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1385. Indexes of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, by Country
[United States=100. Compensation costs includepay for time worked, other direct pay (including holiday and vacation pay, bonuses, otherdirect payments, and the cost of pay in
kind), employer expenditures for legallyrequired insurance programs and contractual and private benefit plans, and for some countries, other labor taxes. Data adjusted for exchange
rates. Area averages are trade-weighted to account for difference incountries' relative importance to U.S. trade in manufactured goods. The trade weights used are the sum of U.S.
imports of manufactured products for consumption (customs value) and U.S. exports of domestic manufactured products (f.a.s. value) in 1992; see source for detail]
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AREA OR COUNTRY
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1975
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1980
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1985
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1990
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999,
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prel.
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United States
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100
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100
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100
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100
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100
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100
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100
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100
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100
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Total 1 a
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60
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67
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52
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83
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95
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91
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84
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79
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79
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OECD 2 a
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67
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74
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57
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90
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103
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98
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90
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85
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86
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Europe a
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80
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100
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61
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116
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128
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125
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112
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110
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106
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Asian newly industrializing
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economies 3
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8
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12
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13
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25
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37
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39
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37
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31
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32
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Canada
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94
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88
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84
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107
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94
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94
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90
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84
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81
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Mexico
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23
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22
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12
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11
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9
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9
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10
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10
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11
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Australia 4
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88
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86
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63
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88
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89
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95
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91
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80
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83
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Hong Kong 5
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12
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15
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13
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21
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28
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29
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30
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29
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28
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Israel
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35
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38
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31
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57
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61
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64
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66
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64
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62
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Japan
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47
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56
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49
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86
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139
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119
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107
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98
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109
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Korea, South
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5
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10
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9
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25
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42
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46
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43
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29
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35
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New Zealand
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50
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53
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34
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55
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58
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61
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59
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48
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48
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Singapore
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13
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15
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19
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25
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43
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47
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45
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42
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37
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Sri Lanka
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4
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2
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2
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2
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3
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3
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3
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3
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(NA)
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Taiwan 6
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6
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10
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12
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26
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35
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34
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32
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28
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29
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Austria 7
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71
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90
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58
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119
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147
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140
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120
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119
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114
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Belgium
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101
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133
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69
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129
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155
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147
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125
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124
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119
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Denmark
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99
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110
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62
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121
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140
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136
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121
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122
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120
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Finland 8
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72
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83
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63
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141
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140
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132
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117
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116
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110
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France
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71
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91
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58
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104
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116
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113
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98
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98
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94
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Germany, Former West 7
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99
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124
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73
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147
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184
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176
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152
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147
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140
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Germany, Unified
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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178
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171
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147
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143
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136
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Greece
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27
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38
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28
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45
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53
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54
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50
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48
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(NA)
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Ireland
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48
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60
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46
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78
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79
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79
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74
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72
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71
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Italy
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73
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83
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59
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117
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94
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100
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96
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92
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86
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Luxembourg
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102
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122
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60
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112
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136
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127
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104
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100
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(NA)
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Netherlands
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103
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122
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67
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121
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140
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131
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115
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113
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109
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Norway
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106
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117
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80
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144
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142
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142
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130
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126
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125
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Portugal
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25
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21
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12
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25
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31
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32
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29
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29
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(NA)
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Spain
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40
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60
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36
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76
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75
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76
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67
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65
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63
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Sweden
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113
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127
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74
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140
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125
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138
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122
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118
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112
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Switzerland
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96
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112
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74
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140
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170
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160
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132
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131
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123
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United Kingdom
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53
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77
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48
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85
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80
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80
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85
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88
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86
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NA Not available.
1 The 28 foreign economies shown below.
a Data for Germany relate to the former West Germany only.
2 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; see text of this section.
3 Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.
4 Includes non-production workers, except in managerial, executive, professional, and higher supervisory positions.
5 Average of selected manufacturing industries.
6 With the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on January 1, 1979, the U.S. governmentrecognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government
of China and acknowledgedthe Chinese position that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China.
7 Excludes workers in establishments considered handicraft manufactures (including all printing and publishing and miscellaneous manufacturing in Austria).
8 Includes workers in mining and electrical power plants.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,News Release USDL 00-254, September 7, 2000.
http://stats.bls.gov/flshome.htm
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/1385_indexes_of_hourly_compensation_costs_for.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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