Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 18 Textiles and Apparel Manufacturing (NAICS 313-315) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 10.13 10.33 10.60 11.15 11.51 11.91 12.33 12.75 13.20 13.51 13.93 14.58 14.89 15.43 15.96 17.31 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 3.33 3.32 3.10 1.87 1.93 1.60 1.36 1.46 1.64 2.18 2.55 3.08 Canada.................. 10.80 10.00 9.73 9.95 11.07 10.98 9.96 9.88 10.41 #9.26 10.58 11.71 13.20 14.28 15.93 16.95 Mexico.................. 1.70 1.84 1.85 1.05 1.02 1.14 1.15 1.28 1.53 1.74 1.81 1.74 1.75 1.89 2.02 2.06 Australia............... .. .. 11.94 12.52 14.04 13.05 11.33 12.63 11.62 10.58 12.27 15.78 18.16 .. .. .. Israel.................. 5.18 4.99 5.33 5.68 6.06 6.51 6.43 6.29 7.00 7.36 6.79 7.04 7.52 7.99 8.25 8.80 Japan (1)............... 9.53 10.88 12.22 14.14 12.32 11.36 10.62 12.48 13.72 11.74 11.44 12.51 13.44 13.31 12.31 12.17 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4.97 5.85 6.07 5.63 3.89 4.60 5.15 5.02 6.02 6.71 6.99 8.86 10.21 10.88 Philippines (1)......... 0.73 0.67 0.79 0.87 0.88 0.84 0.65 0.69 0.62 0.57 0.59 0.60 0.63 0.68 0.77 0.84 Taiwan.................. 4.27 4.31 4.45 4.84 4.66 4.84 4.15 4.37 4.81 4.62 4.57 4.39 4.68 5.14 5.37 5.41 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 17.87 16.21 16.63 16.25 14.50 14.46 15.82 19.05 21.24 22.04 22.86 25.75 Belgium................. .. .. .. 20.92 20.44 18.06 18.46 18.17 16.52 16.51 18.36 22.39 25.40 25.95 26.69 29.56 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.27 2.18 2.41 2.96 3.62 4.14 4.62 5.17 6.20 Finland................. 13.56 11.21 12.87 16.21 16.02 14.44 13.98 14.26 13.26 13.17 14.90 17.35 20.77 21.57 22.67 25.33 France.................. .. 13.99 14.37 16.24 16.11 14.55 14.73 14.42 13.08 13.01 14.10 17.19 19.23 19.68 20.52 22.97 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18.21 17.59 15.89 15.84 17.28 21.05 23.48 23.47 24.40 27.14 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.94 2.40 2.81 3.19 3.52 3.67 4.57 Italy................... 15.77 12.68 12.76 12.75 13.73 12.72 12.85 12.96 11.88 12.05 13.40 17.46 20.31 21.08 21.74 24.36 Norway.................. 19.80 17.39 17.71 20.55 21.16 20.01 20.19 20.82 19.42 20.01 23.19 27.37 30.28 32.78 34.37 39.11 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.07 2.21 2.57 2.02 2.28 2.34 2.53 2.76 3.21 3.57 4.28 Portugal................ .. .. .. 4.32 4.52 4.09 4.19 4.09 3.74 3.61 4.06 4.97 5.57 5.61 5.63 6.04 Spain................... 9.39 7.91 7.63 8.51 8.96 8.22 8.11 7.97 7.17 7.30 8.08 10.33 11.98 12.50 13.15 15.40 United Kingdom.......... 10.48 9.33 9.64 10.65 11.10 12.15 13.00 13.31 13.38 13.51 14.40 16.43 18.98 19.44 20.98 23.85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. .. 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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In National Currency PAGE 19 Textiles and Apparel Manufacturing (NAICS 313-315) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 10.13 10.33 10.60 11.15 11.51 11.91 12.33 12.75 13.20 13.51 13.93 14.58 14.89 15.43 15.96 17.31 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 3.35 3.58 3.60 3.41 3.53 3.77 3.98 4.49 4.80 5.31 5.55 6.00 Canada.................. 13.06 12.90 13.29 13.66 15.10 15.20 14.77 14.68 15.47 #14.35 16.61 16.41 17.19 17.30 18.07 18.19 Mexico.................. 5272 #5.75 6.24 6.77 7.75 9.01 10.57 12.24 14.52 16.27 17.52 18.78 19.79 20.63 22.06 22.53 Australia............... .. .. 16.32 16.90 17.93 17.55 18.01 19.56 19.98 20.47 22.57 24.19 24.66 .. .. .. Israel.................. 12.74 14.13 16.06 17.10 19.34 22.46 24.44 26.05 28.54 30.95 32.16 32.07 33.69 35.87 36.76 36.37 Japan (1)............... 1208 1209 1249 1329 1340 1375 1392 1419 1479 1428 1433 1450 1453 1466 1431 1434 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 3994 4514 4880 5357 5451 5471 5828 6487 7523 7999 8001 9069 9745 10110 Philippines (1)......... 18.52 18.27 20.78 22.31 23.02 24.84 26.39 26.90 27.43 29.18 30.44 32.33 35.08 37.22 39.58 39.19 Taiwan.................. 107.5 113.8 117.7 128.2 128.1 139.4 139.3 141.3 150.4 156.4 157.8 151.1 156.1 165.0 174.4 177.7 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 189.2 197.8 205.9 #15.26 15.71 16.15 16.74 16.82 17.08 17.71 18.20 18.78 Belgium................. .. .. .. 616.5 633.1 646.8 670.3 #17.06 17.90 18.44 19.42 19.78 20.42 20.84 21.25 21.56 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 78.50 84.26 91.50 96.87 102.2 106.4 110.6 116.9 127.3 Finland................. 60.83 64.16 67.38 70.94 73.60 75.05 74.78 #13.39 14.36 14.71 15.76 15.33 16.70 17.33 18.05 18.48 France.................. .. 79.27 79.70 80.98 82.41 84.95 86.92 #13.53 14.17 14.54 14.92 15.18 15.46 15.81 16.33 16.75 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32.04 #16.51 17.21 17.70 18.27 18.60 18.88 18.86 19.42 19.79 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 555.6 619.0 630.9 646.2 702.8 771.8 845.5 Italy................... 19423 19957 20570 20777 21187 21680 22325 #12.16 12.86 13.46 14.18 15.42 16.33 16.93 17.30 17.77 Norway.................. 123.0 123.5 125.0 130.2 136.7 141.8 152.5 162.6 171.2 180.0 185.1 193.8 204.1 211.1 220.3 229.0 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 6.78 7.70 10.20 8.80 9.33 9.55 9.83 10.09 10.38 11.08 11.99 Portugal................ .. .. .. 648.0 696.7 717.4 755.2 #3.84 4.05 4.03 4.30 4.39 4.48 4.51 4.49 4.40 Spain................... 961.1 1009 1021 1061 1135 1205 1211 #7.48 7.77 8.15 8.55 9.12 9.63 10.04 10.47 11.23 United Kingdom.......... 5.93 6.22 6.30 6.75 7.11 7.42 7.84 8.23 8.83 9.38 9.59 10.05 10.35 10.67 11.37 11.91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. .. 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