HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 32 & ISIC 36) 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 68 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 32 & ISIC 36) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 23 21 14 13 11 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 86 107 103 95 96 95 89 81 81 77 78 74 MEXICO.................. .. .. 12 10 15 15 9 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 ISRAEL.................. 40 37 27 52 48 50 55 57 59 55 53 53 52 48 JAPAN................... 48 54 50 87 122 134 145 123 112 99 112 113 96 91 KOREA................... 6 11 11 29 38 39 44 46 47 31 39 40 40 39 TAIWAN.................. 6 10 12 25 31 31 32 30 29 25 25 25 24 23 AUSTRIA................. 73 94 60 122 127 132 153 146 126 122 116 99 94 98 BELGIUM................. 103 133 70 129 133 140 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 99 106 62 122 118 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 72 78 59 133 91 #99 #125 119 106 103 102 88 84 89 FRANCE.................. 75 95 60 108 106 108 120 115 101 100 96 84 82 86 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 95 114 67 132 138 143 165 156 133 128 122 107 102 106 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 120 115 101 96 100 GREECE.................. 28 41 31 49 47 49 56 57 53 50 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 54 66 53 94 83 82 89 92 87 83 79 71 68 74 ITALY................... 69 84 57 113 95 93 94 100 92 87 83 71 67 69 NETHERLANDS............. 103 118 66 119 124 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 113 78 139 117 120 136 136 126 124 123 108 108 124 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 73 69 68 73 70 61 62 60 53 51 54 SWEDEN.................. 111 123 72 140 104 #107 121 132 116 113 109 98 86 91 SWITZERLAND............. 96 110 73 138 138 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 50 71 44 79 70 73 79 79 85 88 87 80 77 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 69 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 32 & ISIC 36) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 6.43 10.22 13.31 15.30 16.67 16.98 17.29 17.83 18.35 18.92 19.29 20.07 20.94 21.70 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.26 4.22 3.99 2.65 2.62 2.23 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 11.49 16.32 17.12 16.08 16.56 16.93 16.25 15.26 15.54 15.55 16.25 16.07 MEXICO.................. .. .. 1.62 1.54 2.44 2.49 1.53 1.51 1.61 1.69 1.89 2.20 2.59 2.74 ISRAEL.................. 2.54 3.73 3.64 7.89 7.99 8.58 9.59 10.16 10.75 10.43 10.15 10.72 10.99 10.33 JAPAN................... 3.07 5.53 6.69 13.26 20.34 22.74 25.07 21.94 20.54 18.66 21.57 22.70 20.20 19.82 KOREA................... 0.39 1.16 1.49 4.38 6.28 6.67 7.53 8.20 8.65 5.78 7.54 8.05 8.29 8.51 TAIWAN.................. 0.39 1.03 1.55 3.87 5.09 5.33 5.54 5.40 5.28 4.68 4.83 5.10 5.08 5.09 AUSTRIA................. 4.71 9.58 8.01 18.63 21.14 22.43 26.37 26.03 23.07 23.12 22.42 19.95 19.74 21.29 BELGIUM................. 6.61 13.61 9.27 19.68 22.16 23.80 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 6.34 10.85 8.20 18.72 19.60 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 4.62 8.01 7.79 20.40 15.11 #16.85 #21.62 21.29 19.48 19.50 19.68 17.57 17.64 19.40 FRANCE.................. 4.83 9.72 7.94 16.48 17.64 18.34 20.71 20.51 18.56 18.84 18.46 16.83 17.07 18.64 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 6.12 11.61 8.90 20.13 22.94 24.31 28.56 27.79 24.39 24.20 23.52 21.50 21.32 22.98 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22.78 22.16 20.23 20.09 21.63 GREECE.................. 