HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 325) (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 37 CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 325) (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.................. .. .. .. .. 41 40 38 25 23 20 18 17 19 23 CANADA.................. 100 95 88 83 81 76 73 73 67 65 68 77 79 83 MEXICO.................. 19 21 24 15 15 16 15 17 17 19 19 18 17 18 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 80 91 98 91 79 83 70 61 68 86 99 97 JAPAN................... 123 141 150 164 136 123 111 129 129 112 108 114 117 112 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 35 37 44 46 42 30 42 45 39 43 50 55 59 TAIWAN.................. 32 31 31 35 34 36 31 34 41 33 30 31 30 33 AUSTRIA................. 111 108 112 129 124 105 103 103 86 82 86 102 109 110 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 146 138 117 117 115 98 95 100 118 129 129 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 13 14 14 12 13 16 19 21 23 DENMARK................. 111 104 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 106 86 95 115 109 97 95 95 82 81 91 107 116 115 FRANCE.................. 106 101 102 112 106 92 91 89 75 74 79 94 101 100 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 126 121 103 99 105 123 127 124 GREECE.................. 42 39 40 44 44 39 37 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 20 24 28 32 34 IRELAND................. 84 75 77 82 81 77 74 74 63 66 74 90 104 106 ITALY................... 121 97 95 99 109 99 96 95 79 76 82 98 109 109 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 91 75 72 72 58 57 63 75 83 84 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 16 18 16 15 17 17 17 18 20 SPAIN................... 81 65 63 68 72 62 63 63 50 50 56 68 73 76 SWEDEN.................. 134 96 99 110 121 107 106 106 93 85 95 115 125 122 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 83 70 71 73 70 79 83 85 77 71 77 90 89 96 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes unrecorded magnetic and optical media. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 38 CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 325) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 19.56 19.97 20.67 21.32 22.14 22.96 23.36 23.23 24.78 25.53 25.98 27.04 28.31 29.22 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 9.06 9.18 8.96 5.72 5.82 5.05 4.59 4.53 5.50 6.75 CANADA.................. 19.57 18.97 18.21 17.63 17.90 17.52 16.96 16.86 16.61 16.55 17.71 20.83 22.38 24.28 MEXICO.................. 3.65 4.18 5.04 3.26 3.27 3.62 3.60 3.84 4.29 4.77 5.01 4.86 4.80 5.20 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 16.49 19.34 21.77 21.01 18.44 19.30 17.39 15.61 17.71 23.22 28.11 28.28 JAPAN................... 24.15 28.07 31.06 34.93 30.19 28.17 25.86 29.91 31.98 28.49 28.06 30.70 33.22 32.75 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 6.97 7.75 9.39 10.22 9.69 6.96 9.71 11.11 9.92 11.27 13.40 15.46 17.20 TAIWAN.................. 6.22 6.14 6.47 7.40 7.62 8.35 7.33 7.86 10.15 8.33 7.71 8.35 8.53 9.51 AUSTRIA................. 21.71 21.54 23.17 27.50 27.51 24.04 24.18 23.92 21.19 20.91 22.46 27.71 30.80 32.10 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 31.19 30.49 26.77 27.24 26.61 24.24 24.24 26.08 32.00 36.46 37.56 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 2.92 3.20 3.16 3.00 3.44 4.24 5.07 5.88 6.62 DENMARK................. 21.75 20.72 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 20.71 17.09 19.63 24.43 24.21 22.24 22.26 22.09 20.28 20.64 23.58 28.87 32.72 33.47 FRANCE.................. 20.82 20.15 21.06 23.81 23.54 21.06 21.26 20.61 18.65 18.85 20.51 25.30 28.52 29.36 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29.51 28.16 25.57 25.24 27.32 33.25 35.81 36.28 GREECE.................. 