HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 326) 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 40 PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 326) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. 37 35 32 20 20 16 13 14 15 19 MEXICO.................. 15 16 19 11 10 11 10 11 11 12 12 11 11 11 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 97 97 97 92 82 89 80 67 74 94 110 109 ISRAEL.................. 48 45 50 52 55 59 56 54 56 54 47 46 47 48 JAPAN (1)............... 105 122 135 147 125 116 103 115 116 96 93 95 99 97 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 34 39 44 46 43 30 37 39 36 39 40 41 48 TAIWAN.................. 37 34 35 37 36 34 30 32 32 28 27 25 24 25 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 155 145 124 124 119 104 98 102 119 131 133 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 17 18 17 16 18 21 25 27 29 DENMARK................. 137 131 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 120 98 111 136 131 117 109 107 97 90 93 114 121 124 FRANCE.................. 117 108 110 120 114 100 98 93 80 76 81 95 104 106 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 133 126 109 101 107 123 130 130 GREECE.................. 53 50 52 59 58 52 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 18 22 25 28 30 IRELAND................. 95 82 84 91 89 83 80 79 68 66 72 86 96 100 ITALY................... 139 111 110 107 110 99 97 94 79 74 80 95 105 108 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 169 145 142 136 118 108 112 126 135 138 NETHERLANDS............. 130 126 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 18 19 18 16 18 18 18 19 22 SPAIN................... 97 83 82 88 90 79 80 77 66 59 65 79 85 85 SWEDEN.................. 158 115 122 133 148 132 128 122 109 94 100 118 130 131 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 90 77 79 82 81 87 90 93 86 81 86 94 104 106 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes rubber and plastic footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 41 PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 326) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 14.69 14.86 14.95 15.30 15.83 16.28 16.69 17.01 17.76 18.82 19.37 20.47 21.13 21.48 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 5.92 5.71 5.39 3.36 3.54 2.93 2.58 2.88 3.09 3.99 MEXICO.................. 2.22 2.41 2.77 1.72 1.66 1.77 1.70 1.81 2.02 2.22 2.31 2.23 2.23 2.43 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 14.48 14.83 15.33 15.03 13.64 15.07 14.18 12.62 14.37 19.15 23.31 23.37 ISRAEL.................. 7.01 6.68 7.52 8.00 8.74 9.56 9.34 9.12 9.88 10.21 9.12 9.45 9.99 10.34 JAPAN (1)............... 15.36 18.11 20.23 22.56 19.84 18.81 17.27 19.63 20.66 18.10 17.94 19.41 20.83 20.86 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 5.01 5.83 6.71 7.32 7.06 4.93 6.29 6.90 6.71 7.48 8.10 8.77 10.29 TAIWAN.................. 5.48 5.10 5.26 5.71 5.76 5.60 4.93 5.40 5.76 5.29 5.27 5.22 5.12 5.29 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 23.78 22.90 20.18 20.70 20.21 18.43 18.42 19.83 24.32 27.70 28.52 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 2.76 2.94 2.94 2.84 3.35 4.09 5.04 5.66 6.22 DENMARK................. 20.08 19.51 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 17.58 14.50 16.66 20.73 20.68 19.03 18.12 18.21 17.19 16.94 17.99 23.35 25.62 26.57 FRANCE.................. 17.15 16.12 16.52 18.40 18.03 16.24 16.34 15.83 14.16 14.39 15.78 19.51 22.06 22.77 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22.20 21.40 19.28 19.08 20.69 25.25 27.54 27.91 GREECE.................. 7.81 7.37 7.77 8.96 9.18 8.50 8.42 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.87 3.35 4.19 5.03 5.93 6.46 IRELAND................. 13.97 12.22 12.59 13.93 14.06 13.45 13.44 13.47 12.13 12.40 13.89 17.54 20.31 21.55 ITALY................... 20.46 16.48 16.43 16.31 17.41 16.11 16.18 15.94 14.01 14.00 15.44 19.44 22.12 23.10 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 26.68 23.54 23.63 23.07 20.99 20.40 21.79 25.72 28.63 29.59 NETHERLANDS............. 19.04 18.79 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.95 3.13 3.05 2.93 3.32 3.48 3.72 4.05 4.77 SPAIN................... 14.32 12.27 12.27 13.44 14.31 12.83 13.29 13.06 11.69 11.09 12.52 16.13 17.87 18.36 SWEDEN.................. 23.21 17.09 18.30 20.28 23.37 21.45 21.33 20.82 19.39 17.76 19.38 24.17 27.57 28.10 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 13.15 11.42 11.78 12.48 12.77 14.13 15.07 15.76 15.32 15.18 16.65 19.32 21.93 22.78 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes rubber and plastic footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 42 PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (NAICS 326) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 14.69 14.86 14.95 15.30 15.83 16.28 16.69 17.01 17.76 18.82 19.37 20.47 21.13 21.48 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 5.95 6.16 6.26 6.11 6.49 6.89 7.53 8.85 9.03 9.72 MEXICO.................. 6873 #7.50 9.37 11.07 12.61 14.03 15.53 17.33 19.11 20.71 22.34 24.04 25.22 26.48 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 19.79 20.02 19.57 20.22 21.69 23.34 24.38 24.42 26.42 29.35 31.65 30.63 ISRAEL.................. 17.24 18.91 22.64 24.08 27.90 32.98 35.50 37.74 40.26 42.94 43.23 43.04 44.76 46.40 JAPAN (1)............... 1948 2012 2068 2119 2158 2278 2263 2232 2228 2201 2247 2250 2253 2297 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 4020 4685 5172 5886 6717 6903 7487 7809 8675 9347 9657 10037 10537 TAIWAN.................. 138.0 134.7 139.2 151.2 158.3 161.2 165.5 174.4 180.1 179.0 182.0 179.5 170.7 169.9 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 700.8 709.1 722.8 751.5 #18.97 19.96 20.58 20.97 21.48 22.27 22.91 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 87.59 94.75 101.5 109.6 127.6 134.0 142.2 145.6 149.1 DENMARK................. 121.2 126.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 78.87 83.02 87.19 90.73 95.04 98.86 96.88 #17.09 18.62 18.92 19.03 20.63 20.60 21.35 FRANCE.................. 90.80 91.33 91.62 91.72 92.25 94.83 96.43 #14.86 15.33 16.08 16.70 17.24 17.74 18.29 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39.08 #20.09 20.88 21.31 21.89 22.30 22.14 22.42 GREECE.................. 1489 1690 1884 2076 2210 2321 2487 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 809.4 959.0 1079 1129 1202 1289 IRELAND................. 8.20 8.34 8.41 8.69 8.79 8.87 9.43 #12.64 13.14 13.85 14.70 15.49 16.33 17.31 ITALY................... 25201 25918 26464 26569 26863 27445 28111 #14.97 15.18 15.64 16.33 17.17 17.78 18.55 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 825.9 842.1 857.8 #21.66 22.74 22.79 23.05 22.72 23.02 23.77 NETHERLANDS............. 33.50 34.91 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 9.67 10.89 12.12 12.75 13.60 14.20 14.48 14.82 15.43 SPAIN................... 1466 1564 1643 1675 1814 1879 1985 #12.26 12.66 12.39 13.25 14.25 14.37 14.75 SWEDEN.................. 135.2 133.3 141.2 144.8 156.8 164.0 169.6 172.3 177.9 183.6 188.4 195.3 202.6 209.9 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 7.45 7.60 7.69 7.91 8.18 8.63 9.09 9.75 10.11 10.54 11.09 11.82 11.97 12.51 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes rubber and plastic footwear. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007