-32- Table 9. Production Workers: Indexes of pay for time worked in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas, 1975-2007 (Index, U.S. = 100) Country or Area 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Americas United States............. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Brazil.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Canada.................... 106.1 115.3 108.7 99.6 97.2 98.5 97.8 99.9 102.0 97.6 92.4 91.6 97.5 106.1 112.7 115.5 Mexico.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Asia and Oceania Australia................. 94.6 96.3 88.5 90.4 88.8 92.5 96.7 92.6 83.0 84.2 67.2 68.3 74.5 87.0 92.6 93.1 Hong Kong SAR............. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Israel.................... 32.6 31.8 33.0 28.9 34.3 36.1 36.2 36.1 38.2 35.1 29.5 37.0 44.2 52.0 50.6 54.2 Japan..................... 37.3 37.4 41.6 52.2 47.6 44.8 44.4 38.6 40.2 40.1 39.2 55.8 64.3 72.9 69.2 67.2 Korea, Republic of........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. New Zealand............... 57.7 49.9 51.5 58.0 60.7 63.2 61.4 57.0 50.6 43.5 40.2 48.5 58.4 68.6 63.6 65.3 Philippines............... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Singapore................. 13.1 12.2 11.8 12.5 13.3 13.9 15.1 15.3 16.4 17.2 16.8 16.2 17.1 19.3 20.7 23.4 Sri Lanka................. 4.2 3.4 4.1 3.1 2.5 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.2 Taiwan.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Europe Austria................... 54.3 53.3 57.7 63.8 67.6 68.3 54.2 50.5 48.4 43.5 42.7 59.4 74.1 76.4 72.6 86.8 Belgium................... 76.0 74.8 81.1 89.8 94.7 96.2 76.3 61.8 56.1 50.1 48.7 64.3 77.0 77.6 73.6 87.8 Czech Republic............ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Denmark................... 112.5 109.8 110.0 124.9 135.1 126.6 98.7 87.2 80.7 71.8 70.3 94.9 121.2 127.5 117.9 142.1 Finland................... 76.3 76.3 72.2 69.0 80.1 80.3 70.3 65.1 58.9 57.8 58.0 72.8 87.9 97.5 100.9 118.5 France.................... 71.5 66.6 66.1 72.9 78.6 82.3 65.9 58.2 53.5 48.0 47.3 62.8 73.0 73.6 69.3 81.3 Germany................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Greece.................... 22.9 24.1 26.3 30.0 32.8 33.4 29.8 31.1 27.1 25.6 24.1 26.3 29.3 32.2 32.9 38.6 Hungary................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ireland................... 60.1 51.3 50.5 58.0 64.8 70.7 58.7 55.1 52.1 48.4 49.1 64.8 73.9 77.1 72.2 84.4 Italy..................... 49.3 42.1 45.7 50.0 56.2 61.6 52.3 47.8 47.3 43.7 42.9 56.9 69.1 71.5 70.1 82.8 Luxembourg................ 90.4 91.4 98.5 112.4 115.6 113.9 84.2 69.1 63.0 57.8 55.4 74.8 90.0 92.4 88.2 102.2 Netherlands............... 82.5 80.6 85.9 95.4 99.3 97.2 73.6 69.5 64.6 56.2 53.3 72.5 88.0 89.5 82.9 95.9 Norway.................... 105.0 108.2 112.7 113.4 110.3 114.5 98.7 91.0 83.6 77.7 76.5 95.8 119.6 127.1 123.0 138.6 Poland.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Portugal.................. 20.0 19.4 16.6 15.7 14.8 16.6 14.9 12.8 10.5 8.9 9.0 12.0 14.4 15.3 16.0 19.5 Spain..................... 24.0 25.1 26.6 30.2 38.5 39.2 33.5 30.1 25.1 23.7 23.9 31.4 37.7 41.0 42.5 52.7 Sweden.................... 104.2 108.0 103.1 101.7 106.3 107.5 91.0 74.0 61.9 60.3 60.6 76.0 90.5 98.0 98.6 113.9 Switzerland............... 88.4 86.2 84.1 107.1 108.3 104.1 86.3 83.2 79.9 70.4 67.5 94.0 114.3 117.4 106.0 126.9 United Kingdom............ 54.9 47.7 45.8 53.1 61.9 74.2 64.9 58.0 52.5 47.3 47.8 56.7 66.3 75.4 73.0 83.8 Continued on the following page. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009. -33- Table 9. Production Workers: Indexes of pay for time worked in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas, 1975-2007 (Index, U.S. = 100) Country or Area 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Americas United States............. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Brazil.................... .. .. .. .. .. 23.6 23.1 21.3 13.0 13.1 10.7 9.0 9.3 10.5 13.4 15.9 Canada.................... 119.4 114.3 106.9 99.7 98.1 98.6 94.7 88.2 86.6 86.0 81.6 80.0 89.8 96.7 103.1 109.1 Mexico.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Asia and Oceania Australia................. 93.6 88.1 81.7 88.6 92.2 97.2 92.0 80.9 82.5 72.3 64.4 72.2 89.9 102.4 107.2 109.7 Hong Kong SAR............. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Israel.................... 