HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 327) (1) 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 43 NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 327) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. 24 23 21 14 13 11 9 10 11 14 CANADA.................. 111 104 95 96 96 89 80 80 77 77 76 80 89 93 MEXICO.................. 13 15 16 10 9 10 9 10 10 11 12 11 11 12 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 84 89 98 92 79 85 77 67 74 93 108 109 ISRAEL.................. 41 41 43 48 49 50 47 46 47 46 42 42 43 41 JAPAN (2)............... 97 112 123 132 114 104 93 108 110 95 88 90 93 90 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 38 41 44 46 47 31 40 41 39 39 45 49 57 TAIWAN.................. 33 32 33 33 32 31 28 28 28 27 26 25 25 26 AUSTRIA................. 129 126 131 150 144 123 118 113 96 91 95 111 118 120 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 156 149 127 124 120 104 98 104 122 133 134 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 15 16 15 14 16 19 22 25 27 DENMARK................. 125 118 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 108 87 98 122 118 104 94 95 82 80 84 99 110 112 FRANCE.................. 110 103 105 116 112 98 97 94 82 80 85 100 110 111 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 116 111 96 92 96 113 120 118 GREECE.................. 53 49 51 57 58 54 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. 16 16 16 17 15 17 21 24 27 29 IRELAND................. 94 83 82 88 91 85 83 80 70 68 73 89 95 97 ITALY................... 122 99 98 99 106 98 92 89 75 72 76 94 105 106 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 105 92 91 89 78 79 87 108 128 132 NETHERLANDS............. 127 122 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 16 17 16 15 16 16 17 18 20 SPAIN................... 83 71 69 73 70 61 61 60 53 52 55 67 72 73 SWEDEN.................. 151 106 108 124 134 117 116 112 101 89 95 115 127 125 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 81 70 72 77 78 84 87 88 81 80 83 93 105 112 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. See technical notes. (2) Includes carbon and graphite products. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 44 NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 327) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 16.47 16.75 17.13 17.57 18.02 18.61 19.20 19.41 20.29 21.08 21.71 22.58 23.24 23.76 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 4.33 4.19 4.07 2.67 2.62 2.24 1.97 2.15 2.48 3.25 CANADA.................. 18.30 17.35 16.28 16.82 17.29 16.53 15.42 15.58 15.61 16.27 16.54 18.02 20.65 22.01 MEXICO.................. 2.18 2.53 2.81 1.73 1.66 1.78 1.73 1.87 2.13 2.42 2.60 2.58 2.61 2.87 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 14.31 15.60 17.75 17.09 15.13 16.58 15.64 14.03 16.06 20.99 25.14 25.89 ISRAEL.................. 6.83 6.80 7.30 8.45 8.82 9.32 9.06 8.91 9.51 9.78 9.11 9.53 9.91 9.73 JAPAN (2)............... 16.06 18.82 21.06 23.26 20.49 19.34 17.95 20.97 22.32 20.02 19.11 20.42 21.60 21.29 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 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 TAIWAN.................. 5.39 5.39 5.61 5.85 5.81 5.79 5.38 5.52 5.63 5.65 5.63 5.61 5.89 6.19 AUSTRIA................. 21.31 21.14 22.44 26.38 26.04 22.86 22.74 21.94 19.42 19.25 20.53 25.00 27.48 28.51 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 27.43 26.85 23.69 23.90 23.29 21.19 20.76 22.65 27.53 31.01 31.74 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 2.81 3.03 2.97 2.92 3.40 4.20 5.07 5.86 6.49 DENMARK................. 20.62 19.70 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 17.76 14.63 16.83 21.53 21.18 19.29 17.98 18.49 16.65 16.87 18.14 22.36 25.46 26.57 FRANCE.................. 18.11 17.32 18.06 20.40 20.26 18.33 18.60 18.25 16.69 16.88 18.43 22.65 25.52 26.30 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22.36 21.57 19.57 19.39 20.86 25.58 27.82 28.04 GREECE.................. 8.70 8.24 8.71 10.02 10.41 10.03 9.69 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. 