Table 7. Production Workers: Indexes of hourly compensation costs (United States = 100)
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Table 7. Production Workers: Indexes of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing,
34 countries or areas and selected economic groups, selected years, 1975-2007
Country or Area 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007
Americas
United States............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Brazil.................... - - - - - 18 14 17 21 24
Canada.................... 102 92 89 111 97 84 96 102 109 118
Mexico.................... 23 22 12 10 10 10 11 11 11 12
Asia and Oceania
Australia................. 92 89 65 90 90 73 103 107 110 123
Hong Kong SAR (1)......... 12 15 13 21 28 27 24 24 24 24
Israel.................... 32 34 28 50 53 56 51 51 52 57
Japan..................... 47 56 48 83 134 109 94 90 83 80
Korea, Republic of........ 5 10 9 24 41 41 45 52 60 65
New Zealand............... 52 56 35 57 60 42 59 63 60 70
Philippines............... - - - - 5 4 3 4 4 4
Singapore................. 14 16 20 25 44 37 32 31 36 34
Sri Lanka................. 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
Taiwan.................... 6 11 12 26 34 31 26 27 27 27
Europe
Austria................... 73 93 60 120 148 101 126 127 130 144
Belgium................... 92 120 64 119 148 101 130 129 132 144
Czech Republic............ - - - - 15 14 24 26 28 33
Denmark................... 100 111 62 122 143 108 145 146 152 172
Finland................... 82 89 65 140 133 89 122 121 124 139
France.................... 90 103 63 109 115 80 104 103 105 116
Germany................... - - - - 173 114 143 140 142 153
Greece.................... 27 38 28 45 52 38 63 64 66 73
Hungary................... - - - - 17 14 25 26 26 32
Ireland................... 59 69 50 84 85 69 102 103 106 118
Italy..................... 75 84 60 120 96 73 102 102 104 115
Luxembourg................ 100 118 58 106 135 88 114 115 115 124
Netherlands............... 105 124 68 120 138 94 128 126 127 139
Norway.................... 115 126 85 151 149 118 160 165 173 197
Poland.................... - - - - - 14 17 19 21 25
Portugal.................. 24 20 11 24 29 23 32 31 31 34
Spain..................... 40 59 35 74 72 53 73 74 77 85
Sweden.................... 114 127 74 138 124 104 130 128 132 147
Switzerland............... 98 114 75 139 168 107 132 130 128 134
United Kingdom............ 51 74 46 80 76 82 105 107 109 121
Trade-Weighted Measures (2,3)
All 33 Foreign Economies.. 64 69 52 81 87 68 79 80 82 88
OECD (4).................. 69 74 56 86 93 74 86 87 89 96
Europe.................... 82 100 61 114 124 90 118 117 118 131
Euro Area (5)............. 85 103 62 118 133 91 121 119 121 133
Eastern Europe (6)........ - - - - - 14 21 23 25 30
East Asia ex-Japan (7).... 8 12 13 25 36 33 32 34 38 39
Dash means data not available.
(1) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
(2) The trade-weighted measures for production workers in this table are not directly
comparable with those for all employees earlier in this release; the country coverage
of the two series differs slightly.
(3) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the Technical
Notes preceding these tables.
(4) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
(5) Euro Area refers to European Union member countries in this release that have adopted
the Euro as the common currency as of January 1, 2009.
(6) Eastern Europe refers to the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland.
(7) East Asia ex-Japan includes Hong Kong SAR, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines,
Singapore, and Taiwan.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.
Last Modified Date: March 26, 2009
