Table 6.2 Production Workers: Hourly pay for time worked 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 76.09 75.59 74.90 74.59 74.25 73.93 73.69 72.83 73.16 73.45 73.67 73.50 73.16 73.52 73.40 72.47 71.43 71.19 71.17 71.46 71.56 71.57 71.93 72.34 72.97 72.59 71.64 71.38 70.62 70.43 70.16 70.21 68.69 69.24 69.60 Australia 78.40 77.79 77.20 77.20 77.20 77.20 76.61 76.61 76.61 76.61 76.03 75.46 75.23 75.21 75.47 75.44 75.00 74.71 74.53 74.34 73.73 73.18 72.68 72.51 72.18 72.28 71.64 70.91 70.40 70.05 70.19 70.24 70.17 69.95 69.95 Austria 55.50 55.44 55.19 54.58 54.59 53.77 53.55 53.09 52.69 52.26 51.70 51.87 51.76 51.70 51.81 51.55 52.09 52.38 52.08 51.87 52.01 51.98 52.08 52.16 52.29 52.37 53.13 53.27 53.43 53.60 53.60 53.58 53.58 53.53 53.53 Belgium 62.08 61.04 60.04 59.06 58.81 58.57 58.32 57.78 57.26 56.73 55.74 54.79 53.86 52.97 53.00 53.04 53.07 53.05 52.21 51.58 50.94 50.45 50.43 50.40 50.48 49.39 50.52 50.47 50.52 50.48 50.51 50.52 50.58 50.58 50.61 Brazil -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 52.23 52.56 52.22 53.19 53.39 53.23 53.42 53.08 53.74 53.16 53.48 53.65 53.43 53.43 Canada 78.08 78.08 78.08 78.08 77.97 78.11 77.18 76.74 76.39 76.13 76.27 76.20 76.08 76.06 76.17 74.95 73.76 72.85 72.34 72.36 72.07 72.43 72.63 73.11 73.20 73.39 72.66 71.47 70.72 70.15 69.90 69.24 69.56 69.23 69.23 Czech Republic -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 59.11 60.12 60.28 60.46 60.32 60.30 60.22 59.94 58.95 59.43 59.37 59.37 60.29 60.34 60.12 60.50 59.25 Denmark 85.10 84.98 84.86 84.74 84.13 83.52 82.92 82.40 81.90 81.40 82.26 83.15 84.05 84.97 84.35 83.74 83.13 82.53 81.68 80.27 79.03 77.71 77.15 76.65 74.34 74.10 72.99 72.44 72.19 72.39 71.62 71.67 71.29 71.09 71.69 Finland 71.64 69.85 67.92 67.67 67.34 67.18 66.85 66.39 66.95 66.53 66.24 65.31 64.36 63.05 62.67 61.76 61.50 61.09 58.93 58.67 60.33 61.20 61.55 63.67 62.07 62.30 61.27 60.18 59.36 58.39 58.40 58.25 58.31 58.47 58.47 France 59.93 59.52 59.37 58.98 58.68 58.46 58.25 57.18 55.85 55.29 55.28 54.96 54.66 53.94 53.67 53.71 53.37 52.87 53.40 53.93 54.47 55.03 54.93 54.84 54.74 54.65 54.92 55.19 55.46 55.74 55.08 55.16 55.27 55.30 56.33 Germany 63.19 61.97 62.00 61.43 60.51 59.84 59.23 58.97 58.54 58.32 58.23 58.13 58.01 57.83 57.89 56.94 56.86 57.30 57.30 57.30 57.30 57.30 57.48 58.30 59.01 58.14 57.68 57.37 57.29 58.03 58.48 57.39 58.05 58.16 57.82 Hong Kong SAR -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Hungary -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 52.10 52.10 52.10 52.25 52.40 52.56 52.72 53.06 53.41 53.77 54.13 54.34 55.12 55.03 55.02 55.81 Ireland 76.87 75.83 76.30 76.45 76.04 74.86 73.77 72.51 72.16 71.09 70.96 70.95 71.12 71.11 71.42 71.84 72.07 72.38 72.37 72.36 72.35 72.41 72.14 71.82 71.51 71.20 71.32 72.07 72.32 72.45 72.45 72.45 70.99 70.99 70.99 Israel 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 75.84 76.05 75.84 75.71 76.84 76.80 76.13 75.60 75.90 76.33 76.47 77.30 78.20 76.76 76.24 Italy 49.34 49.07 50.47 51.51 51.97 53.69 53.95 53.37 53.11 53.43 52.60 51.92 51.65 