Table 6.1 Production Workers: Total hourly direct pay as a percent of total hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, 1975-2009 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 83.69 83.23 82.59 82.20 81.77 81.37 81.05 80.29 80.24 80.45 80.61 80.81 80.59 80.44 80.21 79.66 78.87 78.29 78.07 78.41 78.93 79.20 79.25 79.56 79.98 79.86 79.15 79.01 78.26 78.00 77.93 77.78 76.27 76.84 76.94 Australia 88.04 87.83 87.62 87.62 87.62 87.62 86.95 86.95 86.95 86.95 86.29 85.64 85.39 85.36 85.65 85.62 85.12 84.80 84.59 84.37 83.68 83.05 82.49 82.30 81.92 82.04 81.32 80.48 79.90 79.50 79.67 79.73 79.64 79.40 79.40 Austria 79.02 78.82 78.63 78.07 77.76 77.28 76.78 76.26 75.74 74.97 74.45 74.47 74.22 74.10 74.20 74.33 74.26 73.98 73.20 72.85 72.94 72.94 72.96 72.96 73.04 73.04 74.11 74.31 74.54 74.79 74.79 74.76 74.76 74.69 74.69 Belgium 77.11 77.56 77.99 78.41 78.42 78.43 78.45 78.04 77.64 77.24 76.11 75.02 73.96 72.94 72.68 72.42 72.16 71.83 71.12 70.70 70.24 69.98 69.96 69.91 70.03 68.51 70.07 70.01 70.08 70.02 70.06 70.07 70.15 70.16 70.20 Brazil -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 66.06 66.49 66.05 67.28 67.54 67.33 67.57 67.15 67.97 67.24 67.65 67.86 67.59 67.59 Canada 89.01 89.01 89.01 89.01 89.00 89.36 88.49 88.09 87.65 87.62 87.50 87.42 87.29 87.26 87.39 85.98 84.63 83.57 82.99 83.01 82.68 83.09 83.32 83.87 83.97 84.20 83.36 81.99 81.14 80.48 80.19 79.43 79.80 79.43 79.43 Czech Republic -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 72.31 73.54 73.73 73.96 73.79 73.76 73.67 72.93 72.89 72.69 72.64 72.45 73.39 73.27 73.27 73.41 72.68 Denmark 96.37 96.15 95.93 95.71 95.71 95.71 95.71 95.19 94.67 94.15 95.12 96.10 97.11 98.14 97.71 97.29 96.88 96.46 96.37 95.59 94.98 94.24 94.15 94.12 92.60 92.79 91.36 90.48 89.99 89.89 89.28 89.64 89.39 89.51 89.84 Finland 80.80 80.04 78.92 79.20 79.37 79.75 79.92 80.01 81.06 80.74 80.51 80.23 79.42 78.10 77.82 77.09 77.91 78.60 75.70 75.37 76.62 77.92 78.20 80.71 78.51 78.64 78.47 78.21 78.30 78.20 78.22 78.01 78.10 78.31 78.31 France 74.23 73.51 73.35 72.98 72.72 72.66 72.51 71.75 70.63 70.49 70.92 70.96 71.03 70.53 70.17 70.23 69.79 69.15 69.28 69.42 69.55 69.69 69.58 69.47 69.36 69.24 68.95 68.66 68.37 68.07 67.27 67.36 67.49 67.54 68.79 Germany 80.60 79.39 79.66 79.32 78.98 78.85 78.78 78.49 78.06 77.77 77.64 77.56 77.38 77.20 77.14 76.70 76.57 76.24 76.24 76.24 76.24 76.24 76.42 76.74 77.32 77.12 77.35 77.17 77.13 76.79 77.54 76.73 78.08 78.12 77.70 Hong Kong SAR 96.76 96.76 96.76 96.76 96.76 96.76 96.76 96.76 96.62 96.48 96.34 96.20 96.06 95.93 95.79 95.65 95.52 95.38 95.25 95.11 94.98 94.84 94.84 94.84 94.84 94.84 91.53 91.53 91.53 91.53 91.53 91.53 91.53 91.53 91.53 Hungary -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 