HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 33 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 22 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1992-2005 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 336) (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 64 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 336) (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.................. .. .. .. .. 39 39 39 25 26 20 16 16 18 23 CANADA.................. 91 86 82 83 81 79 78 79 75 71 68 75 83 87 MEXICO.................. 11 12 14 9 8 9 8 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 55 59 68 67 62 66 56 49 53 65 75 78 ISRAEL.................. 65 61 54 59 63 67 66 65 68 64 55 60 62 60 JAPAN................... 85 97 103 114 97 90 85 99 98 82 74 77 81 78 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 25 34 39 44 37 29 38 40 33 41 41 45 52 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 37 38 38 34 34 31 26 24 30 28 20 TAIWAN.................. 30 29 28 29 28 29 26 29 27 28 21 20 20 21 AUSTRIA................. 92 87 90 105 98 85 88 88 75 67 65 76 82 82 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 116 113 98 100 99 85 79 81 94 105 105 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 11 13 13 12 13 15 17 19 21 DENMARK................. 93 85 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 83 69 76 98 91 79 80 79 68 63 65 79 85 82 FRANCE.................. 83 76 76 84 81 71 72 72 63 60 61 72 81 81 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 128 128 110 102 101 118 129 128 GREECE.................. 42 37 40 48 49 47 47 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 15 17 21 24 25 IRELAND................. 64 54 53 57 58 57 56 58 51 50 55 68 77 77 ITALY................... 90 71 69 72 77 72 72 70 59 55 56 66 74 73 NETHERLANDS............. 82 77 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 12 14 13 13 14 13 13 15 17 SPAIN................... 77 66 61 66 64 57 59 59 52 47 48 59 65 66 SWEDEN.................. 105 72 74 87 95 88 90 89 80 68 71 84 94 92 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 72 61 61 65 64 71 77 80 73 69 71 81 95 93 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes automotive diesel engines. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 65 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 336) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 23.52 24.49 25.44 25.66 26.32 26.63 26.27 26.14 27.52 29.25 31.40 32.81 33.30 34.45 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 10.16 10.45 10.24 6.63 7.13 5.84 4.93 5.17 5.97 7.82 CANADA.................. 21.50 21.12 20.92 21.27 21.30 21.15 20.54 20.66 20.75 20.67 21.33 24.75 27.55 30.01 MEXICO.................. 2.64 2.96 3.57 2.25 2.17 2.31 2.19 2.44 2.82 3.21 3.42 3.35 3.38 3.54 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 14.02 15.10 17.81 17.81 16.29 17.16 15.43 14.38 16.69 21.25 25.10 26.84 ISRAEL.................. 15.39 14.95 13.68 15.16 16.65 17.75 17.32 17.08 18.79 18.80 17.39 19.84 20.48 20.69 JAPAN................... 20.06 23.81 26.29 29.15 25.65 24.05 22.35 25.76 27.06 24.07 23.39 25.33 27.05 26.84 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 6.22 8.53 9.99 11.67 9.92 7.74 9.83 10.91 9.64 12.77 13.29 15.11 17.78 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 9.50 10.06 10.17 9.03 8.88 8.55 7.53 7.66 9.82 9.27 6.86 TAIWAN.................. 6.97 7.00 7.20 7.47 7.42 7.79 6.86 7.47 7.35 8.29 6.73 6.49 6.79 7.17 AUSTRIA................. 21.59 21.32 22.96 26.88 25.82 22.71 23.09 22.93 20.78 19.69 20.56 25.08 27.27 28.37 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 29.70 29.66 26.04 26.21 25.81 23.48 23.08 25.44 30.99 35.04 36.01 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 3.00 3.32 3.36 3.20 3.84 4.61 5.74 6.45 7.24 DENMARK................. 21.77 20.74 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 19.61 16.95 19.38 25.09 23.91 20.99 20.98 20.71 18.69 18.41 20.51 25.76 28.44 28.22 FRANCE.................. 19.62 18.72 19.36 21.68 21.29 18.97 19.00 18.74 17.25 17.53 19.12 23.71 26.87 27.78 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33.72 33.35 30.35 29.89 31.59 38.77 43.02 43.93 GREECE.................. 