 29.87 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 6.11 10.76 8.32 18.85 20.33 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND (1)............. 4.50 7.78 7.77 20.56 15.73 #19.00 #24.21 23.51 21.33 20.80 21.28 19.02 19.76 21.05 FRANCE (1).............. 4.87 9.74 7.80 16.42 17.51 18.14 20.33 20.07 18.25 18.51 18.10 16.34 16.60 18.16 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 6.73 12.81 10.07 22.95 26.01 27.44 32.12 31.93 28.14 27.61 26.76 24.53 24.30 26.46 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26.96 26.12 23.68 23.49 25.57 IRELAND (1)............. 3.59 7.12 7.09 13.79 13.96 14.73 16.12 16.52 16.34 15.83 15.64 14.21 15.05 17.22 ITALY................... 5.47 9.44 8.22 19.79 17.49 17.66 17.76 19.63 18.63 18.17 17.57 15.26 14.91 16.12 NETHERLANDS............. 7.36 13.34 9.86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 11.94 11.04 22.29 21.57 21.93 25.70 26.71 25.30 26.06 25.74 23.32 24.32 29.27 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 13.54 13.35 13.26 14.75 15.97 14.22 14.68 14.45 12.60 12.66 14.03 SWEDEN (1).............. 6.92 12.40 9.62 21.19 17.60 #19.08 21.61 24.69 22.52 22.38 21.98 20.39 18.77 20.83 SWITZERLAND............. 6.53 12.12 10.79 23.48 25.97 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.58 8.07 6.71 13.60 13.28 13.71 14.37 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excluding petroleum refining. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 46 CHEMICALS AND PETROLEUM, RUBBER AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS (US SIC 28-30 & ISIC 35) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 6.83 10.72 14.29 16.66 18.35 18.52 18.91 19.49 20.03 20.61 21.04 21.71 22.80 23.52 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8.79 9.24 9.93 9.57 10.06 10.94 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 15.78 18.47 20.73 21.09 20.59 21.58 21.79 22.18 21.53 .. .. .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 527.2 6438 #11.23 12.10 14.56 17.05 19.91 22.95 26.86 31.00 33.49 34.95 JAPAN................... 1085 1556 1807 2291 2573 2636 2702 2720 2833 2793 2766 2757 2740 2769 KOREA................... 180.7 676.1 1170 2912 4903 5476 6079 7032 7929 8265 9566 9938 10863 11670 TAIWAN.................. 15.02 37.33 61.77 114.1 153.0 162.4 179.2 189.9 193.2 201.7 214.0 214.0 226.1 220.0 AUSTRIA................. 88.95 133.5 180.8 230.8 271.6 284.6 297.5 310.5 315.3 320.6 #23.96 24.53 24.49 25.30 BELGIUM................. 271.1 444.1 620.8 783.3 933.3 998.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 35.06 60.56 88.24 116.7 131.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND (1)............. 16.50 28.94 48.17 78.74 90.08 #99.46 #106.0 108.0 110.8 111.2 #19.98 20.60 22.07 22.27 FRANCE (1).............. 20.83 41.09 70.02 89.47 99.25 100.6 101.4 102.7 106.5 109.2 #16.99 17.70 18.55 19.21 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 16.52 23.25 29.61 37.11 43.04 44.51 45.99 48.06 48.83 48.59 #25.12 26.57 27.15 27.99 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47.45 #24.52 25.65 26.24 27.05 IRELAND (1)............. 1.62 3.46 6.65 8.32 9.53 9.84 10.06 10.33 10.78 11.11 #14.68 15.39 16.82 18.22 ITALY................... 3568 8073 15698 23714 27516 28450 28925 30282 31738 31569 #16.49 16.53 16.66 17.05 NETHERLANDS............. 18.58 26.49 32.70 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 58.95 94.88 139.4 153.1 154.7 162.8 172.5 179.3 196.8 200.9 205.5 218.8 233.7 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 1382 1701 1775 1838 2024 2083 2193 #13.56 13.65 14.14 14.84 SWEDEN (1).............. 28.68 52.46 82.74 125.5 137.2 #147.2 154.3 165.6 172.2 177.9 #181.9 187.0 194.0 202.5 SWITZERLAND............. 16.86 20.30 26.48 32.63 38.39 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.61 3.47 5.17 7.62 8.85 8.95 9.11 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excluding petroleum refining. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004