-38- Table 11. Production Workers: Pay for time worked in national currency in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas, 1975-2007 Country or Area 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Americas United States............. 4.71 5.09 5.55 6.05 6.57 7.15 7.86 8.36 8.70 9.05 9.40 9.59 9.77 10.05 10.35 10.78 Brazil.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Canada.................... 5.08 5.79 6.41 6.87 7.48 8.23 9.22 10.30 10.93 11.44 11.87 12.21 12.63 13.12 13.82 14.53 Mexico.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Asia and Oceania Australia................. 3.41 4.01 4.43 4.78 5.22 5.80 6.61 7.61 8.00 8.67 9.03 9.77 10.37 11.15 12.10 12.86 Hong Kong SAR............. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Israel.................... 0.98 1.29 1.91 3.06 5.73 13.24 32.53 73.30 186.7 930.7 #3.27 5.28 6.89 8.35 10.04 11.77 Japan..................... 520.6 564.2 618.8 658.3 681.8 723.6 768.4 803.2 830.9 861.2 879.4 901.5 908.7 938.7 988.6 1050 Korea, Republic of........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. New Zealand............... 2.24 2.56 2.95 3.38 3.90 4.64 5.55 6.35 6.59 6.80 7.60 8.86 9.62 10.51 11.09 11.81 Philippines............... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Singapore................. 1.46 1.53 1.60 1.71 1.89 2.13 2.50 2.74 3.02 3.33 3.47 3.37 3.51 3.90 4.17 4.57 Sri Lanka................. 1.41 1.46 2.06 2.95 2.53 2.56 2.68 3.37 3.93 4.38 5.12 5.49 5.96 6.63 7.51 9.49 Taiwan.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Europe Austria................... 44.54 48.64 52.94 55.99 59.41 63.16 67.73 72.04 75.60 78.66 82.93 86.94 91.56 94.91 99.45 106.0 Belgium................... 131.3 146.8 161.3 170.8 182.6 200.8 222.0 236.3 249.5 261.6 271.5 275.2 281.0 286.7 300.2 316.3 Czech Republic............ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Denmark................... 30.38 33.77 36.66 41.63 46.68 50.93 55.10 60.81 64.26 67.22 70.01 73.69 81.08 86.38 89.37 94.82 Finland................... 13.18 14.97 16.08 17.15 18.98 21.34 23.87 26.16 28.51 31.37 33.81 35.40 37.83 41.07 44.85 48.94 France.................... 14.41 16.18 18.02 19.86 21.98 24.83 28.02 32.01 35.49 37.93 39.97 41.73 42.90 44.10 45.78 47.76 Germany................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Greece.................... 34.89 44.85 53.82 66.78 79.74 101.7 129.6 173.4 207.3 261.2 313.4 353.2 387.2 459.0 552.8 659.9 Hungary................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ireland................... 1.27 1.45 1.61 1.83 2.08 2.46 2.86 3.24 3.63 4.03 4.33 4.63 4.85 5.08 5.27 5.49 Italy..................... 1513 1781 2237 2567 3068 3768 4654 5408 6248 6940 7701 8136 8753 9362 9960 10691 Luxembourg................ 156.5 179.6 195.9 214.1 222.8 238.1 245.8 264.1 280.4 302.5 309.2 320.2 328.4 341.4 359.6 368.3 Netherlands............... 9.80 10.84 11.70 12.47 13.09 13.79 14.40 15.53 16.04 16.32 16.62 17.03 17.42 17.79 18.21 18.84 Norway.................... 25.77 30.05 33.30 35.96 36.69 40.40 44.45 49.14 53.11 57.41 61.81 67.97 78.75 83.34 88.00 93.41 Poland.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Portugal.................. 23.92 29.80 35.18 41.74 47.74 59.45 72.13 85.80 102.0 119.4 146.2 172.8 198.3 222.6 260.8 300.1 Spain..................... 64.79 85.32 111.0 139.8 170.0 200.8 242.4 277.0 313.0 345.5 382.7 422.1 454.5 480.6 520.6 579.2 Sweden.................... 20.34 23.95 25.56 27.78 29.94 32.49 36.03 38.85 41.29 45.12 49.04 51.96 56.10 60.44 65.91 72.75 Switzerland............... 10.74 10.96 11.18 11.51 11.83 12.47 13.29 14.14 14.60 14.97 15.58 16.20 16.66 17.28 17.96 19.02 United Kingdom............ 1.16 1.35 1.46 1.68 1.92 2.28 2.52 2.78 3.01 3.21 3.46 3.71 3.95 4.25 4.61 5.07 Continued on the following page. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009. -39- Table 11. Production Workers: Pay for time worked in national currency in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas, 1975-2007 Country or Area 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Americas United States............. 11.13 11.40 11.70 12.04 12.34 12.75 13.14 13.45 13.85 14.32 14.76 15.29 15.74 16.14 16.56 16.81 Brazil.................... .. .. .. .. .. 3.02 3.27 3.33 3.28 3.43 3.72 4.02 4.48 4.94 5.39 5.83 Canada.................... 15.23 15.76 16.13 16.40 16.62 17.14 17.24 17.59 17.83 18.29 18.65 19.20 19.80 20.32 20.69 20.80 Mexico.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Asia and Oceania Australia................. 13.37 13.66 14.06 14.59 15.36 15.84 16.26 17.30 17.71 17.80 18.40 20.30 21.70 22.43 23.28 24.48 Hong Kong SAR............. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Israel.................... 