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Table 19 a & b. Japan, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing

Table 19a. Japan, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollars, 2008-2012
Industry	ISIC Rev.4 Code	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)	C	27.48	30.03	31.75	35.71	35.34
Food products, beverages and tobacco	10-12	18.63	20.60	22.28	24.86	25.37
Food and beverages	10-11	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Food products	10	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Beverages	11	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Tobacco products	12	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather	13-15	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Textiles and wearing apparel	13-14	NA	NA	21.48	23.71	23.67
Textiles	13	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Wearing apparel	14	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Leather and related products	15	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Wood and paper products and printing	16-18	23.18	24.99	26.57	29.41	29.64
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	19.15	21.08	23.04	24.96	26.97
Paper and paper products	17	25.43	27.40	29.36	32.09	31.24
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	23.09	24.74	25.96	29.17	29.40
Coke and refined petroleum products	19	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Chemicals and pharmaceutical products	20-21	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals	20	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Pharmaceutical products	21	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products	22-23	24.43	26.97	29.36	33.14	32.35
Rubber and plastics products	22	23.64	26.18	28.84	32.49	31.17
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	25.86	28.38	30.17	34.19	34.57
Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	24-25	28.04	30.75	31.27	35.23	34.58
Basic metals	24	34.70	37.14	37.14	42.16	40.98
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	23.97	26.73	27.48	30.80	30.42
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Electrical equipment	27	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Motor vehicles and other transport equipment	29-30	32.82	35.66	37.21	42.37	41.65
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Other transport equipment	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Furniture	31	21.07	23.86	23.96	27.43	27.75
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. For Japan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the Japanese Standard Industrial Classification (JSIC). Industry measures only approximately correspond to ISIC Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 19b. Japan, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, National currency, 2008-2012
Industry	ISIC Rev.4 Code	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)	C	2,840.73	2,812.92	2,787.43	2,846.02	2,820.54
Food products, beverages and tobacco	10-12	1,926.59	1,929.87	1,955.52	1,980.87	2,025.36
Food and beverages	10-11	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Food products	10	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Beverages	11	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Tobacco products	12	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather	13-15	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Textiles and wearing apparel	13-14	NA	NA	1,885.69	1,889.43	1,889.40
Textiles	13	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Wearing apparel	14	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Leather and related products	15	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Wood and paper products and printing	16-18	2,397.07	2,341.11	2,332.16	2,343.62	2,366.03
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	1,979.77	1,974.90	2,022.77	1,988.92	2,152.48
Paper and paper products	17	2,628.90	2,566.96	2,577.55	2,557.07	2,493.25
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	2,387.65	2,317.87	2,278.81	2,324.39	2,346.70
Coke and refined petroleum products	19	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Chemicals and pharmaceutical products	20-21	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals	20	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Pharmaceutical products	21	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products	22-23	2,526.03	2,526.87	2,577.24	2,640.97	2,582.05
Rubber and plastics products	22	2,443.86	2,452.62	2,531.90	2,589.07	2,487.54
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	2,673.36	2,659.16	2,648.12	2,725.07	2,759.01
Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	24-25	2,898.81	2,880.45	2,744.75	2,807.50	2,759.72
Basic metals	24	3,587.55	3,479.27	3,259.88	3,360.05	3,270.81
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	2,478.56	2,504.10	2,412.02	2,454.97	2,428.37
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Electrical equipment	27	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Motor vehicles and other transport equipment	29-30	3,392.92	3,340.60	3,266.05	3,376.59	3,324.43
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Other transport equipment	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Furniture	31	2,178.60	2,235.11	2,103.25	2,185.85	2,215.06
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. For Japan, data relate to manufacturing as defined by the Japanese Standard Industrial Classification (JSIC). Industry measures only approximately correspond to ISIC Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013