HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (US SIC 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 98 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (US SIC 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42 40 37 17 22 18 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 78 104 97 92 93 95 92 86 84 85 85 84 MEXICO.................. .. .. 11 10 15 15 9 8 8 8 9 10 12 11 ISRAEL.................. 35 41 32 62 59 64 71 69 71 67 64 66 66 56 JAPAN................... 49 60 52 92 122 133 149 126 112 103 116 119 100 90 KOREA................... 5 12 11 28 34 38 43 45 41 28 34 39 36 37 TAIWAN.................. 7 12 12 26 30 31 34 33 31 27 27 28 26 24 BELGIUM................. 98 129 67 127 128 137 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 88 97 56 108 106 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 72 78 59 134 94 #110 #139 133 112 110 104 90 87 .. FRANCE.................. 68 87 56 100 98 100 111 107 93 92 87 77 75 79 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 96 121 71 141 146 151 178 173 147 142 135 117 112 117 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 139 131 114 109 113 GREECE.................. 24 34 26 46 45 47 53 52 48 45 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 40 51 41 70 65 67 75 75 70 67 64 57 58 62 ITALY................... 69 79 57 113 93 92 94 100 91 86 81 69 66 69 NETHERLANDS............. 93 109 59 105 108 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 74 71 72 81 81 77 67 64 58 55 60 SWEDEN.................. 101 114 67 128 98 #101 114 126 110 107 102 92 81 85 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 49 73 46 83 74 76 80 81 85 90 89 84 78 81 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 99 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (US SIC 35) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 7.02 10.77 14.06 16.07 17.71 17.93 18.15 18.65 19.39 19.93 20.58 21.35 22.13 22.98 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.76 7.68 7.32 3.52 4.79 4.01 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 10.98 16.65 17.15 16.45 16.97 17.66 17.77 17.13 17.27 18.05 18.79 19.21 MEXICO.................. .. .. 1.61 1.53 2.69 2.67 1.67 1.56 1.61 1.61 1.92 2.21 2.61 2.58 ISRAEL.................. 2.45 4.38 4.57 9.97 10.42 11.47 12.85 12.94 13.68 13.43 13.17 14.07 14.66 12.94 JAPAN................... 3.46 6.44 7.34 14.80 21.69 23.83 26.99 23.41 21.73 20.45 23.77 25.44 22.23 20.59 KOREA................... 0.36 1.26 1.53 4.45 6.10 6.82 7.86 8.40 7.87 5.60 6.96 8.31 7.99 8.56 TAIWAN.................. 0.51 1.31 1.72 4.19 5.34 5.63 6.13 6.09 5.95 5.37 5.60 6.05 5.79 5.53 BELGIUM................. 6.89 13.85 9.39 20.42 22.59 24.49 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 6.16 10.43 7.82 17.33 18.75 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 5.07 8.45 8.35 21.56 16.73 #19.75 #25.19 24.82 21.70 21.94 21.45 19.22 19.23 .. FRANCE.................. 4.78 9.41 7.85 16.08 17.29 18.00 20.19 19.93 17.96 18.26 17.97 16.39 16.64 18.22 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 6.74 13.00 9.96 22.69 25.87 27.07 32.27 32.31 28.55 28.30 27.68 24.99 24.81 26.79 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27.63 27.05 24.26 24.07 25.96 GREECE.................. 1.71 3.71 3.61 7.40 7.90 8.47 9.65 9.73 9.30 8.98 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 2.78 5.51 5.74 11.33 11.57 11.99 13.60 13.98 13.51 13.36 13.23 12.13 12.85 14.32 ITALY................... 4.85 8.48 7.98 18.20 16.54 16.55 17.11 18.65 17.68 17.18 16.68 14.77 14.58 15.88 NETHERLANDS............. 6.52 11.70 8.27 16.87 19.12 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 11.93 12.66 12.89 14.72 15.15 15.03 13.39 13.14 12.29 12.25 13.81 SWEDEN.................. 7.07 12.25 9.43 20.55 17.35 #18.13 20.71 23.48 21.41 21.33 20.93 19.61 17.86 19.61 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.45 7.82 6.51 13.34 13.15 13.66 14.60 15.02 16.48 18.00 18.21 17.86 17.34 18.59 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 100 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (US SIC 35) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 7.02 10.77 14.06 16.07 17.71 17.93 18.15 18.65 19.39 19.93 20.58 21.35 22.13 22.98 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.80 8.28 8.50 6.42 8.77 9.44 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 14.99 19.43 22.12 22.47 23.29 24.09 24.61 25.42 25.67 26.82 29.11 30.16 MEXICO.................. .. .. 413.2 4311 #8.38 9.03 10.71 11.88 12.73 14.77 18.36 20.88 24.38 24.89 ISRAEL.................. 1.57 22.46 #5.39 20.09 29.50 34.54 38.69 41.31 47.18 51.04 54.53 57.36 61.68 61.30 JAPAN................... 1026 1453 1751 2146 2410 2435 2536 2547 2631 2679 2702 2742 2703 2578 KOREA................... 173.2 765.8 1328 3150 4896 5479 6065 6756 7483 7844 8285 9395 10318 10703 TAIWAN.................. 19.42 47.15 68.47 112.9 141.1 149.1 162.6 167.3 171.3 180.2 181.0 189.1 195.7 190.9 BELGIUM................. 253.0 404.5 557.0 682.6 781.3 818.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 35.34 58.73 82.89 107.3 121.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 18.59 31.43 51.77 82.56 95.77 #103.3 #110.3 114.1 112.7 117.3 #20.14 20.82 21.48 .. FRANCE.................. 20.46 39.73 70.53 87.60 97.97 99.80 100.7 102.0 104.9 107.7 #16.87 17.75 18.59 19.27 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 16.54 23.59 29.30 36.69 42.81 43.91 46.21 48.63 49.53 49.81 #25.98 27.07 27.72 28.33 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48.64 #25.39 26.28 26.88 27.46 GREECE.................. 55.30 158.0 499.2 1173 1812 2054 2236 2343 2539 2654 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 1.25 2.68 5.38 6.83 7.90 8.01 8.48 8.74 8.91 9.37 #12.42 13.13 14.35 15.15 ITALY................... 3161 7252 15225 21809 26017 26669 27868 28779 30129 29837 #15.66 16.00 16.29 16.80 NETHERLANDS............. 16.44 23.23 27.46 30.74 35.53 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 1217 1613 1726 1835 1919 2201 2000 #12.34 13.31 13.69 14.61 SWEDEN.................. 29.29 51.79 81.15 121.7 135.3 #139.9 147.9 157.5 163.7 169.6 #173.2 179.9 184.6 190.6 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.55 3.36 5.02 7.48 8.76 8.92 9.25 9.62 10.06 10.86 11.26 11.79 12.04 12.38 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004