1.79 4.21 4.12 7.49 7.79 8.30 9.63 10.16 9.71 9.47 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 3.48 6.70 7.03 14.31 13.78 14.00 15.45 16.40 15.88 15.76 15.30 14.25 14.18 16.03 ITALY................... 4.46 8.63 7.53 17.27 15.92 15.82 16.27 17.77 16.81 16.45 16.09 14.22 13.98 14.99 NETHERLANDS............. 6.61 12.03 8.74 18.14 20.67 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 11.57 10.32 21.32 19.45 20.33 23.57 24.24 23.12 23.40 23.76 21.67 22.56 26.81 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 11.16 11.57 11.48 12.64 12.57 11.27 11.68 11.50 10.55 10.71 11.64 SWEDEN.................. 7.12 12.59 9.64 21.44 17.34 #18.20 20.95 23.60 21.22 21.43 20.98 19.63 17.98 19.73 SWITZERLAND............. 6.17 11.23 9.76 21.05 23.06 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.19 7.22 5.91 12.10 11.75 12.45 13.64 14.06 15.60 16.56 16.70 16.12 16.12 17.73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 70 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 32 & ISIC 36) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 6.43 10.22 13.31 15.30 16.67 16.98 17.29 17.83 18.35 18.92 19.29 20.07 20.94 21.70 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.28 4.55 4.63 4.83 4.80 5.24 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 15.70 19.04 22.09 21.97 22.73 23.09 22.51 22.65 23.09 23.11 25.17 25.23 MEXICO.................. .. .. 417.1 4322 #7.60 8.42 9.82 11.47 12.72 15.48 18.08 20.78 24.15 26.46 ISRAEL.................. 1.62 19.12 #4.29 15.90 22.60 25.82 28.87 32.42 37.09 39.63 42.01 43.71 46.22 48.93 JAPAN................... 910.1 1247 1597 1922 2259 2324 2356 2387 2488 2445 2452 2447 2456 2482 KOREA................... 189.2 701.6 1297 3098 5043 5359 5811 6597 8223 8092 8976 9100 10709 10642 TAIWAN.................. 14.90 36.98 61.67 104.3 134.6 141.0 146.8 148.4 151.8 156.9 156.1 159.4 171.8 175.6 AUSTRIA................. 81.92 123.8 165.7 211.1 246.1 256.0 265.8 275.6 281.6 286.3 #21.05 21.61 22.05 22.52 BELGIUM................. 242.6 397.3 550.2 657.6 766.3 795.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 36.35 61.09 86.89 115.9 127.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 16.91 29.78 48.30 78.14 86.51 #88.17 #94.63 97.82 101.2 104.3 #18.48 19.03 19.70 20.52 FRANCE.................. 20.68 41.02 71.28 89.79 99.96 101.7 103.3 104.9 108.4 111.1 #17.33 18.23 19.07 19.71 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 15.03 21.06 26.18 32.55 37.97 39.43 40.89 41.82 42.32 42.59 #22.08 23.29 23.82 24.30 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40.10 #20.80 21.91 22.44 22.88 GREECE.................. 57.72 179.4 568.3 1187 1785 2013 2231 2445 2652 2798 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 1.56 3.26 6.59 8.63 9.41 9.35 9.63 10.25 10.47 11.06 #14.36 15.44 15.85 16.96 ITALY................... 2913 7379 14384 20686 25044 25491 26501 27424 28643 28567 #15.11 15.40 15.62 15.86 NETHERLANDS............. 16.68 23.88 28.99 33.05 38.41 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 57.10 88.67 133.3 138.1 143.4 149.3 156.6 163.8 176.7 185.5 191.0 203.0 214.0 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 1138 1475 1537 1575 1593 1651 1746 #10.79 11.42 11.96 12.31 SWEDEN.................. 29.51 53.23 82.90 127.0 135.2 #140.4 149.6 158.3 162.2 170.4 #173.6 180.1 185.9 191.8 SWITZERLAND............. 15.93 18.81 23.96 29.26 34.08 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.43 3.11 4.56 6.78 7.82 8.13 8.64 9.01 9.53 9.99 10.33 10.64 11.20 11.81 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004