Table 1.1 Production Workers: Indexes of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis, 1975-2009 (Index, U.S. = 100) Country or Area 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 United States 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Australia 93.77 95.63 87.55 89.05 87.06 90.26 94.78 89.78 80.79 82.33 66.45 67.81 73.75 86.68 91.86 91.22 90.85 85.57 79.50 85.05 88.32 93.92 89.99 79.68 82.35 71.71 63.66 71.71 88.97 101.55 106.13 108.33 119.29 126.84 116.43 Austria 73.56 71.70 77.30 86.09 90.82 92.62 73.41 68.41 66.29 60.28 60.02 83.09 103.39 107.28 101.51 120.45 117.17 127.80 124.15 127.78 147.89 143.66 123.62 122.88 118.68 101.37 96.42 100.51 117.70 126.53 127.11 129.85 140.06 153.90 149.42 Belgium 102.37 101.79 111.23 124.70 131.50 133.26 105.45 85.56 78.81 71.24 70.71 94.76 114.96 118.34 112.03 131.87 129.85 140.89 134.88 143.23 164.35 156.69 135.14 134.64 129.12 113.16 106.66 111.41 134.52 148.57 144.69 147.13 156.59 171.75 163.40 Brazil -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32.60 31.91 29.91 18.05 18.02 14.59 12.09 12.41 13.83 17.75 21.01 23.84 27.06 26.00 Canada 103.33 111.62 104.29 95.21 92.53 93.23 93.40 94.77 97.61 94.17 89.32 88.37 93.75 102.55 108.62 111.73 115.62 111.79 105.12 98.45 97.44 97.40 93.82 87.22 86.38 85.04 79.33 77.45 87.86 95.71 102.91 109.10 115.18 116.17 100.80 Czech Republic -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.36 11.82 14.71 16.58 15.33 16.12 15.50 14.44 15.28 17.96 21.29 23.91 25.73 28.52 32.65 40.36 36.29 Denmark 100.59 97.66 97.11 109.97 119.20 111.92 87.32 77.05 72.12 64.74 62.93 83.90 105.50 110.32 102.62 122.98 119.09 127.50 118.53 123.54 144.21 140.35 125.54 126.38 126.75 108.76 107.23 114.15 136.68 146.30 147.13 150.70 164.70 177.53 171.78 Finland 80.63 82.20 79.10 75.74 81.62 87.87 77.41 71.07 64.14 63.53 64.41 81.76 99.92 113.69 118.00 139.00 132.02 118.70 95.60 107.13 131.84 124.63 109.37 104.01 103.07 89.86 87.52 92.40 109.94 122.64 121.53 125.54 133.88 146.84 140.79 France 76.20 72.89 73.44 82.77 90.73 96.45 78.11 70.80 67.62 61.82 61.49 82.27 96.07 98.95 93.68 108.72 104.86 113.93 104.57 105.27 116.09 111.46 97.67 96.78 92.87 80.90 78.06 81.75 96.20 105.05 105.74 107.87 115.16 125.04 116.14 Germany 83.36 81.36 86.33 96.88 104.04 103.95 80.29 73.68 70.51 62.57 61.51 84.15 104.28 109.43 103.21 121.34 119.81 130.63 127.76 131.31 151.77 144.38 123.61 120.39 112.30 99.48 94.34 97.94 115.51 124.12 121.34 124.02 130.72 140.71 132.85 Hong Kong SAR 12.49 13.29 14.28 14.91 15.17 15.91 14.87 14.73 12.98 13.12 13.87 14.76 16.09 18.07 20.39 22.15 23.66 25.19 26.77 27.76 28.37 29.50 30.05 29.39 28.31 27.89 28.20 26.48 24.56 24.22 23.68 23.83 22.88 23.06 22.22 Hungary -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.34 14.86 14.33 13.56 13.45 13.10 11.97 13.02 15.57 18.22 20.94 21.94 21.97 26.66 29.33 24.57 Ireland 59.86 51.46 49.93 57.00 63.76 70.27 59.16 55.82 53.14 50.41 51.28 67.64 76.64 80.32 74.88 85.88 83.78 89.66 79.43 80.51 86.01 