Table 1. PRODUCTION WORKERS: Indexes of hourly compensation costs (United States = 100)
-16- Table 1. PRODUCTION WORKERS: Indexes of hourly compensation costs 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............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 BRAZIL.................... - - - - - 18 12 14 17 21 CANADA.................... 99 92 88 110 96 84 87 94 101 108 MEXICO.................... 24 23 12 11 10 11 11 11 11 12 Asia and Oceania AUSTRALIA................. 91 88 64 88 89 73 88 101 105 110 HONG KONG SAR (1)......... 12 16 14 22 28 28 25 24 24 24 ISRAEL.................... 33 35 29 52 55 58 52 52 52 54 JAPAN..................... 48 57 49 85 137 112 90 95 90 85 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF........ 5 10 10 25 42 42 43 47 54 62 NEW ZEALAND............... 53 56 36 57 60 43 52 59 63 61 PHILIPPINES............... - - - - 5 4 4 4 4 4 SINGAPORE................. 14 16 20 26 45 37 32 32 31 36 SRI LANKA................. 5 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 - TAIWAN.................... 6 11 12 26 35 32 25 26 27 27 Europe AUSTRIA................... 73 92 60 120 147 97 113 123 123 128 BELGIUM................... 94 122 65 120 150 102 118 130 129 134 CZECH REPUBLIC............ - - - - 15 15 21 24 25 28 DENMARK................... 101 112 63 123 146 109 132 146 145 149 FINLAND................... 82 89 65 141 132 91 108 120 119 126 FRANCE.................... 73 92 59 104 112 79 92 101 101 105 GERMANY................... - - - - 175 115 133 143 140 144 GREECE.................... 27 39 29 45 53 39 53 63 64 68 HUNGARY................... - - - - 16 14 21 25 26 26 IRELAND................... 57 67 49 82 82 68 88 98 101 109 ITALY..................... 75 84 60 119 96 74 90 102 102 105 LUXEMBOURG................ 101 119 58 107 137 89 102 113 115 116 NETHERLANDS............... 107 125 69 121 140 98 122 133 134 136 NORWAY.................... 112 123 82 147 145 115 146 157 165 172 POLAND.................... - - - - - 14 16 17 19 21 PORTUGAL.................. 25 21 12 24 30 23 28 30 31 32 SPAIN..................... 41 61 36 76 74 54 67 75 75 79 SWEDEN.................... 115 129 75 140 126 105 118 130 128 133 SWITZERLAND............... 98 114 75 139 168 107 124 131 128 129 UNITED KINGDOM............ 54 78 49 84 80 86 95 107 108 114 Trade-weighted measures All 33 Foreign Economies (2,3)................... 62 68 52 80 87 69 72 78 79 82 OECD (4).................. 67 73 56 85 92 74 78 85 86 90 Europe.................... 80 99 61 114 124 91 107 117 117 121 Euro Area (5)............. 82 101 62 117 132 92 109 119 119 123 Asian NIEs (6)............ 8 12 13 25 39 36 33 35 37 42 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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