A perspective on U.S. and foreign compensation costs in manufacturing (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, June 2002

A perspective on U.S. and foreign compensation costs in manufacturing

Chris Sparks
Supervisory Economist, Division of Foreign Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: Sparks.Chris@bls.gov

Theo Bikoi
Economist, Division of Foreign Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: Bikoi.Theodore@bls.gov

Lisa Moglia
Economist, Division of Foreign Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: Moglia_L@bls.gov

Despite the appreciation of the dollar, U.S. hourly compensation costs have grown more slowly than costs in foreign countries over the 1975–2000 period.

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Foreign Labor Statistics

International comparisons of manufacturing compensation costs.—Oct. 1995.
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International comparisons of hourly compensation costs.—June 1989.

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