HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 LUMBER, WOOD PRODUCTS, AND FURNITURE (US SIC 24 & 25 & ISIC 33) 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 26 LUMBER, WOOD PRODUCTS, AND FURNITURE (US SIC 24 & 25 & ISIC 33) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 21 20 12 12 10 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 98 123 114 109 108 110 104 95 92 91 84 84 MEXICO.................. .. .. 11 8 12 12 7 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 ISRAEL.................. 42 37 32 64 64 69 79 80 81 78 73 75 75 65 JAPAN................... 46 56 50 90 121 131 144 121 110 98 110 111 92 86 KOREA................... 6 12 12 31 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 9 17 20 38 45 47 47 44 41 36 36 36 31 24 AUSTRIA................. 79 103 65 128 135 146 167 162 138 136 131 114 110 116 BELGIUM................. 117 148 79 146 152 160 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 111 120 72 142 138 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 80 95 70 159 117 #126 #156 148 130 130 .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 77 98 63 113 111 113 124 119 104 103 99 87 84 90 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 115 147 86 167 185 184 211 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 76 88 66 130 109 108 107 113 103 96 91 77 73 76 NETHERLANDS............. 116 136 75 133 140 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 135 90 158 134 137 156 157 144 142 141 123 121 140 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 69 66 62 67 74 61 60 59 51 49 51 SWEDEN.................. 136 149 88 169 132 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 119 137 92 171 175 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 65 89 55 93 81 84 86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes metal furniture for the United States, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. Metal furniture is classified in fabricated metal products in the other countries. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 27 LUMBER, WOOD PRODUCTS, AND FURNITURE (US SIC 24 & 25 & ISIC 33) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 4.97 7.84 10.12 11.67 12.65 12.86 13.22 13.66 14.12 14.52 14.99 15.61 16.23 16.70 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.20 3.00 2.85 1.86 1.91 1.63 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 9.92 14.32 14.47 14.00 14.30 15.06 14.67 13.72 13.80 14.13 13.61 14.10 MEXICO.................. .. .. 1.15 0.98 1.54 1.52 0.93 0.95 1.07 1.11 1.28 1.53 1.83 1.93 ISRAEL.................. 2.07 2.90 3.23 7.49 8.09 8.87 10.39 10.97 11.39 11.30 10.99 11.78 12.24 10.86 JAPAN................... 2.29 4.35 5.06 10.48 15.36 16.84 19.04 16.53 15.52 14.18 16.47 17.27 14.86 14.38 KOREA................... 0.31 0.94 1.19 3.66 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 0.43 1.36 2.02 4.49 5.74 6.06 6.28 6.05 5.84 5.16 5.43 5.55 5.02 3.95 AUSTRIA................. 3.93 8.04 6.63 14.94 17.13 18.76 22.02 22.12 19.55 19.79 19.62 17.81 17.83 19.41 BELGIUM................. 5.79 11.62 8.00 17.03 19.17 20.61 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 5.50 9.42 7.32 16.55 17.46 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 3.98 7.43 7.04 18.59 14.77 #16.25 #20.68 20.21 18.42 18.94 .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 3.81 7.67 6.42 13.15 13.99 14.57 16.42 16.24 14.73 14.97 14.82 13.55 13.69 14.98 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 5.71 11.52 8.70 19.52 23.41 23.64 27.87 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 3.79 6.92 6.66 15.16 13.84 13.89 14.19 15.46 14.48 13.92 13.68 12.06 11.83 12.76 NETHERLANDS............. 5.78 10.65 7.59 15.49 17.68 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 10.57 9.13 18.42 16.90 17.67 20.66 21.39 20.33 20.57 21.13 19.20 19.72 23.35 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 8.03 8.33 7.99 8.92 10.07 8.62 8.74 8.77 7.99 7.98 8.49 SWEDEN.................. 6.76 11.65 8.92 19.69 16.65 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 5.93 10.70 9.29 20.00 22.12 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.22 6.95 5.55 10.87 10.30 10.77 11.42 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes metal furniture for the United States, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. Metal furniture is classified in fabricated metal products in the other countries. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 28 LUMBER, WOOD PRODUCTS, AND FURNITURE (US SIC 24 & 25 & ISIC 33) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 4.97 7.84 10.12 11.67 12.65 12.86 13.22 13.66 14.12 14.52 14.99 15.61 16.23 16.70 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.22 3.24 3.31 3.38 3.49 3.82 .. CANADA.................. .. .. 13.55 16.72 18.66 19.13 19.63 20.55 20.31 20.36 20.51 21.00 21.08 22.13 MEXICO.................. .. .. 296.6 2755 #4.81 5.13 5.96 7.19 8.45 10.16 12.20 14.50 17.08 18.66 ISRAEL.................. 1.33 14.85 #3.80 15.11 22.89 26.70 31.29 35.01 39.27 42.92 45.49 48.02 51.47 51.47 JAPAN................... 680.7 981.7 1208 1519 1706 1721 1789 1798 1879 1857 1872 1861 1807 1801 KOREA................... 150.2 573.2 1033 2588 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN.................. 16.49 48.86 80.64 120.8 151.6 160.4 166.3 166.1 168.1 173.0 175.5 173.6 169.8 136.5 AUSTRIA................. 68.30 104.0 137.1 169.3 199.4 214.1 222.0 234.3 238.6 245.1 #18.42 19.29 19.92 20.53 BELGIUM................. 212.4 339.3 474.9 569.1 663.1 689.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 31.55 53.02 77.63 102.4 113.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 14.60 27.64 43.63 71.19 84.57 #85.04 #90.48 92.86 95.72 101.2 .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 16.29 32.37 57.65 71.63 79.26 80.79 81.87 83.07 86.03 88.33 #13.91 14.67 15.29 15.84 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 14.02 20.90 25.58 31.57 38.75 38.35 39.91 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ITALY................... 2471 5916 12707 18160 21777 22383 23119 23861 24679 24171 #12.84 13.06 13.21 13.50 NETHERLANDS............. 14.59 21.14 25.17 28.23 32.85 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. .. 52.15 78.49 115.2 119.9 124.7 130.9 138.2 144.1 155.4 165.0 169.2 177.4 186.5 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 819.2 1062 1070 1111 1276 1262 1306 #8.23 8.66 8.91 8.98 SWEDEN.................. 28.00 49.26 76.74 116.6 129.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SWITZERLAND............. 15.31 17.93 22.80 27.80 32.70 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.45 2.99 4.28 6.09 6.86 7.03 7.24 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes metal furniture for the United States, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. Metal furniture is classified in fabricated metal products in the other countries. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004