An official website of the United States government

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Table 34 a & b. United Kingdom, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing

Table 34a. United Kingdom, 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	34.20	29.47	29.11	30.77	31.23
Food products, beverages and tobacco	10-12	30.62	26.14	25.52	26.01	26.96
Food and beverages	10-11	30.36	25.89	25.27	25.76	26.67
Food products	10	28.58	24.77	24.21	24.61	25.40
Beverages	11	44.00	36.20	35.11	36.71	37.57
Tobacco products	12	52.56	47.11	46.60	46.97	49.70
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather	13-15	25.77	22.74	21.87	24.22	24.18
Textiles and wearing apparel	13-14	25.73	22.23	21.62	24.06	24.01
Textiles	13	26.13	22.91	22.51	24.65	24.83
Wearing apparel	14	24.74	20.61	19.41	22.60	22.05
Leather and related products	15	26.08	26.79	23.96	25.52	25.34
Wood and paper products and printing	16-18	31.78	27.67	26.70	28.43	27.67
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	25.98	23.99	22.26	23.21	22.74
Paper and paper products	17	34.63	30.18	30.07	32.15	31.47
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	33.31	28.14	27.01	29.03	28.19
Coke and refined petroleum products	19	64.06	55.46	49.06	51.19	48.38
Chemicals and pharmaceutical products	20-21	39.56	34.15	35.52	37.87	38.87
Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals	20	36.53	32.01	33.49	36.89	36.38
Pharmaceutical products	21	45.32	37.72	39.52	39.86	42.52
Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products	22-23	30.25	26.81	26.77	27.94	27.78
Rubber and plastics products	22	29.50	26.41	25.99	27.26	26.53
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	31.48	27.40	27.90	29.07	30.21
Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	24-25	31.34	27.24	27.64	28.97	28.26
Basic metals	24	35.93	30.68	32.50	32.10	33.49
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	29.72	26.21	26.04	28.10	26.56
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	45.08	33.99	34.38	37.83	37.83
Electrical equipment	27	32.36	27.43	27.54	29.05	28.77
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	35.16	30.10	29.26	32.48	33.23
Motor vehicles and other transport equipment	29-30	39.41	34.78	34.78	36.99	38.28
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	37.33	32.86	32.71	34.87	35.00
Other transport equipment	30	42.10	36.26	36.68	38.86	41.37
Furniture	31	26.76	23.19	23.99	24.76	24.75
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 34b. United Kingdom, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, National currency, 2008-2012
Industry	ISIC Rev.4 Code	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)	C	18.44	18.82	18.84	19.18	19.70
Food products, beverages and tobacco	10-12	16.51	16.69	16.51	16.21	17.00
Food and beverages	10-11	16.37	16.53	16.36	16.06	16.82
Food products	10	15.41	15.82	15.67	15.34	16.02
Beverages	11	23.72	23.11	22.72	22.88	23.70
Tobacco products	12	28.34	30.08	30.16	29.28	31.35
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather	13-15	13.90	14.52	14.15	15.10	15.25
Textiles and wearing apparel	13-14	13.87	14.19	13.99	15.00	15.15
Textiles	13	14.09	14.63	14.57	15.37	15.67
Wearing apparel	14	13.34	13.16	12.56	14.09	13.91
Leather and related products	15	14.06	17.11	15.51	15.91	15.98
Wood and paper products and printing	16-18	17.14	17.67	17.28	17.72	17.46
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	14.01	15.32	14.40	14.47	14.34
Paper and paper products	17	18.67	19.27	19.46	20.04	19.85
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	17.96	17.97	17.48	18.09	17.78
Coke and refined petroleum products	19	34.54	35.41	31.75	31.91	30.52
Chemicals and pharmaceutical products	20-21	21.33	21.81	22.99	23.61	24.52
Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals	20	19.70	20.44	21.68	22.99	22.95
Pharmaceutical products	21	24.44	24.08	25.58	24.84	26.82
Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products	22-23	16.31	17.12	17.32	17.41	17.52
Rubber and plastics products	22	15.90	16.86	16.82	16.99	16.74
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	16.98	17.49	18.05	18.12	19.06
Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	24-25	16.90	17.39	17.89	18.06	17.83
Basic metals	24	19.38	19.59	21.03	20.01	21.12
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	16.03	16.73	16.85	17.52	16.76
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	24.31	21.70	22.25	23.58	23.86
Electrical equipment	27	17.45	17.51	17.83	18.11	18.15
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	18.96	19.22	18.94	20.25	20.96
Motor vehicles and other transport equipment	29-30	21.25	22.21	22.51	23.06	24.15
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	20.13	20.98	21.17	21.73	22.08
Other transport equipment	30	22.70	23.15	23.74	24.22	26.09
Furniture	31	14.43	14.81	15.52	15.43	15.61
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