Table 1. Indexes of hourly compensation costs (United States = 100)
Table 1. Indexes of hourly compensation costs for production workers in
manufacturing, 29 countries or areas and selected economic groups,
selected years, 1975-97
(Index, United States = 100)
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Country or area 1975 1980 1985 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
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United States .......... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Canada ................. 94 88 84 106 100 94 93 94 91
Mexico ................. 23 22 12 11 15 15 9 9 10
Australia .............. 88 86 63 88 76 83 88 93 88
Hong Kong SAR 1 ........ 12 15 13 21 26 27 28 29 30
Israel ................. 35 38 31 57 53 54 61 62 66
Japan .................. 47 56 49 86 116 127 139 118 106
Korea .................. 5 10 9 25 34 38 42 46 40
New Zealand ............ 50 54 34 56 49 53 59 62 60
Singapore .............. 13 15 19 25 32 37 43 47 45
Sri Lanka .............. 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 -
Taiwan ................. 6 10 12 26 32 33 34 34 32
Austria ................ 71 90 58 119 122 128 147 139 120
Belgium ................ 101 133 69 129 130 137 155 146 125
Denmark ................ 99 110 62 121 116 120 140 136 121
Finland ................ 72 83 63 141 101 113 140 133 118
France ................. 71 91 58 104 102 105 116 113 99
Germany 2 .............. 99 124 73 147 153 160 187 180 155
Greece ................. 27 38 28 45 44 46 53 54 -
Ireland ................ 48 60 46 78 72 73 79 78 74
Italy .................. 73 83 59 117 96 94 94 100 92
Luxembourg ............. 102 122 60 112 114 121 136 127 -
Netherlands ............ 103 122 67 121 122 123 140 130 113
Norway ................. 106 117 80 144 122 124 142 142 130
Portugal ............... 25 21 12 25 27 27 31 32 29
Spain .................. 40 60 36 76 70 68 75 76 67
Sweden ................. 113 127 74 140 107 110 125 138 122
Switzerland ............ 96 112 74 140 137 148 170 160 133
United Kingdom ......... 53 77 48 85 75 76 80 80 85
Trade-weighted measures 3
All 28 foreign economies .. 60 67 52 83 87 89 95 91 84
OECD 4 .................... 67 74 57 90 94 96 103 98 90
less Mexico, Korea 5 .... 76 84 65 104 108 110 119 112 103
Europe .................... 80 100 61 116 111 115 129 125 112
European Union ............ 79 100 60 115 110 113 127 124 111
Asian NIEs ................ 8 12 13 25 31 34 37 39 36
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Dash means data not available.
1 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.
2 Former West Germany.
3 For description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see
the Technical Notes preceding these tables.
4 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
5 Mexico joined the OECD in 1994, and Korea joined in 1996.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 1998.
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