Hourly factory wage in 2000 in US dollars and factory hours of work needed to pay for four safety devices, 18 countries
| Hourly wage | Factory hours of work needed to pay for safety devices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car seat | Booster seat | Bicycle helmet | Smoke alarm | ||
| N/A, not available. | |||||
| Source: Retail stores, World Competitiveness Yearbook 2000 (hourly average manufacturing wage), Universal Currency Converter.11 | |||||
| Note: The hourly wage calculations ignore taxes. | |||||
| Wage <$3.00/hour | |||||
| Albania | $.59 | 82.9 | N/A | 20.3 | 21.7 |
| China | 2.26 | 53.1 | 277.4 | 3.7 | 74.5 |
| Philippines | 1.90 | 46.2 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 14.9 |
| Thailand | 0.65 | 122.4 | 146.9 | 4.9 | N/A |
| Venezuela | 1.48 | 57.6 | N/A | 9.1 | N/A |
| Vietnam | 0.98 | 111.6 | 101.2 | 15.2 | 54.3 |
| Group mean | 1.31 | 79.0 | 133.9 | 9.9 | 41.4 |
| Wage $3.00–$9.99/hour | |||||
| Brazil | 7.21 | 12.5 | 27.7 | 4.9 | N/A |
| New Zealand | 8.13 | 10.8 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| South Africa | 5.64 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| South Korea | 8.13 | 12.3 | 6.2 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Group mean | 7.28 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Wage >$10.00/hour | |||||
| Australia | 14.15 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Austria | 19.46 | 7.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Canada | 10.16 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Germany | 22.99 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Israel | 12.88 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Japan | 22.00 | 7.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| United Kingdom | 15.88 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| United States | 19.86 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Group mean | 16.04 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Overall mean | 30.9 | 36.7 | 4.1 | 12.6 | |