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Table 20 a & b. Republic of Korea, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing

Table 20a. Republic of Korea, 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	16.85	15.06	17.89	19.25	20.72
Food products, beverages and tobacco	10-12	14.06	12.52	14.80	15.01	15.58
Food and beverages	10-11	13.78	12.29	14.57	14.80	15.39
Food products	10	13.35	11.89	14.04	14.37	14.95
Beverages	11	18.64	17.11	21.42	20.29	21.51
Tobacco products	12	41.54	37.64	38.55	36.94	31.79
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather	13-15	11.35	10.68	12.26	13.78	14.54
Textiles and wearing apparel	13-14	11.18	10.61	12.18	13.79	14.60
Textiles	13	10.70	10.36	11.79	12.71	13.41
Wearing apparel	14	11.73	10.90	12.66	15.10	15.95
Leather and related products	15	12.96	11.34	12.96	13.70	14.06
Wood and paper products and printing	16-18	12.60	11.55	13.07	15.41	16.41
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	12.30	11.38	12.37	14.60	15.86
Paper and paper products	17	13.49	12.78	14.49	16.98	18.08
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	11.65	10.11	11.58	13.71	14.36
Coke and refined petroleum products	19	44.67	31.55	46.53	60.70	63.56
Chemicals and pharmaceutical products	20-21	20.97	18.27	21.07	23.08	24.10
Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals	20	21.02	18.15	20.66	23.14	24.25
Pharmaceutical products	21	20.72	18.71	22.63	22.82	23.47
Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products	22-23	14.64	12.99	14.74	15.44	16.31
Rubber and plastics products	22	13.54	12.02	13.75	14.19	15.08
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	17.08	15.18	16.95	18.38	19.22
Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	24-25	16.10	14.34	16.84	18.57	19.87
Basic metals	24	19.83	16.89	20.90	23.26	26.94
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	14.50	13.23	15.01	16.36	16.64
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	17.69	16.29	19.63	21.47	24.30
Electrical equipment	27	14.90	13.39	15.93	17.67	18.49
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	16.26	14.21	15.92	17.16	18.24
Motor vehicles and other transport equipment	29-30	21.99	19.02	23.53	24.50	25.74
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	20.83	18.79	23.67	23.26	25.87
Other transport equipment	30	24.04	19.38	23.25	26.93	25.50
Furniture	31	12.94	12.02	13.96	15.52	18.73
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (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 20b. Republic of Korea, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, National currency, 2008- 2012
Industry	ISIC Rev.4 Code	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)	C	18,509.06	19,192.54	20,674.30	21,305.97	23,329.16
Food products, beverages and tobacco	10-12	15,442.74	15,964.44	17,100.07	16,617.45	17,540.09
Food and beverages	10-11	15,140.98	15,659.28	16,837.16	16,385.38	17,328.25
Food products	10	14,670.43	15,160.59	16,227.44	15,907.82	16,840.38
Beverages	11	20,476.04	21,810.18	24,752.68	22,456.50	24,228.70
Tobacco products	12	45,638.96	47,971.04	44,551.99	40,893.42	35,795.99
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather	13-15	12,473.84	13,617.52	14,170.49	15,257.55	16,374.98
Textiles and wearing apparel	13-14	12,280.96	13,526.84	14,080.86	15,268.62	16,436.35
Textiles	13	11,756.88	13,207.38	13,621.03	14,069.48	15,097.40
Wearing apparel	14	12,892.21	13,897.54	14,626.24	16,711.50	17,967.25
Leather and related products	15	14,241.26	14,455.62	14,976.47	15,166.86	15,833.01
Wood and paper products and printing	16-18	13,846.27	14,721.93	15,101.68	17,061.05	18,475.72
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	13,511.84	14,502.27	14,299.55	16,156.49	17,859.16
Paper and paper products	17	14,819.00	16,287.98	16,744.75	18,792.05	20,355.59
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	12,804.65	12,891.56	13,386.03	15,177.40	16,173.29
Coke and refined petroleum products	19	49,084.15	40,211.18	53,773.90	67,187.27	71,575.11
Chemicals and pharmaceutical products	20-21	23,041.17	23,292.19	24,345.68	25,545.32	27,145.32
Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals	20	23,092.99	23,129.36	23,874.78	25,609.64	27,307.16
Pharmaceutical products	21	22,761.99	23,846.61	26,155.61	25,256.35	26,430.82
Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products	22-23	16,086.50	16,562.28	17,031.76	17,088.61	18,366.62
Rubber and plastics products	22	14,876.87	15,325.48	15,891.24	15,708.35	16,982.48
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	18,760.47	19,342.74	19,590.16	20,344.39	21,646.90
Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	24-25	17,688.56	18,275.75	19,458.44	20,554.02	22,377.10
Basic metals	24	21,790.45	21,525.96	24,149.54	25,750.33	30,335.74
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	15,935.96	16,857.59	17,343.19	18,110.44	18,739.50
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	19,434.88	20,767.21	22,691.36	23,761.31	27,370.93
Electrical equipment	27	16,368.11	17,063.79	18,411.07	19,558.33	20,819.09
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	17,865.02	18,106.90	18,399.15	18,996.42	20,542.56
Motor vehicles and other transport equipment	29-30	24,162.68	24,237.75	27,200.15	27,124.08	28,991.29
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	22,887.47	23,945.75	27,351.57	25,743.40	29,133.78
Other transport equipment	30	26,414.06	24,706.84	26,866.34	29,810.11	28,714.86
Furniture	31	14,222.66	15,320.03	16,130.64	17,182.48	21,089.83
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (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