HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 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/introCountries.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, April 30, 2007. HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 23 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INDUSTRY 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANUFACTURING..................................................................... 5.21 5.63 6.38 7.28 8.21 7.85 5.67 7.36 8.23 7.72 8.77 9.69 11.13 13.56 FOOD, BEVERAGE, AND TOBACCO PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 311-312)................. .. 5.50 5.56 6.55 7.36 7.17 5.12 6.76 7.71 6.95 8.00 8.88 9.72 10.98 TEXTILES AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-314)....................... .. 4.67 6.14 6.37 6.49 6.04 4.18 4.70 5.31 5.33 6.54 7.24 7.34 9.03 APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 315)................................................. .. 3.39 4.01 4.63 5.03 4.66 3.18 4.16 4.59 4.26 4.88 5.63 6.05 7.92 TEXTILES AND APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-315)................................ .. 4.22 5.31 5.77 6.01 5.58 3.86 4.53 5.10 4.99 5.99 6.71 6.90 8.66 LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 316)............................. .. 3.94 3.94 4.45 5.24 5.08 3.69 4.57 5.13 5.01 6.04 7.28 8.20 10.19 TEXTILES, APPAREL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-316)............... .. 4.15 5.05 5.57 5.91 5.52 3.84 4.54 5.10 4.99 6.00 6.77 7.03 8.81 WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 321)............................................ .. 5.35 7.36 7.29 7.07 7.16 4.87 5.87 7.00 6.75 7.84 8.82 9.45 10.55 PAPER MANUFACTURING (NAICS 322)................................................... .. 5.50 6.45 7.17 7.83 7.98 6.22 7.98 9.26 8.19 9.59 10.05 10.63 12.90 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 324) (1)......................... .. 10.94 12.45 13.96 13.84 14.21 10.94 14.94 15.32 13.94 16.64 18.82 24.46 32.01 CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 325) (2)............................................ .. 6.97 7.75 9.39 10.22 9.69 6.96 9.71 11.11 9.92 11.27 13.40 15.46 17.20 PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 326)............................ .. 5.01 5.83 6.71 7.32 7.06 4.93 6.29 6.90 6.71 7.48 8.10 8.77 10.29 NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 327) (3)......................... .. 6.28 7.05 7.69 8.31 8.80 5.99 7.83 8.31 8.26 8.50 10.19 11.45 13.58 PRIMARY METAL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 331) (4)....................................... .. 8.26 8.69 9.89 11.23 10.02 6.87 8.01 13.16 7.82 9.43 10.55 12.59 16.54 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 332) (5)............................ .. 5.29 5.98 6.93 8.12 7.34 4.83 5.96 7.08 6.61 7.43 8.30 8.79 9.79 PRIMARY AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 331-332) (6)........... .. 6.45 6.94 7.98 9.39 8.45 5.67 6.99 9.64 7.11 8.37 9.37 10.61 12.92 MACHINERY MANUFACTURING (NAICS 333) (7)........................................... .. 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 COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 334) (8)..................... .. 4.23 5.83 6.57 6.83 6.83 4.75 5.63 6.01 5.13 7.03 7.99 8.94 10.06 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE, AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 335) (9)...... .. 4.84 5.92 7.21 8.15 7.33 5.21 6.25 7.76 7.41 9.11 9.58 10.99 12.70 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 336) (10)........................... .. 6.41 8.07 9.67 11.22 9.01 7.30 9.58 10.69 9.77 12.11 12.93 14.70 16.70 MOTOR VEHICLE AND PARTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 3361-3363) (10)...................... .. 6.22 8.10 9.85 11.82 10.09 7.81 9.82 10.90 9.71 12.89 13.30 15.08 17.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Includes processing of nuclear fuels; excludes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. (2) Includes unrecorded magnetic and optical media. (3) Includes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. (4) Excludes manufacture of wire products and uranium processing and refining. (5) Includes manufacture of wire products, central heating radiators and boilers, and commercial water heaters. (6) Excludes uranium processing and refining. (7) Includes domestic appliances; excludes office machinery, optical lenses, photo & copying equip. and auto diesel engines. (8) Includes office machinery; excludes reproduction of recorded media and measurement & navigation equipment. (9) Excludes domestic appliances. (10) Includes automotive diesel engines. