Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 34 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 22.43 23.51 24.31 24.79 25.44 24.85 26.22 Argentina............... 7.38 7.20 7.79 7.50 7.82 7.70 2.79 3.37 3.93 4.92 5.86 7.18 Brazil.................. 5.50 5.10 4.80 3.14 3.08 2.54 2.04 2.41 2.88 3.65 4.43 5.07 Canada.................. 18.86 18.35 16.93 16.55 16.84 #17.60 17.12 20.41 22.63 25.45 28.07 32.23 Mexico.................. 2.34 2.57 2.59 2.92 3.25 3.84 3.95 3.73 3.66 3.99 4.19 4.35 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 19.05 25.48 31.20 30.94 29.65 33.81 Israel.................. 10.34 10.92 10.44 10.29 11.02 11.33 10.50 11.01 11.90 11.80 12.04 13.59 Japan (2)............... 23.26 22.02 20.53 23.74 24.93 22.71 21.66 23.10 24.41 24.08 22.75 22.32 Korea, Republic of...... 8.97 9.41 6.42 8.40 8.88 8.72 9.12 10.86 12.19 14.19 16.28 17.85 Philippines............. 1.25 1.14 0.95 0.81 0.80 0.81 0.94 1.03 1.09 1.18 1.45 1.65 Taiwan.................. 6.61 6.65 6.16 6.38 6.44 6.50 6.40 6.38 6.81 7.21 7.31 7.28 Austria................. 31.00 27.39 27.69 27.03 24.25 24.07 25.78 31.47 34.69 35.95 37.75 42.57 Belgium................. 28.01 24.74 24.94 24.27 22.12 21.67 23.72 28.84 32.46 33.16 34.21 38.07 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 3.76 3.53 3.85 5.02 5.90 6.73 7.95 8.50 10.36 Denmark................. .. .. .. .. 23.21 23.90 26.08 32.31 36.40 37.59 40.05 46.94 Finland................. 23.23 21.40 20.05 20.54 18.41 18.89 20.19 25.26 28.50 30.50 31.24 35.67 France.................. 27.50 24.82 25.15 24.61 21.77 21.38 22.79 27.56 30.65 31.47 32.70 36.65 Germany................. .. .. 27.18 26.31 23.81 23.65 26.00 32.24 35.69 35.83 37.10 40.99 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.66 4.64 5.54 6.51 7.51 7.41 9.30 Ireland................. 19.33 18.95 18.99 18.51 16.82 17.09 18.98 24.27 26.44 27.90 29.43 32.94 Italy................... 21.22 20.31 19.69 19.04 16.70 16.73 18.13 23.30 26.79 27.86 28.73 32.36 Poland.................. .. 3.28 3.62 3.62 3.63 4.09 4.32 4.61 5.10 6.01 6.70 8.42 Portugal................ 7.04 6.43 6.47 6.53 5.83 5.82 6.52 7.84 8.93 9.34 9.75 10.71 Slovakia................ .. 3.03 2.97 2.69 2.63 2.95 3.57 4.62 5.33 6.09 6.87 9.31 Spain................... 15.29 13.51 13.96 13.85 12.20 12.50 13.48 17.37 19.09 19.83 20.87 23.93 Sweden.................. 25.32 22.61 23.54 22.83 21.42 19.90 22.07 27.80 31.56 31.46 32.71 37.23 United Kingdom.......... 14.70 16.89 18.09 19.49 17.93 18.99 20.10 23.49 27.33 29.12 29.94 34.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: includes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Includes carbon and graphite products. .. Data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 35 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 22.43 23.51 24.31 24.79 25.44 24.85 26.22 Argentina............... 7.37 7.20 7.79 7.49 7.81 7.70 8.56 9.78 11.48 14.27 17.89 22.19 Brazil.................. 5.53 5.50 5.57 5.72 5.64 5.97 5.97 7.41 8.42 8.90 9.63 9.87 Canada.................. 25.72 25.41 25.12 24.59 25.02 #27.25 26.89 28.59 29.46 30.83 31.83 34.60 Mexico.................. 17.80 20.36 23.74 27.91 30.72 35.86 38.21 40.25 41.31 43.41 45.73 47.58 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 35.03 39.06 42.36 40.57 39.35 40.30 Israel.................. 33.01 37.67 39.67 42.62 44.91 47.65 49.74 50.12 53.32 52.94 53.66 56.17 Japan (2)............... 2530 2666 2690 2699 2688 2760 2712 2678 2639 2651 2646 2628 Korea, Republic of...... 7219 8951 8994 9992 10041 11268 11405 12945 13962 14527 15538 16586 Philippines............. 32.62 33.68 38.88 31.85 35.44 41.13 48.49 56.06 61.36 65.22 74.27 76.99 Taiwan.................. 181.6 191.2 206.7 206.2 201.3 220.0 221.2 219.4 227.4 231.6 237.7 239.3 Austria................. 328.2 334.3 342.7 #25.38 26.27 26.89 27.27 27.79 27.89 28.88 30.05 31.05 Belgium................. 867.4 885.8 905.6 #22.79 23.96 24.20 25.09 25.48 26.10 26.64 27.23 27.77 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 130.1 136.2 146.5 164.4 166.6 172.9 190.6 192.0 212.9 Denmark................. .. .. .. .. 187.9 199.1 205.7 212.5 218.0 225.4 238.0 255.4 Finland................. 106.7 111.2 107.2 #19.28 19.94 21.10 21.36 22.31 22.91 24.50 24.86 26.02 France.................. 140.7 144.9 148.4 #23.10 23.58 23.88 24.11 24.35 24.64 25.28 26.03 26.73 Germany................. .. .. 47.84 #24.70 25.79 26.41 27.50 28.48 28.69 28.78 29.53 29.90 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 1049 1195 1244 1320 1500 1558 1721 Ireland................. 12.08 12.49 13.33 #17.37 18.22 19.09 20.08 21.44 21.26 22.41 23.42 24.02 Italy................... 32740 34600 34193 #17.88 18.09 18.69 19.17 20.58 21.54 22.38 22.87 23.60 Poland.................. .. 10.77 12.61 14.38 15.78 16.74 17.63 17.94 18.67 19.44 20.78 23.58 Portugal................ 1085 1128 1166 #6.13 6.31 6.50 6.90 6.93 7.18 7.50 7.76 7.81 Slovakia................ .. 102.0 104.6 111.3 121.3 142.7 161.6 170.0 171.8 188.8 203.5 232.1 Spain................... 1937 1979 2085 #13.00 13.21 13.96 14.25 15.35 15.35 15.93 16.61 17.45 Sweden.................. 169.9 172.8 187.2 188.9 196.5 205.8 214.5 224.6 231.9 235.0 241.1 251.5 United Kingdom.......... 9.42 10.31 10.92 12.05 11.83 13.19 13.39 14.37 14.91 15.99 16.23 17.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: includes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Includes carbon and graphite products. .. 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