53.9 54.0 51.0 51.6 57.8 60.1 62.1 61.1 58.6 61.1 62.3 54.3 56.1 56.7 56.8 57.7 Japan..................... 74.8 81.1 92.9 100.3 109.4 92.2 82.2 75.7 85.4 87.9 75.7 70.9 74.7 78.4 74.8 69.2 Korea, Republic of........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. New Zealand............... 63.6 58.6 57.5 62.7 69.3 73.0 70.7 57.7 56.9 49.0 45.2 49.9 62.4 71.3 76.2 72.3 Philippines............... 4.3 4.9 4.5 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.1 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 4.1 Singapore................. 25.3 28.0 28.7 33.0 38.9 40.4 38.9 35.8 35.0 34.8 32.2 29.9 31.1 31.5 30.3 35.0 Sri Lanka................. 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 Taiwan.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Europe Austria................... 86.5 95.3 92.0 94.0 108.9 105.7 90.7 89.7 86.1 74.1 72.4 76.0 90.2 97.5 98.3 100.4 Belgium................... 87.7 95.5 90.0 94.1 106.1 100.0 85.6 84.9 80.8 69.5 68.0 72.0 85.3 94.0 94.0 95.9 Czech Republic............ .. .. .. .. 12.4 13.9 12.8 13.4 12.8 11.9 12.6 15.0 17.9 20.2 22.1 24.5 Denmark................... 138.6 147.8 136.1 138.8 159.3 152.4 134.7 133.9 129.1 111.0 109.2 115.9 139.7 150.4 150.9 154.5 Finland................... 113.7 101.9 79.2 88.0 111.2 106.8 93.7 91.6 87.8 77.2 74.9 78.0 92.5 101.8 101.3 104.3 France.................... 78.9 85.0 78.8 79.7 88.6 85.8 74.6 73.3 69.6 61.0 59.8 63.1 75.4 82.8 82.7 84.5 Germany................... .. .. 117.2 119.9 138.4 131.6 112.5 110.6 104.3 91.5 87.4 90.8 108.6 118.9 117.6 117.9 Greece.................... 38.0 40.3 36.0 37.4 43.3 43.9 40.8 38.6 36.2 31.2 30.7 33.4 41.1 48.5 49.4 51.2 Hungary................... .. .. .. 11.4 11.0 10.5 10.3 10.4 10.6 10.3 11.4 13.8 16.4 19.1 20.1 20.5 Ireland................... 83.7 90.3 80.1 81.1 86.7 86.1 81.6 78.8 76.8 68.5 71.1 77.8 94.6 106.1 107.3 110.7 Italy..................... 85.6 89.4 70.9 69.4 69.3 73.3 66.7 65.7 62.3 53.4 52.5 56.8 69.9 79.5 79.7 81.8 Luxembourg................ 101.9 111.4 106.2 111.9 128.8 117.5 100.0 97.5 94.3 81.6 77.6 81.5 97.8 109.6 111.1 111.4 Netherlands............... 93.5 101.6 97.7 99.7 111.8 103.8 91.3 92.6 89.6 77.9 76.1 80.8 97.0 106.7 105.5 106.1 Norway.................... 136.2 143.7 125.8 127.0 142.6 140.7 129.4 127.5 125.8 111.3 110.7 125.2 140.5 150.2 155.7 162.6 Poland.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. 9.5 10.2 11.9 11.4 12.6 12.6 13.2 14.1 16.1 17.7 Portugal.................. 21.3 25.3 21.7 21.6 24.8 24.4 22.4 22.2 21.5 19.3 19.3 20.9 25.0 28.3 27.9 27.9 Spain..................... 56.0 61.1 50.7 48.9 53.6 54.6 48.6 47.6 46.6 40.8 39.9 42.5 51.7 57.4 57.9 60.0 Sweden.................... 114.1 121.0 91.0 93.5 103.9 114.0 101.2 98.4 93.6 84.4 74.8 79.5 95.7 105.5 104.1 107.1 Switzerland............... 127.3 132.9 126.2 135.0 153.8 143.9 119.2 117.4 110.2 96.1 95.8 102.1 116.3 123.5 121.7 120.5 United Kingdom............ 86.5 89.8 76.4 77.0 79.3 78.9 84.0 86.9 84.4 78.4 78.1 82.2 92.9 105.3 106.8 109.3 Continued on the following page. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009. -34- Table 9. Production Workers: Indexes of pay for time worked in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas, 1975-2007 (Index, U.S. = 100) Country or Area 2007 Americas United States............. 100.0 Brazil.................... 18.5 Canada.................... 116.9 Mexico.................... .. Asia and Oceania Australia................. 121.9 Hong Kong SAR............. .. Israel.................... 63.0 Japan..................... 66.6 Korea, Republic of........ .. New Zealand............... 83.2 Philippines............... 4.5 Singapore................. 32.8 Sri Lanka................. 2.4 Taiwan.................... .. Europe Austria................... 110.3 Belgium................... 103.9 Czech Republic............ 28.6 Denmark................... 171.6 Finland................... 115.8 France.................... 92.3 Germany................... 128.4 Greece.................... 56.4 Hungary................... 25.1 Ireland................... 119.5 Italy..................... 89.4 Luxembourg................ 119.3 Netherlands............... 114.9 Norway.................... 184.5 Poland.................... 21.1 Portugal.................. 29.8 Spain..................... 66.0 Sweden.................... 118.0 Switzerland............... 124.4 United Kingdom............ 120.1 '..' means data not available. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.