Manufacturing Labour Costs

HC Deb 07 November 1995 vol 265 cc707-8W

Sir John Stanley

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what are the manufacturing labour costs per hour in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) each EU country for which equivalent figures are available, (c) the USA, (d) Canada and (e) Japan at the latest available date. [41871]

Mr. Oppenheim

The information is provided in the table.

International comparisons of hourly compensation costs in US Dollars for production workers in manufacturing, 1994
Country	Hourly compensation costs in US Dollars
United Kingdom	13.62
Germany	27.31
Belgium	22.97
Austria	21.73
Netherlands	20.91
Denmark	20.44
Finland	18.89
Sweden	18.81
France	17.04
Italy	16.16
Spain	11.45
Portugal	4.57
Canada	15.68
USA	17.10
Japan	21.42

Source:

"International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for production Workers in Manufacturing, 1994. Supplementary tables".

"US Department of Labour—Bureau of Labour Statistics.