HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 321) 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 28 WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 321) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. 18 17 17 10 10 9 8 9 10 13 CANADA.................. 136 130 122 123 123 117 108 106 104 95 98 111 119 129 MEXICO.................. 11 12 13 8 7 8 7 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 98 97 107 101 91 93 80 71 81 99 111 118 ISRAEL.................. .. .. .. 62 61 69 62 58 60 59 52 51 54 56 JAPAN................... 97 114 125 136 117 105 95 108 111 93 88 93 95 96 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 43 57 55 52 51 34 40 45 42 48 52 54 60 TAIWAN.................. 30 31 34 35 33 31 27 28 28 27 26 25 25 27 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 175 166 142 141 133 116 110 119 140 155 157 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 16 17 16 15 17 20 25 28 30 FINLAND................. 140 114 124 154 143 125 120 119 105 102 107 128 142 145 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 145 137 119 112 118 138 147 146 GREECE.................. 61 57 59 65 67 62 62 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 13 17 19 22 24 IRELAND................. .. .. .. 85 86 83 84 81 72 73 80 98 108 111 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 120 108 106 103 91 87 92 109 122 125 NORWAY.................. 154 134 138 156 156 143 143 144 126 124 143 162 179 187 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 17 18 17 15 16 17 17 18 21 SPAIN................... 78 66 62 67 73 60 60 59 51 50 53 61 70 74 SWEDEN.................. 186 131 136 151 166 148 144 137 123 108 118 141 156 157 UNITED KINGDOM.......... .. .. .. .. 85 90 94 94 90 84 85 94 106 104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 29 WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 321) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 12.42 12.57 12.85 13.28 13.70 14.18 14.40 14.81 15.42 16.15 16.44 17.01 17.39 17.61 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 2.45 2.46 2.42 1.54 1.55 1.41 1.25 1.45 1.68 2.26 CANADA.................. 16.87 16.29 15.73 16.28 16.88 16.62 15.51 15.68 16.00 15.30 16.04 18.86 20.72 22.70 MEXICO.................. 1.37 1.51 1.70 1.05 1.02 1.09 1.05 1.13 1.27 1.43 1.52 1.50 1.42 1.57 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 12.55 12.87 14.64 14.39 13.12 13.71 12.29 11.52 13.32 16.87 19.36 20.83 ISRAEL.................. .. .. .. 8.18 8.39 9.74 8.96 8.65 9.18 9.48 8.53 8.61 9.33 9.82 JAPAN................... 11.99 14.31 16.00 18.11 15.99 14.86 13.70 16.07 17.11 15.03 14.51 15.82 16.59 16.90 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 5.35 7.36 7.29 7.07 7.16 4.87 5.87 7.00 6.75 7.84 8.82 9.45 10.55 TAIWAN.................. 3.70 3.95 4.42 4.68 4.52 4.35 3.94 4.12 4.25 4.40 4.31 4.25 4.42 4.83 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 23.28 22.74 20.11 20.25 19.64 17.82 17.71 19.53 23.83 26.87 27.64 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 2.28 2.41 2.41 2.31 2.68 3.32 4.27 4.90 5.31 FINLAND................. 17.38 14.34 15.88 20.49 19.61 17.78 17.32 17.70 16.13 16.44 17.64 21.81 24.64 25.45 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.94 20.24 18.30 18.04 19.42 23.45 25.54 25.65 GREECE.................. 7.60 7.19 7.59 8.67 9.14 8.85 8.89 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.79 2.16 2.78 3.27 3.88 4.29 IRELAND................. .. .. .. 11.27 11.79 11.73 12.10 12.02 11.14 11.77 13.20 16.61 18.83 19.50 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 16.43 15.33 15.28 15.25 14.04 14.02 15.20 18.58 21.23 21.94 NORWAY.................. 19.15 16.90 17.67 20.66 21.39 20.33 20.64 21.28 19.39 20.01 23.55 27.64 31.05 32.93 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.37 2.54 2.47 2.37 2.62 2.75 2.88 3.15 3.66 SPAIN................... 9.73 8.32 7.96 8.86 9.98 8.53 8.66 8.69 7.91 8.13 8.74 10.31 12.17 13.08 SWEDEN.................. 23.10 16.51 17.49 20.02 22.71 20.98 20.67 20.28 18.95 17.40 19.35 23.99 27.19 27.66 UNITED KINGDOM.......... .. .. .. .. 11.68 12.78 13.55 13.90 13.93 13.49 14.05 15.92 18.39 18.39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 30 WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 321) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 12.42 12.57 12.85 13.28 13.70 14.18 14.40 14.81 15.42 16.15 16.44 17.01 17.39 17.61 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 2.46 2.66 2.81 2.80 2.84 3.32 3.66 4.47 4.90 5.51 CANADA.................. 20.39 21.02 21.49 22.35 23.03 23.02 23.02 23.31 23.77 23.69 25.18 26.43 26.97 27.52 MEXICO.................. 4253 #4.71 5.75 6.76 7.74 8.67 9.64 10.79 12.01 13.32 14.70 16.22 16.05 17.06 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 17.16 17.37 18.70 19.36 20.86 21.23 21.13 22.29 24.49 25.86 26.29 27.31 ISRAEL.................. .. .. .. 24.62 26.78 33.59 34.03 35.79 37.42 39.87 40.43 39.23 41.81 44.08 JAPAN................... 1520 1589 1636 1702 1739 1800 1795 1827 1844 1828 1817 1833 1796 1860 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 4297 5912 5624 5686 6812 6819 6990 7918 8721 9801 10519 10819 10807 TAIWAN.................. 93.20 104.4 117.1 124.1 124.3 125.2 132.3 133.2 132.9 148.8 148.7 146.3 147.4 155.1 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 686.1 704.3 720.0 735.2 #18.44 19.31 19.78 20.66 21.05 21.60 22.21 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 72.42 77.86 83.48 89.04 101.8 108.7 120.4 126.0 127.3 FINLAND................. 77.98 82.10 83.09 89.67 90.11 92.39 92.58 #16.61 17.47 18.36 18.66 19.26 19.81 20.44 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36.85 #19.00 19.82 20.16 20.54 20.71 20.54 20.61 GREECE.................. 1448 1649 1842 2009 2199 2417 2627 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 505.2 617.9 717.6 732.8 786.5 856.8 IRELAND................. .. .. .. 7.03 7.37 7.73 8.49 #11.28 12.07 13.15 13.97 14.67 15.14 15.66 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 508.7 548.4 554.7 #14.31 15.21 15.67 16.08 16.41 17.07 17.63 NORWAY.................. 119.0 119.9 124.7 130.9 138.2 144.1 155.9 166.1 170.9 180.0 188.0 195.7 209.3 212.1 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 7.76 8.85 9.79 10.31 10.73 11.22 11.21 11.53 11.84 SPAIN................... 996.0 1060 1065 1104 1264 1250 1294 #8.16 8.57 9.08 9.25 9.11 9.79 10.51 SWEDEN.................. 134.6 128.7 135.0 143.0 152.3 160.4 164.4 167.8 173.8 180.0 188.0 193.9 199.8 206.6 UNITED KINGDOM.......... .. .. .. .. 7.48 7.81 8.18 8.60 9.19 9.37 9.36 9.74 10.04 10.09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007