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Table 13. Real hourly compensation in manufacturing, CPI basis, 14 countries or areas, 1950-1997- 28 -
Table 13. Real hourly compensation in manufacturing, CPI 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 50.6 38.7 NA NA NA NA 28.6 20.1 11.8 18.2 17.2 26.3 25.2 27.0
1955 61.2 48.7 18.2 NA NA NA 31.9 27.1 15.9 21.2 21.3 29.4 30.5 29.6
1960 70.6 57.2 23.2 NA NA 25.2 38.7 30.5 23.6 24.3 26.6 36.3 35.3 34.6
1961 72.0 58.1 25.6 NA NA 26.4 41.7 32.7 25.8 26.2 30.0 38.7 37.9 35.8
1962 74.0 59.7 27.4 NA NA 28.0 42.5 34.5 28.4 29.3 31.3 40.3 40.3 36.1
1963 75.2 61.2 28.4 NA NA 30.3 43.9 35.9 29.4 32.4 33.3 42.0 43.3 37.0
1964 77.3 62.7 30.8 NA NA 32.8 45.7 37.7 31.1 32.6 36.5 42.5 45.7 38.2
1965 77.7 64.9 32.2 NA NA 35.0 47.7 39.9 33.1 33.4 39.3 45.0 48.0 39.9
1966 79.0 67.1 33.8 NA NA 37.1 50.8 41.1 34.7 34.9 41.7 47.6 49.4 41.5
1967 80.8 68.2 36.4 NA NA 39.4 53.0 43.1 36.1 37.7 44.6 50.9 52.5 42.6
1968 83.4 69.9 40.2 NA NA 41.1 54.0 47.0 38.3 39.7 47.9 54.2 56.0 43.7
1969 85.0 72.2 45.3 NA NA 43.3 58.7 48.2 41.1 42.4 50.6 58.0 58.8 45.0
1970 86.1 74.6 50.0 NA NA 47.5 62.9 51.8 46.8 49.1 56.0 58.3 61.7 48.6
1971 87.5 77.0 54.4 NA NA 52.1 68.3 54.9 49.9 53.9 59.6 62.8 64.0 50.5
1972 89.2 78.6 59.7 NA NA 57.0 71.0 57.0 52.3 57.2 63.3 65.3 67.4 54.4
1973 90.5 79.4 65.4 NA NA 61.8 78.8 60.8 55.4 60.9 69.8 68.5 69.7 56.7
1974 90.5 83.0 69.5 NA NA 66.8 82.7 63.6 59.0 66.7 76.2 73.4 74.7 58.8
1975 93.0 85.9 72.5 NA NA 71.8 90.0 69.3 61.2 71.8 79.0 78.6 83.5 63.1
1976 95.2 91.2 71.4 NA NA 74.6 92.1 72.5 63.3 76.5 81.0 83.2 88.3 62.8
1977 97.2 93.7 72.8 NA NA 77.8 91.8 75.2 66.8 75.9 82.8 85.6 86.0 61.1
1978 97.6 92.3 74.5 NA NA 80.3 91.9 77.6 70.2 77.8 86.1 87.4 88.8 65.5
1979 96.2 91.9 76.4 NA NA 83.7 93.7 79.5 72.5 81.4 88.8 87.6 89.8 68.5
1980 94.9 92.1 75.4 NA NA 87.0 92.0 80.6 74.7 78.8 87.8 86.0 87.5 70.2
1981 94.6 91.3 77.0 NA NA 89.8 90.7 82.4 74.8 80.3 86.0 84.1 86.2 73.2
1982 97.7 92.5 78.6 NA NA 86.1 89.7 87.5 74.9 81.3 86.1 84.1 85.0 73.7
1983 97.2 93.1 79.2 NA NA 84.8 89.7 88.1 76.1 82.8 87.5 85.1 84.3 75.6
1984 96.4 92.5 79.8 NA NA 86.4 89.2 89.0 77.8 85.9 87.9 87.7 85.0 77.6
1985 98.1 94.0 81.4 NA NA 87.5 90.9 90.9 80.7 88.9 90.6 90.8 87.2 80.1
1986 100.6 93.7 85.0 NA NA 89.9 89.5 92.2 84.2 87.2 93.9 92.4 90.3 84.1
1987 99.8 93.2 86.9 NA NA 90.6 94.1 92.7 88.1 88.1 97.4 96.2 92.3 89.7
1988 99.6 92.6 87.8 NA NA 91.4 93.2 93.9 90.6 87.2 96.6 96.0 94.0 91.0
1989 98.2 93.4 91.1 NA NA 93.3 94.1 95.4 92.2 89.9 96.3 96.1 98.1 90.3
1990 97.6 95.9 95.3 NA NA 95.1 96.9 97.3 96.3 94.3 96.5 97.7 97.4 91.6
1991 98.6 96.1 97.6 NA NA 97.8 98.0 98.9 98.9 98.2 98.1 99.8 97.2 96.4
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 100.0 98.0 103.2 NA NA 102.1 101.1 101.6 102.2 102.8 101.1 99.2 95.3 104.5
1994 100.0 98.4 104.7 NA NA 103.1 NA 102.4 104.9 98.4 102.7 100.7 96.2 104.0
1995 100.1 99.5 107.4 NA NA 104.6 NA 102.1 108.6 98.4 103.6 102.7 96.8 100.9
1996 100.3 100.1 108.4 NA NA 104.7 NA 101.6 112.6 100.9 104.6 106.3 102.7 100.6
1997 101.5 101.1 109.8 NA NA 105.3 NA 103.4 113.0 103.8 NA 108.3 105.8 101.3
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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
September 1998.
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