Table 1352. Indexes of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing by Country: 1980 to 2005
[United States = 100. Compensation costs include pay for time worked, other direct pay (including holiday and vacation pay, bonuses, other direct payments, and the cost of pay in kind), employer expenditures for legally required insurance programs and contractual and private benefit plans, and for some countries, other labor taxes. Data adjusted for exchange rates. Area averages are tradeweighted to account for difference in countries’ relative importance to U.S. trade in manufactured goods. The trade weights used to compute the average compensation cost measures for selected economic groups are based on the relative dollar value of U.S. trade in manufactured commodities (exports plus imports) with each country or area in 2004; see source for detail] Area or country United States . . . . . . Total
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1980 1985 1990 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 100 67 73 99 98 12 (NA) 92 23 88 16 35 57 10 56 16 2 11 92 122 (X) 112 86 92 (X) 39 (NA) 63 84 120 125 123 (NA) 21 61 129 114 78 100 52 56 61 60 13 (NA) 88 12 64 14 29 49 10 36 20 2 12 60 65 (X) 64 65 59 (X) 29 (NA) 47 60 59 69 82 (NA) 12 36 76 75 49 100 80 85 113 112 25 (NA) 110 11 88 22 52 85 25 57 25 2 26 121 121 (X) 124 143 104 (X) 46 (NA) 79 117 108 121 147 (NA) 24 76 140 139 85 100 83 88 111 110 35 (NA) 97 16 84 27 49 125 38 54 37 3 33 128 131 (NA) 126 114 102 151 46 16 75 92 119 124 128 (NA) 26 68 111 147 77 100 87 92 123 123 39 (NA) 96 10 89 28 55 137 42 60 44 3 35 147 149 15 147 142 112 175 53 16 80 91 137 140 145 (NA) 30 74 126 168 80 100 83 88 119 119 40 32 96 9 96 29 57 115 46 64 46 3 34 139 142 17 143 133 107 167 53 15 80 96 127 130 143 (NA) 30 75 137 157 80 100 77 81 107 107 39 32 93 10 92 30 59 104 43 62 44 3 33 120 122 15 129 118 94 143 50 15 76 88 109 114 133 15 28 66 122 131 86 100 72 77 105 106 32 30 86 9 82 29 59 95 31 51 40 3 29 119 122 16 130 118 94 136 48 15 74 85 106 115 132 16 28 64 119 130 92 100 73 78 102 103 35 18 85 10 84 28 56 108 39 50 37 2 31 114 117 16 129 114 90 130 (NA) 15 73 82 104 113 131 15 27 63 114 123 92 100 70 74 90 91 36 18 84 11 73 28 58 112 42 43 37 2 32 97 102 14 111 99 79 115 (NA) 14 65 70 89 98 115 14 23 54 103 107 86 100 65 69 87 87 33 14 79 11 65 28 59 94 38 39 34 2 30 93 97 15 108 97 76 109 (NA) 15 66 66 84 97 115 16 22 53 90 105 82 100 65 70 91 92 33 12 78 12 72 27 52 87 41 43 31 2 26 97 102 18 114 102 80 114 (NA) 18 72 69 88 104 131 15 24 56 95 111 86 100 73 79 107 107 34 12 88 11 89 25 52 91 44 53 32 2 26 115 120 21 136 122 95 134 (NA) 21 86 82 104 124 147 16 28 68 113 125 96 100 79 85 117 118 36 14 95 11 102 24 53 96 49 60 32 2 26 125 132 24 151 134 105 142 (NA) 25 96 90 116 135 160 17 31 75 125 132 109
2005 100 80 86 116 116 39 17 101 11 105 24 53 92 57 63 32 (NA) 27 124 130 26 150 135 104 140 (NA) 26 96 89 117 135 166 19 31 75 121 129 109
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OECD 2, 3 . . . . . . . . Europe 3 . . . . . . . . . EU-15 4 . . . . . . . . . . Asian newly industrializing economies 5 . . Brazil . . . . . Canada . . . . Mexico . . . . Australia . . . Hong Kong 6 Israel . . . . . Japan . . . . . Korea, South New Zealand Singapore . . Sri Lanka . . . Taiwan 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Austria . . . . . . Belgium . . . . . . Czech Republic. Denmark . . . . . Finland . . . . . . France . . . . . . Germany . . . . . Greece . . . . . . Hungary . . . . . Ireland . . . . . . Italy . . . . . . . . Luxembourg . . . Netherlands . . . Norway . . . . . . Poland . . . . . . Portugal . . . . . Spain . . . . . . . Sweden . . . . . . Switzerland . . . United Kingdom
1 For 1980−1990, the trade-weighted measure includes all 32 foreign economies NA Not available. X Not applicable. except for Brazil, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. For 1994, it includes all but Brazil, the Czech Republic, and Poland. For 1995, it includes all but Brazil and Poland. For 1996, it includes all but Poland. For 1998 onward, the measure includes all 32 2 3 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; see text of this section. Data for the Czech economies. 4 Republic 1980−1994, for Hungary 1980−1990, and for Poland 1980−1996 are not included. European Union-15 refers to European Union member countries prior to the expansion of the European Union to 25 countries on May 1, 2004, and to 27 5 Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and countries on January 1, 2007. For a list of EU-15 countries, see Table 1320. Taiwan. 6 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. 7 See footnote 2, Table 1298.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, 2005, 30 November 2006. See also .