Table 12. Average annual compensation in manufacturing, national currency basis,
14 countries or areas, 1950-1997
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Table 12. Average annual compensation in manufacturing, national
currency basis, 14 countries or areas, 1950-1997
(Indexes: 1992=100)
United Nether- United
Year States Canada Japan Korea Taiwan Belgium Denmark France* Germany Italy lands Norway Sweden* Kingdom*
1950 8.8 6.2 NA NA NA NA 3.5 2.0 4.9 0.9 4.1 2.9 2.4 1.9
1955 11.9 8.5 3.7 NA NA NA 4.7 3.4 7.4 1.3 6.0 4.4 3.8 2.8
1960 14.8 10.9 5.3 NA NA 7.0 6.0 5.2 10.7 1.8 8.5 6.0 5.0 3.6
1961 15.3 11.1 6.1 NA NA 7.4 6.6 5.8 11.8 2.0 9.3 6.4 5.5 3.8
1962 16.0 11.6 6.8 NA NA 8.0 7.2 6.3 13.1 2.2 9.8 7.0 6.1 4.0
1963 16.6 12.2 7.6 NA NA 8.8 7.8 6.9 13.7 2.7 10.8 7.5 6.6 4.2
1964 17.4 12.7 8.5 NA NA 9.9 8.5 7.5 14.9 2.8 12.4 8.0 7.1 4.5
1965 17.9 13.5 9.4 NA NA 10.8 9.4 8.0 16.3 2.9 13.9 8.7 7.8 4.8
1966 18.8 14.4 10.4 NA NA 11.9 10.4 8.5 17.4 3.2 15.4 9.5 8.6 5.1
1967 19.5 15.1 11.7 NA NA 12.8 11.6 9.1 17.9 3.5 17.0 10.5 9.3 5.3
1968 20.9 16.1 13.5 NA NA 13.7 12.5 10.0 19.5 3.8 18.6 11.3 9.9 5.7
1969 22.3 17.3 15.8 NA NA 14.8 13.8 10.9 21.3 4.1 20.8 12.2 10.6 6.2
1970 23.4 18.4 18.6 NA NA 16.4 15.3 12.1 24.9 4.9 23.7 13.4 11.9 7.0
1971 24.9 19.4 21.2 NA NA 18.5 17.5 13.5 27.3 5.5 26.8 15.2 13.3 7.8
1972 26.6 20.8 24.3 NA NA 20.9 19.0 14.7 29.9 6.1 30.3 16.7 14.5 9.0
1973 28.6 22.4 29.4 NA NA 23.7 21.8 16.6 33.5 7.3 35.4 18.7 15.9 10.4
1974 31.2 25.9 37.0 NA NA 28.1 26.9 19.5 37.4 9.2 41.0 21.7 18.5 12.0
1975 34.5 29.3 42.1 NA NA 32.2 31.1 23.1 40.1 11.4 46.0 25.8 22.3 16.0
1976 37.8 33.5 46.7 NA NA 37.2 34.8 26.6 44.4 14.2 51.2 29.1 25.8 18.7
1977 41.2 37.1 51.6 NA NA 41.3 38.2 29.9 47.8 16.7 55.6 32.1 27.9 21.2
1978 44.6 40.1 55.2 NA NA 44.5 41.6 33.4 50.8 19.2 59.6 34.6 30.3 24.7
1979 48.6 43.4 59.1 NA NA 48.5 46.5 37.8 54.3 23.1 63.3 35.8 32.2 29.2
1980 53.8 47.5 62.9 NA NA 52.9 51.6 43.6 58.2 27.2 67.1 39.1 35.4 34.1
1981 59.1 53.0 66.8 NA NA 57.4 56.1 49.8 61.1 32.9 70.5 43.6 39.3 39.0
1982 63.6 59.0 69.9 NA NA 61.1 62.0 56.8 64.4 38.7 75.6 48.1 42.4 43.3
1983 67.2 63.8 71.9 NA NA 63.2 67.2 62.4 67.4 45.3 79.0 53.0 47.3 46.6
1984 70.5 66.1 74.8 NA NA 68.0 70.8 67.8 70.6 51.9 80.9 57.9 52.3 50.7
1985 74.3 70.0 77.6 NA NA 73.4 73.0 73.0 73.5 57.8 83.0 63.1 57.2 55.5
1986 77.6 72.9 81.1 NA NA 76.4 76.3 76.2 76.0 61.7 85.8 68.9 61.5 60.2
1987 80.2 76.2 83.3 NA NA 78.9 81.5 79.5 79.2 66.4 88.1 76.3 66.4 67.3
1988 84.2 80.2 85.6 NA NA 81.8 84.4 82.8 82.0 71.4 88.6 81.7 70.6 72.0
1989 86.9 84.1 89.9 NA NA 85.6 88.2 87.1 85.0 78.3 89.0 86.0 77.9 76.9
1990 90.4 89.9 95.5 NA NA 91.4 92.1 91.2 89.3 85.0 91.2 90.9 87.0 84.8
1991 94.6 94.5 98.9 NA NA 95.5 95.6 95.9 94.3 93.2 95.4 96.4 94.6 92.9
1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 NA NA 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1993 104.3 101.2 102.1 NA NA 103.4 101.5 102.8 102.8 105.0 103.7 101.8 100.5 105.8
1994 108.1 102.4 104.3 NA NA 109.7 105.1 105.2 108.5 107.3 108.2 105.0 106.8 108.5
1995 110.4 105.2 107.7 NA NA 111.7 109.4 107.1 113.6 113.3 111.5 108.8 114.3 109.7
1996 113.9 107.8 109.7 NA NA 114.7 113.1 109.1 117.6 119.5 114.7 113.6 122.5 112.3
1997 118.6 110.7 112.4 NA NA 117.3 117.6 111.8 120.5 125.8 NA 118.4 127.9 116.8
NA: Not Available
Note: The data relate to employees (wage and salary earners) in Belgium,
Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom,
and to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers)
in the other countries.
* Compensation adjusted to include changes in employment taxes that
are not compensation to employees, but are labor costs to employers.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
September 1998.
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