HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 37) 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 113 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 37) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 40 41 26 27 21 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 69 89 83 79 80 79 76 77 75 72 68 66 MEXICO.................. .. .. 13 12 16 16 10 9 11 12 13 15 17 17 AUSTRALIA............... 67 61 45 62 51 56 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ISRAEL.................. 33 41 36 65 61 53 60 64 67 67 66 70 64 56 JAPAN................... 43 49 44 75 100 106 117 101 93 89 102 103 86 81 KOREA................... 5 10 10 27 32 35 42 48 39 31 40 43 36 45 TAIWAN.................. 6 10 11 26 29 28 29 28 28 26 27 26 25 21 BELGIUM................. 86 105 54 102 104 108 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 80 83 45 91 87 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 61 63 49 104 74 #80 #104 98 82 87 85 70 65 .. FRANCE.................. 60 74 46 81 74 75 84 81 71 74 72 65 63 65 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 86 107 63 128 131 136 159 153 133 138 134 117 109 110 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 134 130 113 106 107 GREECE.................. 25 35 25 43 36 39 47 49 47 48 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 43 53 36 64 55 54 58 58 57 57 58 51 51 56 ITALY................... 60 63 45 88 68 66 68 73 67 68 65 56 52 54 NETHERLANDS............. 80 86 46 83 79 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 72 67 62 68 66 57 56 59 51 47 50 SWEDEN.................. 89 93 55 102 74 #75 89 97 89 91 88 79 68 72 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 47 60 39 72 63 63 67 66 72 80 80 74 69 72 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 114 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 37) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 8.58 13.82 18.30 20.78 23.95 24.88 24.93 25.48 26.20 25.44 25.74 26.75 28.32 29.68 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.07 10.50 10.34 6.60 7.13 5.82 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 12.60 18.56 19.93 19.68 20.01 20.02 19.95 19.58 19.18 19.26 19.12 19.45 MEXICO.................. .. .. 2.31 2.44 3.83 3.92 2.46 2.42 2.84 2.93 3.35 4.06 4.89 4.99 AUSTRALIA............... 5.79 8.42 8.24 12.93 12.22 14.02 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ISRAEL.................. 2.83 5.63 6.67 13.42 14.52 13.29 14.85 16.39 17.53 17.07 16.98 18.60 18.18 16.63 JAPAN................... 3.66 6.82 8.06 15.60 23.90 26.36 29.18 25.79 24.45 22.71 26.19 27.43 24.38 24.05 KOREA................... 0.46 1.38 1.92 5.64 7.58 8.74 10.50 12.15 10.33 8.00 10.22 11.37 10.11 13.45 TAIWAN.................. 0.53 1.39 1.94 5.30 6.90 7.00 7.25 7.21 7.38 6.59 6.84 7.08 7.03 6.24 BELGIUM................. 7.37 14.51 9.92 21.13 24.81 26.82 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 6.90 11.45 8.26 18.94 20.74 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 5.23 8.72 9.01 21.67 17.69 #19.91 #25.84 24.90 21.52 22.06 21.81 18.78 18.53 .. FRANCE.................. 5.12 10.16 8.49 16.79 17.82 18.55 20.82 20.56 18.55 18.79 18.58 17.40 17.71 19.31 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 7.36 14.78 11.58 26.62 31.45 33.92 39.64 39.01 34.86 35.05 34.51 31.26 30.81 32.55 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34.08 33.54 30.36 29.93 31.66 GREECE.................. 2.13 4.87 4.58 8.99 8.58 9.70 11.83 12.50 12.32 12.12 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 3.68 7.27 6.50 13.21 13.06 13.44 14.47 14.85 14.82 14.52 14.89 13.52 14.46 16.50 ITALY................... 5.17 8.66 8.26 18.23 16.32 16.35 16.90 18.49 17.57 17.29 16.80 14.87 14.67 15.97 NETHERLANDS............. 6.86 11.91 8.42 17.33 19.04 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 15.02 15.94 15.44 16.89 16.91 15.06 14.32 15.13 13.72 13.19 14.78 SWEDEN.................. 7.66 12.83 10.10 21.15 17.61 #18.73 22.18 24.83 23.25 23.18 22.58 21.18 19.18 21.35 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 4.02 8.35 7.14 14.95 15.10 15.78 16.68 16.90 18.94 20.34 20.69 19.92 19.67 21.29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 115 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 37) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 8.58 13.82 18.30 20.78 23.95 24.88 24.93 25.48 26.20 25.44 25.74 26.75 28.32 29.68 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.12 11.32 12.00 12.03 13.06 13.69 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 17.21 21.66 25.71 26.89 27.47 27.30 27.64 29.05 28.51 28.62 29.62 30.54 MEXICO.................. .. .. 594.5 6854 #11.94 13.22 15.81 18.39 22.47 26.85 31.98 38.44 45.64 48.23 AUSTRALIA............... 4.42 7.39 11.77 16.56 17.98 19.17 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ISRAEL.................. 1.81 28.86 #7.87 27.06 41.10 40.03 44.72 52.33 60.48 64.88 70.28 75.85 76.45 78.81 JAPAN................... 1085 1539 1923 2263 2655 2694 2742 2805 2960 2974 2977 2957 2965 3012 KOREA................... 224.5 840.3 1670 3993 6088 7024 8096 9771 9819 11204 12161 12862 13066 16813 TAIWAN.................. 20.18 49.96 77.21 142.8 182.4 185.4 192.2 198.1 212.3 221.2 220.9 221.4 237.7 215.5 BELGIUM................. 270.3 423.8 588.7 706.0 858.0 896.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 39.58 64.43 87.51 117.2 134.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 19.18 32.43 55.83 83.01 101.3 #104.2 #113.1 114.4 111.8 117.9 #20.47 20.34 20.70 .. FRANCE.................. 21.94 42.89 76.22 91.43 101.0 102.9 103.8 105.2 108.3 110.9 #17.44 18.85 19.78 20.43 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 18.07 26.82 34.07 43.04 52.06 55.01 56.77 58.71 60.48 61.69 #32.40 33.86 34.41 34.43 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 59.98 #31.48 32.88 33.43 33.49 GREECE.................. 68.64 207.5 632.7 1425 1966 2352 2740 3008 3364 3580 .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. 1.65 3.53 6.09 7.97 8.91 8.98 9.02 9.29 9.77 10.19 #13.97 14.64 16.15 17.45 ITALY................... 3373 7403 15773 21840 25668 26348 27536 28536 29940 30040 #15.77 16.10 16.39 16.89 NETHERLANDS............. 17.32 23.64 27.94 31.58 35.38 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SPAIN................... .. .. .. 1532 2032 2067 2105 2143 2207 2140 #14.20 14.86 14.74 15.64 SWEDEN.................. 31.71 54.24 86.90 125.3 137.3 #144.5 158.4 166.5 177.8 184.3 #186.9 194.3 198.3 207.5 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.81 3.59 5.50 8.38 10.06 10.30 10.57 10.83 11.56 12.27 12.80 13.14 13.66 14.18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004