HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 365-367) IMPORTANT NOTE: DATA IN THE FOLLOWING TABLES ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE INTRODUCTION AND IN THE COUNTRY NOTES. THE INTRODUCTION AND COUNTRY NOTES CAN BE ACCESSED AT: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/indnotes.txt. General Notes: The measures for total manufacturing were published in news release USDL 03-507, "International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, 2002," September 26, 2003. 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 and Country Notes. The measures in these tables are shown according to the U.S. 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) for every U.S. two-digit level industry and selected three-digit industries. Data are also shown for two-digit level International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) Rev. 2 industry groups. Currently, data are unavailable for the latest years for several countries in which there have been recent changes in wage surveys or in industrial classification. Additional revisions to this database will be made on an SIC basis. In the future, this database will be converted to a NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) basis. Note: Hourly compensation costs in national currency for countries that are members of the European Monetary Union (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 1975-1998, and in euros for 1999-2002. More information about national currency units and exchange rates used in these tables is on page 136. .. 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, May 18, 2004. HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: INDEX U.S. = 100 PAGE 104 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 365-367) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... .. .. .. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 46 47 29 35 27 .. MEXICO.................. .. .. .. .. 13 12 8 8 9 8 9 10 11 11 HONG KONG SAR (1,2)..... .. .. .. 20 30 33 33 35 37 35 34 33 31 31 JAPAN (3)............... .. .. .. 81 108 122 141 121 109 99 117 121 102 90 KOREA................... .. .. .. 25 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN (4).............. .. .. .. 24 29 30 33 33 31 26 28 29 27 25 IRELAND................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 75 77 73 68 67 56 50 58 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 91 82 79 89 83 69 64 58 54 50 48 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (2) Including electronic office equipment and computers. (3) Breaks in series at 1990 and 1991. (4) Including electronic office equipment & computers. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 105 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 365-367) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... .. .. .. 14.03 15.80 16.01 15.96 16.53 17.47 18.35 18.77 19.45 20.79 21.66 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.69 8.07 8.60 5.47 6.79 5.54 .. MEXICO.................. .. .. .. .. 1.99 1.99 1.28 1.31 1.51 1.56 1.75 1.98 2.31 2.42 HONG KONG SAR (1,2)..... 0.62 1.28 1.59 2.83 4.71 5.20 5.20 5.85 6.42 6.37 6.42 6.38 6.41 6.71 JAPAN (3)............... 2.55 4.68 5.24 11.31 17.14 19.52 22.55 19.92 19.01 18.09 21.92 23.49 21.20 19.44 KOREA................... .. 0.85 1.20 3.50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN (4).............. 0.44 0.95 1.34 3.36 4.53 4.88 5.26 5.41 5.39 4.86 5.27 5.71 5.52 5.34 IRELAND................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11.96 12.78 12.69 12.54 12.62 10.80 10.44 12.46 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 12.74 12.96 12.59 14.13 13.77 12.04 11.66 10.97 10.41 10.34 10.47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (2) Including electronic office equipment and computers. (3) Breaks in series at 1990 and 1991. (4) Including electronic office equipment & computers. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 106 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING (US SIC 365-367) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... .. .. .. 14.03 15.80 16.01 15.96 16.53 17.47 18.35 18.77 19.45 20.79 21.66 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.73 8.69 9.99 9.96 12.43 13.03 .. MEXICO.................. .. .. .. .. #6.19 6.70 8.24 9.95 11.92 14.26 16.72 18.72 21.57 23.42 HONG KONG SAR (1,2)..... 3.06 6.36 12.39 22.04 36.42 40.22 40.22 45.26 49.74 49.38 49.82 49.73 49.99 52.35 JAPAN (3)............... 757.1 1056 1249 1639 1904 1995 2119 2167 2302 2369 2492 2532 2578 2434 KOREA................... .. 513.8 1042 2479 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. TAIWAN (4).............. 16.82 34.26 53.48 90.32 119.7 129.1 139.5 148.6 155.1 163.1 170.4 178.5 186.6 184.5 IRELAND................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.46 7.99 8.37 8.80 #11.85 11.70 11.66 13.18 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 1300 1652 1686 1761 1745 1763 1742 #10.30 11.28 11.55 11.07 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (2) Including electronic office equipment and computers. (3) Breaks in series at 1990 and 1991. (4) Including electronic office equipment & computers. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004