13.67 15.13 16.88 18.72 21.48 24.48 28.16 31.20 33.60 35.64 38.67 39.34 40.18 41.02 42.17 43.22 Japan..................... 1120 1172 1208 1234 1269 1278 1307 1333 1345 1357 1358 1358 1363 1368 1364 1352 Korea, Republic of........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. New Zealand............... 12.24 12.43 12.42 12.72 13.04 13.53 14.02 14.48 14.88 15.35 15.87 16.43 16.86 17.32 17.91 18.71 Philippines............... 13.20 14.29 14.20 16.48 17.12 18.59 19.88 20.68 21.81 22.82 25.00 26.59 28.13 30.86 33.23 35.30 Singapore................. 4.86 5.20 5.42 6.06 6.80 7.26 7.58 8.05 8.21 8.60 8.51 8.18 8.54 8.60 8.36 9.34 Sri Lanka................. 11.20 11.83 13.65 15.08 16.52 17.90 18.15 20.34 22.03 24.86 27.10 31.93 33.21 35.47 36.87 39.85 Taiwan.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Europe Austria................... 112.6 119.3 125.3 129.1 135.4 142.7 145.4 149.4 #11.20 11.49 11.94 12.29 12.54 12.66 13.08 13.43 Belgium................... 334.0 350.0 364.2 378.5 385.9 395.0 402.9 414.4 #10.50 10.78 11.21 11.64 11.86 12.20 12.51 12.83 Czech Republic............ .. .. .. .. 40.50 48.11 53.32 58.11 61.24 65.88 70.58 74.87 79.49 83.62 87.78 93.16 Denmark................... 98.79 101.7 103.2 106.2 110.1 112.7 116.9 120.7 125.0 128.7 134.4 139.7 144.7 145.4 149.9 154.3 Finland................... 51.28 52.13 53.03 55.44 60.03 62.56 63.97 65.91 #11.41 11.97 12.36 12.62 12.87 13.21 13.48 13.96 France.................... 49.60 51.29 52.23 53.21 54.49 55.97 57.24 58.20 #9.05 9.46 9.86 10.21 10.48 10.75 11.00 11.30 Germany................... .. .. 22.69 23.41 24.45 25.25 25.65 26.18 #13.56 14.20 14.41 14.69 15.09 15.43 15.64 15.77 Greece.................... 770.0 875.5 966.7 1093 1239 1347 1465 1534 1539 1632 #5.07 5.41 5.72 6.30 6.58 6.85 Hungary................... .. .. .. 143.8 170.7 204.8 252.3 298.6 349.3 414.2 481.3 543.2 578.3 624.5 662.9 725.3 Ireland................... 5.77 6.04 6.40 6.52 6.67 6.86 7.07 7.44 #9.99 10.62 11.72 12.59 13.16 13.77 14.27 14.81 Italy..................... 11819 12557 13048 13456 13944 14411 14942 15346 #8.10 8.28 8.65 9.19 9.72 10.32 10.60 10.95 Luxembourg................ 387.5 408.3 429.7 451.0 468.5 463.9 469.9 476.0 #12.26 12.66 12.80 13.18 13.60 14.22 14.78 14.90 Netherlands............... 19.49 20.38 21.23 21.83 22.14 22.31 23.43 24.69 #11.65 12.08 12.55 13.06 13.49 13.84 14.03 14.19 Norway.................... 98.41 101.8 104.5 107.9 111.5 115.9 120.5 129.6 136.1 140.5 147.0 152.8 156.5 163.3 166.1 175.2 Poland.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.10 4.77 6.52 7.08 7.59 7.84 8.06 8.33 8.65 9.25 Portugal.................. 342.8 390.3 408.1 431.4 458.8 480.6 516.6 538.6 #2.80 2.99 3.18 3.38 3.48 3.67 3.71 3.74 Spain..................... 647.9 713.2 755.7 788.6 825.1 882.3 936.6 955.8 #6.06 6.33 6.57 6.88 7.18 7.44 7.70 8.03 Sweden.................... 76.84 80.34 82.98 86.84 91.53 97.49 101.7 105.3 107.3 110.9 114.3 118.2 121.7 125.1 128.8 132.7 Switzerland............... 20.35 21.31 21.82 22.22 22.41 22.68 22.73 22.91 22.96 23.26 23.89 24.31 24.61 24.78 25.10 25.39 United Kingdom............ 5.45 5.80 5.95 6.05 6.20 6.44 6.74 7.05 7.22 7.41 8.01 8.37 8.94 9.27 9.71 9.96 Continued on the following page. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009. -40- Table 11. Production Workers: Pay for time worked in national currency in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas, 1975-2007 Country or Area 2007 Americas United States............. 17.26 Brazil.................... 6.21 Canada.................... 21.66 Mexico.................... .. Asia and Oceania Australia................. 25.07 Hong Kong SAR............. .. Israel.................... 44.95 Japan..................... 1354 Korea, Republic of........ .. New Zealand............... 19.49 Philippines............... 36.02 Singapore................. 8.52 Sri Lanka................. 45.36 Taiwan.................... .. Europe Austria................... 13.89 Belgium................... 13.08 Czech Republic............ 101.3 Denmark................... 161.2 Finland................... 14.58 France.................... 11.61 Germany................... 16.17 Greece.................... 7.09 Hungary................... 801.9 Ireland................... 15.04 Italy..................... 11.25 Luxembourg................ 15.01 Netherlands............... 14.46 Norway.................... 186.4 Poland.................... 10.21 Portugal.................. 3.76 Spain..................... 8.31 Sweden.................... 137.6 Switzerland............... 25.76 United Kingdom............ 10.35 '..' means data not available. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.