HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 324) (1) 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 34 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 324) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. 110 106 109 55 66 58 47 65 72 104 CANADA.................. 65 69 65 61 64 58 65 65 58 60 62 68 71 80 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 79 83 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 99 113 JAPAN................... 114 124 134 144 132 116 107 122 121 103 95 99 99 98 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 39 43 47 47 46 35 47 47 41 49 52 67 88 TAIWAN.................. 44 43 51 53 49 49 45 54 45 41 34 34 32 41 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 130 136 118 117 114 100 98 103 119 133 138 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 11 13 13 12 15 18 20 23 26 FINLAND................. 92 71 80 96 99 85 83 87 69 69 77 87 95 102 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 105 99 86 82 87 101 108 111 GREECE.................. 38 38 38 42 43 38 37 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 18 22 31 39 43 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 16 18 17 17 19 20 20 22 27 SPAIN................... 94 81 80 88 101 84 84 81 72 71 77 94 103 105 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes processing of nuclear fuels; excludes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 35 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 324) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 26.59 28.19 29.00 29.99 29.22 31.03 31.42 31.58 32.56 33.63 34.30 36.02 36.51 36.22 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 32.22 32.77 34.27 17.32 21.37 19.34 16.26 23.52 26.19 37.60 CANADA.................. 17.19 19.52 18.79 18.35 18.65 18.04 20.53 20.50 18.94 20.11 21.35 24.43 25.91 28.90 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 22.98 24.89 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36.15 40.75 JAPAN................... 30.20 34.96 38.83 43.27 38.52 36.10 33.68 38.39 39.51 34.47 32.58 35.69 35.97 35.66 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 10.94 12.45 13.96 13.84 14.21 10.94 14.94 15.32 13.94 16.64 18.82 24.46 32.01 TAIWAN.................. 11.61 12.00 14.75 15.99 14.35 15.07 14.28 17.19 14.68 13.85 11.78 12.30 11.58 14.76 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 38.95 39.66 36.47 36.69 36.06 32.50 32.81 35.36 42.94 48.59 50.10 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 3.51 4.07 4.13 3.99 4.96 6.09 7.32 8.32 9.57 FINLAND................. 24.38 20.11 23.10 28.75 28.78 26.39 26.22 27.56 22.30 23.08 26.57 31.24 34.84 36.96 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33.06 31.37 27.97 27.64 29.94 36.49 39.55 40.07 GREECE.................. 10.06 10.80 11.14 12.53 12.54 11.82 11.78 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.13 6.01 7.57 11.07 14.07 15.49 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 5.09 5.68 5.47 5.47 6.49 6.83 7.27 7.92 9.82 SPAIN................... 24.94 22.70 23.16 26.45 29.60 26.12 26.28 25.55 23.54 23.85 26.42 33.72 37.67 37.97 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes processing of nuclear fuels; excludes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 36 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 324) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 26.59 28.19 29.00 29.99 29.22 31.03 31.42 31.58 32.56 33.63 34.30 36.02 36.51 36.22 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 32.38 35.32 39.78 31.54 39.10 45.51 47.51 72.32 76.64 91.55 CANADA.................. 20.79 25.17 25.67 25.20 25.44 24.99 30.46 30.46 28.15 31.15 33.52 34.22 33.73 35.03 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 31.41 33.60 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 49.10 53.43 JAPAN................... 3829 3884 3969 4066 4191 4371 4412 4365 4259 4192 4080 4136 3892 3926 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 8782 10003 10764 11137 13508 15318 17782 17327 18016 20795 22434 28004 32777 TAIWAN.................. 292.0 317.0 390.5 423.7 394.1 433.8 479.2 555.6 458.9 468.5 407.0 423.3 386.3 474.3 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 1148 1228 1306 1332 #33.85 35.20 36.65 37.40 37.93 39.07 40.25 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 111.2 131.5 142.9 154.1 188.5 199.3 206.5 213.8 229.3 FINLAND................. 109.4 115.1 120.9 125.8 132.3 137.1 140.2 #25.87 24.16 25.78 28.10 27.60 28.01 29.69 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 58.19 #29.45 30.30 30.87 31.67 32.23 31.80 32.19 GREECE.................. 1918 2476 2703 2904 3020 3229 3481 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1449 1721 1953 2482 2853 3092 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 16.69 19.75 21.72 23.79 26.58 27.86 28.29 28.99 31.77 SPAIN................... 2554 2893 3101 3295 3750 3826 3926 #23.98 25.49 26.64 27.94 29.78 30.29 30.50 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes processing of nuclear fuels; excludes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007