2.97 2.98 3.13 3.23 3.09 3.53 4.48 5.34 6.18 6.84 IRELAND................. 15.56 13.84 14.06 15.51 16.48 15.89 15.87 15.52 14.15 14.25 15.89 20.00 22.02 23.10 ITALY................... 20.02 16.64 16.78 17.43 19.13 18.23 17.73 17.23 15.17 15.20 16.42 21.13 24.32 25.30 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 18.99 17.04 17.39 17.18 15.82 16.75 18.97 24.29 29.70 31.45 NETHERLANDS............. 20.90 20.50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.96 3.22 3.17 3.12 3.44 3.57 3.80 4.16 4.82 SPAIN................... 13.64 11.85 11.75 12.81 12.57 11.31 11.77 11.63 10.69 10.97 11.85 15.24 16.73 17.39 SWEDEN.................. 24.91 17.79 18.43 21.83 24.09 21.80 22.19 21.77 20.43 18.76 20.61 26.00 29.43 29.67 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 13.38 11.65 12.39 13.59 14.04 15.68 16.77 16.99 16.53 16.90 17.94 21.09 24.44 26.62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. See technical notes. (2) Includes carbon and graphite products. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 45 NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 327) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 16.47 16.75 17.13 17.57 18.02 18.61 19.20 19.41 20.29 21.08 21.71 22.58 23.24 23.76 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 4.35 4.52 4.72 4.86 4.80 5.27 5.74 6.61 7.25 7.91 CANADA.................. 22.13 22.38 22.24 23.09 23.58 22.89 22.88 23.15 23.19 25.20 25.97 25.25 26.88 26.67 MEXICO.................. 6756 #7.87 9.49 11.08 12.62 14.13 15.79 17.89 20.13 22.58 25.13 27.87 29.49 31.27 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 19.56 21.06 22.67 22.98 24.05 25.69 26.89 27.14 29.53 32.17 34.14 33.94 ISRAEL.................. 16.78 19.23 21.97 25.44 28.14 32.14 34.42 36.90 38.79 41.13 43.16 43.39 44.42 43.69 JAPAN (2)............... 2036 2091 2153 2186 2229 2342 2351 2385 2406 2435 2393 2366 2337 2344 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 5042 5667 5929 6684 8369 8381 9314 9404 10677 10619 12149 13114 13907 TAIWAN.................. 135.6 142.5 148.6 155.0 159.5 166.5 180.6 178.4 175.9 191.1 194.3 193.2 196.4 199.0 AUSTRIA................. 234.2 246.1 256.1 266.0 275.8 279.1 281.5 #20.59 21.04 21.51 21.72 22.09 22.09 22.90 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 808.3 831.4 848.3 867.6 #21.87 22.95 23.19 23.96 24.32 24.93 25.50 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 89.15 97.74 102.8 112.6 129.4 137.6 143.1 150.5 155.5 DENMARK................. 124.5 127.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 79.69 83.73 88.10 94.19 97.31 100.2 96.15 #17.36 18.03 18.85 19.19 19.75 20.47 21.34 FRANCE.................. 95.85 98.17 100.1 101.7 103.7 107.0 109.7 #17.13 18.08 18.86 19.50 20.01 20.52 21.13 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39.36 #20.24 21.20 21.67 22.07 22.59 22.36 22.53 GREECE.................. 1659 1891 2114 2322 2507 2739 2864 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. 453.6 555.9 670.7 766.1 871.1 1013 1156 1197 1254 1364 IRELAND................. 9.13 9.45 9.39 9.67 10.30 10.48 11.14 #14.57 15.33 15.92 16.81 17.66 17.70 18.55 ITALY................... 24661 26178 27030 28388 29520 31064 30796 #16.18 16.43 16.98 17.37 18.67 19.56 20.32 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 588.0 609.7 631.2 #16.13 17.14 18.71 20.07 21.45 23.88 25.27 NETHERLANDS............. 36.76 38.10 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 9.71 11.22 12.57 13.58 14.08 14.57 14.80 15.20 15.58 SPAIN................... 1397 1511 1573 1596 1593 1658 1759 #10.92 11.58 12.26 12.54 13.46 13.45 13.97 SWEDEN.................. 145.1 138.7 142.2 155.9 161.6 166.6 176.4 180.1 187.4 193.9 200.3 210.0 216.3 221.6 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 7.57 7.76 8.09 8.61 9.00 9.58 10.12 10.51 10.91 11.74 11.95 12.90 13.34 14.61 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. See technical notes. (2) Includes carbon and graphite products. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007