Table 14. Real average annual 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 42.3 NA NA 36.2 NA 29.0 NA 16.7 13.7 19.3 14.6 NA 22.4 28.3 NA NA 24.8 NA 31.3 1951 43.2 NA NA 36.5 NA 28.4 NA 18.3 15.0 19.6 16.2 NA 22.5 28.3 NA NA 25.1 NA 31.3 1952 45.2 NA NA 38.4 NA 30.1 NA 19.8 15.6 20.2 17.8 NA 23.9 28.8 NA NA 27.3 NA 31.3 1953 47.1 NA NA 41.1 NA 31.1 NA 20.9 16.9 21.5 17.9 NA 24.8 29.9 NA NA 28.3 NA 32.2 1954 48.1 NA NA 42.3 NA 32.0 NA 22.5 18.0 22.0 18.3 NA 26.1 30.4 NA NA 28.9 NA 33.6 1955 51.1 NA NA 43.9 NA 31.5 NA 24.1 19.5 23.1 19.5 NA 28.2 31.6 NA NA 30.0 NA 34.7 1956 53.2 NA NA 45.9 NA 32.0 NA 26.4 20.5 23.8 21.0 NA 30.6 33.3 NA NA 30.2 NA 35.5 1957 53.9 NA NA 46.7 NA 33.4 NA 28.1 21.4 24.5 21.1 NA 31.7 33.9 NA NA 30.9 NA 36.4 1958 54.2 NA NA 47.9 NA 34.4 NA 27.8 22.2 24.9 21.5 NA 32.6 34.4 NA NA 31.4 NA 37.2 1959 57.0 NA NA 49.7 NA 35.1 NA 28.8 23.9 26.2 24.1 NA 33.1 35.5 NA NA 32.1 NA 38.5 1960 57.8 NA 27.9 51.2 NA 36.2 24.9 30.4 26.5 28.0 25.9 NA 35.2 37.4 NA NA 32.8 NA 39.8 1961 58.9 NA 29.2 51.6 NA 37.7 26.5 32.3 28.5 30.1 28.1 NA 37.8 39.3 NA NA 35.0 NA 40.6 1962 61.1 NA 31.0 53.2 NA 39.1 28.1 34.0 30.6 32.8 29.4 NA 39.4 40.9 NA NA 37.1 NA 40.5 1963 62.2 NA 33.5 55.1 NA 39.8 28.7 36.0 31.2 36.4 30.2 NA 41.6 42.4 NA NA 39.5 NA 41.5 1964 64.3 NA 36.2 56.7 NA 41.8 29.7 37.8 33.1 36.6 32.4 NA 45.3 43.2 NA NA 41.4 NA 43.2 1965 65.4 NA 37.9 59.1 NA 43.6 31.2 40.0 35.1 36.3 33.7 NA 48.1 44.7 NA NA 43.2 NA 44.5 1966 66.5 NA 39.9 60.7 NA 45.5 32.3 41.7 36.4 38.1 35.6 NA 50.6 47.3 NA NA 44.4 NA 45.5 1967 66.8 NA 41.8 61.8 NA 46.8 33.1 43.8 36.7 41.2 38.5 NA 54.2 50.2 NA NA 46.6 NA 46.2 1968 68.9 NA 43.6 63.2 NA 46.6 33.5 47.4 39.3 43.3 42.2 NA 57.1 52.0 NA NA 48.6 NA 47.9 1969 69.5 NA 45.5 64.8 NA 49.9 35.2 49.8 42.3 46.0 46.8 NA 59.5 54.7 NA NA 50.3 NA 49.3 1970 69.0 NA 48.5 66.3 NA 51.9 38.6 52.5 47.7 52.4 51.3 NA 63.0 54.6 NA NA 51.8 NA 52.5 1971 70.1 NA 52.9 68.3 NA 56.6 40.9 55.3 49.6 56.1 54.7 NA 66.0 57.9 NA NA 53.7 NA 53.2 1972 72.6 NA 58.0 70.1 NA 57.8 44.7 57.0 51.6 57.9 59.8 NA 69.3 60.0 NA NA 55.0 NA 56.8 1973 73.5 NA 62.9 70.4 NA 61.6 47.4 60.2 54.0 62.6 64.8 NA 75.1 62.1 NA NA 55.9 31.1 60.0 1974 72.1 NA 66.8 73.5 NA 66.1 50.0 61.9 56.3 66.0 66.2 NA 79.4 66.0 NA NA 59.4 29.7 60.1 1975 73.0 NA 67.8 75.5 NA 70.3 51.8 65.6 57.1 68.3 67.4 NA 76.2 70.3 NA NA 65.1 30.9 64.3 1976 75.6 NA 73.2 81.5 NA 72.9 53.4 68.3 60.6 73.0 68.3 NA 79.0 72.4 NA NA 68.0 33.9 64.6 1977 77.6 NA 73.5 82.8 NA 72.6 52.2 70.0 62.9 74.3 69.9 NA 77.1 72.9 NA NA 65.9 34.6 63.3 1978 78.0 NA 75.2 82.2 NA 72.3 52.5 71.3 65.0 75.1 71.6 NA 78.8 72.4 NA NA 66.2 36.6 67.6 1979 77.6 NA 76.6 81.8 NA 74.1 54.6 73.3 66.8 78.6 74.0 NA 80.7 71.5 36.0 81.1 65.9 39.2 70.3 1980 77.4 NA 78.7 81.3 NA 73.8 55.2 74.1 67.8 76.0 73.0 NA 78.7 70.5 36.5 80.0 63.6 40.5 70.1 1981 77.7 NA 77.9 81.3 NA 72.7 57.5 74.8 67.0 77.1 74.1 NA 76.3 69.1 37.3 81.1 62.9 42.6 71.4 1982 79.0 NA 76.6 83.3 NA 73.4 57.5 76.0 67.1 77.3 75.3 NA 77.1 68.5 39.2 81.3 62.1 45.0 71.8 1983 80.1 NA 76.1 85.0 NA 