HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING 30 COUNTRIES OR AREAS 40 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SELECTED YEARS, 1975-2002 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 38) 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 125 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 38) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 30 29 17 19 15 .. MEXICO.................. .. .. .. .. 12 13 8 8 9 10 10 12 12 13 HONG KONG SAR (1,2)..... .. .. .. 18 23 25 26 27 28 30 30 30 32 28 JAPAN................... .. .. .. 83 108 121 134 114 103 93 109 114 95 87 KOREA................... .. .. .. 25 31 34 39 40 35 24 37 39 37 32 TAIWAN.................. .. .. .. 21 25 27 26 27 26 23 24 26 25 22 BELGIUM................. .. .. .. 109 107 118 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. .. .. .. 106 103 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. .. .. .. 93 91 93 102 97 85 85 82 72 71 76 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... .. .. .. 123 129 134 155 151 129 127 122 106 101 106 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 123 119 103 98 103 IRELAND................. .. .. .. 71 66 68 73 73 69 68 67 59 58 62 ITALY................... .. .. .. 104 85 84 85 90 83 79 76 65 62 65 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 77 71 68 73 74 62 60 59 51 51 55 SWEDEN.................. .. .. .. 121 92 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... .. .. .. 78 70 71 76 76 81 85 85 80 77 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (2) Photographic and optical goods; watches and clocks. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN U.S. DOLLARS PAGE 126 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 38) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... .. .. .. 15.89 17.60 17.87 18.21 18.64 19.21 19.47 19.73 20.33 21.09 21.81 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.69 5.80 5.65 3.41 3.81 3.18 .. MEXICO.................. .. .. .. .. 2.07 2.27 1.44 1.43 1.76 1.87 2.03 2.35 2.51 2.74 HONG KONG SAR (1,2)..... .. .. 1.58 2.93 3.97 4.46 4.79 5.01 5.35 5.91 5.87 6.16 6.81 6.03 JAPAN................... 2.94 5.47 6.24 13.15 18.95 21.58 24.41 21.26 19.75 18.15 21.48 23.13 19.95 18.93 KOREA................... 0.33 0.86 1.23 4.00 5.52 6.03 7.16 7.52 6.64 4.65 7.26 8.01 7.72 7.05 TAIWAN.................. 0.39 0.98 1.31 3.35 4.38 4.74 4.75 5.05 5.06 4.49 4.78 5.30 5.18 4.83 BELGIUM................. 6.02 12.26 8.57 17.32 18.84 21.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 5.81 10.07 7.78 16.81 18.16 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 4.12 8.40 6.95 14.85 16.07 16.64 18.51 18.13 16.33 16.61 16.25 14.72 15.03 16.49 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 5.73 10.95 8.52 19.59 22.73 23.90 28.23 28.14 24.85 24.67 24.05 21.62 21.31 23.10 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23.96 23.39 21.03 20.68 22.39 IRELAND................. 2.82 5.48 5.50 11.26 11.54 12.16 13.33 13.56 13.22 13.17 13.21 12.08 12.17 13.56 ITALY................... 4.41 7.42 7.13 16.54 14.91 14.93 15.42 16.81 15.92 15.42 14.98 13.27 13.09 14.26 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 12.28 12.50 12.15 13.34 13.86 12.00 11.73 11.60 10.45 10.80 11.99 SWEDEN.................. 6.87 11.68 8.88 19.19 16.26 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 3.09 7.37 6.25 12.37 12.23 12.66 13.91 14.12 15.63 16.59 16.85 16.30 16.14 17.98 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (2) Photographic and optical goods; watches and clocks. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004 HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS: IN NATIONAL CURRENCY PAGE 127 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING (US SIC 38) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRY OR AREA 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES........... .. .. .. 15.89 17.60 17.87 18.21 18.64 19.21 19.47 19.73 20.33 21.09 21.81 BRAZIL.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.72 6.25 6.56 6.22 6.98 7.49 .. MEXICO.................. .. .. .. .. #6.46 7.66 9.26 10.88 13.92 17.15 19.35 22.19 23.44 26.43 HONG KONG SAR (1,2)..... .. .. 12.30 22.81 30.69 34.50 37.03 38.72 41.41 45.78 45.51 48.02 53.10 47.06 JAPAN................... 871.4 1235 1489 1907 2105 2205 2293 2313 2392 2378 2442 2493 2427 2370 KOREA................... 160.8 521.0 1072 2830 4430 4844 5526 6050 6313 6507 8642 9063 9975 8814 TAIWAN.................. 14.84 35.27 52.30 90.06 115.8 125.5 125.8 138.7 145.6 150.8 154.5 165.7 175.2 167.0 BELGIUM................. 220.7 358.1 508.8 579.0 651.6 702.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DENMARK................. 33.31 56.67 82.45 104.1 117.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. FRANCE.................. 17.65 35.43 62.40 80.87 91.08 92.30 92.29 92.77 95.33 98.00 #15.25 15.95 16.79 17.44 GERMANY, FORMER WEST.... 14.05 19.88 25.05 31.68 37.62 38.77 40.43 42.35 43.12 43.42 #22.57 23.42 23.81 24.44 GERMANY, UNIFIED........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42.17 #21.96 22.78 23.10 23.68 IRELAND................. 1.27 2.66 5.16 6.79 7.88 8.13 8.31 8.48 8.72 9.24 #12.40 13.08 13.60 14.35 ITALY................... 2877 6342 13610 19814 23450 24056 25125 25933 27125 26792 #14.07 14.37 14.63 15.09 SPAIN................... .. .. .. 1252 1594 1627 1663 1756 1758 1753 #10.89 11.32 12.07 12.68 SWEDEN.................. 28.44 49.41 76.36 113.7 126.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. UNITED KINGDOM.......... 1.39 3.17 4.82 6.93 8.15 8.27 8.81 9.05 9.54 10.01 10.42 10.76 11.21 11.97 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (2) Photographic and optical goods; watches and clocks. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, May 2004