HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 ELECTRONIC AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (US SIC 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 101 ELECTRONIC AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (US SIC 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 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 43 41 25 27 21 .. CANADA.................. .. .. .. 109 103 96 94 92 90 83 78 79 75 72 MEXICO.................. .. .. .. 9 13 13 8 8 9 9 10 11 12 12 HONG KONG SAR (1,2)..... .. .. .. 20 29 31 31 33 35 34 33 32 31 31 ISRAEL.................. .. .. .. 83 78 80 88 94 95 92 93 96 97 85 JAPAN................... .. .. .. 82 111 124 141 121 108 99 116 120 102 92 KOREA................... .. .. .. 24 32 36 43 45 41 28 33 35 32 39 TAIWAN.................. .. .. .. 24 30 32 34 33 31 27 29 30 27 25 AUSTRIA................. .. .. .. 122 129 134 154 146 124 120 116 98 92 96 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 136 138 148 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. .. .. .. 116 111 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. .. .. .. 129 87 #99 #126 121 101 106 102 90 87 .. FRANCE.................. .. .. .. 108 104 105 116 110 95 93 90 79 76 80 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... .. .. .. 143 153 157 183 176 148 142 137 120 113 118 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 137 132 116 109 114 GREECE.................. .. .. .. 48 47 49 57 58 53 49 .. .. .. .. ITALY................... .. .. .. 124 102 101 103 109 98 94 90 77 72 75 NETHERLANDS............. .. .. .. 114 115 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 82 76 73 80 81 68 63 65 55 52 55 SWEDEN.................. .. .. .. 137 107 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... .. .. .. 83 74 76 79 78 80 84 85 80 74 77 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (2) Electrical appliances and electonic products. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 102 ELECTRONIC AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (US SIC 36) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... .. .. .. 14.31 15.89 16.19 16.35 16.91 17.74 18.33 18.61 19.21 20.36 21.12 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.90 7.71 7.57 4.63 5.17 4.37 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 10.54 15.66 16.44 15.56 15.33 15.63 16.01 15.19 14.47 15.19 15.29 15.28 MEXICO.................. .. .. 1.42 1.34 2.11 2.03 1.35 1.35 1.52 1.60 1.78 2.03 2.37 2.45 HONG KONG SAR (1,2)..... 0.64 1.32 1.58 2.81 4.57 5.02 5.04 5.61 6.18 6.16 6.21 6.20 6.25 6.55 ISRAEL.................. 2.25 4.59 5.58 11.90 12.46 12.92 14.46 15.86 16.77 16.80 17.25 18.35 19.82 17.90 JAPAN................... 2.82 5.08 5.67 11.80 17.62 20.02 22.98 20.41 19.23 18.21 21.64 23.08 20.82 19.49 KOREA................... 0.33 0.91 1.26 3.50 5.11 5.91 6.99 7.64 7.34 5.12 6.13 6.76 6.44 8.18 TAIWAN.................. 0.41 0.99 1.38 3.50 4.71 5.12 5.49 5.62 5.57 5.02 5.40 5.80 5.56 5.33 AUSTRIA................. 4.19 8.61 7.25 17.46 20.51 21.67 25.19 24.73 21.98 22.07 21.60 18.82 18.66 20.25 BELGIUM................. 6.69 13.86 9.32 19.41 21.91 24.02 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 5.93 10.20 7.55 16.60 17.71 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 4.15 7.20 6.93 18.50 13.87 #16.08 #20.56 20.39 17.92 19.48 19.00 17.31 17.79 .. FRANCE.................. 4.31 8.82 7.55 15.41 16.52 17.07 19.00 18.63 16.77 17.07 16.79 15.22 15.49 16.92 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 5.78 11.30 8.84 20.53 24.32 25.44 29.85 29.72 26.26 25.97 25.42 23.12 22.94 24.95 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25.04 24.51 22.28 22.10 23.99 GREECE.................. 1.65 3.72 3.56 6.87 7.51 8.01 9.30 9.86 9.33 9.02 .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 4.74 7.88 7.59 17.79 16.26 16.29 16.84 18.41 17.47 17.17 16.67 14.76 14.57 15.86 NETHERLANDS............. 6.31 12.16 8.33 16.38 18.23 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 11.79 12.11 11.89 13.16 13.61 12.05 11.52 12.05 10.47 10.53 11.51 SWEDEN.................. 6.84 11.91 9.27 19.59 16.95 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.17 7.43 5.99 11.88 11.76 12.26 12.87 13.12 14.23 15.47 15.86 15.34 15.07 16.26 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (2) Electrical appliances and electonic products. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 103 ELECTRONIC AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (US SIC 36) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... .. .. .. 14.31 15.89 16.19 16.35 16.91 17.74 18.33 18.61 19.21 20.36 21.12 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.94 8.31 8.79 8.43 9.46 10.29 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 14.40 18.27 21.21 21.26 21.05 21.33 22.17 22.54 21.51 22.57 23.69 24.00 MEXICO.................. .. .. 364.8 3758 #6.58 6.86 8.66 10.26 12.07 14.62 16.98 19.16 22.15 23.67 HONG KONG SAR (1,2)..... 3.16 6.55 12.33 21.85 35.36 38.83 38.99 43.41 47.82 47.69 48.19 48.33 48.79 51.09 ISRAEL.................. 1.44 23.50 #6.58 23.98 35.27 38.89 43.55 50.63 57.83 63.85 71.40 74.82 83.38 84.81 JAPAN................... 837.8 1146 1352 1711 1958 2046 2159 2220 2329 2386 2460 2488 2532 2440 KOREA................... 161.8 553.2 1094 2480 4102 4746 5394 6149 6983 7163 7298 7641 8322 10225 TAIWAN.................. 15.48 35.66 55.15 94.34 124.5 135.6 145.4 154.3 160.3 168.4 174.4 181.3 187.9 184.1 AUSTRIA................. 72.84 111.3 149.8 197.8 238.7 247.3 253.9 261.9 268.4 273.2 #20.27 20.39 20.84 21.42 BELGIUM................. 245.5 404.8 552.9 648.6 757.6 802.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 34.03 57.42 80.08 102.7 114.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 15.22 26.78 42.92 70.84 79.39 #84.18 #89.99 93.70 93.11 104.1 #17.83 18.75 19.87 .. FRANCE.................. 18.44 37.20 67.82 83.96 93.65 94.66 94.72 95.31 97.94 100.7 #15.76 16.49 17.30 17.90 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 14.20 20.50 26.02 33.19 40.25 41.27 42.74 44.73 45.56 45.71 #23.86 25.04 25.63 26.39 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44.07 #23.01 24.13 24.69 25.38 GREECE.................. 53.38 158.6 491.3 1089 1723 1942 2155 2373 2548 2665 .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 3095 6736 14493 21314 25581 26239 27431 28401 29776 29818 #15.65 15.99 16.27 16.77 NETHERLANDS............. 15.92 24.14 27.63 29.84 33.86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 1203 1544 1592 1640 1725 1766 1721 #11.31 11.35 11.77 12.18 SWEDEN.................. 28.35 50.36 79.79 116.0 132.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.43 3.19 4.61 6.66 7.83 8.01 8.15 8.40 8.69 9.33 9.81 10.12 10.47 10.83 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (2) Electrical appliances and electonic products. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004