75.3 58.1 76.7 68.1 77.7 76.0 NA 79.5 69.3 43.1 81.2 62.3 46.3 73.1 1984 80.6 NA 77.2 86.4 NA 75.6 60.1 78.4 69.5 80.5 77.1 NA 81.1 71.1 47.7 79.9 64.0 49.9 74.2 1985 82.1 NA 78.8 88.0 NA 75.4 63.2 79.4 70.9 83.2 78.1 29.8 82.2 73.1 50.3 80.6 65.4 52.0 76.0 1986 84.3 NA 79.9 85.9 NA 77.0 66.6 81.1 73.4 84.7 80.6 32.1 84.4 74.3 50.5 82.2 67.4 59.0 79.4 1987 84.2 NA 81.9 85.3 NA 79.9 69.0 83.0 76.3 87.9 83.6 34.4 87.5 75.6 53.6 84.6 69.6 64.3 84.5 1988 85.1 NA 83.7 86.6 NA 80.5 71.5 84.8 78.1 90.8 85.8 39.1 87.7 75.8 57.5 85.4 70.9 67.6 85.3 1989 84.1 NA 85.6 85.8 NA 80.6 74.3 85.5 78.7 93.8 88.0 41.1 86.8 76.6 60.7 86.0 73.8 72.3 83.7 1990 83.2 85.2 87.8 85.9 NA 82.3 77.2 86.8 80.9 95.2 90.0 44.4 88.4 77.9 62.0 89.4 74.0 78.9 85.4 1991 84.4 88.7 90.3 86.6 NA 83.4 76.4 88.3 82.4 97.3 90.8 50.6 88.4 80.0 64.8 93.2 73.5 83.6 89.8 1992 87.3 90.5 90.6 90.0 NA 85.4 76.9 90.9 88.9 97.6 89.6 55.0 90.9 81.1 70.4 98.7 75.7 85.6 86.7 1993 88.1 93.0 91.0 90.8 NA 86.1 78.5 92.3 88.4 97.4 89.0 60.7 92.5 80.9 73.9 102.9 73.9 88.2 88.9 1994 89.4 91.6 92.4 93.0 NA 87.1 83.1 93.6 91.0 98.2 90.4 66.4 94.2 82.3 79.8 102.6 78.2 89.0 88.7 1995 88.0 93.5 92.7 93.4 78.2 88.7 87.8 94.2 94.2 98.9 94.1 76.6 94.2 83.2 84.2 100.9 79.3 92.6 86.8 1996 87.1 95.6 92.8 93.5 82.4 90.1 89.7 94.3 95.3 100.7 95.4 83.7 94.7 85.3 87.0 100.9 84.8 95.5 84.7 1997 88.1 96.0 94.8 94.1 84.0 92.0 90.9 96.3 95.3 103.2 96.1 86.6 94.6 86.7 90.8 102.3 87.7 98.0 85.0 1998 91.3 100.6 95.6 97.6 82.6 94.7 94.0 96.3 96.3 100.3 95.9 84.4 96.5 89.8 92.4 101.4 90.4 97.6 88.5 1999 94.2 103.8 98.0 98.6 85.8 96.2 95.3 98.4 97.6 100.6 95.9 90.7 96.9 93.3 90.6 99.6 91.1 100.0 92.4 2000 97.2 97.4 96.9 98.7 91.7 96.8 96.5 98.8 100.1 100.5 97.7 93.6 98.4 94.6 95.6 98.5 97.5 100.4 94.0 2001 96.2 98.8 97.7 98.9 95.8 98.8 100.2 98.5 99.9 100.4 99.0 92.3 98.4 97.0 95.2 100.2 98.6 99.1 96.4 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 105.4 103.0 100.9 99.8 107.8 102.2 101.5 100.2 100.9 99.8 99.1 101.8 101.8 100.4 100.6 101.2 102.1 103.7 102.6 2004 104.4 104.1 102.0 102.6 114.5 105.2 106.1 102.8 101.3 101.3 99.2 111.4 104.7 107.2 100.4 100.1 108.1 106.8 104.5 2005 103.7 107.5 100.3 104.0 115.5 108.7 109.3 104.3 100.3 101.4 97.5 119.4 104.0 111.0 99.8 101.0 110.8 109.4 107.5 2006 103.8 109.7 102.2 107.2 120.5 110.6 111.8 105.8 102.5 101.9 96.5 124.8 105.8 115.6 97.9 103.4 111.3 114.5 110.0 2007 104.2 110.9 105.0 107.9 123.5 113.0 112.2 107.1 100.9 103.8 95.8 128.8 107.2 120.3 95.4 107.8 114.4 113.6 109.6 2008 104.2 108.1 102.7 106.6 122.9 111.0 108.3 107.4 100.0 104.1 96.5 125.9 107.9 121.1 89.7 109.0 111.4 110.9 107.8 2009 106.7 110.2 101.7 105.1 118.1 111.1 106.4 108.6 97.3 99.7 92.0 127.9 108.4 120.0 88.9 111.7 113.9 103.9 109.7 2010 109.2 109.7 104.1 102.4 122.4 112.6 108.0 110.7 99.8 102.3 96.2 136.0 109.8 121.9 97.7 112.3 114.0 111.9 112.4 2011 109.5 110.2 103.3 101.4 120.6 112.2 110.0 110.8 101.3 102.4 98.4 129.6 109.9 125.4 97.1 110.8 113.7 113.2 108.4 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.