Brazil Annual production (2015): 2 million Estimated annual salary: $12,800 (£10,300) GDP per head: $12,000 (£9,600) US President Donald Trump doesn’t seem to have the same perceived problem with Brazilian automotive workers as he has with those from Mexico. Brazil is already a big car producer, with premium manufacturers in particular rushing to build new plants in the country in order to avoid high import taxes. In Brazil, the hourly pay rate is only a dollar higher than it is in China, at $6.17 on average. That’s equivalent to £4.95, and means workers there get £10,300 a year for a… Read more »

China Annual production (2015): 21 million Estimated annual salary: $10,836 (£8,729) GDP per head: $8,000 (£6,400) Chinese automotive workers are often perceived as being the lowest paid in the world, but they’re not. They earn more than Mexican and Indian workers, for example, and some estimates put rates at $27.50 a day. The Wall Street Journal claimed in 2015 that $5.19 is the average hourly labour cost, which equates to $10,836 – or £8,729 – per annum. However, salaries are heading north, and although they’ve got a long way to go, Chinese workers aspire to be as well off as… Read more »