HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 315) 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 16 APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 315) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. 27 26 23 14 13 11 9 9 10 13 CANADA.................. 113 103 97 93 103 99 87 83 83 74 77 85 102 105 MEXICO.................. 15 17 21 12 11 11 10 10 11 13 14 13 13 13 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 124 124 135 120 99 109 96 88 104 128 145 166 ISRAEL.................. 50 48 50 56 57 59 54 53 56 56 55 53 55 57 JAPAN (1)............... 97 107 118 129 108 96 85 101 106 87 86 91 94 92 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 39 44 49 52 46 30 38 40 36 42 46 48 60 TAIWAN.................. 43 43 44 46 43 42 36 37 39 34 36 33 35 37 AUSTRIA................. 141 138 143 158 152 129 124 117 97 97 110 124 137 135 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 191 178 149 146 139 120 115 126 146 161 158 DENMARK................. 188 178 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 149 120 133 154 150 130 119 119 105 99 113 120 144 143 FRANCE.................. 139 129 129 139 134 116 113 108 93 90 100 117 129 127 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 158 150 130 126 137 158 169 164 IRELAND................. 94 82 85 94 95 92 87 86 78 81 92 109 123 123 ITALY................... 169 130 123 116 119 104 106 107 95 94 103 127 145 144 NETHERLANDS............. 158 158 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. 211 179 175 196 199 181 174 171 148 150 170 190 206 216 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 18 19 18 16 17 18 18 19 21 SPAIN................... 100 83 80 84 88 78 73 69 56 57 65 78 89 90 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 101 87 89 93 94 100 105 107 102 99 100 107 123 123 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 17 APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 315) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 8.60 8.81 9.06 9.48 9.75 10.12 10.58 10.81 11.40 11.68 11.63 12.30 12.57 13.11 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 2.60 2.58 2.47 1.48 1.49 1.24 1.04 1.12 1.25 1.71 CANADA.................. 9.71 9.08 8.76 8.79 10.00 9.99 9.18 9.01 9.44 8.62 9.01 10.40 12.82 13.80 MEXICO.................. 1.32 1.49 1.87 1.15 1.08 1.11 1.02 1.11 1.28 1.46 1.58 1.58 1.62 1.71 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 11.19 11.79 13.13 12.12 10.50 11.82 10.94 10.25 12.15 15.75 18.27 21.73 ISRAEL.................. 4.26 4.21 4.50 5.28 5.53 5.96 5.67 5.78 6.41 6.55 6.38 6.56 6.85 7.49 JAPAN (1)............... 8.37 9.42 10.67 12.21 10.57 9.71 8.97 10.93 12.08 10.13 9.98 11.13 11.81 12.11 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 3.39 4.01 4.63 5.03 4.66 3.18 4.16 4.59 4.26 4.88 5.63 6.05 7.92 TAIWAN.................. 3.72 3.79 4.03 4.35 4.20 4.23 3.76 4.02 4.39 3.94 4.14 4.07 4.41 4.90 AUSTRIA................. 12.13 12.19 12.96 14.98 14.86 13.07 13.13 12.62 11.04 11.39 12.77 15.25 17.17 17.70 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 18.13 17.34 15.11 15.46 15.02 13.63 13.39 14.66 17.92 20.22 20.70 DENMARK................. 16.19 15.65 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 12.85 10.60 12.02 14.61 14.65 13.13 12.60 12.92 12.03 11.53 13.14 14.79 18.10 18.81 FRANCE.................. 11.92 11.32 11.67 13.19 13.06 11.76 11.92 11.67 10.57 10.55 11.60 14.36 16.25 16.69 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.67 16.21 14.79 14.71 15.97 19.38 21.19 21.46 IRELAND................. 8.06 7.25 7.72 8.88 9.26 9.28 9.20 9.34 8.85 9.51 10.71 13.40 15.45 16.09 ITALY................... 14.53 11.41 11.17 11.02 11.62 10.52 11.18 11.56 10.84 10.93 12.04 15.63 18.17 18.85 NETHERLANDS............. 13.55 13.89 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. 18.14 15.76 15.89 18.62 19.42 18.29 18.36 18.49 16.83 17.58 19.78 23.38 25.89 28.34 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 1.87 2.00 1.91 1.82 2.04 2.07 2.25 2.44 2.81 SPAIN................... 8.62 7.27 7.25 8.01 8.55 7.89 7.68 7.49 6.41 6.66 7.55 9.62 11.20 11.77 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 8.66 7.66 8.03 8.81 9.15 10.11 11.08 11.57 11.59 11.62 11.59 13.17 15.46 16.11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 18 APPAREL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 315) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 8.60 8.81 9.06 9.48 9.75 10.12 10.58 10.81 11.40 11.68 11.63 12.30 12.57 13.11 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 2.62 2.78 2.87 2.70 2.73 2.91 3.03 3.43 3.66 4.16 CANADA.................. 11.74 11.71 11.97 12.07 13.64 13.84 13.62 13.39 14.02 13.34 14.14 14.57 16.69 16.73 MEXICO.................. 4078 #4.64 6.30 7.39 8.18 8.78 9.30 10.65 12.10 13.64 15.30 17.09 18.33 18.68 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 15.30 15.92 16.77 16.30 16.69 18.31 18.82 19.83 22.34 24.15 24.81 28.49 ISRAEL.................. 10.48 11.90 13.56 15.89 17.66 20.57 21.56 23.91 26.14 27.54 30.25 29.86 30.72 33.61 JAPAN (1)............... 1061 1046 1090 1147 1150 1176 1175 1243 1302 1232 1250 1290 1278 1333 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 2724 3226 3571 4045 4434 4455 4950 5189 5506 6098 6707 6923 8114 TAIWAN.................. 93.64 100.0 106.6 115.3 115.3 121.6 126.2 130.1 137.3 133.4 142.9 140.1 147.1 157.5 AUSTRIA................. 133.3 141.9 147.8 151.0 157.3 159.6 162.5 #11.85 11.96 12.72 13.51 13.47 13.80 14.22 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 534.1 537.0 541.0 561.4 #14.10 14.76 14.96 15.51 15.83 16.25 16.63 DENMARK................. 97.71 101.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 57.66 60.71 62.90 63.94 67.31 68.20 67.37 #12.13 13.03 12.88 13.90 13.06 14.55 15.11 FRANCE.................. 63.13 64.15 64.74 65.78 66.79 68.68 70.35 #10.96 11.45 11.79 12.27 12.68 13.07 13.41 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29.34 #15.22 16.02 16.44 16.90 17.12 17.04 17.24 IRELAND................. 4.73 4.95 5.15 5.54 5.79 6.12 6.45 #8.76 9.59 10.62 11.33 11.83 12.42 12.93 ITALY................... 17905 17941 17991 17944 17927 17919 19414 #10.85 11.74 12.21 12.73 13.81 14.61 15.14 NETHERLANDS............. 23.83 25.80 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. NORWAY.................. 112.7 111.9 112.1 118.0 125.4 129.6 138.7 144.3 148.3 158.2 157.9 165.5 174.5 182.5 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 6.13 6.97 7.56 7.92 8.37 8.46 8.73 8.94 9.08 SPAIN................... 883.2 926.8 970.4 997.4 1084 1156 1148 #7.03 6.94 7.44 7.99 8.50 9.00 9.45 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 4.90 5.10 5.24 5.58 5.86 6.17 6.69 7.15 7.65 8.07 7.72 8.06 8.44 8.85 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007