HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 316) 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/indnotesnaics.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, December 14, 2007. HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: INDEX U.S. = 100 PAGE 22 LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 316) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 25 23 20 13 12 10 9 9 10 13 CANADA.................. 92 87 83 81 87 81 74 71 70 62 65 68 73 80 MEXICO.................. 19 19 20 11 10 10 9 10 10 11 12 11 11 12 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 112 108 112 102 88 94 80 69 80 96 111 118 ISRAEL.................. 47 44 45 48 53 53 51 51 53 47 44 41 39 43 JAPAN (1)............... 111 129 135 142 113 105 100 116 106 89 87 84 90 86 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 37 35 39 44 40 28 35 37 34 41 46 52 64 TAIWAN.................. 39 40 38 42 41 37 33 35 33 30 31 30 29 32 AUSTRIA................. 129 121 123 142 132 112 108 100 84 78 85 98 108 109 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 182 171 143 141 134 116 107 117 132 148 153 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 17 18 16 15 15 20 22 25 28 DENMARK................. 163 150 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 127 101 104 132 131 107 96 107 93 86 89 92 114 123 FRANCE.................. 131 119 118 128 120 104 101 97 83 79 87 99 112 116 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 129 123 108 102 110 125 135 136 HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 16 19 22 26 27 IRELAND................. 95 84 81 85 79 77 72 72 62 65 70 81 88 98 ITALY................... 167 128 120 116 119 103 102 99 86 82 89 106 123 128 NORWAY.................. 174 149 148 164 160 146 142 142 123 122 137 150 166 182 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 17 17 16 15 16 16 16 17 20 SPAIN................... 95 79 73 78 80 67 66 62 53 52 58 66 77 81 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 106 93 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. Includes leather and fur gloves and mittens. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 23 LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 316) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 10.35 10.75 11.19 11.53 12.02 12.56 12.97 13.19 13.87 14.64 14.69 15.84 15.90 15.83 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 2.98 2.85 2.61 1.66 1.73 1.45 1.31 1.43 1.57 2.06 CANADA.................. 9.55 9.38 9.28 9.31 10.51 10.20 9.63 9.41 9.77 9.11 9.54 10.70 11.65 12.68 MEXICO.................. 1.96 2.02 2.22 1.32 1.23 1.28 1.20 1.28 1.44 1.63 1.75 1.75 1.81 1.94 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 12.49 12.43 13.44 12.83 11.45 12.37 11.04 10.11 11.76 15.27 17.69 18.63 ISRAEL.................. 4.88 4.68 5.07 5.56 6.37 6.62 6.58 6.69 7.34 6.89 6.51 6.56 6.17 6.73 JAPAN (1)............... 11.48 13.89 15.10 16.35 13.61 13.19 12.93 15.30 14.77 12.96 12.77 13.27 14.34 13.54 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 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 TAIWAN.................. 4.08 4.25 4.26 4.84 4.88 4.68 4.25 4.63 4.64 4.39 4.49 4.73 4.62 5.13 AUSTRIA................. 13.38 13.00 13.73 16.36 15.83 14.05 13.96 13.20 11.62 11.48 12.49 15.51 17.23 17.32 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 20.99 20.60 18.02 18.24 17.68 16.03 15.68 17.13 20.87 23.53 24.23 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 2.10 2.28 2.18 2.04 2.24 2.99 3.41 3.99 4.39 DENMARK................. 16.88 16.14 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 13.17 10.87 11.64 15.26 15.70 13.39 12.49 14.07 12.86 12.62 13.06 14.61 18.15 19.48 FRANCE.................. 13.53 12.79 13.18 14.75 14.47 13.06 13.05 12.76 11.55 11.60 12.74 15.71 17.75 18.29 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.74 16.27 14.97 14.99 16.21 19.81 21.44 21.51 HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.01 2.34 2.81 3.45 4.07 4.31 IRELAND................. 9.82 8.98 9.08 9.84 9.55 9.65 9.28 9.48 8.58 9.54 10.32 12.85 14.02 15.55 ITALY................... 17.32 13.71 13.45 13.42 14.26 13.00 13.17 13.12 11.86 11.98 13.09 16.85 19.59 20.28 NORWAY.................. 17.99 15.97 16.61 18.95 19.30 18.31 18.48 18.71 17.13 17.89 20.13 23.79 26.34 28.84 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.12 2.18 2.15 2.07 2.31 2.37 2.48 2.71 3.17 SPAIN................... 9.86 8.50 8.15 9.02 9.58 8.40 8.50 8.15 7.29 7.63 8.51 10.44 12.22 12.86 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 11.02 10.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. Includes leather and fur gloves and mittens. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 24 LEATHER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 316) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 10.35 10.75 11.19 11.53 12.02 12.56 12.97 13.19 13.87 14.64 14.69 15.84 15.90 15.83 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 2.99 3.08 3.03 3.02 3.17 3.41 3.84 4.40 4.59 5.01 CANADA.................. 11.54 12.10 12.67 12.79 14.34 14.12 14.29 13.98 14.52 14.12 14.98 14.99 15.17 15.36 MEXICO.................. 6066 #6.29 7.48 8.49 9.37 10.14 10.97 12.23 13.63 15.18 16.89 18.88 20.45 21.11 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 17.07 16.78 17.16 17.25 18.20 19.16 18.99 19.56 21.63 23.40 24.02 24.43 ISRAEL.................. 12.00 13.24 15.25 16.75 20.33 22.85 25.00 27.72 29.94 28.98 30.86 29.87 27.63 30.20 JAPAN (1)............... 1455 1543 1543 1536 1481 1597 1693 1740 1592 1576 1600 1538 1551 1491 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 3160 3165 3433 4212 4830 5173 5438 5798 6475 7544 8682 9389 10436 TAIWAN.................. 102.7 112.3 112.6 128.3 134.1 134.6 142.5 149.5 145.0 148.3 155.1 162.7 154.2 164.7 AUSTRIA................. 147.0 151.3 156.7 164.9 167.6 171.5 172.9 #12.39 12.59 12.82 13.21 13.70 13.86 13.92 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 618.5 637.9 645.4 662.4 #16.60 17.36 17.52 18.12 18.44 18.92 19.46 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 66.56 73.69 75.19 78.64 85.14 97.87 96.25 102.5 105.3 DENMARK................. 101.9 104.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 59.11 62.24 60.91 66.76 72.13 69.59 66.80 #13.21 13.93 14.10 13.81 12.91 14.59 15.65 FRANCE.................. 71.63 72.46 73.11 73.54 74.04 76.24 76.97 #11.98 12.52 12.95 13.47 13.87 14.27 14.69 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29.46 #15.27 16.22 16.74 17.14 17.50 17.24 17.28 HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 568.2 671.0 724.2 773.1 824.7 860.7 IRELAND................. 5.76 6.13 6.07 6.14 5.97 6.36 6.52 #8.90 9.30 10.66 10.92 11.35 11.27 12.49 ITALY................... 21337 21563 21664 21853 22004 22144 22882 #12.32 12.85 13.39 13.84 14.88 15.75 16.29 NORWAY.................. 111.8 113.3 117.2 120.0 124.6 129.7 139.6 146.1 150.9 160.9 160.7 168.4 177.5 185.7 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 6.96 7.59 8.54 9.02 9.44 9.67 9.66 9.93 10.27 SPAIN................... 1009 1083 1091 1123 1213 1230 1270 #7.65 7.90 8.52 9.00 9.22 9.82 10.33 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 6.24 6.66 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. Includes leather and fur gloves and mittens. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007