Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 10 Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... 22.11 22.67 23.12 23.64 24.63 25.90 27.01 28.18 28.94 29.74 29.98 31.39 Argentina............... 7.32 7.43 7.87 7.98 8.05 8.15 2.98 3.63 4.47 5.45 6.57 7.98 Brazil.................. 7.12 7.03 6.69 4.18 4.31 3.60 3.07 3.22 3.81 5.01 5.99 7.13 Canada.................. 19.01 18.89 18.08 18.20 18.68 #18.14 18.39 21.49 24.14 26.81 29.21 32.06 Mexico (1).............. 2.08 2.32 2.37 2.64 3.04 3.46 3.56 3.36 3.34 3.57 3.72 3.91 Australia............... 19.86 19.62 17.82 18.87 17.12 15.74 17.94 23.18 27.45 29.44 30.48 34.75 Israel.................. 11.34 12.10 12.21 11.87 12.77 13.62 12.34 13.06 13.56 13.88 14.25 15.92 Japan................... 23.93 22.28 20.83 23.88 25.34 22.70 21.75 23.71 25.59 25.56 24.32 23.95 Korea, Republic of...... 9.17 8.87 6.37 8.28 9.26 8.62 9.80 10.82 12.04 14.30 16.59 18.36 New Zealand............. 12.57 12.58 10.43 10.49 9.31 8.86 10.12 13.00 15.17 16.64 16.08 19.19 Philippines............. 1.27 1.19 0.92 1.00 0.93 0.88 0.92 0.93 1.00 1.10 1.26 1.45 Singapore............... 11.86 12.11 11.48 11.00 11.65 12.28 12.09 12.80 13.22 13.28 13.83 15.66 Taiwan.................. 6.91 7.09 6.31 6.82 7.35 7.24 6.84 6.94 7.26 7.87 8.11 8.15 Austria................. 31.45 27.75 28.06 27.65 24.57 24.31 26.34 32.15 35.65 36.91 38.26 43.17 Belgium................. 27.49 24.34 24.68 24.13 22.03 21.69 23.81 29.06 32.85 33.69 34.85 38.75 Czech Republic.......... 3.41 3.24 3.53 3.48 3.39 3.74 4.60 5.63 6.55 7.28 8.14 9.67 Denmark................. .. 25.48 26.04 26.88 24.07 24.74 27.33 34.08 37.53 39.20 41.18 47.54 Finland................. 24.72 22.16 21.70 22.04 19.90 20.47 22.66 28.16 32.51 33.73 35.28 39.74 France.................. 28.18 25.16 25.27 24.57 21.67 21.42 23.07 28.15 31.50 32.22 33.60 37.68 Germany................. .. .. 33.10 31.83 29.26 29.14 31.90 39.42 43.94 44.42 46.13 51.38 Hungary................. 3.16 3.10 3.14 3.15 3.02 3.45 4.28 5.31 6.31 6.86 7.03 8.72 Ireland................. 17.52 17.31 17.28 17.50 16.32 17.67 19.69 24.62 28.41 29.44 30.74 35.62 Italy................... 20.88 19.67 19.21 18.70 16.57 16.66 18.50 23.28 26.97 27.74 28.70 32.19 Netherlands............. .. 23.33 23.79 23.53 20.97 21.91 24.15 30.27 34.09 34.79 35.50 39.47 Norway.................. .. 27.88 28.01 28.53 26.16 27.02 32.29 37.91 41.92 44.61 47.17 55.03 Poland.................. .. 3.22 3.50 3.44 3.40 3.90 4.05 4.38 4.81 5.68 6.29 7.68 Portugal................ 6.30 5.71 5.90 5.83 5.23 5.37 6.01 7.36 8.41 8.73 8.80 9.58 Slovakia................ .. 2.87 2.92 2.62 2.62 2.71 3.27 4.41 5.23 5.85 6.62 8.49 Spain................... 15.30 13.78 13.94 13.74 12.24 12.38 13.77 17.33 19.83 20.59 21.66 24.55 Sweden.................. 25.68 23.32 23.76 23.24 21.86 20.61 22.96 28.85 32.70 32.80 34.32 38.80 Switzerland............. 32.95 28.13 28.37 27.41 24.71 25.40 28.05 32.79 35.65 35.98 36.18 38.34 United Kingdom.......... 16.89 18.73 20.42 21.00 20.57 21.02 22.80 26.38 30.50 31.75 33.00 37.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For Mexico, NAICS 31-33 excludes NAICS 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing. .. 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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 11 Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... 