HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 TEXTILES AND APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-315) IMPORTANT NOTE: DATA IN THE FOLLOWING TABLES ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION. THE INTRODUCTION CAN BE ACCESSED AT: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/indnotesnaics.txt. General Notes: The measures for total manufacturing were published in news release USDL 06-2020, "International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, 2005," November 30, 2006. For some countries, data for total manufacturing have been revised in these tables to reflect revisions subsequent to the news release. 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. The measures in these tables are shown according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for most NAICS 3-digit level industries; selected additional industry combinations are shown as well. These data as well as data on a U.S. 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis for selected years, 1975-2002, are available at https://www.bls.gov/fls. Note: Hourly compensation costs in national currency for countries that are members of the Euro area (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 1992-1998, and in euros for 1999-2005. More information about national currency units and exchange rates used in these tables is on page 6. Notations: .. 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, December 14, 2007. HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: INDEX U.S. = 100 PAGE 19 TEXTILES AND APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-315) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 30 29 25 15 15 12 10 10 11 14 CANADA.................. 110 100 95 92 99 95 82 79 79 72 74 82 98 103 MEXICO.................. 17 18 20 12 11 11 9 10 11 12 13 12 12 12 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 116 115 125 112 93 100 88 78 88 108 121 132 ISRAEL.................. 53 50 52 53 55 56 53 50 53 55 50 49 51 53 JAPAN (1)............... 100 111 122 134 110 98 86 99 105 87 83 86 91 87 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 42 52 53 54 48 32 36 39 37 43 46 46 56 TAIWAN.................. 43 43 43 45 42 42 34 35 36 34 33 30 31 33 AUSTRIA................. 143 138 145 161 157 135 130 122 103 100 108 125 139 138 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 195 182 155 151 144 125 121 132 153 170 168 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 18 18 17 16 18 21 25 28 30 FINLAND................. 142 115 126 148 143 125 115 113 100 97 107 119 139 139 FRANCE.................. 134 124 125 133 128 111 107 101 87 85 92 108 119 119 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 149 140 120 116 124 143 154 150 HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 17 21 23 26 28 IRELAND................. 97 85 88 93 93 89 85 84 76 80 87 102 112 113 ITALY................... 160 126 123 117 122 109 106 103 89 88 95 119 136 136 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 17 18 16 15 16 17 17 18 20 SPAIN................... 100 83 78 82 84 75 70 67 57 57 62 75 85 85 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 98 85 88 91 92 108 100 101 96 92 96 104 119 118 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 20 TEXTILES AND APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-315) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 9.85 10.05 10.31 10.85 11.20 11.60 12.19 12.58 13.21 13.63 13.85 14.57 14.88 15.41 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 3.34 3.32 3.10 1.87 1.93 1.60 1.36 1.46 1.64 2.18 CANADA.................. 10.85 10.04 9.77 9.98 11.11 11.03 10.01 9.94 10.47 9.79 10.21 11.88 14.54 15.80 MEXICO.................. 1.66 1.82 2.10 1.28 1.20 1.24 1.15 1.26 1.43 1.63 1.75 1.74 1.74 1.89 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 11.94 12.52 14.04 13.05 11.32 12.63 11.62 10.58 12.21 15.67 18.01 20.32 ISRAEL.................. 5.25 5.06 5.40 5.76 6.13 6.52 6.43 6.32 7.03 7.50 6.93 7.16 7.64 8.16 JAPAN (1)............... 