HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 TEXTILES, APPAREL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-316) IMPORTANT NOTE: DATA IN THE FOLLOWING TABLES ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION. THE INTRODUCTION CAN BE ACCESSED AT: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/indnotesnaics.txt. General Notes: The measures for total manufacturing were published in news release USDL 06-2020, "International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, 2005," November 30, 2006. For some countries, data for total manufacturing have been revised in these tables to reflect revisions subsequent to the news release. The measures for individual manufacturing industries are less reliable than the total manufacturing data because there are more technical limitations associated with them. For more information about limitations, see the Technical Notes. The measures in these tables are shown according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for most NAICS 3-digit level industries; selected additional industry combinations are shown as well. These data as well as data on a U.S. 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis for selected years, 1975-2002, are available at https://www.bls.gov/fls. Note: Hourly compensation costs in national currency for countries that are members of the Euro area (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain) are expressed in the national currency used in each country prior to the implementation of the euro for 1992-1998, and in euros for 1999-2005. More information about national currency units and exchange rates used in these tables is on page 6. Notations: .. Data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Prepared By: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Productivity And Technology, December 14, 2007. HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: INDEX U.S. = 100 PAGE 25 TEXTILES, APPAREL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-316) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 29 27 24 14 14 11 10 10 11 14 CANADA.................. 108 99 94 91 98 94 82 78 79 71 73 80 95 100 MEXICO.................. 17 18 20 12 11 11 10 10 11 12 13 12 12 12 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 120 115 124 116 99 105 91 79 89 108 122 134 ISRAEL.................. 53 50 52 53 55 56 53 50 53 55 50 49 50 52 JAPAN (1)............... 100 112 123 134 110 99 87 100 105 87 84 86 91 87 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 41 49 51 53 47 31 36 38 36 43 46 47 57 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 46 47 46 45 40 37 38 33 34 37 34 TAIWAN.................. 43 43 43 44 42 41 34 35 36 34 32 30 31 33 AUSTRIA................. 141 136 142 159 153 132 127 119 100 96 104 121 134 133 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 194 181 155 151 144 124 120 132 152 169 168 DENMARK................. 173 164 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 141 114 123 146 142 122 112 113 100 95 104 114 135 137 FRANCE.................. 134 124 125 133 127 111 106 100 87 84 91 107 118 118 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 142 133 119 114 122 140 151 147 HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. 18 17 17 16 15 17 21 23 26 28 IRELAND................. 99 87 89 92 92 88 83 82 74 79 86 100 110 112 ITALY................... 161 126 123 117 122 108 106 103 89 87 95 117 134 134 NETHERLANDS............. 165 162 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 18 18 16 15 16 17 17 18 20 SPAIN................... 100 83 78 82 84 74 70 66 57 57 62 74 84 85 SWEDEN.................. 213 150 155 166 183 164 157 150 135 119 131 154 173 171 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 98 85 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 26 TEXTILES, APPAREL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-316) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 9.89 10.10 10.37 10.90 11.25 11.66 12.23 12.62 13.25 13.69 13.90 14.64 14.94 15.43 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 3.23 3.18 2.95 1.80 1.86 1.55 1.35 1.45 1.61 2.14 CANADA.................. 10.68 9.97 9.72 9.92 11.06 10.96 9.98 9.90 10.42 9.73 10.14 11.76 14.23 15.46 MEXICO.................. 1.72 1.86 2.12 1.29 1.20 1.25 1.16 1.26 1.43 1.63 1.75 1.74 1.76 1.90 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 12.41 12.56 13.96 13.49 12.13 13.30 12.05 10.86 12.38 15.84 18.16 20.66 ISRAEL.................. 