22.11 22.67 23.12 23.64 24.63 25.90 27.01 28.18 28.94 29.74 29.98 31.39 Argentina............... 7.32 7.43 7.87 7.97 8.05 8.14 9.13 10.52 13.05 15.83 20.08 24.64 Brazil.................. 7.16 7.58 7.77 7.61 7.88 8.47 8.97 9.91 11.14 12.20 13.02 13.87 Canada.................. 25.93 26.16 26.83 27.04 27.75 #28.10 28.88 30.10 31.43 32.48 33.12 34.42 Mexico (1).............. 15.80 18.38 21.73 25.22 28.76 32.29 34.38 36.24 37.66 38.93 40.62 42.70 Australia............... 25.37 26.38 28.32 29.24 29.44 30.45 33.00 35.53 37.27 38.59 40.45 41.41 Israel.................. 36.21 41.73 46.41 49.16 52.07 57.30 58.47 59.48 60.77 62.31 63.51 65.79 Japan................... 2603 2697 2729 2716 2731 2759 2724 2749 2768 2814 2828 2820 Korea, Republic of...... 7376 8438 8916 9847 10470 11134 12258 12900 13784 14644 15832 17053 New Zealand............. 18.29 18.98 19.45 19.82 20.38 21.08 21.78 22.32 22.83 23.61 24.77 26.06 Philippines............. 33.18 35.18 37.43 39.07 40.97 44.65 47.29 50.16 55.99 60.85 64.71 67.74 Singapore............... 16.72 17.99 19.19 18.64 20.09 22.01 21.65 22.30 22.35 22.10 21.96 23.59 Taiwan.................. 189.8 203.9 211.8 220.4 229.6 244.9 236.2 238.7 242.2 253.0 263.5 267.8 Austria................. 333.0 338.7 347.4 #25.96 26.61 27.15 27.86 28.40 28.66 29.65 30.45 31.49 Belgium................. 851.2 871.7 896.1 #22.65 23.87 24.23 25.18 25.67 26.41 27.06 27.74 28.26 Czech Republic.......... 92.64 102.6 114.1 120.4 130.9 142.1 150.4 158.8 168.4 174.5 183.9 198.7 Denmark................. .. 168.4 174.5 187.9 194.8 206.2 215.5 224.2 224.7 235.0 244.7 258.7 Finland................. 113.6 115.1 116.0 #20.69 21.56 22.86 23.97 24.88 26.14 27.10 28.09 28.98 France.................. 144.2 146.9 149.1 #23.06 23.47 23.93 24.41 24.86 25.33 25.88 26.75 27.48 Germany................. .. .. 58.24 #29.88 31.70 32.55 33.74 34.82 35.33 35.68 36.72 37.48 Hungary................. 481.6 579.3 673.7 747.9 853.4 988.3 1104 1190 1280 1370 1480 1615 Ireland................. 10.95 11.42 12.13 #16.43 17.68 19.74 20.83 21.74 22.84 23.65 24.47 25.98 Italy................... 32216 33520 33368 #17.55 17.95 18.61 19.57 20.56 21.69 22.28 22.84 23.48 Netherlands............. .. 45.54 47.19 #22.09 22.71 24.47 25.55 26.74 27.41 27.94 28.26 28.79 Norway.................. .. 197.6 211.5 222.7 230.6 243.0 257.8 268.4 282.6 287.3 302.3 322.2 Poland.................. .. 10.55 12.17 13.67 14.81 15.98 16.54 17.04 17.60 18.37 19.51 21.53 Portugal................ 972.2 1002 1063 #5.47 5.67 6.00 6.36 6.50 6.76 7.01 7.01 6.99 Slovakia................ .. 96.44 103.0 108.3 120.6 131.2 148.0 162.1 168.8 181.5 196.1 211.7 Spain................... 1938 2019 2083 #12.90 13.26 13.83 14.56 15.31 15.94 16.54 17.24 17.91 Sweden.................. 172.2 178.3 189.0 192.3 200.6 213.2 223.2 233.1 240.3 245.1 253.0 262.1 Switzerland............. 40.73 40.83 41.15 41.24 41.77 42.90 43.67 44.10 44.30 44.83 45.34 46.00 United Kingdom.......... 10.82 11.44 12.32 12.99 13.57 14.60 15.19 16.14 16.64 17.43 17.88 18.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For Mexico, NAICS 31-33 excludes NAICS 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing. .. Data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. See technical notes for national currency units. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009