8.18 7.70 8.23 9.42 9.64 9.01 8.74 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.39 5.08 6.32 7.66 9.17 9.88 IRELAND................. 16.51 14.94 15.91 17.37 17.91 17.79 17.24 17.15 15.71 16.94 19.25 24.26 29.34 31.05 ITALY................... 23.66 19.28 19.73 21.00 24.12 22.65 22.34 22.06 19.57 19.33 21.23 26.53 30.73 31.71 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 20.23 17.28 16.80 16.75 14.49 14.63 16.28 20.17 23.62 24.60 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.74 4.10 3.79 3.72 4.39 4.49 4.72 5.03 5.87 SPAIN................... 15.87 12.99 12.96 14.49 16.03 14.20 14.73 14.54 12.40 12.87 14.45 18.39 20.68 22.07 SWEDEN.................. 26.17 19.25 20.53 23.38 26.71 24.67 24.86 24.56 22.92 21.61 24.65 31.18 35.34 35.61 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 16.16 14.01 14.68 15.46 15.51 18.06 19.34 19.83 19.08 18.14 20.08 24.28 25.28 28.04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes unrecorded magnetic and optical media. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 39 CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING (NAICS 325) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 19.56 19.97 20.67 21.32 22.14 22.96 23.36 23.23 24.78 25.53 25.98 27.04 28.31 29.22 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 9.10 9.89 10.41 10.42 10.65 11.87 13.40 13.92 16.08 16.43 CANADA.................. 23.66 24.46 24.88 24.20 24.41 24.26 25.17 25.05 24.68 25.64 27.80 29.19 29.14 29.43 MEXICO.................. 11297 #13.04 17.01 20.94 24.82 28.63 32.97 36.68 40.55 44.51 48.41 52.41 54.17 56.59 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 22.54 26.11 27.80 28.25 29.33 29.90 29.91 30.21 32.57 35.59 38.17 37.08 JAPAN................... 3062 3118 3174 3282 3285 3412 3387 3401 3448 3464 3513 3558 3594 3606 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 5592 6223 7245 8225 9210 9744 11553 12569 12816 14093 15977 17702 17617 TAIWAN.................. 156.6 162.3 171.4 196.0 209.3 240.4 245.9 254.2 317.4 281.9 266.4 287.3 284.7 305.5 AUSTRIA................. 238.6 250.8 264.4 277.2 291.3 293.5 299.3 #22.46 22.95 23.36 23.75 24.48 24.76 25.79 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 919.1 944.2 958.5 989.2 #24.98 26.25 27.08 27.59 28.27 29.32 30.17 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 92.52 103.1 109.1 115.6 131.0 138.9 142.9 151.2 158.6 DENMARK................. 131.3 134.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 92.92 97.81 102.7 106.9 111.3 115.6 119.0 #20.73 21.97 23.05 24.95 25.50 26.31 26.89 FRANCE.................. 110.2 114.2 116.8 118.7 120.4 122.9 125.4 #19.35 20.20 21.06 21.70 22.35 22.93 23.58 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51.94 #26.44 27.70 28.19 28.89 29.37 28.79 29.15 GREECE.................. 1559 1765 1997 2182 2321 2460 2583 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1240 1454 1631 1718 1860 1972 IRELAND................. 9.69 10.20 10.63 10.83 11.20 11.74 12.10 #16.09 17.02 18.93 20.36 21.43 23.59 24.94 ITALY................... 29147 30333 31785 34216 37222 38599 38808 #20.70 21.20 21.59 22.46 23.43 24.71 25.47 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 626.2 618.0 609.8 #15.73 15.69 16.34 17.22 17.81 18.99 19.76 POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 12.26 14.28 15.03 16.18 17.97 18.31 18.35 18.38 19.00 SPAIN................... 1625 1656 1735 1805 2031 2081 2201 #13.65 13.44 14.38 15.29 16.24 16.62 17.73 SWEDEN.................. 152.4 150.1 158.4 166.9 179.2 188.6 197.7 203.2 210.3 223.4 239.6 252.0 259.7 266.1 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 9.15 9.33 9.58 9.79 9.94 11.03 11.67 12.26 12.59 12.60 13.37 14.85 13.79 15.39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes unrecorded magnetic and optical media. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007