9.80 9.14 10.21 12.22 12.77 12.60 12.23 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.96 4.48 5.47 6.75 7.91 8.46 IRELAND................. 15.08 13.19 13.55 14.57 15.23 15.05 14.75 15.12 14.01 14.73 17.23 22.31 25.71 26.57 ITALY................... 21.29 17.50 17.61 18.44 20.19 19.11 18.81 18.32 16.25 16.17 17.68 21.71 24.80 25.30 NETHERLANDS............. 19.39 18.85 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.31 3.62 3.51 3.52 4.02 4.01 4.31 4.98 5.78 SPAIN................... 18.05 16.20 15.41 16.85 16.83 15.08 15.42 15.42 14.18 13.89 15.18 19.37 21.51 22.64 SWEDEN.................. 24.81 17.74 18.71 22.28 25.08 23.45 23.70 23.19 21.90 19.97 22.35 27.69 31.39 31.68 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 17.01 14.89 15.63 16.60 16.90 18.90 20.35 20.82 20.18 20.12 22.28 26.74 31.53 32.08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes automotive diesel engines. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 66 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (NAICS 336) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... 23.52 24.49 25.44 25.66 26.32 26.63 26.27 26.14 27.52 29.25 31.40 32.81 33.30 34.45 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. 10.22 11.26 11.89 12.08 13.05 13.75 14.41 15.90 17.46 19.04 CANADA.................. 25.99 27.24 28.58 29.20 29.05 29.29 30.48 30.70 30.83 32.02 33.48 34.67 35.87 36.37 MEXICO.................. 8174 #9.23 12.05 14.44 16.46 18.25 20.00 23.35 26.71 29.98 33.06 36.12 38.18 38.55 AUSTRALIA............... .. .. 19.17 20.38 22.75 23.96 25.90 26.58 26.54 27.83 30.69 32.58 34.08 35.18 ISRAEL.................. 37.84 42.30 41.20 45.66 53.16 61.23 65.83 70.72 76.60 79.06 82.41 90.35 91.79 92.87 JAPAN................... 2544 2645 2687 2739 2791 2912 2928 2929 2917 2927 2928 2936 2927 2955 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF...... .. 4990 6851 7708 9389 9429 10838 11697 12337 12450 15961 15839 17300 18209 SINGAPORE............... .. .. .. 13.46 14.18 15.11 15.10 15.06 14.74 13.50 13.72 17.12 15.66 11.42 TAIWAN.................. 175.4 185.0 190.5 198.0 203.8 224.3 230.1 241.5 229.8 280.3 232.4 223.5 226.5 230.5 AUSTRIA................. 237.2 248.2 262.0 270.9 273.4 277.3 285.9 #21.53 22.51 22.00 21.75 22.15 21.93 22.79 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 875.4 918.5 932.6 951.5 #24.23 25.44 25.78 26.91 27.38 28.17 28.93 CZECH REPUBLIC.......... .. .. .. .. .. 95.19 107.0 116.3 123.5 146.0 150.8 161.9 165.8 173.6 DENMARK................. 131.4 134.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FINLAND................. 88.00 97.01 101.4 109.8 109.8 109.0 112.2 #19.44 20.25 20.56 21.70 22.75 22.86 22.67 FRANCE.................. 103.9 106.1 107.4 108.1 108.9 110.8 112.1 #17.60 18.68 19.58 20.23 20.94 21.60 22.32 GERMANY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 59.35 #31.31 32.88 33.38 33.42 34.25 34.59 35.29 GREECE.................. 1867 2095 2477 2832 3074 3440 3613 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. HUNGARY................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1116 1283 1410 1515 1604 1689 IRELAND................. 8.85 9.00 9.05 9.08 9.52 9.93 10.35 #14.20 15.17 16.46 18.23 19.71 20.67 21.34 ITALY................... 26224 27524 28363 30044 31152 32558 32670 #17.20 17.60 18.07 18.71 19.18 19.94 20.32 NETHERLANDS............. 34.10 35.03 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. POLAND.................. .. .. .. .. .. 10.87 12.61 13.95 15.31 16.44 16.38 16.75 18.20 18.71 SPAIN................... 1848 2065 2063 2100 2132 2210 2303 #14.47 15.36 15.52 16.06 17.11 17.30 18.19 SWEDEN.................. 144.6 138.3 144.4 159.1 168.2 179.3 188.5 191.9 200.9 206.5 217.2 223.8 230.6 236.7 UNITED KINGDOM.......... 9.63 9.91 10.20 10.52 10.83 11.54 12.28 12.88 13.32 13.98 14.84 16.35 17.21 17.61 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, Korea: includes automotive diesel engines. See technical notes. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, December 2007