85.24 81.19 78.76 77.41 68.58 70.39 76.17 91.87 102.89 103.65 107.02 114.62 123.00 118.70 Israel 32.70 31.70 32.55 28.47 33.56 35.24 35.19 34.70 36.83 33.97 28.65 35.84 42.67 50.40 49.00 51.77 50.75 50.68 47.84 48.65 54.57 56.60 58.93 58.33 55.64 57.71 58.61 51.27 52.16 52.32 52.04 52.37 55.65 66.49 61.33 Italy 75.96 64.90 67.77 72.39 80.28 84.76 71.04 65.20 65.11 60.04 60.11 80.54 97.85 102.67 103.35 121.06 122.44 124.81 99.00 97.35 96.90 101.88 93.05 89.67 86.03 73.68 70.93 75.76 91.61 103.24 103.14 105.19 112.43 122.39 117.10 Japan 47.68 47.49 52.61 66.19 60.12 55.93 56.00 48.06 49.89 49.78 48.90 69.55 79.50 90.93 87.39 84.16 92.80 100.53 114.55 123.33 135.35 114.02 102.82 94.80 106.95 109.94 93.35 85.97 89.92 94.49 90.29 83.51 78.68 90.32 96.82 Korea, Republic of 5.35 6.37 7.74 9.61 11.64 10.14 9.73 9.66 9.89 9.99 10.01 10.24 12.18 16.45 22.92 25.45 30.27 33.29 35.54 38.50 43.72 47.68 44.77 31.60 40.24 43.31 38.60 42.24 44.81 48.47 55.93 63.97 67.45 55.38 47.32 Luxembourg 100.85 100.22 104.98 116.78 120.36 119.31 88.69 71.99 65.61 60.38 58.51 79.46 95.61 99.42 94.29 107.36 104.89 113.78 110.10 118.39 136.50 126.47 108.01 105.82 103.17 88.67 83.08 86.77 102.84 114.71 115.84 116.18 121.73 130.16 121.70 Mexico 29.11 29.84 22.20 24.57 26.44 28.03 32.48 21.07 14.61 15.55 15.30 10.25 9.58 11.20 12.41 13.02 14.46 16.57 18.04 17.98 10.75 10.63 12.02 12.18 13.54 15.32 16.85 16.72 15.28 14.85 15.58 16.31 16.50 16.93 14.53 Netherlands 106.22 102.41 108.28 123.02 128.88 124.41 92.32 85.16 79.74 70.56 68.39 93.54 113.37 115.50 105.90 120.94 115.92 124.97 120.34 123.68 139.30 129.63 113.51 114.49 110.72 94.62 95.30 100.87 122.33 133.46 132.35 134.13 141.78 156.36 148.86 New Zealand 53.30 45.83 46.82 52.52 54.77 56.74 54.94 50.38 44.90 38.88 36.03 43.34 52.19 61.63 56.93 57.58 55.01 50.61 49.82 54.12 59.88 62.76 60.93 49.77 49.34 42.20 38.46 42.45 52.37 59.24 63.22 60.27 68.55 67.11 59.90 Norway 113.27 116.30 120.10 120.69 118.91 122.84 105.71 96.92 88.99 83.09 82.35 103.20 128.28 137.69 131.64 145.75 140.23 146.53 125.77 127.35 143.45 142.05 131.76 129.76 127.97 112.38 111.65 126.70 141.77 152.23 157.65 164.56 182.94 194.64 173.71 Philippines -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.14 4.70 4.28 4.97 5.18 5.36 4.96 3.65 3.92 3.49 3.18 3.21 3.11 3.27 3.51 3.94 4.33 4.72 4.48 Poland -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.76 15.67 14.79 13.92 15.09 14.96 15.43 16.39 18.57 20.26 23.92 29.98 23.45 Portugal 28.92 27.93 24.10 22.72 21.50 24.14 21.65 18.52 15.42 13.28 13.55 17.97 21.34 22.97 23.70 28.44 30.46 36.05 30.73 30.71 33.97 33.80 29.90 30.35 29.39 25.40 24.33 25.57 29.60 32.41 31.62 32.68 34.94 38.36 36.65 Singapore 13.65 12.80 12.86 13.50 14.78 16.03 17.55 17.77 19.32 20.73 20.14 17.25 17.34 20.22 22.54 25.63 27.87 30.89 31.93 37.24 44.74 46.87 44.83 40.24 37.34 37.45 34.13 31.89 32.61 32.82 31.18 36.28 33.81 38.49 35.23 Spain 40.19 41.75 41.82 47.05 59.04 59.87 51.07 45.40 37.78 35.75 35.96 47.12 56.26 61.61 62.63 