Table 1. PRODUCTION WORKERS: Indexes of hourly compensation costs (United States = 100)
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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.
Last Modified Date: January 25, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
