Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 26 Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 27.07 29.28 30.61 31.05 31.26 30.70 31.04 Argentina............... 7.25 7.25 7.88 7.78 7.54 7.49 2.73 3.28 3.87 4.64 5.52 6.82 Brazil.................. 9.06 9.01 8.55 5.26 5.91 4.79 4.11 4.62 5.19 6.72 8.19 9.46 Canada.................. 22.99 23.01 22.15 22.10 22.13 #21.73 22.84 26.18 28.42 32.69 34.29 37.22 Mexico.................. 2.47 2.70 2.76 2.96 3.25 3.55 3.49 3.18 3.19 3.44 3.58 3.69 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.81 26.30 30.59 34.25 36.87 42.04 Israel.................. 9.29 10.24 10.10 9.72 10.21 10.56 9.33 9.86 10.45 11.14 11.09 12.43 Japan................... 23.44 22.30 20.51 23.15 24.44 22.57 21.12 22.41 24.48 24.28 23.65 22.45 Korea, Republic of...... 8.52 8.66 6.83 8.76 10.17 9.00 10.43 10.97 11.63 13.57 15.47 16.44 Philippines............. 1.54 1.36 0.96 1.03 0.93 0.91 0.98 1.00 0.97 0.98 1.10 1.40 Taiwan.................. 7.91 7.74 5.96 6.41 7.00 6.74 6.31 6.02 6.29 6.47 6.82 6.81 Austria................. 34.08 29.37 29.62 29.24 25.97 25.84 28.30 35.37 39.12 39.52 40.57 45.27 Belgium................. 26.84 23.78 24.35 23.82 21.76 21.30 23.12 28.32 31.71 32.40 33.52 37.00 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 3.67 3.63 3.99 4.96 5.88 6.65 7.49 8.75 9.37 Finland................. 30.97 28.50 28.82 29.45 27.16 27.61 30.57 37.56 43.23 45.26 46.81 52.61 France.................. 29.34 26.14 25.97 24.97 21.73 21.58 23.33 28.57 32.04 32.58 33.63 37.57 Germany................. .. .. 29.32 28.58 25.76 25.46 27.88 34.47 38.31 38.50 40.04 44.77 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 4.30 5.39 6.24 7.57 8.47 8.41 9.84 Ireland................. 18.77 18.41 18.97 19.73 17.98 18.89 21.10 27.08 31.50 33.45 33.97 36.47 Italy................... 23.78 22.37 21.11 19.91 17.14 17.11 19.12 24.54 28.13 28.81 29.53 33.57 Norway.................. .. 25.20 25.99 26.13 24.09 24.26 28.05 33.65 37.23 39.91 41.60 49.41 Poland.................. .. 3.82 4.00 4.05 3.92 4.54 4.76 5.30 5.61 6.39 6.87 8.38 Slovakia................ .. 2.87 3.28 3.00 2.87 3.12 4.03 5.42 6.12 6.77 7.47 10.04 Spain................... 17.02 15.04 15.29 15.10 13.56 14.05 15.46 18.62 23.02 22.44 23.98 28.00 Sweden.................. 29.75 27.05 27.31 26.93 25.35 23.63 25.71 31.87 35.92 36.40 37.95 42.85 United Kingdom.......... 17.26 18.97 20.70 20.96 20.09 20.68 22.61 24.98 29.59 29.99 31.24 34.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .. 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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 27 Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 27.07 29.28 30.61 31.05 31.26 30.70 31.04 Argentina............... 7.25 7.25 7.87 7.78 7.53 7.49 8.38 9.51 11.30 13.47 16.87 21.06 Brazil.................. 9.10 9.71 9.92 9.57 10.81 11.27 12.02 14.22 15.18 16.36 17.79 18.40 Canada.................. 31.35 31.86 32.87 32.83 32.88 #33.65 35.86 36.68 36.99 39.60 38.89 39.95 Mexico.................. 18.80 21.36 25.23 28.29 30.72 33.11 33.75 34.36 35.96 37.50 39.06 40.34 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 38.28 40.31 41.53 44.91 48.93 50.11 Israel.................. 29.66 35.31 38.37 40.25 41.64 44.42 44.19 44.90 46.82 49.99 49.40 51.37 Japan................... 2550 2699 2687 2633 2634 2744 2645 2598 2648 2673 2750 2644 Korea, Republic of...... 6851 8232 9558 10422 11501 11625 13047 13082 13322 13896 14767 15275 Philippines............. 40.31 40.09 39.15 40.38 41.02 46.30 50.54 54.21 54.51 53.76 56.50 65.35 Taiwan.................. 217.4 222.6 199.8 207.2 218.7 228.0 218.0 207.3 210.1 208.0 221.8 223.6 Austria................. 360.8 358.5 366.6 #27.44 28.13 28.86 29.94 31.25 31.46 31.75 32.29 33.02 Belgium................. 831.1 851.6 884.1 #22.36 23.57 23.80 24.46 25.01 25.49 26.03 26.68 26.98 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 126.7 140.0 151.7 162.5 165.7 170.8 179.6 197.6 192.5 Finland................. 142.3 148.1 154.1 #27.64 29.42 30.85 32.33 33.17 34.76 36.36 37.26 38.37 France.................. 150.1 152.6 153.2 #23.44 23.53 24.11 24.68 25.23 25.76 26.17 26.77 27.40 Germany................. .. .. 51.59 #26.83 27.90 28.44 29.49 30.45 30.80 30.93 31.87 32.65 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 1231 1391 1399 1535 1691 1769 1822 Ireland................. 11.74 12.14 13.32 #18.52 19.48 21.10 22.32 23.92 25.32 26.87 27.04 26.60 Italy................... 36688 38110 36663 #18.69 18.56 19.11 20.22 21.68 22.62 23.14 23.51 24.48 Norway.................. .. 178.6 196.3 204.0 212.3 218.3 223.9 238.3 250.9 257.1 266.6 289.3 Poland.................. .. 12.54 13.93 16.08 17.04 18.57 19.44 20.60 20.52 20.67 21.31 23.47 Slovakia................ .. 96.46 115.7 124.1 132.2 150.9 182.7 199.2 197.4 210.0 221.2 250.3 Spain................... 2157 2204 2284 #14.17 14.69 15.69 16.35 16.45 18.51 18.02 19.09 20.42 Sweden.................. 199.6 206.8 217.1 222.8 232.6 244.4 249.9 257.5 263.9 271.9 279.8 289.4 United Kingdom.......... 11.06 11.58 12.49 12.96 13.26 14.36 15.06 15.28 16.14 16.47 16.93 17.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .. 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