75.48 77.81 83.08 69.43 67.17 73.08 74.15 65.47 63.82 62.34 53.60 51.65 55.10 66.61 73.72 74.84 77.53 83.97 92.07 90.49 Sri Lanka 4.52 3.59 4.25 3.26 2.57 2.24 1.93 2.09 2.08 2.07 2.19 2.22 2.24 2.26 2.19 2.36 2.57 2.49 2.54 2.68 2.77 2.69 2.49 2.51 2.43 2.42 2.18 2.31 2.28 2.26 2.30 2.37 2.42 2.66 -- Sweden 114.63 121.10 118.53 117.67 126.64 127.92 108.77 86.84 74.00 73.68 74.94 94.26 112.08 121.79 122.96 139.20 140.68 152.02 105.89 109.36 124.36 135.31 121.10 118.33 114.03 102.66 89.94 95.60 115.16 126.97 124.30 123.55 137.94 143.06 121.48 Switzerland 99.15 96.51 93.63 119.17 120.31 115.53 95.82 91.54 88.65 78.83 76.32 106.32 128.92 132.74 119.51 141.29 140.14 146.05 138.58 148.88 170.67 159.75 132.99 132.10 125.06 107.90 106.18 112.80 125.82 132.11 131.05 130.92 132.32 146.41 145.03 Taiwan 6.27 6.83 7.26 8.03 9.21 10.76 11.60 11.04 11.09 11.80 11.77 13.22 16.89 20.34 24.68 26.17 27.68 31.78 31.23 32.54 34.55 33.39 33.16 29.09 30.36 31.21 29.04 26.30 25.60 26.09 27.36 27.26 26.30 27.10 23.68 United Kingdom 52.52 46.03 44.89 52.49 62.08 75.41 66.12 58.13 52.66 47.29 47.44 56.58 65.62 74.83 71.79 81.38 83.65 86.41 73.85 75.64 77.68 78.26 83.36 87.00 90.43 84.14 79.59 80.68 88.40 104.65 104.09 106.87 115.43 108.48 89.15 Trade-Weighted Measures (1) All Foreign Economies (2) 64.49 65.56 63.70 66.40 67.90 69.04 63.96 58.92 57.35 54.65 52.77 60.38 68.37 74.56 74.88 80.70 82.78 85.60 82.34 82.94 87.50 84.30 #76.02 72.25 72.48 69.08 64.58 64.52 72.40 78.48 80.08 82.29 86.05 90.06 #83.00 OECD (3) 68.78 69.94 67.89 70.76 72.29 73.43 67.88 62.47 60.76 57.78 55.76 63.97 72.44 78.88 78.98 85.10 87.21 89.99 86.45 86.90 91.53 88.05 #81.00 77.15 77.76 73.95 69.18 69.36 78.17 84.88 86.57 88.82 93.03 97.26 89.54 Europe (3) 78.71 75.05 77.24 86.78 93.99 97.29 78.62 70.71 66.49 60.28 59.76 79.29 95.51 100.77 95.81 111.41 110.17 117.44 107.04 109.94 122.53 118.91 #104.36 103.43 99.95 88.18 84.77 88.82 104.10 114.76 113.82 116.17 123.82 131.71 122.50 Euro Area 80.66 77.02 80.53 89.94 97.07 98.95 78.36 70.86 67.26 60.89 60.31 81.43 98.48 102.70 97.70 114.13 112.13 120.33 111.84 114.44 128.45 123.75 108.25 106.31 101.35 88.56 85.45 89.73 106.95 116.90 115.70 118.17 125.54 136.36 129.44 Eastern Europe -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14.54 15.10 14.45 13.45 14.49 15.99 17.95 19.93 21.64 23.11 27.23 32.67 27.39 East Asia ex-Japan (4) 8.24 8.71 9.48 10.62 12.03 12.26 12.55 12.39 12.61 13.17 13.13 13.14 15.11 18.58 23.04 25.30 28.21 31.36 32.46 35.21 39.42 41.16 #37.07 30.31 32.99 34.24 31.37 31.28 31.90 33.32 35.90 39.73 40.13 37.10 32.61 '--' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. (1) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf (2) 1975-1996 data exclude Brazil, Czech Republic, Hungary, Philippines, and Poland; 2009 data exclude Sri Lanka. (3) 1975-1996 data exclude Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. (4) 1975-1996 data exclude Philippines. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2011