66.06 66.06 66.06 66.89 67.74 68.62 69.52 70.08 70.66 71.25 71.84 72.12 73.16 73.04 73.03 74.08 Ireland 87.98 86.99 87.74 88.12 88.01 86.98 86.05 84.93 84.88 83.97 83.75 83.66 83.80 83.72 83.91 84.23 84.33 84.53 84.55 84.57 84.60 84.69 85.28 85.81 86.32 86.84 86.03 85.97 85.30 84.48 84.48 84.48 84.72 84.72 84.72 Israel 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.20 83.44 83.25 82.94 83.96 83.95 83.35 82.92 83.17 83.58 83.73 84.49 85.69 84.36 83.79 Italy 68.78 68.10 69.83 70.39 70.44 72.21 73.11 72.33 72.03 72.46 72.10 71.58 71.42 71.14 69.50 69.48 70.09 71.70 70.45 69.20 68.43 67.57 66.53 68.52 68.54 68.35 68.44 68.76 68.78 68.81 68.81 69.29 69.29 69.29 69.29 Japan 90.03 89.30 88.62 87.57 88.00 88.60 88.20 87.87 87.76 87.74 87.44 87.29 87.06 86.92 86.69 86.48 86.36 86.05 85.75 85.46 85.27 84.86 84.45 84.04 83.70 83.36 83.02 82.81 82.59 82.38 82.17 82.17 82.17 82.17 82.17 Korea, Republic of 90.15 90.15 90.15 90.15 90.15 90.15 90.15 90.15 90.15 90.15 90.23 90.15 89.89 90.50 88.86 87.71 85.18 83.31 82.21 83.99 83.99 82.50 76.83 73.33 70.39 72.83 73.87 75.87 78.28 80.46 82.65 82.26 82.26 82.26 82.26 Luxembourg 85.68 85.01 85.02 85.21 85.33 85.08 85.02 85.04 85.54 85.72 85.29 84.87 84.89 84.49 84.75 85.05 85.43 85.64 85.31 85.00 85.92 85.61 85.45 85.28 85.11 84.95 85.36 85.78 86.20 86.62 86.62 86.62 86.62 86.62 86.62 Mexico 73.73 73.50 73.39 73.17 73.34 72.40 71.23 70.45 68.21 70.09 70.71 70.30 71.92 71.18 69.39 69.44 69.19 68.41 68.43 68.24 67.40 68.61 69.24 69.69 70.60 70.66 70.01 70.83 71.24 71.90 72.51 72.54 72.85 73.03 72.99 Netherlands 76.90 76.44 76.41 76.17 75.92 75.95 76.07 76.58 76.48 76.77 76.64 76.24 76.26 76.24 77.01 77.46 77.41 77.57 77.25 76.92 76.60 76.28 76.90 77.54 78.18 78.84 78.11 78.06 77.36 77.59 77.59 77.64 77.64 76.90 76.90 New Zealand 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.77 95.74 95.85 95.96 96.07 96.18 96.29 96.40 96.51 96.62 96.73 96.95 97.04 96.97 97.01 97.08 97.10 97.33 97.04 Norway 82.30 82.11 82.07 81.83 80.45 80.48 80.31 79.98 80.74 80.92 80.66 80.50 80.50 80.14 80.68 80.87 81.34 81.49 83.03 83.03 82.97 82.92 82.64 83.15 83.66 84.17 83.52 82.88 82.24 81.61 81.61 81.61 81.61 81.61 81.61 Philippines -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 90.06 90.06 90.06 90.06 90.08 90.08 90.08 90.08 90.10 90.46 90.82 91.18 91.34 90.99 91.15 91.31 91.41 91.41 91.41 Poland -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 67.82 67.68 82.76 82.55 82.54 82.54 82.53 82.53 82.95 83.39 83.82 84.27 84.27 Portugal 82.68 82.74 81.39 81.26 80.76 80.14 80.08 79.35 78.46 77.82 77.42 77.48 77.59 77.36 78.06 78.33 78.60 78.87 78.71 78.55 78.86 78.70 79.11 79.52 79.93 80.33 80.21 80.08 79.96 79.82 79.82 79.82 79.82 79.82 79.82 Singapore 85.90 85.74 80.12 79.63 77.46 