Table 2. PRODUCTION WORKERS: Hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars
-17- Table 2. PRODUCTION WORKERS: Hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas and selected economic groups, selected years, 1975-2006 Country or area 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 Americas UNITED STATES............. 6.16 9.63 12.71 14.81 17.17 19.65 22.48 23.13 23.81 23.82 BRAZIL.................... - - - - - 3.50 2.74 3.14 4.16 4.91 CANADA.................... 6.11 8.87 11.20 16.33 16.50 16.48 19.60 21.85 23.98 25.74 MEXICO.................... 1.46 2.20 1.59 1.57 1.70 2.07 2.44 2.44 2.64 2.75 Asia and Oceania AUSTRALIA................. 5.60 8.44 8.18 13.09 15.36 14.41 19.79 23.38 25.11 26.14 HONG KONG SAR (1)......... 0.75 1.50 1.73 3.22 4.80 5.45 5.54 5.51 5.65 5.78 ISRAEL.................... 2.02 3.41 3.65 7.69 9.41 11.41 11.62 12.01 12.34 12.98 JAPAN..................... 2.97 5.46 6.27 12.59 23.47 21.93 20.32 21.95 21.54 20.20 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF........ 0.32 0.95 1.23 3.70 7.29 8.23 9.69 10.81 12.74 14.72 NEW ZEALAND............... 3.27 5.44 4.55 8.48 10.35 8.38 11.69 13.65 14.97 14.47 PHILIPPINES............... - - - - 0.94 0.77 0.79 0.84 0.92 1.07 SINGAPORE................. 0.84 1.54 2.55 3.78 7.65 7.30 7.23 7.47 7.30 8.55 SRI LANKA................. 0.28 0.22 0.28 0.35 0.48 0.48 0.51 0.52 0.54 - TAIWAN.................... 0.38 1.03 1.51 3.91 5.99 6.19 5.69 5.98 6.42 6.43 Europe AUSTRIA................... 4.50 8.87 7.57 17.72 25.26 19.12 25.42 28.39 29.36 30.46 BELGIUM................... 5.76 11.74 8.21 17.85 25.68 20.13 26.55 30.01 30.79 31.85 CZECH REPUBLIC............ - - - - 2.53 3.01 4.72 5.45 6.04 6.77 DENMARK................... 6.23 10.83 8.03 18.29 25.02 21.43 29.63 33.68 34.45 35.45 FINLAND................... 5.06 8.61 8.30 20.84 22.60 17.84 24.35 27.80 28.38 29.90 FRANCE.................... 4.49 8.90 7.47 15.35 19.24 15.43 20.74 23.29 24.00 24.90 GERMANY................... - - - - 30.10 22.67 29.93 33.09 33.34 34.21 GREECE.................... 1.69 3.72 3.65 6.69 9.05 7.67 11.86 14.65 15.31 16.10 HUNGARY................... - - - - 2.69 2.74 4.79 5.68 6.13 6.29 IRELAND................... 3.51 6.44 6.22 12.11 14.14 13.28 19.79 22.67 24.15 25.96 ITALY..................... 4.64 8.09 7.56 17.68 16.53 14.47 20.29 23.57 24.23 25.07 LUXEMBOURG................ 6.21 11.48 7.43 15.90 23.45 17.41 22.83 26.18 27.26 27.74 NETHERLANDS............... 6.58 12.05 8.73 17.98 24.03 19.35 27.52 30.82 31.80 32.34 NORWAY.................... 6.90 11.80 10.47 21.76 24.84 22.56 32.73 36.41 39.17 41.05 POLAND.................... - - - - - 2.81 3.52 3.84 4.51 4.99 PORTUGAL.................. 1.53 1.99 1.48 3.61 5.14 4.49 6.18 6.96 7.27 7.65 SPAIN..................... 2.52 5.86 4.64 11.30 12.70 10.66 15.14 17.25 17.92 18.83 SWEDEN.................... 7.12 12.40 9.58 20.75 21.62 20.68 26.42 30.08 30.46 31.80 SWITZERLAND............... 6.03 10.96 9.55 20.63 28.89 20.95 27.79 30.21 30.50 30.67 UNITED KINGDOM............ 3.35 7.52 6.22 12.46 13.71 16.84 21.29 24.82 25.72 27.10 Trade-weighted measures All 33 Foreign Economies (2,3)................... 3.83 6.51 6.62 11.85 14.88 13.57 16.15 17.94 18.82 19.58 OECD (4).................. 4.14 7.01 7.08 12.62 15.87 14.62 17.59 19.59 20.55 21.35 Europe.................... 4.91 9.53 7.74 16.82 21.25 17.85 23.97 27.04 27.75 28.76 Euro Area (5)............. 5.04 9.70 7.84 17.30 22.70 18.04 24.55 27.57 28.24 29.21 Asian NIEs (6)............ 0.49 1.16 1.62 3.71 6.64 7.08 7.50 8.05 8.91 9.93 Dash means data not available. (1) Average of selected manufacturing industries. (2) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the Technical Notes preceding these tables. (3) The trade-weighted measures for production workers in this table are not directly comparable with those for all employees later in this release; the country coverage of the two series differs slightly. (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, 2001. (6) The Asian NIEs are Hong Kong SAR, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2008.
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