HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE, AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 335) (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 61 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE, AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 335) (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.................. .. .. .. .. 47 41 40 24 24 20 17 17 17 24 CANADA.................. 112 104 101 100 91 87 83 78 82 81 80 86 91 99 MEXICO.................. 13 14 17 10 10 10 9 10 12 13 14 14 13 14 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 80 88 95 87 76 78 66 63 77 88 93 102 ISRAEL.................. .. .. .. 55 56 58 58 56 59 59 53 53 54 55 JAPAN (2)............... 101 117 130 144 125 110 102 118 124 104 100 104 108 104 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 27 38 42 42 37 26 31 36 29 40 42 43 46 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 48 52 45 41 34 37 36 34 39 37 34 TAIWAN.................. 33 33 36 37 37 35 31 32 32 30 27 26 25 26 AUSTRIA................. 132 133 137 155 147 122 120 115 95 91 98 115 123 123 DENMARK................. 121 114 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 116 93 104 127 126 107 103 98 86 87 95 108 118 119 FRANCE.................. 115 108 109 119 112 97 98 97 86 85 92 109 118 118 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 135 128 112 106 114 134 141 139 GREECE.................. 54 50 52 58 58 53 52 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. .. .. .. 78 74 71 67 65 58 57 65 82 94 86 ITALY................... 137 108 106 105 109 96 93 88 75 72 78 93 102 102 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 115 96 100 96 83 77 81 98 106 107 NETHERLANDS............. 120 117 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 17 18 18 16 17 18 18 19 21 SPAIN................... 97 83 79 87 83 68 63 60 55 54 54 67 74 78 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 88 75 77 79 78 81 87 88 83 78 84 94 103 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Korea: excludes domestic appliances. See technical notes. (2) Includes electronic medical equipment and electronic measuring instruments. Includes video recording and duplicating equipment. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 62 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE, AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 335) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 15.15 15.45 15.78 16.26 16.86 17.84 18.11 18.44 19.14 20.01 20.22 21.08 21.91 22.57 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 7.86 7.38 7.16 4.35 4.50 3.95 3.42 3.64 3.77 5.46 CANADA.................. 17.01 16.08 15.87 16.27 15.35 15.51 14.99 14.41 15.68 16.17 16.16 18.19 19.93 22.29 MEXICO.................. 1.98 2.11 2.64 1.70 1.65 1.77 1.70 1.91 2.24 2.63 2.91 2.98 2.92 3.19 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 12.70 14.28 15.99 15.47 13.83 14.38 12.71 12.60 15.50 18.51 20.39 23.00 ISRAEL.................. .. .. .. 8.90 9.48 10.36 10.47 10.38 11.31 11.72 10.64 11.12 11.90 12.50 JAPAN (2)............... 15.33 18.08 20.52 23.50 21.05 19.59 18.55 21.81 23.67 20.86 20.15 21.95 23.75 23.42 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 4.23 5.93 6.76 7.11 6.64 4.77 5.67 6.80 5.85 8.16 8.90 9.52 10.37 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 7.87 8.85 8.08 7.39 6.23 7.07 7.24 6.82 8.30 8.00 7.76 TAIWAN.................. 4.94 5.11 5.72 6.08 6.25 6.16 5.53 5.83 6.09 5.94 5.45 5.57 5.54 5.90 AUSTRIA................. 20.06 20.51 21.66 25.19 24.73 21.82 21.74 21.11 18.27 18.11 19.73 24.27 26.95 27.68 DENMARK................. 18.34 17.62 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 17.64 14.39 16.45 20.69 21.25 19.13 18.57 18.16 16.53 17.35 19.23 22.71 25.79 26.75 FRANCE.................. 17.41 16.63 17.21 19.30 18.91 17.32 17.82 17.87 16.51 17.01 18.55 22.91 25.88 26.68 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24.47 23.68 21.44 21.23 23.01 28.18 31.00 31.43 GREECE.................. 