Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 44 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 40.50 42.02 43.87 46.07 48.61 51.18 53.69 Brazil.................. 10.54 11.56 11.06 7.67 8.38 7.33 5.93 5.21 6.55 8.44 9.70 11.00 Mexico.................. .. .. 2.45 2.83 3.35 3.98 4.17 3.96 3.91 4.16 4.27 4.56 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 18.47 25.54 32.34 32.71 31.94 36.43 Israel.................. 17.75 18.40 19.02 19.49 18.56 21.07 18.60 18.35 17.80 17.51 17.55 20.17 Korea, Republic of...... 9.44 9.18 6.52 7.84 8.71 8.26 9.92 10.89 13.05 15.70 18.23 20.07 Singapore (2)........... 11.71 11.94 11.52 10.94 12.78 13.56 12.63 13.27 14.51 14.73 14.81 18.06 Taiwan.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.79 8.27 9.00 9.55 9.82 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 3.34 3.02 3.86 4.76 5.48 6.67 7.91 7.97 10.14 Finland................. 25.03 21.04 22.98 22.87 20.67 21.66 25.15 32.21 38.73 41.67 43.98 45.50 France (3).............. 36.77 32.63 32.80 32.28 28.75 28.60 30.73 37.43 41.84 43.50 44.62 49.74 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 62.87 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.63 4.53 5.57 6.53 7.19 7.44 9.33 Ireland................. 19.54 19.57 19.26 18.78 16.93 19.04 20.75 25.94 30.35 31.71 32.56 40.52 Italy................... .. 24.06 23.76 23.09 20.51 20.60 22.84 28.28 32.68 33.35 34.69 38.80 Poland.................. .. 3.65 4.17 4.43 4.53 5.56 6.03 6.28 6.28 7.26 7.44 8.87 Slovakia................ .. 2.21 2.65 2.60 2.49 2.52 3.31 4.06 4.85 4.86 5.73 7.52 Spain................... 20.48 18.73 18.99 18.27 16.51 16.55 17.17 20.84 24.57 25.89 26.66 29.86 United Kingdom.......... 17.59 19.33 21.49 22.52 21.54 24.40 24.93 28.23 34.14 34.63 36.09 40.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Rep. of Korea: includes office machinery; excludes reproduction of recorded media and measurement & navigation equipment. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Excludes reproduction of recorded media, measurement & navigation equipment, and watches & clocks. (3) Includes office machinery. .. Data not available. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 45 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 40.50 42.02 43.87 46.07 48.61 51.18 53.69 Brazil.................. 10.59 12.47 12.84 13.96 15.34 17.24 17.31 16.01 19.17 20.55 21.09 21.41 Mexico.................. .. .. 22.43 27.03 31.68 37.14 40.25 42.78 44.16 45.28 46.53 49.78 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 33.97 39.14 43.91 42.88 42.39 43.42 Israel.................. 56.64 63.45 72.29 80.69 75.68 88.62 88.10 83.57 79.79 78.59 78.23 83.36 Korea, Republic of...... 7593 8729 9127 9325 9845 10676 12400 12977 14945 16069 17402 18644 Singapore (2)........... 16.51 17.74 19.27 18.55 22.05 24.31 22.62 23.13 24.52 24.50 23.51 27.20 Taiwan.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 267.9 276.0 289.1 310.6 322.6 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 115.5 116.7 147.0 155.9 154.6 171.5 189.5 180.1 208.4 Finland................. 115.0 109.3 122.9 #21.46 22.39 24.19 26.60 28.45 31.14 33.48 35.00 33.19 France (3).............. 188.1 190.6 193.5 #30.30 31.14 31.95 32.50 33.07 33.64 34.95 35.52 36.28 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45.85 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 1041 1169 1249 1325 1436 1566 1727 Ireland................. 12.22 12.90 13.52 #17.63 18.34 21.26 21.95 22.91 24.40 25.47 25.92 29.55 Italy................... .. 40991 41263 #21.68 22.22 23.01 24.16 24.98 26.27 26.79 27.61 28.30 Poland.................. .. 11.97 14.50 17.59 19.70 22.75 24.61 24.43 22.97 23.47 23.07 24.86 Slovakia................ .. 74.34 93.43 107.5 114.7 121.7 150.1 149.3 156.6 150.7 169.7 187.4 Spain................... 2595 2744 2837 #17.15 17.88 18.49 18.16 18.41 19.75 20.80 21.22 21.78 United Kingdom.......... 11.27 11.80 12.97 13.92 14.21 16.95 16.60 17.27 18.63 19.01 19.56 20.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Rep. of Korea: includes office machinery; excludes reproduction of recorded media and measurement & navigation equipment. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Excludes reproduction of recorded media, measurement & navigation equipment, and watches & clocks. (3) Includes office machinery. .. 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