HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 MOTOR VEHICLE AND PARTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 3361-3363) (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 67 MOTOR VEHICLE AND PARTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 3361-3363) (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.................. .. .. .. .. 38 38 39 25 26 20 15 15 17 22 CANADA (2).............. 92 88 84 85 83 81 82 83 79 74 71 79 86 91 MEXICO.................. 11 12 13 8 8 8 8 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 52 56 61 59 56 61 54 46 49 61 72 73 JAPAN (3)............... 78 91 96 106 91 85 83 97 97 81 75 78 80 76 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 25 28 35 41 32 27 35 37 32 38 38 43 47 TAIWAN.................. 27 26 26 27 25 27 25 29 26 27 22 20 22 22 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 110 107 92 97 96 83 76 78 92 103 101 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 11 13 14 17 19 21 DENMARK................. 75 70 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 70 58 64 83 75 65 70 70 61 58 60 73 81 77 FRANCE.................. 76 70 70 78 74 65 68 68 59 56 58 69 77 76 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 127 127 109 101 99 117 129 126 IRELAND................. 46 40 40 45 45 44 47 51 46 45 46 61 64 65 ITALY................... 86 68 65 67 71 66 69 68 57 53 54 64 72 71 NETHERLANDS............. 74 70 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 12 13 13 12 12 12 13 14 16 SPAIN................... 71 61 57 62 60 53 56 56 49 45 46 57 63 63 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 69 58 59 62 61 66 74 75 69 64 65 73 87 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes automotive diesel engines. See technical notes. (2) Data for motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (NAICS 3362) are not available and not included. (3) Includes motorcycles. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 68 MOTOR VEHICLE AND PARTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 3361-3363) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 25.19 26.01 27.00 27.11 27.88 28.26 27.21 26.98 28.50 30.39 32.49 33.88 34.09 35.62 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 10.52 10.79 10.54 6.75 7.27 5.97 4.94 5.11 5.85 7.76 CANADA (2).............. 23.11 22.79 22.68 22.96 23.15 23.01 22.39 22.49 22.47 22.37 23.07 26.60 29.39 32.28 MEXICO.................. 2.71 3.02 3.62 2.27 2.19 2.32 2.19 2.46 2.84 3.22 3.43 3.35 3.38 3.52 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 14.13 15.13 16.93 16.80 15.30 16.59 15.32 13.99 15.96 20.54 24.44 25.96 JAPAN (3)............... 19.67 23.54 25.91 28.69 25.42 24.00 22.55 26.06 27.61 24.75 24.22 26.55 27.38 27.12 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 6.41 7.67 9.54 11.36 9.17 7.36 9.57 10.68 9.84 12.22 12.94 14.67 16.61 TAIWAN.................. 6.72 6.76 6.93 7.20 6.97 7.52 6.87 7.71 7.35 8.06 7.05 6.85 7.48 7.75 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 29.83 29.78 26.13 26.26 25.86 23.53 23.13 25.49 31.06 35.12 36.09 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.50 3.25 3.94 4.69 5.83 6.54 7.32 DENMARK................. 19.01 18.29 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 17.55 15.16 17.34 22.45 20.88 18.47 19.12 18.76 17.35 17.57 19.47 24.76 27.53 27.44 FRANCE.................. 19.24 18.27 18.81 21.02 20.63 18.46 18.50 18.30 16.88 17.16 18.72 23.21 26.33 27.25 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34.64 34.28 31.20 30.62 32.22 39.57 44.02 44.95 IRELAND................. 11.49 10.42 10.73 12.13 12.45 12.56 12.69 13.86 13.10 13.54 14.90 20.50 21.92 23.16 ITALY................... 21.57 17.63 17.65 18.29 19.89 18.74 18.64 18.23 16.20 16.11 17.60 21.61 24.68 25.17 NETHERLANDS............. 18.53 18.11 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.31 3.54 3.41 3.35 3.73 3.92 4.33 4.93 5.69 SPAIN................... 17.94 15.92 15.38 16.81 16.78 15.02 15.31 15.22 13.84 13.62 15.05 19.16 21.37 22.33 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 17.50 15.19 15.99 16.76 16.97 18.76 20.07 20.35 19.55 19.35 21.22 24.77 29.55 29.27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes automotive diesel engines. See technical notes. (2) Data for motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (NAICS 3362) are not available and not included. (3) Includes motorcycles. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 69 MOTOR VEHICLE AND PARTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 3361-3363) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 25.19 26.01 27.00 27.11 27.88 28.26 27.21 26.98 28.50 30.39 32.49 33.88 34.09 35.62 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 10.57 11.63 12.24 12.28 13.30 14.04 14.43 15.72 17.11 18.90 CANADA (2).............. 27.94 29.40 30.99 31.52 31.57 31.87 33.22 33.42 33.39 34.65 36.23 37.27 38.27 39.13 MEXICO.................. 8397 #9.40 12.23 14.60 16.61 18.37 20.08 23.46 26.82 30.08 33.14 36.15 38.12 38.35 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 19.31 20.42 21.61 22.59 24.33 25.70 26.35 27.08 29.35 31.49 33.19 34.03 JAPAN (3)............... 2494 2615 2649 2696 2766 2907 2954 2963 2976 3010 3033 3077 2962 2986 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 5145 6162 7355 9138 8718 10307 11390 12084 12718 15276 15423 16801 17005 TAIWAN.................. 169.1 178.6 183.4 190.8 191.6 216.5 230.6 249.3 229.6 272.6 243.5 235.5 249.6 249.0 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 879.2 922.3 935.8 953.5 #24.28 25.49 25.84 26.96 27.43 28.23 28.99 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 121.0 125.5 150.0 153.4 164.5 168.2 175.3 DENMARK................. 114.7 118.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 78.75 86.82 90.76 98.25 95.94 95.99 102.2 #17.61 18.79 19.62 20.60 21.87 22.14 22.05 FRANCE.................. 101.9 103.6 104.3 104.8 105.6 107.8 109.2 #17.17 18.28 19.17 19.80 20.50 21.17 21.89 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60.96 #32.18 33.79 34.21 34.08 34.95 35.39 36.11 IRELAND................. 6.74 7.11 7.17 7.56 7.79 8.28 8.90 #13.01 14.19 15.12 15.76 18.11 17.63 18.61 ITALY................... 26572 27725 28434 29790 30696 31927 32386 #17.11 17.55 18.00 18.62 19.09 19.84 20.22 NETHERLANDS............. 32.59 33.64 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 10.84 12.34 13.55 14.56 15.26 16.01 16.82 18.02 18.43 SPAIN................... 1837 2029 2060 2095 2126 2200 2288 #14.28 14.99 15.22 15.92 16.92 17.18 17.94 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 9.91 10.11 10.44 10.62 10.87 11.46 12.11 12.59 12.90 13.44 14.13 15.15 16.12 16.07 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes automotive diesel engines. See technical notes. (2) Data for motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (NAICS 3362) are not available and not included. (3) Includes motorcycles. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007