51.22 49.93 49.81 50.14 51.19 51.10 51.02 51.29 51.51 51.59 53.00 52.87 52.59 52.98 53.55 53.89 54.24 54.24 54.62 54.62 54.62 54.62 Japan 59.46 59.53 59.28 58.84 58.75 59.03 58.31 58.46 58.95 59.14 59.11 59.01 59.20 58.93 58.10 57.85 57.56 57.41 57.74 58.13 57.85 57.77 57.47 57.66 58.26 58.03 58.07 58.86 58.63 58.40 58.08 58.09 58.06 57.96 58.92 Korea, Republic of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Luxembourg 68.17 68.92 70.26 71.79 71.34 70.59 69.99 69.95 70.29 70.37 69.75 69.15 68.91 68.32 68.64 69.00 69.42 69.70 68.62 67.57 67.51 66.50 66.58 66.65 66.72 66.80 66.92 67.04 67.17 67.29 67.29 67.29 67.29 67.29 67.29 Mexico -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Netherlands 59.07 59.49 59.42 57.84 57.21 57.67 58.51 59.45 59.24 58.51 57.41 56.98 56.79 56.98 57.47 57.50 57.64 57.90 57.74 57.59 57.44 57.29 57.88 58.48 59.09 59.71 59.02 58.84 58.16 58.20 58.20 58.23 58.23 57.68 57.68 New Zealand 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.06 83.03 83.10 83.18 83.25 83.32 83.40 83.47 83.54 83.62 83.69 83.86 83.94 84.27 84.30 83.99 83.15 83.20 83.26 Norway -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Philippines -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 74.49 74.49 74.49 74.49 74.50 74.50 74.50 74.50 74.11 73.99 73.87 73.76 74.10 74.02 74.36 74.69 74.98 74.98 74.98 Poland -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 45.74 46.50 57.89 58.78 58.93 59.07 59.22 59.37 59.70 60.04 60.38 60.72 60.72 Portugal 63.56 63.61 62.57 62.47 62.09 61.61 61.57 61.01 60.32 59.83 59.52 59.56 59.65 59.47 60.00 60.19 60.39 60.59 60.51 60.43 60.71 60.64 60.35 60.07 59.79 59.52 60.19 60.87 61.57 62.29 62.29 62.29 62.29 62.29 62.29 Singapore 72.73 71.68 68.68 68.52 66.32 64.04 63.11 62.43 61.88 60.89 61.07 68.57 71.72 69.90 67.06 65.84 64.55 64.21 63.69 62.99 61.97 61.71 62.21 63.97 68.08 67.52 66.97 66.95 66.94 67.48 68.04 67.29 66.55 66.55 66.55 Spain 45.71 45.71 47.49 48.16 48.84 48.73 48.58 48.76 48.95 49.20 49.46 49.46 49.46 49.48 50.32 51.17 52.04 53.00 52.56 52.67 53.10 53.21 53.93 54.55 55.18 55.89 55.66 55.38 55.03 54.66 54.62 54.53 54.32 54.70 54.03 Sri Lanka 71.43 71.43 71.43 71.43 71.43 71.43 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 67.57 -- Sweden 69.63 67.85 65.54 64.87 62.72 62.49 61.72 62.45 61.57 60.49 60.02 59.73 59.45 59.56 59.28 59.70 58.21 56.96 61.46 61.10 59.79 60.36 60.27 60.34 60.04 59.82 59.70 59.42 58.72 58.49 58.74 60.83 58.74 59.16 59.79 Switzerland 68.75 68.43 68.18 67.95 67.78 67.56 67.28 67.11 66.87 66.51 66.11 65.88 65.78 65.97 66.02 66.02 65.81 65.72 65.72 65.72 65.38 65.38 65.38 65.21 65.21 65.56 65.56 65.56 65.97 66.34 65.44 64.61 64.53 64.45 64.92 Taiwan -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- United Kingdom 78.87 77.62 75.79 74.82 73.37 72.12 71.79 72.18 72.38 73.12 73.76 73.26 73.52 73.64 74.16 74.17 73.32 73.45 72.94 72.20 72.45 71.71 71.81 71.55 67.57 67.32 68.37 70.98 72.10 68.68 68.68 68.68 68.68 68.68 68.68 '--' means data not available. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2011