Table 13. Real hourly compensation in manufacturing, CPI basis, 19 countries, 1950-2011 (Indexes: 2002 = 100) Year United Australia Belgium Canada Czech Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Japan Korea, Netherlands Norway Singapore Spain Sweden Taiwan United States Republic Republic of Kingdom 1950 41.4 NA NA 34.0 NA 21.6 NA 12.6 9.7 16.8 12.5 NA 16.6 21.1 NA NA NA NA 26.2 1951 42.2 NA NA 34.9 NA 21.4 NA 13.4 10.5 16.8 13.6 NA 16.8 21.0 NA NA NA NA 26.1 1952 44.1 NA NA 37.2 NA 22.7 NA 14.7 10.9 17.4 14.8 NA 17.8 21.5 NA NA NA NA 26.3 1953 46.2 NA NA 39.6 NA 23.6 NA 15.7 11.7 18.3 14.7 NA 18.4 22.2 NA NA NA NA 26.9 1954 48.0 NA NA 41.5 NA 24.2 NA 16.8 12.2 18.5 15.1 NA 19.4 22.6 NA NA NA NA 27.8 1955 49.9 NA NA 42.9 NA 23.9 NA 18.0 13.1 19.6 15.9 NA 20.9 23.5 NA NA NA NA 28.7 1956 52.3 NA NA 44.6 NA 24.4 NA 19.9 14.0 20.5 16.6 NA 22.7 24.7 NA NA NA NA 29.6 1957 53.7 NA NA 45.9 NA 25.6 NA 21.3 15.3 21.0 16.8 NA 23.7 25.7 NA NA NA NA 30.4 1958 54.7 NA NA 47.0 NA 26.5 NA 21.3 16.2 21.4 17.2 NA 24.3 25.9 NA NA NA NA 31.4 1959 56.2 NA NA 48.5 NA 27.7 NA 22.0 17.5 22.3 19.0 NA 24.6 27.4 NA NA NA NA 32.3 1960 57.6 NA 22.9 50.4 NA 28.9 19.7 22.9 19.4 23.5 20.2 NA 25.8 28.9 NA NA 30.5 NA 33.6 1961 58.7 NA 24.0 51.0 NA 31.0 21.0 24.4 21.2 25.5 22.4 NA 28.9 30.8 NA NA 32.7 NA 34.8 1962 60.3 NA 25.4 52.3 NA 31.9 22.4 25.5 23.4 28.8 24.0 NA 30.3 32.1 NA NA 35.0 NA 35.0 1963 61.1 NA 27.5 53.9 NA 33.0 23.1 27.0 24.2 31.7 24.8 NA 32.2 33.5 NA NA 37.6 NA 35.9 1964 62.8 NA 29.8 55.2 NA 34.4 23.6 28.3 25.6 31.9 26.9 NA 35.3 33.9 NA NA 39.9 NA 37.1 1965 63.1 NA 31.8 57.6 NA 35.9 24.9 30.1 27.3 32.7 28.4 NA 37.6 35.9 NA NA 41.9 NA 38.7 1966 64.0 NA 33.7 59.5 NA 38.1 26.1 31.3 28.7 34.0 29.8 NA 39.8 37.9 NA NA 43.2 NA 40.3 1967 65.6 NA 35.8 60.6 NA 39.6 27.6 33.4 29.7 36.2 32.2 NA 42.8 40.6 NA NA 46.1 NA 41.3 1968 67.6 NA 37.3 62.1 NA 40.3 28.1 36.6 31.4 38.1 35.5 NA 45.9 43.1 NA NA 49.0 NA 42.4 1969 68.8 NA 39.3 64.0 NA 43.9 29.9 39.1 33.8 40.8 39.9 NA 48.5 46.4 NA NA 51.6 NA 43.7 1970 69.7 NA 43.1 65.9 NA 46.9 33.3 41.5 38.3 47.3 44.1 NA 52.5 46.6 NA NA 53.3 NA 47.2 1971 70.7 NA 47.7 68.1 NA 51.5 36.3 43.7 