Table: Sales per employee for the apparel and textile industries in the United States and China, as well as bushels per worker in producing wheat
United States
China
Sales/Employee
Sales/Employee
Apparel
$56,000
$23,000
Textile
$165,000
$27,000
Bushels/Worker
Bushels/Worker
Wheat
12,260
300
Comparative Advantage
Wheat/Apparel Ratio
0.22 (=12260/56000)
0.01 (300/23000)
Wheat/Textile Ratio 0.07 (=12260/165000)
0.01 (=300/27000)
Source: Feenstra and Taylor (2015)
The average sales per worker (labor productivity or how much sales an average worker in the U.S. produces) for U.S. apparel producers in 2010 is:
2.4
56,000
27,000
23,000