-17- Table 4. Production Workers: Hourly compensation costs in national currency in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas, 1975-2007 Country or Area 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Americas United States............. 6.24 6.79 7.47 8.18 8.92 9.75 10.75 11.57 11.99 12.42 12.87 13.16 13.46 13.78 14.22 15.00 Brazil.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Canada.................... 6.51 7.41 8.21 8.80 9.59 10.54 11.94 13.43 14.31 15.03 15.56 16.02 16.60 17.25 18.14 19.39 Mexico.................... 17.90 23.08 29.54 36.07 42.41 49.47 67.49 108.4 165.8 255.5 398.6 650.3 1401 2764 3422 4330 Asia and Oceania Australia................. 4.40 5.22 5.81 6.26 6.84 7.60 8.73 10.05 10.56 11.44 12.00 13.09 13.94 14.99 16.22 17.23 Hong Kong SAR............. 3.73 4.28 4.82 5.53 6.55 7.47 8.62 10.01 10.94 12.34 13.45 14.67 16.35 18.82 21.89 25.05 Israel.................... 1.27 1.67 2.48 3.96 7.41 17.14 42.10 94.85 241.6 1204 #4.23 6.83 8.92 10.81 12.99 15.23 Japan..................... 875.6 947.8 1044 1119 1161 1226 1318 1374 1409 1456 1488 1528 1535 1593 1702 1815 Korea, Republic of........ 151.5 196.4 262.6 356.9 471.4 563.1 668.1 767.9 862.9 940.4 1041 1118 1270 1562 2061 2544 New Zealand............... 2.70 3.09 3.55 4.07 4.70 5.59 6.69 7.65 7.93 8.19 9.15 10.66 11.58 12.66 13.35 14.22 Philippines............... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Singapore................. 2.00 2.13 2.33 2.49 2.84 3.32 3.95 4.37 4.86 5.45 5.66 4.90 4.88 5.56 6.20 6.91 Sri Lanka................. 1.97 2.04 2.88 4.13 3.54 3.58 3.97 4.99 5.82 6.48 7.58 8.13 8.82 9.81 11.11 14.05 Taiwan.................... 14.81 17.55 20.52 24.25 29.53 37.65 45.80 49.83 53.12 58.00 60.22 65.61 71.99 80.04 92.39 105.3 Europe Austria................... 79.78 87.21 95.35 102.0 108.2 116.7 125.7 134.9 142.6 149.6 159.4 166.6 175.8 182.4 190.7 204.4 Belgium................... 211.5 240.5 268.6 289.2 310.4 342.8 380.6 409.0 435.8 461.1 487.0 502.4 521.7 541.3 566.4 596.4 Czech Republic............ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Denmark................... 35.71 39.74 43.20 49.13 55.49 60.98 66.45 73.79 78.46 82.58 85.10 88.63 96.47 101.7 105.9 113.2 Finland................... 18.66 21.74 24.00 25.70 28.59 32.22 36.21 39.97 43.19 47.81 51.77 54.97 59.61 66.06 72.56 80.33 France.................... 24.03 27.16 30.33 33.66 37.43 42.44 48.07 55.93 63.50 68.54 72.24 75.87 78.41 81.70 85.23 88.85 Germany................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Greece.................... 54.54 70.12 84.15 104.4 124.7 158.9 202.6 274.6 332.4 421.4 505.6 569.9 624.7 731.5 882.0 1063 Hungary................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ireland................... 1.65 1.90 2.09 2.38 2.72 3.27 3.86 4.46 5.02 5.66 6.09 6.52 6.81 7.13 7.36 7.62 Italy..................... 3069 3630 4435 4985 5905 7022 8630 10138 11769 12995 14645 15678 16954 18285 19955 21472 Luxembourg................ 229.2 260.1 278.4 297.8 311.8 336.8 350.7 376.9 398.3 429.2 442.6 462.4 475.9 498.9 523.1 532.9 Netherlands............... 16.59 18.22 19.69 21.56 22.88 23.91 24.61 26.12 27.07 27.89 28.96 29.88 30.68 31.23 31.69 32.77 Norway.................... 37.55 43.63 48.46 53.02 55.34 60.80 66.99 74.32 79.67 86.64 93.91 103.1 119.1 126.6 133.4 142.0 Poland.