5.21 5.02 5.37 5.74 6.16 6.53 6.45 6.34 7.05 7.46 6.90 7.12 7.53 8.06 JAPAN (1)............... 9.91 11.35 12.75 14.63 12.35 11.49 10.68 12.63 13.88 11.92 11.64 12.61 13.56 13.48 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 4.15 5.05 5.57 5.91 5.52 3.84 4.54 5.10 4.99 6.00 6.77 7.03 8.80 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 5.02 5.33 5.39 5.49 5.07 4.97 5.22 4.58 4.91 5.51 5.27 TAIWAN.................. 4.24 4.31 4.41 4.84 4.70 4.81 4.16 4.41 4.79 4.60 4.49 4.43 4.67 5.11 AUSTRIA................. 13.95 13.76 14.74 17.33 17.25 15.41 15.54 14.96 13.20 13.20 14.42 17.69 19.94 20.46 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 21.19 20.41 18.03 18.42 18.12 16.46 16.45 18.29 22.31 25.31 25.86 DENMARK................. 17.10 16.56 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 13.91 11.48 12.80 15.89 15.97 14.26 13.69 14.24 13.19 13.06 14.50 16.73 20.17 21.09 FRANCE.................. 13.24 12.52 12.92 14.53 14.32 12.89 12.98 12.67 11.49 11.54 12.66 15.63 17.68 18.24 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17.42 16.83 15.74 15.66 16.97 20.56 22.58 22.74 HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. 1.99 2.00 2.04 2.04 1.97 2.32 2.87 3.40 3.89 4.25 IRELAND................. 9.74 8.79 9.24 10.04 10.37 10.24 10.20 10.39 9.85 10.80 11.94 14.71 16.49 17.33 ITALY................... 15.96 12.77 12.75 12.76 13.71 12.63 12.91 12.95 11.78 11.94 13.14 17.12 19.98 20.72 NETHERLANDS............. 16.35 16.32 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.04 2.17 2.08 1.99 2.25 2.31 2.48 2.71 3.13 SPAIN................... 9.88 8.36 8.05 8.97 9.44 8.59 8.51 8.33 7.49 7.74 8.56 10.81 12.51 13.09 SWEDEN.................. 21.10 15.19 16.02 18.06 20.61 19.07 19.26 18.91 17.87 16.27 18.19 22.49 25.86 26.37 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 9.72 8.57 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 27 TEXTILES, APPAREL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 313-316) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 9.89 10.10 10.37 10.90 11.25 11.66 12.23 12.62 13.25 13.69 13.90 14.64 14.94 15.43 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 3.24 3.43 3.42 3.29 3.41 3.64 3.93 4.45 4.72 5.21 CANADA.................. 12.91 12.87 13.28 13.62 15.09 15.17 14.81 14.71 15.48 15.07 15.93 16.48 18.53 18.74 MEXICO.................. 5335 #5.80 7.16 8.25 9.15 9.90 10.64 12.04 13.57 15.18 16.92 18.80 19.83 20.68 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 16.96 16.96 17.82 18.14 19.29 20.60 20.73 21.01 22.77 24.29 24.66 27.08 ISRAEL.................. 12.81 14.20 16.17 17.29 19.65 22.52 24.50 26.27 28.74 31.40 32.69 32.41 33.76 36.15 JAPAN (1)............... 1257 1261 1303 1375 1344 1391 1399 1436 1496 1449 1458 1461 1467 1485 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 3332 4061 4298 4754 5245 5372 5403 5767 6451 7494 8064 8051 9016 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 7.11 7.52 8.01 9.18 8.59 8.57 9.36 8.20 8.56 9.31 8.77 TAIWAN.................. 106.6 113.7 116.8 128.3 129.1 138.6 139.7 142.5 149.7 155.4 155.1 152.5 155.9 164.1 AUSTRIA................. 153.4 160.2 168.2 174.7 182.7 188.2 192.4 #14.04 14.30 14.75 15.26 15.62 16.04 16.44 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 624.3 632.1 645.7 668.9 #17.01 17.83 18.38 19.35 19.71 20.35 20.77 DENMARK................. 103.2 107.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 62.42 65.74 67.02 69.54 73.39 74.07 73.21 #13.36 14.29 14.58 15.34 14.78 16.22 16.94 FRANCE.................. 70.09 70.94 71.65 72.44 73.28 75.25 76.57 #11.90 12.45 12.90 13.39 13.80 14.21 14.65 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.65 #15.80 17.05 17.49 17.95 18.16 18.15 18.27 HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. 303.6 373.6 436.9 484.1 556.5 665.0 740.3 762.5 788.2 849.0 IRELAND................. 5.72 6.00 6.18 6.26 6.48 6.75 7.16 #9.76 10.67 12.07 12.63 12.99 13.26 13.92 ITALY................... 19660 20092 20544 20794 21149 21526 22424 #12.16 12.77 13.34 13.90 15.12 16.07 16.65 NETHERLANDS............. 28.76 30.31 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 6.70 7.56 8.26 8.67 9.21 9.44 9.65 9.90 10.14 SPAIN................... 1011 1066 1078 1117 1197 1259 1272 #7.82 8.11 8.65 9.05 9.55 10.06 10.51 SWEDEN.................. 123.0 118.4 123.6 128.9 138.2 145.8 153.2 156.4 163.9 168.3 176.8 181.7 190.0 197.0 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 5.50 5.71 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007