HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING AND REPAIRING (US SIC 373) 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 122 SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING AND REPAIRING (US SIC 373) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33 31 23 18 17 13 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 73 105 88 .. .. 81 79 .. 75 .. .. .. HONG KONG SAR (1)....... 15 15 16 24 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. JAPAN................... 57 60 56 96 127 142 153 135 122 109 122 120 101 99 KOREA................... 9 16 16 40 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 8 14 17 48 55 58 61 64 60 46 43 48 45 32 BELGIUM................. 128 140 70 130 120 129 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 103 106 59 128 120 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 84 81 63 145 98 #112 #142 139 120 116 109 92 88 .. FRANCE.................. 75 91 61 105 94 100 108 108 93 94 92 84 82 87 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 105 124 75 155 160 166 188 179 152 151 145 .. .. .. GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 143 138 .. .. .. ITALY................... 80 73 56 115 87 87 87 97 89 86 82 71 67 70 NETHERLANDS............. 103 111 59 116 107 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 109 76 138 121 126 139 142 128 132 136 122 120 137 SWEDEN.................. 118 117 69 135 96 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 58 71 47 89 76 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 123 SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING AND REPAIRING (US SIC 373) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 6.84 11.27 14.62 15.56 18.26 18.09 18.75 18.39 19.13 19.24 19.65 20.13 21.04 21.74 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6.13 6.00 4.37 3.45 3.36 2.83 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 10.63 16.27 16.03 .. .. 14.98 15.09 .. 14.81 .. .. .. HONG KONG SAR (1)....... 1.05 1.67 2.32 3.81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. JAPAN................... 3.92 6.75 8.12 14.96 23.28 25.72 28.76 24.90 23.27 20.95 24.05 24.09 21.31 21.58 KOREA................... 0.59 1.81 2.33 6.24 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 0.56 1.54 2.46 7.50 9.98 10.41 11.34 11.75 11.39 8.79 8.54 9.57 9.40 6.88 BELGIUM................. 8.75 15.75 10.21 20.25 21.83 23.42 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 7.04 11.90 8.60 19.96 21.91 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 5.73 9.15 9.14 22.48 17.96 #20.28 #26.55 25.49 22.91 22.24 21.52 18.60 18.61 .. FRANCE.................. 5.13 10.23 8.86 16.36 17.12 18.04 20.30 19.86 17.80 18.13 18.02 16.91 17.23 18.92 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 7.20 13.97 10.89 24.17 29.27 30.00 35.27 32.88 29.11 29.02 28.54 .. .. .. GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27.46 27.09 .. .. .. ITALY................... 5.47 8.23 8.13 17.89 15.80 15.83 16.37 17.88 16.96 16.52 16.04 14.21 14.02 15.29 NETHERLANDS............. 7.07 12.50 8.58 17.99 19.55 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 12.24 11.05 21.46 22.05 22.77 26.06 26.19 24.53 25.31 26.75 24.58 25.19 29.87 SWEDEN.................. 8.08 13.22 10.03 20.95 17.50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.99 8.01 6.86 13.89 13.80 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 124 SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING AND REPAIRING (US SIC 373) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 6.84 11.27 14.62 15.56 18.26 18.09 18.75 18.39 19.13 19.24 19.65 20.13 21.04 21.74 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6.16 6.47 5.07 6.28 6.15 6.65 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 14.52 18.99 20.68 .. .. 20.44 20.90 .. 22.01 .. .. .. HONG KONG SAR (1)....... 5.19 8.33 18.10 29.68 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. JAPAN................... 1164 1524 1937 2169 2587 2629 2702 2709 2818 2745 2734 2597 2591 2702 KOREA................... 285.0 1097 2024 4418 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 21.21 55.55 98.03 201.9 263.6 275.7 300.6 322.8 327.7 294.9 276.1 299.2 318.1 237.5 BELGIUM................. 321.2 459.8 605.7 676.6 754.9 783.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 40.36 66.98 91.18 123.6 142.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 21.01 34.02 56.64 86.10 102.8 #106.1 #116.2 117.1 119.1 118.9 #20.20 20.15 20.79 .. FRANCE.................. 21.96 43.18 79.58 89.13 97.01 100.1 101.2 101.6 103.9 107.0 #16.92 18.32 19.24 20.02 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 17.67 25.36 32.05 39.09 48.45 48.67 50.50 49.49 50.50 51.07 #26.79 .. .. .. GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48.33 #25.43 .. .. .. ITALY................... 3568 7037 15519 21438 24856 25496 26669 27596 28907 28690 #15.06 15.39 15.67 16.17 NETHERLANDS............. 17.85 24.82 28.48 32.78 36.33 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 60.40 94.93 134.2 156.5 160.6 165.1 169.1 173.8 191.2 208.8 216.6 226.6 238.5 SWEDEN.................. 33.47 55.89 86.31 124.1 136.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.79 3.44 5.29 7.79 9.19 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004