Salary and Compensation Research at the Library of Congress

Foreign Resources

This section does not include a large number for foreign sources because that is not the focus of this guide. However, a few basic resources for starting foreign compensation research are listed below.

• Foreign Labor Statistics (FLS)
  

  Provides international comparisons of hourly compensation costs; productivity and unit labor costs; labor force, employment and unemployment rates; and consumer prices. The comparisons relate primarily to the major industrial countries, but other countries are included in certain measures. Please note that because statistical concepts and methods vary from country to country, international comparisons of statistical data can be misleading.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Glossaries/Dictionaries
Compensation by Position
         Administrative
         Financial
         Technical
         Miscellaneous Industries
         All Industries
Compensation by Place
Compensation Resources by Publisher
Government Resources
Foreign Resources
Subjects for Additional Searching

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CHARTS:

• International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs, Supplementary Tables, 1975-2001
• Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, 30 Countries or Areas, 40 Manufacturing Industries, Selected Years, 1975-2001