HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 MACHINERY MANUFACTURING (NAICS 333) (1) 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 55 MACHINERY MANUFACTURING (NAICS 333) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (2).............. .. .. .. .. 40 38 35 21 21 18 14 14 17 21 CANADA.................. 104 97 91 92 93 91 85 85 86 87 88 100 108 115 MEXICO.................. 13 15 17 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 13 12 12 13 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 81 84 93 89 78 80 69 62 69 87 103 104 ISRAEL.................. 56 53 58 68 66 70 67 63 62 63 55 56 56 54 JAPAN (3)............... 108 121 131 148 123 110 102 116 117 99 92 97 101 98 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 35 38 44 45 41 29 35 39 39 41 43 44 50 SINGAPORE (4)........... .. .. .. 51 52 51 45 36 39 38 35 34 38 33 TAIWAN.................. 30 30 31 34 33 32 28 28 29 28 25 24 25 26 AUSTRIA................. 127 122 128 149 137 118 117 114 98 94 98 115 127 127 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 142 134 115 112 107 94 89 97 113 126 126 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 14 15 14 13 15 18 21 24 25 DENMARK................. 110 105 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 111 90 104 129 121 105 99 97 83 84 87 103 117 116 FRANCE.................. 101 94 97 108 102 90 89 86 76 74 80 95 105 105 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 133 126 109 105 110 131 141 140 GREECE.................. 48 45 47 53 52 48 45 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 15 19 21 25 26 IRELAND................. 71 63 64 72 71 68 66 64 57 58 62 77 86 87 ITALY................... 119 96 94 96 101 92 89 85 72 70 76 92 106 105 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 133 111 105 101 86 82 87 103 115 117 NETHERLANDS............. 109 106 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 15 16 15 15 16 17 18 19 22 SPAIN................... 81 70 70 79 77 67 65 63 56 56 62 74 83 82 SWEDEN.................. 138 98 101 115 125 111 109 105 94 84 91 109 121 120 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 84 73 75 80 79 85 90 89 84 80 85 93 106 106 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Korea: includes domestic appliances; excludes office machinery, optical lenses, photo & copying equip. and auto diesel engines. See technical notes. (2) Excludes automotive diesel engines. (3) Excludes optical equipment and lens manufacturing. (4) Includes domestic appliances; excludes optical lenses, photographic and copying equipment. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 56 MACHINERY MANUFACTURING (NAICS 333) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 17.52 17.81 18.08 18.28 19.01 19.56 20.05 20.58 21.47 22.13 22.60 23.48 23.88 24.56 BRAZIL (2).............. .. .. .. .. 7.55 7.39 7.07 4.35 4.55 3.92 3.26 3.28 4.03 5.24 CANADA.................. 18.19 17.32 16.45 16.89 17.59 17.84 17.05 17.51 18.42 19.25 19.96 23.50 25.71 28.25 MEXICO.................. 2.34 2.65 3.00 1.87 1.82 1.97 1.91 2.12 2.43 2.74 2.92 2.86 2.89 3.19 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 14.68 15.33 17.72 17.39 15.66 16.53 14.88 13.64 15.64 20.44 24.66 25.58 ISRAEL.................. 9.79 9.46 10.41 12.40 12.56 13.64 13.52 12.90 13.33 13.98 12.52 13.06 13.40 13.31 JAPAN (3)............... 18.87 21.64 23.78 26.99 23.37 21.60 20.44 23.79 25.16 21.99 20.69 22.88 24.09 24.09 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 6.31 6.90 8.02 8.58 8.05 5.73 7.17 8.46 8.64 9.15 10.16 10.55 12.23 SINGAPORE (4)........... .. .. .. 9.35 9.92 9.98 8.99 7.40 8.31 8.34 7.85 7.97 9.09 8.12 TAIWAN.................. 5.28 5.39 5.65 6.28 6.22 6.18 5.60 5.78 6.33 6.13 5.67 5.73 5.89 6.33 AUSTRIA................. 22.17 21.78 23.10 27.30 26.03 23.05 23.48 23.52 21.00 20.73 22.20 27.01 30.23 31.28 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 26.00 25.40 22.44 22.44 22.12 20.15 19.79 21.83 26.61 30.10 30.94 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 2.75 2.97 2.96 2.84 3.30 4.04 4.93 5.74 6.23 DENMARK................. 19.31 18.67 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 19.44 16.04 18.77 23.62 22.92 20.46 19.81 20.02 17.77 18.53 19.76 24.18 27.95 28.41 FRANCE.................. 17.64 16.78 17.45 19.66 19.34 17.54 17.89 17.73 16.25 16.43 17.99 22.25 25.13 25.89 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26.70 25.84 23.35 23.15 24.95 30.65 33.77 34.31 GREECE.................. 8.48 8.00 8.54 9.73 9.83 9.37 8.99 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.96 3.36 4.23 5.01 5.96 6.27 IRELAND................. 