The average organic composition of capital $\complement / \nu$ was around 2 in the German information industries (table 12.5) and according to my calculations in the same time period (2001–2011) 1.8 in the entire economy (excluding finance and real estate). The average monetary profit generated per working hour was 9.0€ in manufacturing, 8.6€ in the total economy, and 10.7€ in the information industries. The average labour costs per hour were 30.9€ in manufacturing, 24.7€ in the total German economy, and 30.7€ in the information industries. So both labour costs and profit per hour were in the information industries somewhat higher than in the total economy. These differences are not striking, the German information industry overall is an average industry in terms of the average organic composition, monetary profit per hour, and wages per hour.
Tables 12.10 and 12.11 show the average differences between total prices and total investment costs in the information industries, manufacturing, and the total German economy:
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