9.81 11.18 12.59 14.52 12.27 11.37 10.52 12.44 13.82 11.84 11.55 12.56 13.50 13.48 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 4.22 5.31 5.77 6.01 5.58 3.86 4.53 5.10 4.99 5.99 6.71 6.90 8.65 TAIWAN.................. 4.27 4.31 4.44 4.84 4.66 4.84 4.15 4.37 4.81 4.63 4.57 4.39 4.68 5.10 AUSTRIA................. 14.06 13.90 14.94 17.52 17.55 15.71 15.90 15.37 13.58 13.63 14.94 18.26 20.67 21.24 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 21.20 20.40 18.03 18.43 18.14 16.47 16.48 18.32 22.35 25.35 25.90 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 2.08 2.23 2.14 2.05 2.40 2.95 3.61 4.13 4.62 FINLAND................. 13.96 11.52 12.95 16.05 16.04 14.46 14.00 14.27 13.27 13.16 14.87 17.30 20.68 21.48 FRANCE.................. 13.18 12.46 12.87 14.49 14.30 12.89 13.05 12.73 11.54 11.61 12.71 15.70 17.78 18.37 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18.20 17.59 15.89 15.81 17.17 20.80 22.91 23.08 HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.96 2.32 2.89 3.38 3.86 4.25 IRELAND................. 9.57 8.57 9.04 10.09 10.47 10.33 10.32 10.53 10.01 10.95 12.09 14.87 16.67 17.45 ITALY................... 15.78 12.65 12.68 12.68 13.65 12.60 12.90 12.96 11.81 11.99 13.22 17.29 20.20 20.96 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.03 2.17 2.07 1.98 2.24 2.31 2.48 2.70 3.13 SPAIN................... 9.87 8.32 8.02 8.95 9.41 8.65 8.52 8.38 7.54 7.77 8.57 10.91 12.59 13.15 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 9.66 8.50 9.06 9.93 10.30 12.49 12.22 12.74 12.70 12.61 13.26 15.17 17.72 18.15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 21 TEXTILES AND APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-315) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 9.85 10.05 10.31 10.85 11.20 11.60 12.19 12.58 13.21 13.63 13.85 14.57 14.88 15.41 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 3.35 3.58 3.60 3.41 3.53 3.77 3.98 4.49 4.80 5.32 CANADA.................. 13.11 12.95 13.35 13.71 15.16 15.27 14.86 14.77 15.56 15.16 16.03 16.64 18.92 19.15 MEXICO.................. 5143 #5.67 7.08 8.19 9.09 9.84 10.57 12.00 13.55 15.17 16.91 18.78 19.68 20.58 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 16.32 16.90 17.93 17.55 18.01 19.56 19.98 20.47 22.45 24.03 24.46 26.64 ISRAEL.................. 12.90 14.31 16.27 17.35 19.58 22.49 24.44 26.16 28.66 31.54 32.81 32.59 34.22 36.64 JAPAN (1)............... 1244 1242 1287 1364 1335 1376 1378 1415 1490 1440 1447 1455 1460 1484 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 3388 4270 4453 4832 5303 5399 5396 5764 6449 7490 7995 7903 8861 TAIWAN.................. 107.4 113.8 117.6 128.2 128.0 139.3 139.3 141.4 150.4 156.4 157.8 151.1 156.1 164.0 AUSTRIA................. 154.5 161.8 170.5 176.6 185.8 191.8 196.8 #14.43 14.71 15.22 15.81 16.13 16.62 17.07 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 624.7 631.9 645.6 669.1 #17.02 17.84 18.40 19.38 19.74 20.38 20.80 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 65.86 71.83 73.81 79.16 91.29 96.67 101.9 106.3 110.6 FINLAND................. 62.64 65.96 67.78 70.24 73.69 75.13 74.86 #13.40 14.37 14.70 15.73 15.28 16.63 17.26 FRANCE.................. 69.78 70.63 71.35 72.22 73.15 75.26 76.97 #11.95 12.50 12.96 13.45 13.87 14.29 14.76 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32.04 #16.51 17.21 17.66 18.16 18.37 18.42 18.54 HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 553.8 663.5 744.5 758.7 782.8 848.8 IRELAND................. 5.62 5.85 6.04 6.29 6.55 6.81 7.25 #9.88 10.85 12.23 12.79 13.13 13.40 14.02 ITALY................... 19441 19894 20425 20654 21056 21469 22404 #12.16 12.79 13.39 13.98 15.27 16.24 16.84 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 6.66 7.56 8.22 8.62 9.18 9.41 9.65 9.89 10.12 SPAIN................... 1010 1061 1073 1116 1193 1267 1273 #7.87 8.17 8.68 9.07 9.63 10.12 10.56 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 5.47 5.66 5.92 6.29 6.60 7.63 7.38 7.88 8.38 8.76 8.83 9.28 9.67 9.97 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007