Table 7. Production Workers: Indexes of hourly compensation costs (United States = 100)
-22- Table 7. Production Workers: Indexes of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, 34 countries or areas and selected economic groups, selected years, 1975-2007 Country or Area 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 Americas United States............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Brazil.................... - - - - - 18 14 17 21 24 Canada.................... 102 92 89 111 97 84 96 102 109 118 Mexico.................... 23 22 12 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 Asia and Oceania Australia................. 92 89 65 90 90 73 103 107 110 123 Hong Kong SAR (1)......... 12 15 13 21 28 27 24 24 24 24 Israel.................... 32 34 28 50 53 56 51 51 52 57 Japan..................... 47 56 48 83 134 109 94 90 83 80 Korea, Republic of........ 5 10 9 24 41 41 45 52 60 65 New Zealand............... 52 56 35 57 60 42 59 63 60 70 Philippines............... - - - - 5 4 3 4 4 4 Singapore................. 14 16 20 25 44 37 32 31 36 34 Sri Lanka................. 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 Taiwan.................... 6 11 12 26 34 31 26 27 27 27 Europe Austria................... 73 93 60 120 148 101 126 127 130 144 Belgium................... 92 120 64 119 148 101 130 129 132 144 Czech Republic............ - - - - 15 14 24 26 28 33 Denmark................... 100 111 62 122 143 108 145 146 152 172 Finland................... 82 89 65 140 133 89 122 121 124 139 France.................... 90 103 63 109 115 80 104 103 105 116 Germany................... - - - - 173 114 143 140 142 153 Greece.................... 27 38 28 45 52 38 63 64 66 73 Hungary................... - - - - 17 14 25 26 26 32 Ireland................... 59 69 50 84 85 69 102 103 106 118 Italy..................... 75 84 60 120 96 73 102 102 104 115 Luxembourg................ 100 118 58 106 135 88 114 115 115 124 Netherlands............... 105 124 68 120 138 94 128 126 127 139 Norway.................... 115 126 85 151 149 118 160 165 173 197 Poland.................... - - - - - 14 17 19 21 25 Portugal.................. 24 20 11 24 29 23 32 31 31 34 Spain..................... 40 59 35 74 72 53 73 74 77 85 Sweden.................... 114 127 74 138 124 104 130 128 132 147 Switzerland............... 98 114 75 139 168 107 132 130 128 134 United Kingdom............ 51 74 46 80 76 82 105 107 109 121 Trade-Weighted Measures (2,3) All 33 Foreign Economies.. 64 69 52 81 87 68 79 80 82 88 OECD (4).................. 69 74 56 86 93 74 86 87 89 96 Europe.................... 82 100 61 114 124 90 118 117 118 131 Euro Area (5)............. 85 103 62 118 133 91 121 119 121 133 Eastern Europe (6)........ - - - - - 14 21 23 25 30 East Asia ex-Japan (7).... 8 12 13 25 36 33 32 34 38 39 Dash means data not available. (1) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (2) The trade-weighted measures for production workers in this table are not directly comparable with those for all employees earlier in this release; the country coverage of the two series differs slightly. (3) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the Technical Notes preceding these tables. (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, 2009. (6) Eastern Europe refers to the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. (7) East Asia ex-Japan includes Hong Kong SAR, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.
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