# Data Analysis #Historical Hourly Compensation # # Hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars for production workers in manufacturing, 32 countries or areas and selected economic groups, selected years, 1975-2004 # # Source: United States, Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov/news.release/ichcc.t02.htm # (1) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. # (2) Because data for Germany are not available before 1993, data for the former West Germany only are included in the trade-weighted measures. # (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) Data for the Czech Republic for 1975-1994 and for Hungary for 1975-1993 are not included. # (6) Data for the Czech Republic for 1975-1994 and for Hungary for 1975-1993 are not included. # (7) European Union-15 refers to European Union member countries prior to the expansion of the European Union to 25 countries on May 1, 2004. # (8) The Asian NIEs are Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. # Historical Hourly Compensation d d d d d d d d d d d Country or area 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 United States 6.16 9.63 12.71 14.84 17.21 19.7 20.58 21.4 22.27 23.17 Brazil - - - - - 3.51 2.95 2.56 2.74 3.03 Canada 6.11 8.87 11.2 16.33 16.5 16.48 16.23 16.66 19.37 21.42 Mexico 1.45 2.19 1.58 1.56 1.47 2.2 2.54 2.6 2.49 2.5 Australia 5.6 8.44 8.18 13.09 15.36 14.39 13.3 15.41 19.78 23.09 Hong Kong SAR (1) 0.75 1.5 1.73 3.22 4.8 5.45 5.74 5.66 5.54 5.51 Israel 2.03 3.41 3.66 7.71 9.5 11.49 12.25 11.03 11.66 12.18 Japan 2.97 5.46 6.27 12.54 23.55 22.02 19.43 18.65 20.32 21.9 Korea 0.32 0.95 1.23 3.7 7.28 8.24 7.72 8.77 10.03 11.52 New Zealand 3.1 5.14 4.3 8.01 9.78 7.91 7.53 8.6 11.04 12.89 Singapore 0.83 1.53 2.53 3.75 7.58 7.19 6.97 6.71 7.18 7.45 Sri Lanka 0.28 0.22 0.28 0.35 0.48 0.48 0.45 0.49 0.51 - Taiwan 0.37 0.99 1.49 3.85 5.87 6.19 6.05 5.64 5.69 5.97 Austria 4.5 8.87 7.57 17.91 25.26 19.17 19.08 20.69 25.32 28.29 Belgium 5.77 11.74 8.29 17.84 25.64 20.09 19.8 21.74 26.52 29.98 Czech Republic - - - - 2.53 2.83 3.13 3.83 4.72 5.43 Denmark 6.24 10.77 8.1 18.35 25.28 21.87 22.02 24.25 30.15 33.75 Finland 4.63 8.3 8.2 21.15 24.31 19.44 19.85 21.78 27.1 30.67 France 4.5 8.9 7.48 15.36 19.26 15.46 15.65 17.12 21.14 23.89 Former West Germany 6.26 12.16 9.46 21.71 31.41 23.71 23.51 25.31 30.99 34.05 Germany - - - - 30.09 22.67 22.48 24.2 29.63 32.53 Greece 1.69 3.73 3.67 6.82 9.07 - - - - - Hungary - - - - 2.69 2.79 3.16 3.92 4.8 5.72 Ireland 3.06 6.02 6 11.77 13.75 12.72 13.6 15.26 19.09 21.94 Italy 4.64 8.09 7.56 17.28 15.69 13.84 13.61 14.75 18.11 20.48 Luxembourg 6.22 11.51 7.48 16 23.36 17.51 17.21 18.71 23.12 26.57 Netherlands 6.58 12.05 8.73 17.98 24.03 19.33 19.85 22.12 27.47 30.76 Norway 6.9 11.8 10.47 21.76 24.84 22.66 23.29 27.29 31.56 34.64 Portugal 1.52 1.98 1.46 3.59 5.09 4.49 4.59 5.07 6.24 7.02 Spain 2.52 5.86 4.64 11.3 12.7 10.65 10.76 11.92 14.97 17.1 Sweden 7.14 12.44 9.61 20.81 21.68 20.18 18.39 20.23 25.19 28.42 Switzerland 6.03 10.96 9.55 20.63 28.99 21.02 21.6 23.81 27.83 30.26 United Kingdom 3.35 7.52 6.22 12.61 13.79 16.73 16.75 18.25 21.2 24.71 All 31 foreign economies (2 3) 3.85 6.54 6.65 11.9 15.05 13.78 13.43 14 16.28 18.02 All except Brazil, Czech Republic, Hungary 3.85 6.54 6.65 11.9 15.11 14.06 13.71 14.29 16.63 18.41 OECD (4 5) 4.16 7.05 7.12 12.69 15.93 14.73 14.34 15.03 17.58 19.51 Europe (6) 4.99 9.67 7.85 17.05 21.5 18.08 18.11 19.8 24.1 27.08 European Union-15 (7) 4.92 9.59 7.74 16.84 21.4 18.13 18.12 19.78 24.14 27.17 Asian NIEs (8) 0.49 1.14 1.61 3.69 6.59 7.07 6.82 7.05 7.62 8.32