74.52 74.60 74.22 73.53 72.75 73.00 81.30 84.56 83.95 82.40 80.96 80.25 79.80 79.58 79.07 78.68 78.55 78.99 80.26 86.07 85.39 84.72 84.77 84.83 85.71 86.61 86.31 86.02 86.02 86.02 Spain 69.64 69.64 72.36 73.37 74.40 74.24 74.02 74.29 74.57 74.96 75.36 75.36 75.36 75.38 75.16 74.94 74.72 74.61 73.97 74.09 74.66 74.79 74.94 74.97 75.01 75.15 75.12 75.01 74.83 74.59 74.55 74.42 74.14 74.66 73.74 Sri Lanka 90.57 90.57 90.57 90.57 90.57 90.57 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 85.68 -- Sweden 76.32 74.02 71.77 72.26 72.00 71.42 71.04 70.88 69.26 69.26 69.09 69.06 68.67 68.67 68.35 68.84 67.93 67.55 71.48 71.30 69.71 70.32 70.32 70.52 70.28 70.13 70.16 70.00 69.35 69.24 69.54 72.01 69.54 70.03 70.78 Switzerland 85.89 85.71 85.54 85.47 85.40 85.43 85.47 85.54 85.62 85.29 84.97 84.85 84.72 84.96 85.02 85.02 84.75 84.64 84.64 84.64 84.21 84.21 84.21 83.99 83.99 84.43 84.43 84.43 84.52 84.56 84.51 84.52 84.53 84.55 85.17 Taiwan 92.63 92.63 92.63 92.63 92.63 92.63 92.63 92.63 92.63 92.63 92.63 92.13 92.33 92.83 92.93 92.73 92.83 91.73 92.63 91.66 89.08 89.20 86.58 86.58 86.38 85.81 86.05 86.85 87.68 87.80 87.01 86.47 85.77 85.27 85.27 United Kingdom 88.53 87.31 85.51 84.52 83.18 82.01 82.08 82.77 83.22 84.10 84.94 84.51 84.98 85.33 85.43 84.95 83.49 85.08 85.36 85.36 86.53 86.53 86.96 86.96 82.43 82.43 82.43 84.25 84.25 79.01 79.01 79.01 79.01 79.01 79.01 Trade-Weighted Measures (1) All Foreign Economies (2) 83.91 83.53 83.28 83.06 82.97 82.84 82.35 82.02 81.43 81.70 81.74 81.73 81.99 81.83 81.40 80.89 80.26 79.76 79.54 79.46 79.12 79.29 #78.84 78.98 79.03 79.12 78.75 78.69 78.59 78.33 78.44 78.23 78.45 78.34 #78.33 OECD (3) 83.34 82.94 82.82 82.59 82.55 82.48 81.97 81.62 81.00 81.32 81.35 81.14 81.34 81.16 80.74 80.23 79.57 79.09 78.82 78.78 78.53 78.71 #78.53 78.66 78.54 78.67 78.32 78.21 78.07 77.74 77.89 77.66 77.94 77.84 77.84 Europe (3) 80.26 79.46 79.40 79.23 78.87 78.68 78.65 78.46 78.20 78.19 78.20 77.96 77.91 77.77 77.65 77.51 77.19 77.42 77.36 77.19 77.25 77.18 #77.12 77.47 77.05 76.99 77.01 77.22 77.06 76.05 76.15 76.09 76.37 76.36 76.44 Euro Area 77.81 77.09 77.53 77.50 77.35 77.38 77.34 76.94 76.55 76.36 76.20 75.96 75.79 75.48 75.30 75.20 75.15 75.13 74.80 74.60 74.51 74.42 74.48 74.96 75.23 75.12 75.18 75.09 74.91 74.69 74.82 74.61 75.10 75.06 75.08 Eastern Europe -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 69.19 69.40 75.75 75.74 75.91 76.04 76.20 76.34 76.86 77.33 77.47 77.69 77.81 East Asia ex-Japan (4) 90.77 90.73 89.54 89.44 88.98 88.35 88.37 88.29 88.13 87.94 88.01 89.58 90.22 90.44 89.51 88.70 87.60 86.47 86.26 86.52 85.67 85.10 #82.87 81.90 81.96 82.56 82.51 83.45 84.54 85.48 86.22 85.90 85.66 85.52 85.52 '--' 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