Table 2. PRODUCTION WORKERS: Hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars
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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.
Last Modified Date: January 25, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