40.8 52.0 47.8 NA 56.0 50.0 NA NA 55.4 NA 49.0 1972 72.0 NA 53.5 69.9 NA 53.9 39.4 46.3 42.8 54.1 52.6 NA 59.1 52.6 NA NA 58.3 NA 52.8 1973 73.0 NA 59.4 70.7 NA 59.8 42.6 49.4 45.2 57.8 57.5 NA 64.9 54.8 NA NA 60.3 25.8 55.1 1974 73.0 NA 64.9 74.3 NA 63.5 45.8 51.7 48.1 63.1 61.3 NA 71.1 59.0 NA NA 64.7 25.7 57.0 1975 75.1 NA 69.5 77.4 NA 69.7 47.9 56.6 50.0 66.5 63.8 NA 71.0 63.1 NA NA 72.5 26.1 61.2 1976 76.8 NA 73.7 83.3 NA 72.0 49.7 57.4 51.6 71.1 62.8 NA 73.2 66.7 NA NA 76.6 28.5 60.9 1977 78.6 NA 74.3 85.5 NA 72.4 49.7 59.9 54.4 72.7 64.2 NA 72.3 68.4 NA NA 74.8 29.1 59.3 1978 78.9 NA 76.2 84.0 NA 73.0 49.4 62.0 56.9 73.7 65.5 NA 74.8 69.1 NA NA 77.1 31.0 63.6 1979 78.9 NA 77.6 83.9 NA 75.1 51.0 63.3 58.6 77.7 67.3 NA 76.6 69.4 36.7 78.1 77.9 33.4 66.4 1980 79.5 NA 81.0 83.6 NA 74.7 51.7 64.2 60.5 74.9 66.4 NA 75.3 68.0 37.3 77.6 76.0 34.4 68.5 1981 79.8 NA 82.1 83.5 NA 74.7 54.2 65.6 60.5 76.2 67.9 NA 72.5 66.6 38.0 80.1 74.8 38.0 70.7 1982 82.2 NA 79.0 86.5 NA 74.5 54.6 69.5 60.9 76.3 69.2 NA 73.3 66.5 40.4 79.9 72.6 40.3 70.5 1983 81.2 NA 80.5 87.3 NA 75.9 55.4 70.9 61.7 78.1 69.8 NA 75.4 67.0 43.9 81.1 71.1 41.4 71.5 1984 80.7 NA 82.2 88.9 NA 76.4 57.3 72.6 63.0 81.5 70.3 NA 76.9 68.9 48.9 81.8 72.8 44.2 72.1 1985 82.0 NA 82.7 90.1 NA 78.0 60.3 74.3 65.4 83.9 71.5 26.3 79.1 71.2 53.0 82.9 74.1 47.5 73.8 1986 84.3 NA 83.8 88.0 NA 78.6 63.9 75.6 68.1 84.5 74.0 27.8 81.8 72.3 51.9 83.7 77.5 53.0 77.3 1987 84.2 NA 85.1 86.2 NA 83.7 65.9 76.3 70.9 87.0 76.2 30.3 85.8 75.4 54.3 89.2 78.0 57.7 81.6 1988 84.1 NA 85.5 86.8 NA 84.5 68.2 77.0 73.0 88.9 77.5 35.3 86.4 75.0 59.4 89.1 78.5 61.4 82.0 1989 83.0 NA 87.9 86.5 NA 85.9 71.4 78.4 74.6 92.4 80.3 38.6 86.5 75.2 61.2 87.3 82.4 66.6 80.6 1990 82.9 85.9 89.1 87.3 NA 88.3 76.0 79.4 78.1 93.4 83.2 42.4 86.9 76.6 62.6 91.0 81.4 73.3 82.8 1991 84.8 90.6 93.2 88.4 NA 90.3 78.1 81.4 80.1 95.5 85.8 48.8 87.9 78.2 65.3 95.1 80.7 77.7 88.6 1992 86.6 91.5 93.6 91.4 NA 90.5 78.8 83.3 83.5 96.6 87.4 53.6 89.1 78.5 70.8 101.6 81.5 79.6 85.5 1993 86.4 93.7 95.4 90.8 NA 91.3 79.6 85.0 85.0 96.3 88.6 59.3 92.5 78.0 74.2 106.2 77.9 81.9 86.9 1994 86.7 90.2 93.9 