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Portugal.................. 38.29 47.67 57.20 67.97 78.21 98.15 119.2 143.0 171.9 203.0 249.8 295.0 338.0 380.6 442.0 506.9 Spain..................... 141.7 186.7 233.7 290.4 348.1 412.1 498.9 568.1 639.4 702.2 773.7 853.5 918.9 971.3 1035 1132 Sweden.................... 29.48 35.62 39.35 43.22 48.17 52.46 58.89 62.77 67.66 75.24 82.42 87.75 95.19 102.4 112.2 122.9 Switzerland............... 15.72 16.11 16.50 17.04 17.57 18.57 19.88 21.20 21.98 22.65 23.72 24.75 25.49 26.36 27.37 28.99 United Kingdom............ 1.45 1.70 1.89 2.20 2.56 3.10 3.44 3.77 4.08 4.30 4.60 4.96 5.27 5.67 6.09 6.70 Continued on the following page. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009. -18- Table 4. Production Workers: Hourly compensation costs in national currency in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas, 1975-2007 Country or Area 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Americas United States............. 15.71 16.14 16.58 16.99 17.39 17.96 18.42 18.74 19.13 19.88 20.77 21.60 22.48 23.12 23.81 24.15 Brazil.................... .. .. .. .. .. 5.79 6.22 6.38 6.17 6.41 6.99 7.51 8.43 9.20 10.14 10.89 Canada.................... 20.65 21.63 22.30 22.66 23.06 23.67 23.74 24.06 24.36 24.92 25.67 26.87 28.00 28.97 29.56 29.80 Mexico.................... 5403 6525 #7.36 9.23 10.89 12.37 13.71 15.11 17.32 19.57 21.83 24.07 26.34 27.61 28.84 30.17 Asia and Oceania Australia................. 18.03 18.49 19.07 19.84 21.03 21.85 22.60 24.15 24.86 24.95 26.02 28.85 30.93 32.30 33.48 35.11 Hong Kong SAR............. 27.96 31.27 33.32 35.70 37.22 39.59 41.63 41.81 41.63 42.45 44.78 44.17 43.15 42.90 43.94 44.92 Israel.................... 17.69 19.58 21.84 24.22 27.80 31.63 36.46 40.55 42.95 45.49 50.06 51.08 51.97 53.09 54.44 55.49 Japan..................... 1946 2041 2092 2123 2193 2210 2274 2309 2309 2338 2338 2306 2324 2342 2347 2326 Korea, Republic of........ 3286 3955 4452 4950 5508 6466 7330 7782 8594 9138 9717 10699 11259 12030 12780 13818 New Zealand............... 14.73 14.97 14.88 15.32 15.77 16.45 17.08 17.50 17.83 18.34 18.97 19.59 20.08 20.54 21.24 22.28 Philippines............... 18.63 20.17 20.04 23.26 24.15 26.23 28.05 29.17 30.84 32.22 35.24 37.42 39.59 43.73 47.09 50.02 Singapore................. 7.51 8.06 8.49 9.59 10.94 11.73 12.14 12.53 12.00 12.67 12.64 12.15 12.68 12.67 12.22 13.79 Sri Lanka................. 16.58 17.51 20.20 22.32 24.45 26.49 26.86 30.10 32.60 36.79 40.11 47.26 49.15 52.50 54.57 58.98 Taiwan.................... 116.0 128.7 136.3 145.9 158.7 164.3 175.3 180.7 187.0 193.6 204.7 194.8 195.9 199.4 206.3 213.3 Europe Austria................... 214.8 226.5 239.2 247.3 258.7 272.8 277.5 284.6 #21.26 21.80 22.25 22.85 23.29 23.47 24.26 24.92 Belgium................... 629.4 659.8 697.6 733.8 757.5 782.9 798.9 822.2 #20.81 21.82 22.19 23.06 23.48 24.16 24.77 25.39 Czech Republic............ .. .. .. .. 67.38 80.21 88.82 96.84 101.7 109.9 119.7 126.0 133.9 140.8 145.6 154.4 Denmark................... 118.8 123.3 126.4 132.3 139.3 145.0 151.6 157.5 168.2 173.7 183.9 192.7 200.2 200.8 209.1 217.9 Finland................... 84.54 86.52 91.21 95.78 100.9 103.6 105.0 107.0 #18.44 19.20 20.14 20.82 21.65 22.60 23.05 23.94 France.................... 