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, April 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 24 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INDUSTRY 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANUFACTURING..................................................................... 4068 4515 5128 5616 6607 7466 7944 8760 9308 9968 10960 11548 12743 13881 FOOD, BEVERAGE, AND TOBACCO PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 311-312)................. .. 4413 4467 5054 5924 6814 7170 8050 8723 8981 10000 10583 11135 11240 TEXTILES AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-314)....................... .. 3746 4931 4909 5217 5740 5848 5592 6011 6884 8179 8625 8409 9252 APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 315)................................................. .. 2724 3226 3571 4045 4434 4455 4950 5189 5506 6098 6707 6923 8114 TEXTILES AND APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-315)................................ .. 3388 4270 4453 4832 5303 5399 5396 5764 6449 7490 7995 7903 8865 LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 316)............................. .. 3160 3165 3433 4212 4830 5173 5438 5798 6475 7544 8682 9389 10436 TEXTILES, APPAREL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-316)............... .. 3332 4061 4298 4754 5245 5372 5403 5767 6451 7494 8064 8052 9019 WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 321)............................................ .. 4297 5912 5624 5686 6812 6819 6990 7918 8721 9801 10519 10819 10807 PAPER MANUFACTURING (NAICS 322)................................................... .. 4413 5185 5529 6296 7587 8710 9494 10468 10582 11988 11979 12167 13207 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 324) (1)......................... .. 8782 10003 10764 11137 13508 15318 17782 17327 18016 20795 22434 28004 32777 CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 325) (2)............................................ .. 5592 6223 7245 8225 9210 9744 11553 12569 12816 14093 15977 17702 17617 PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 326)............................ .. 4020 4685 5172 5886 6717 6903 7487 7809 8675 9347 9657 10037 10537 NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 327) (3)......................... .. 5042 5667 5929 6684 8369 8381 9314 9404 10677 10619 12149 13114 13907 PRIMARY METAL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 331) (4)....................................... .. 6632 6984 7627 9033 9531 9612 9534 14887 10101 11787 12578 14421 16937 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 332) (5)............................ .. 4250 4808 5347 6531 6980 6756 7093 8008 8536 9289 9895 10062 10026 PRIMARY AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 331-332) (6)........... .. 5174 5577 6157 7551 8035 7933 8317 10900 9191 10460 11170 12149 13232 MACHINERY MANUFACTURING (NAICS 333) (7)........................................... .. 5064 5543 6186 6902 7657 8017 8528 9566 11158 11442 12108 12084 12520 COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 334) (8)..................... .. 3396 4687 5071 5497 6491 6651 6694 6793 6622 8786 9529 10238 10305 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE, AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 335) (9)...... .. 3882 4760 5563 6559 6968 7294 7442 8781 9577 11392 11415 12583 13003 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 336) (10)........................... .. 5145 6483 7462 9024 8569 10220 11395 12096 12626 15136 15413 16835 17098 MOTOR VEHICLE AND PARTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 3361-3363) (10)...................... .. 4990 6511 7598 9508 9593 10931 11691 12324 12540 16108 15850 17266 18172 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Includes processing of nuclear fuels; excludes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. (2) Includes unrecorded magnetic and optical media. (3) Includes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. (4) Excludes manufacture of wire products and uranium processing and refining. (5) Includes manufacture of wire products, central heating radiators and boilers, and commercial water heaters. (6) Excludes uranium processing and refining. (7) Includes domestic appliances; excludes office machinery, optical lenses, photo & copying equip. and auto diesel engines. (8) Includes office machinery; excludes reproduction of recorded media and measurement & navigation equipment. (9) Excludes domestic appliances. (10) Includes automotive diesel engines. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, April 2007