12.36 11.31 11.65 13.12 13.58 13.26 13.17 13.14 12.22 12.83 13.91 17.99 20.42 21.45 ITALY................... 20.92 17.04 17.08 17.62 19.14 18.02 17.86 17.39 15.38 15.58 17.23 21.53 25.26 25.76 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 25.33 21.66 21.12 20.89 18.43 18.15 19.57 24.09 27.56 28.82 NETHERLANDS............. 19.03 18.91 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.98 3.27 3.16 3.14 3.63 3.77 4.12 4.57 5.42 SPAIN................... 14.19 12.48 12.68 14.44 14.69 13.13 13.05 12.87 12.04 12.44 14.04 17.28 19.83 20.07 SWEDEN.................. 24.17 17.48 18.28 21.09 23.68 21.80 21.91 21.57 20.28 18.60 20.56 25.57 28.96 29.42 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 14.73 12.92 13.51 14.54 14.98 16.57 18.07 18.39 18.13 17.79 19.26 21.84 25.34 25.92 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Korea: includes domestic appliances; excludes office machinery, optical lenses, photo & copying equip. and auto diesel engines. See technical notes. (2) Excludes automotive diesel engines. (3) Excludes optical equipment and lens manufacturing. (4) Includes domestic appliances; excludes optical lenses, photographic and copying equipment. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 57 MACHINERY MANUFACTURING (NAICS 333) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 17.52 17.81 18.08 18.28 19.01 19.56 20.05 20.58 21.47 22.13 22.60 23.48 23.88 24.56 BRAZIL (2).............. .. .. .. .. 7.59 7.97 8.21 7.93 8.33 9.23 9.52 10.09 11.78 12.75 CANADA.................. 21.99 22.34 22.47 23.20 23.99 24.71 25.31 26.02 27.37 29.82 31.34 32.93 33.47 34.24 MEXICO.................. 7239 #8.25 10.13 12.00 13.80 15.57 17.52 20.28 22.99 25.60 28.21 30.82 32.64 34.70 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 20.07 20.70 22.63 23.39 24.89 25.60 25.59 26.40 28.76 31.34 33.49 33.54 ISRAEL.................. 24.08 26.78 31.36 37.34 40.11 47.04 51.38 53.39 54.33 58.81 59.33 59.47 60.04 59.75 JAPAN (3)............... 2392 2404 2430 2536 2542 2616 2677 2704 2713 2674 2591 2652 2606 2653 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 5064 5543 6186 6902 7657 8017 8528 9566 11158 11442 12108 12084 12520 SINGAPORE (4)........... .. .. .. 13.25 13.99 14.84 15.04 12.54 14.33 14.95 14.07 13.90 15.36 13.51 TAIWAN.................. 133.0 142.4 149.4 166.4 170.8 177.8 188.0 186.8 197.9 207.4 195.8 197.3 196.4 203.4 AUSTRIA................. 243.7 253.5 263.6 275.2 275.7 281.4 290.7 #22.08 22.75 23.15 23.49 23.85 24.31 25.13 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 766.1 786.7 803.5 815.0 #20.76 21.83 22.11 23.09 23.50 24.20 24.85 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 87.03 95.72 102.5 109.7 125.4 132.3 139.1 147.6 149.2 DENMARK................. 116.6 121.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 87.25 91.82 98.22 103.4 105.3 106.3 105.9 #18.79 19.25 20.70 20.90 21.36 22.47 22.82 FRANCE.................. 93.39 95.09 96.80 98.03 98.95 102.4 105.6 #16.65 17.60 18.35 19.03 19.65 20.20 20.80 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47.00 #24.26 25.30 25.86 26.39 27.07 27.15 27.56 GREECE.................. 1617 1835 2071 2255 2366 2558 2655 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 834.8 962.0 1090 1125 1208 1252 IRELAND................. 7.25 7.72 7.78 8.18 8.49 8.74 9.24 #12.33 13.24 14.34 14.72 15.89 16.41 17.23 ITALY................... 25773 26804 27514 28697 29528 30698 31023 #16.33 16.66 17.41 18.23 19.02 20.31 20.69 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 784.2 774.7 766.7 #19.61 19.97 20.28 20.70 21.28 22.16 23.15 NETHERLANDS............. 33.48 35.14 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 9.78 11.36 12.55 13.66 14.88 15.39 16.03 16.70 17.52 SPAIN................... 1454 1591 1698 1799 1862 1923 1950 #12.08 13.04 13.90 14.85 15.26 15.95 16.12 SWEDEN.................. 140.8 136.2 141.1 150.6 158.9 166.7 174.2 178.5 186.0 192.4 199.8 206.6 212.8 219.8 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 8.34 8.60 8.82 9.21 9.60 10.12 10.90 11.37 11.96 12.36 12.83 13.36 13.82 14.23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Korea: includes domestic appliances; excludes office machinery, optical lenses, photo & copying equip. and auto diesel engines. See technical notes. (2) Excludes automotive diesel engines. (3) Excludes optical equipment and lens manufacturing. (4) Includes domestic appliances; excludes optical lenses, photographic and copying equipment. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007