92.87 97.01 97.81 98.66 100.0 101.7 104.2 106.1 #16.54 17.31 17.96 18.50 18.89 19.28 19.73 20.27 Germany................... .. .. 39.55 41.08 43.11 44.51 45.04 45.20 #23.07 24.54 25.10 25.71 26.44 26.64 26.82 27.27 Greece.................... 1252 1463 1621 1839 2093 2286 2490 2612 2625 2789 #8.84 9.63 10.39 11.67 12.19 12.70 Hungary................... .. .. .. 315.2 374.3 449.0 532.8 607.9 686.0 785.7 906.9 1017 1076 1154 1224 1325 Ireland................... 7.99 8.32 8.82 9.00 9.21 9.47 9.78 10.31 #13.88 14.80 16.33 17.40 18.15 18.99 19.69 20.44 Italy..................... 23583 24541 25540 26379 27189 27981 28963 28958 #15.33 15.74 16.32 17.16 18.03 19.02 19.54 20.04 Luxembourg................ 557.3 585.7 626.3 667.5 694.0 697.7 706.0 714.3 #18.38 18.95 19.12 19.66 20.25 21.15 21.97 22.15 Netherlands............... 33.81 35.19 36.77 37.91 38.54 38.94 40.49 42.23 #19.72 20.23 21.16 22.16 23.03 23.78 24.12 24.39 Norway.................... 148.7 152.3 152.6 157.7 164.4 171.7 178.4 191.5 200.9 207.1 218.6 229.1 236.8 249.2 253.4 267.2 Poland.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. 9.16 10.44 11.48 12.22 13.04 13.40 13.72 14.10 14.65 15.66 Portugal.................. 576.9 654.7 678.6 711.3 763.5 793.1 856.4 896.8 #4.69 5.02 5.31 5.61 5.75 5.89 5.96 6.00 Spain..................... 1245 1346 1438 1497 1554 1658 1737 1752 #10.99 11.33 11.82 12.44 13.08 13.62 14.13 14.73 Sweden.................... 133.1 142.3 136.2 143.4 154.4 162.9 171.0 178.1 182.7 189.9 197.3 205.7 213.6 221.3 227.9 234.8 Switzerland............... 31.14 32.66 33.44 34.05 34.53 34.94 35.02 35.29 35.37 35.83 36.80 37.45 37.82 38.00 38.45 38.89 United Kingdom............ 7.28 7.74 7.98 8.16 8.39 8.76 9.32 9.92 10.32 10.76 11.60 12.08 12.87 13.29 13.92 14.29 Continued on the following page. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009. -19- Table 4. Production Workers: Hourly compensation costs in national currency in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas, 1975-2007 Country or Area 2007 Americas United States............. 24.59 Brazil.................... 11.60 Canada.................... 31.03 Mexico.................... 31.90 Asia and Oceania Australia................. 35.96 Hong Kong SAR............. 45.09 Israel.................... 57.48 Japan..................... 2326 Korea, Republic of........ 14883 New Zealand............... 23.45 Philippines............... 51.59 Singapore................. 12.58 Sri Lanka................. 67.13 Taiwan.................... 216.0 Europe Austria................... 25.76 Belgium................... 25.86 Czech Republic............ 168.5 Denmark................... 230.1 Finland................... 24.93 France.................... 20.84 Germany................... 27.46 Greece.................... 13.15 Hungary................... 1465 Ireland................... 21.18 Italy..................... 20.59 Luxembourg................ 22.32 Netherlands............... 24.85 Norway.................... 284.4 Poland.................... 17.28 Portugal.................. 6.03 Spain..................... 15.30 Sweden.................... 243.4 Switzerland............... 39.46 United Kingdom............ 14.85 '..' means data not available. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.