Table 13. Real hourly compensation in manufacturing, CPI basis, 14 countries or areas, 1950-2002
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Table 13. Real hourly compensation in manufacturing, CPI basis, 14 countries or areas, 1950-2002
(Indexes: 1992=100)
United Former West Nether- United
Year States Canada Japan Korea Taiwan Belgium Denmark France Germany**Germany**Italy lands Norway Sweden Kingdom
1950 46.6 37.0 NA NA NA NA 23.9 20.1 NA 11.7 19.1 16.6 26.3 25.3 25.6
1955 56.4 46.5 18.2 NA NA NA 26.6 27.1 NA 15.9 22.3 20.5 29.5 30.5 28.0
1960 65.0 54.6 23.1 NA NA 24.5 32.3 30.6 NA 23.6 26.8 25.5 36.4 35.4 32.8
1961 66.3 55.5 25.6 NA NA 25.7 34.8 32.7 NA 25.8 29.0 28.8 38.7 37.9 33.9
1962 68.1 56.9 27.3 NA NA 27.2 35.5 34.6 NA 28.4 32.7 30.0 40.4 40.4 34.2
1963 69.3 58.3 28.4 NA NA 29.4 36.6 36.0 NA 29.4 36.1 32.0 42.0 43.4 35.0
1964 71.2 59.6 30.7 NA NA 31.9 38.2 37.8 NA 31.1 36.3 35.1 42.5 45.7 36.2
1965 71.6 61.7 32.1 NA NA 34.0 39.8 40.0 NA 33.0 37.2 37.8 45.0 48.1 37.8
1966 72.8 63.8 33.7 NA NA 36.0 42.4 41.2 NA 34.7 38.7 40.0 47.6 49.5 39.3
1967 74.4 64.9 36.3 NA NA 38.3 44.2 43.2 NA 36.1 41.2 42.9 51.0 52.6 40.3
1968 76.9 66.6 40.1 NA NA 39.8 45.0 47.1 NA 38.3 43.3 46.0 54.3 56.0 41.4
1969 78.2 68.9 45.2 NA NA 42.0 49.0 48.3 NA 41.0 46.3 48.6 58.1 58.9 42.6
1970 79.2 71.5 49.9 NA NA 46.1 52.4 51.7 NA 46.7 53.7 53.8 58.3 61.8 46.1
1971 80.5 73.9 54.3 NA NA 51.0 57.4 55.0 NA 49.8 59.1 57.0 62.9 64.1 47.9
1972 82.0 75.7 59.6 NA NA 57.2 60.2 57.2 NA 52.3 61.5 60.7 65.8 67.5 51.6
1973 83.1 76.6 65.3 NA 32.7 63.5 67.4 61.0 NA 55.4 65.7 66.7 69.0 69.8 53.8
1974 83.1 80.2 69.4 NA 32.5 69.3 71.3 63.7 NA 58.9 71.7 72.4 74.0 74.8 55.7
1975 85.4 83.2 72.4 NA 33.0 74.3 78.1 69.5 NA 61.2 75.7 74.9 79.1 83.6 59.8
1976 87.5 88.8 71.3 NA 36.0 78.8 80.7 72.6 NA 63.1 80.9 76.8 83.9 88.4 59.5
1977 89.3 91.2 72.7 NA 36.8 79.4 81.1 75.4 NA 66.7 82.7 78.6 86.3 86.1 57.9
1978 90.3 89.9 74.4 NA 39.2 81.5 81.8 77.8 NA 69.9 83.9 81.4 87.4 88.9 62.1
1979 90.6 90.6 76.3 NA 42.2 82.9 84.2 79.5 NA 72.2 88.5 83.5 87.6 89.9 64.9
1980 91.4 91.6 75.3 NA 43.3 86.5 83.4 80.6 NA 74.6 85.3 82.2 86.0 87.7 66.7
1981 91.9 92.0 76.8 NA 47.8 87.7 83.0 82.6 NA 74.6 86.1 80.6 84.1 86.3 69.8
1982 95.1 94.1 78.5 NA 50.7 84.4 82.7 87.3 NA 75.0 86.2 80.6 84.1 85.1 70.5
1983 93.9 95.2 79.1 NA 52.1 86.0 83.8 88.0 NA 76.0 86.6 82.6 85.1 84.5 72.6
1984 93.4 96.4 79.7 NA 55.6 87.8 84.4 88.9 NA 77.6 89.6 83.4 87.7 85.2 74.9
1985 95.3 96.6 81.3 50.1 59.8 88.3 87.1 90.7 NA 80.7 93.0 86.0 90.8 87.4 77.5
1986 97.8 94.1 84.9 51.8 66.7 89.6 86.9 91.9 NA 84.0 91.7 89.0 92.4 90.4 81.6
1987 97.3 92.3 86.8 57.5 72.6 90.9 92.2 92.3 NA 87.7 92.2 94.2 96.4 92.4 87.4
1988 97.7 92.1 87.6 66.7 77.2 91.4 93.2 93.0 NA 90.3 94.4 94.0 96.0 94.1 89.1
1989 96.6 93.4 91.0 72.7 83.8 94.0 94.1 94.3 NA 92.3 96.3 94.7 96.1 98.3 88.7
1990 96.4 94.7 95.1 79.6 92.3 95.2 96.9 96.3 NA 96.6 98.0 95.6 97.7 97.6 91.0
1991 98.0 96.3 98.0 91.5 97.7 99.7 98.0 99.0 96.2 99.0 99.1 97.9 99.8 97.3 97.3
1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1993 100.3 100.2 101.4 108.7 102.9 102.0 101.7 100.5 101.9 102.1 101.2 101.8 99.2 95.3 103.3
1994 101.0 101.6 102.7 116.4 103.7 100.9 NA 102.1 104.3 104.8 98.3 103.4 100.6 95.6 103.8
1995 100.7 101.7 106.3 136.0 108.3 102.3 NA 104.2 107.8 108.6 97.4 104.2 102.7 97.8 101.7
1996 99.4 101.1 107.0 150.8 111.9 101.9 NA 104.1 111.4 112.7 100.1 104.3 105.6 104.4 101.0
1997 99.2 101.6 108.4 155.2 114.5 104.0 NA 102.7 111.5 113.3 101.4 104.6 107.5 108.4 101.7
1998 103.0 101.4 110.5 156.8 119.3 104.6 NA 102.6 112.1 113.3 98.8 106.8 111.3 111.7 104.2
1999 104.9 101.3 110.3 152.8 122.3 104.7 NA 105.5 114.0 NA 98.8 107.9 115.2 112.1 108.6
2000 109.0 99.9 109.9 156.5 122.7 103.9 NA 107.7 118.1 NA 99.1 110.2 118.0 119.1 111.9
2001 108.6 100.8 111.5 160.9 125.4 106.7 NA 111.3 119.3 NA 99.9 111.0 120.8 120.4 115.0
2002 112.3 103.3 110.7 177.0 125.6 111.8 NA 112.6 120.4 NA 99.9 112.6 126.5 122.2 116.8
NA: Not Available
Note: The data relate to employees (wage and salary earners) in Belgium, Denmark, Italy, and Taiwan
and to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers) in the other countries.
** See note on Germany in box on page 4.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2003.
Last Modified Date: September 09, 2003
United States Department of Labor