8.24 7.79 8.20 9.36 9.76 9.50 9.38 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. .. .. .. 12.64 12.51 12.60 12.13 12.00 11.02 11.48 13.16 17.33 20.49 19.33 ITALY................... 20.80 16.74 16.67 17.05 18.42 17.13 16.78 16.23 14.29 14.32 15.78 19.50 22.43 22.92 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 19.36 17.18 18.03 17.66 15.89 15.32 16.44 20.61 23.17 24.12 NETHERLANDS............. 18.22 18.10 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.05 3.34 3.23 3.06 3.45 3.61 3.81 4.08 4.80 SPAIN................... 14.72 12.80 12.51 14.09 13.95 12.10 11.45 11.11 10.53 10.75 10.90 14.20 16.18 17.68 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 13.38 11.61 12.16 12.81 13.11 14.43 15.77 16.30 15.93 15.61 16.94 19.81 22.57 22.88 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Korea: excludes domestic appliances. See technical notes. (2) Includes electronic medical equipment and electronic measuring instruments. Includes video recording and duplicating equipment. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 63 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE, AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 335) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 15.15 15.45 15.78 16.26 16.86 17.84 18.11 18.44 19.14 20.01 20.22 21.08 21.91 22.57 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 7.90 7.95 8.31 7.92 8.24 9.28 10.00 11.19 11.02 13.30 CANADA.................. 20.56 20.75 21.68 22.34 20.94 21.48 22.25 21.41 23.30 25.04 25.37 25.49 25.95 27.01 MEXICO.................. 6136 #6.57 8.91 10.90 12.57 14.02 15.54 18.23 21.21 24.51 28.14 32.12 32.94 34.71 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 17.36 19.28 20.41 20.80 21.98 22.27 21.87 24.38 28.51 28.37 27.69 30.16 ISRAEL.................. .. .. .. 26.79 30.25 35.72 39.80 42.95 46.10 49.29 50.42 50.65 53.32 56.10 JAPAN (2)............... 1944 2009 2097 2208 2290 2372 2430 2479 2552 2536 2523 2544 2570 2578 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 3396 4768 5213 5723 6314 6681 6750 7692 7564 10201 10614 10897 10622 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 11.16 12.48 12.00 12.36 10.57 12.20 12.98 12.21 14.46 13.52 12.91 TAIWAN.................. 124.2 135.0 151.4 161.1 171.7 177.3 185.6 188.6 190.3 201.1 188.1 191.5 184.8 189.5 AUSTRIA................. 220.4 238.7 247.2 253.9 261.9 266.4 269.2 #19.82 19.79 20.23 20.88 21.44 21.67 22.24 DENMARK................. 110.7 114.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 79.16 82.37 86.12 90.52 97.63 99.38 99.31 #17.04 17.90 19.38 20.34 20.06 20.74 21.49 FRANCE.................. 92.18 94.26 95.43 96.24 96.76 101.1 105.1 #16.77 17.89 19.00 19.62 20.24 20.81 21.43 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 43.06 #22.23 23.22 23.71 24.34 24.89 24.92 25.25 GREECE.................. 1570 1786 1991 2170 2349 2594 2771 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IRELAND................. .. .. .. 7.88 7.82 8.31 8.51 #11.27 11.93 12.83 13.92 15.31 16.48 15.53 ITALY................... 25631 26325 26852 27772 28425 29190 29147 #15.24 15.48 15.99 16.69 17.23 18.03 18.41 LUXEMBOURG.............. .. .. .. .. 599.4 614.4 654.6 #16.58 17.21 17.12 17.39 18.21 18.63 19.38 NETHERLANDS............. 32.05 33.62 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 10.01 11.64 12.83 13.33 14.12 14.73 14.81 14.94 15.53 SPAIN................... 1507 1632 1675 1756 1768 1772 1710 #10.42 11.41 12.01 11.53 12.54 13.01 14.20 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 7.57 7.73 7.94 8.11 8.40 8.81 9.52 10.08 10.51 10.85 11.28 12.12 12.31 12.56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Korea: excludes domestic appliances. See technical notes. (2) Includes electronic medical equipment and electronic measuring instruments. Includes video recording and duplicating equipment. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007