HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 PLASTICS PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 308+) 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 65 PLASTICS PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 308+) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES (2)....... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 34 30 19 20 16 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 90 106 98 95 91 97 91 82 77 .. .. .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 12 10 15 14 8 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 HONG KONG SAR (3)....... 12 16 14 23 31 30 32 33 33 38 36 31 29 .. JAPAN (4)............... 51 61 52 95 129 143 154 132 122 110 121 123 103 98 KOREA................... 7 12 12 27 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 6 11 13 27 36 36 38 38 36 32 33 33 30 29 BELGIUM................. 118 154 78 145 151 161 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 112 131 76 147 143 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 79 104 66 113 110 114 125 119 105 104 98 85 82 88 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 103 133 78 151 156 164 188 177 152 147 139 122 114 122 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 142 134 117 110 118 ITALY................... 87 108 71 142 113 114 112 117 109 103 97 82 76 81 NETHERLANDS............. 122 144 77 138 139 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 59 89 53 92 83 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) As noted below, the U.S. industry (miscellaneous plastics products SIC 308) excludes some plastics products; this is generally not true for the other countries. (2) Excluding plastics footwear & hose & belting. (3) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (4) Excluding plastics footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 66 PLASTICS PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 308+) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES (2)....... 5.23 8.00 10.59 12.47 13.58 13.67 14.02 14.55 15.03 15.41 15.94 16.50 17.43 17.85 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.23 5.11 4.65 3.04 3.36 2.75 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 9.53 13.28 13.25 12.99 12.81 14.08 13.72 12.61 12.20 .. .. .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 1.24 1.20 1.98 1.94 1.16 1.14 1.31 1.38 1.56 1.81 2.08 2.24 HONG KONG SAR (3)....... 0.63 1.29 1.53 2.83 4.15 4.17 4.44 4.77 5.03 5.85 5.69 5.07 5.06 .. JAPAN (4)............... 2.69 4.89 5.52 11.84 17.51 19.49 21.66 19.21 18.39 16.96 19.30 20.25 17.98 17.48 KOREA................... 0.35 0.95 1.23 3.39 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 0.33 0.91 1.33 3.42 4.95 4.96 5.35 5.48 5.36 4.87 5.28 5.47 5.26 5.20 BELGIUM................. 6.19 12.35 8.27 18.07 20.49 22.06 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 5.86 10.48 8.05 18.30 19.49 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 4.12 8.32 7.00 14.13 14.97 15.55 17.51 17.36 15.71 15.96 15.62 14.09 14.30 15.62 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 5.40 10.61 8.28 18.79 21.15 22.46 26.38 25.81 22.83 22.72 22.12 20.14 19.95 21.75 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21.90 21.31 19.37 19.23 20.99 ITALY................... 4.55 8.64 7.51 17.73 15.33 15.53 15.64 17.09 16.33 15.88 15.42 13.49 13.23 14.37 NETHERLANDS............. 6.40 11.55 8.18 17.24 18.94 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.10 7.15 5.64 11.44 11.21 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) As noted below, the U.S. industry (miscellaneous plastics products SIC 308) excludes some plastics products; this is generally not true for the other countries. (2) Excluding plastics footwear & hose & belting. (3) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (4) Excluding plastics footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 67 PLASTICS PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 308+) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES (2)....... 5.23 8.00 10.59 12.47 13.58 13.67 14.02 14.55 15.03 15.41 15.94 16.50 17.43 17.85 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.25 5.51 5.40 5.53 6.14 6.47 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 13.02 15.49 17.09 17.74 17.59 19.21 19.00 18.71 18.13 .. .. .. MEXICO.................. .. .. 319.4 3387 #6.18 6.56 7.46 8.69 10.39 12.62 14.86 17.15 19.46 21.68 HONG KONG SAR (3)....... 3.10 6.41 11.91 22.04 32.07 32.23 34.35 36.88 38.95 45.30 44.17 39.52 39.43 .. JAPAN (4)............... 797.0 1103 1317 1717 1946 1992 2035 2090 2227 2222 2195 2183 2186 2189 KOREA................... 170.7 577.2 1067 2399 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 12.51 32.76 52.83 92.12 130.7 131.3 141.7 150.4 154.2 163.3 170.6 170.9 177.9 179.8 BELGIUM................. 227.2 360.5 490.9 603.7 708.5 737.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 33.63 59.01 85.30 113.3 126.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 17.62 35.13 62.83 76.95 84.83 86.22 87.31 88.80 91.74 94.17 #14.66 15.26 15.97 16.52 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 13.26 19.27 24.37 30.38 35.00 36.43 37.78 38.85 39.61 39.99 #20.76 21.81 22.28 23.00 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38.55 #20.01 20.99 21.48 22.21 ITALY................... 2969 7390 14341 21245 24120 25015 25476 26365 27823 27579 #14.48 14.61 14.78 15.20 NETHERLANDS............. 16.15 22.93 27.15 31.42 35.19 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.40 3.07 4.35 6.41 7.47 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) As noted below, the U.S. industry (miscellaneous plastics products SIC 308) excludes some plastics products; this is generally not true for the other countries. (2) Excluding plastics footwear & hose & belting. (3) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (4) Excluding plastics footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004