93.2 NA 92.7 82.5 86.5 86.5 97.5 89.7 64.3 92.7 79.2 79.5 105.1 77.9 82.5 86.9 1995 86.0 92.3 95.2 93.4 76.4 92.6 87.1 87.6 89.7 97.9 92.8 73.9 92.2 80.8 83.7 104.8 78.4 86.2 85.6 1996 85.2 94.9 95.0 93.4 80.8 94.3 89.3 87.3 92.6 99.5 93.6 82.2 91.9 83.3 86.6 103.6 83.5 89.0 83.2 1997 85.4 95.6 97.0 93.3 82.0 95.6 89.8 89.4 92.5 102.1 95.0 86.1 92.2 84.8 90.1 104.0 87.2 91.1 84.7 1998 89.5 100.1 97.5 97.2 79.9 96.5 92.3 89.7 93.2 98.6 96.8 87.5 94.2 87.7 93.4 102.9 89.8 92.5 87.7 1999 91.5 102.7 97.7 97.8 82.2 96.6 94.6 92.2 94.8 99.1 96.9 87.0 95.3 90.7 90.0 100.4 89.8 94.2 92.2 2000 95.4 97.3 97.0 98.1 87.7 95.7 95.7 95.2 98.2 99.3 97.0 91.1 97.6 92.9 93.7 98.5 95.2 94.7 93.7 2001 96.3 98.8 97.9 98.5 95.7 97.9 99.7 96.3 99.3 99.7 99.0 91.5 97.8 95.5 95.7 99.9 97.3 100.8 95.7 2002 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2003 105.6 103.1 100.7 100.4 108.1 104.8 102.0 100.4 101.0 101.1 98.2 101.9 101.8 101.3 100.2 101.4 102.1 103.4 102.9 2004 103.7 104.4 100.4 102.1 113.9 107.3 105.7 101.4 99.9 102.5 97.0 112.2 104.8 104.2 98.8 101.5 104.5 105.0 104.9 2005 103.7 108.0 99.8 104.7 115.0 111.5 109.7 103.1 99.6 103.5 95.8 126.8 104.5 106.8 97.4 104.0 107.6 108.7 107.5 2006 102.4 110.6 101.6 107.8 121.4 113.9 111.7 105.4 101.9 103.5 94.0 136.0 106.3 111.0 95.0 107.8 108.5 114.6 110.5 2007 102.8 112.8 105.4 108.6 125.5 117.9 112.1 105.8 100.5 104.4 93.8 141.5 107.7 114.3 92.4 113.3 113.0 113.7 109.3 2008 103.2 109.6 104.4 107.7 124.3 116.0 110.8 105.6 100.5 105.6 95.7 136.3 108.7 115.8 87.8 114.6 110.0 112.5 108.5 2009 107.8 114.6 109.3 108.6 122.8 118.5 113.6 109.8 104.4 108.2 97.4 139.7 111.1 118.4 88.4 118.1 115.1 108.6 112.5 2010 107.3 112.2 107.2 104.0 124.6 119.1 112.9 110.2 101.6 109.2 96.9 146.4 110.6 118.4 94.8 116.9 112.5 111.0 113.0 2011 106.8 107.2 102.7 103.3 124.5 118.5 112.0 110.6 101.5 108.5 99.3 140.1 110.3 121.4 94.8 114.7 110.4 114.6 109.7 NA = Not Available The data relate to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers), except for Belgium and Taiwan, where data relate to employees (wage and salary earners). Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012.