Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 20 Leather and Allied Products Manufacturing (NAICS 316) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 10.52 10.92 11.38 11.72 12.22 12.63 12.98 13.25 13.97 14.45 14.71 15.86 15.92 15.80 16.15 17.55 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 2.97 2.85 2.61 1.66 1.73 1.45 1.31 1.43 1.57 2.06 2.50 2.90 Canada.................. 9.57 9.40 9.30 9.35 10.55 10.24 9.65 9.41 9.77 #8.93 10.32 11.53 12.82 13.12 14.43 15.16 Mexico.................. 1.86 2.02 2.00 1.12 1.08 1.19 1.20 1.32 1.58 1.78 1.84 1.75 1.77 1.92 2.05 2.09 Australia............... .. .. 12.49 12.43 13.44 12.83 11.45 12.37 11.04 10.11 12.08 15.69 18.17 19.28 20.04 22.86 Israel.................. 4.75 4.55 4.93 5.41 6.19 6.47 6.53 6.67 7.31 6.64 6.28 6.34 6.43 7.34 8.06 8.94 Japan (1)............... 11.76 14.20 15.38 16.70 13.90 13.41 13.27 15.56 14.92 13.17 12.94 13.42 14.52 13.58 13.02 14.26 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4.11 4.57 5.38 5.22 3.80 4.70 5.25 5.03 6.01 7.15 8.02 9.95 11.51 12.80 Philippines (1)......... 0.52 0.47 0.56 0.64 0.65 0.62 0.48 0.53 0.50 0.46 0.48 0.47 0.47 0.48 0.73 0.91 Taiwan.................. 4.08 4.25 4.26 4.84 4.88 4.68 4.25 4.63 4.64 4.38 4.49 4.73 4.62 5.15 5.53 5.60 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 16.78 14.83 14.94 14.22 12.64 12.37 13.68 16.65 18.02 17.75 19.04 20.80 Belgium................. .. .. .. 20.91 20.61 18.04 18.25 17.69 16.05 15.70 17.14 20.89 23.55 24.24 25.02 27.84 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.31 2.17 2.24 2.99 3.42 3.99 4.38 4.94 5.76 Denmark................. 16.87 16.01 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 12.85 10.62 12.20 15.36 15.65 13.43 12.60 14.26 13.10 12.81 13.19 14.69 18.16 19.49 19.32 22.64 France.................. .. 14.27 14.64 16.45 16.22 14.66 14.63 14.32 12.97 13.22 14.74 18.38 21.05 21.24 22.54 25.44 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.74 16.27 14.97 15.01 16.29 20.03 21.93 21.83 22.66 25.64 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.95 2.37 2.95 3.45 3.55 3.64 4.63 Italy................... 16.97 13.42 13.16 13.03 13.78 12.55 12.67 12.71 11.60 11.70 12.88 16.52 19.14 19.82 20.50 23.03 Norway.................. 18.87 16.75 17.43 19.88 20.24 19.21 19.48 20.19 18.92 19.50 22.60 26.68 29.52 31.96 33.51 38.12 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.17 2.23 2.68 2.13 2.37 2.43 2.55 2.78 3.21 3.56 4.29 Portugal................ .. .. .. 4.29 4.43 4.06 4.16 4.09 3.71 3.81 4.17 4.96 5.59 5.62 5.41 5.56 Spain................... 9.11 7.85 7.53 8.33 8.85 7.76 7.85 7.53 6.74 6.87 7.74 9.59 11.29 11.88 12.51 14.04 United Kingdom.......... 10.16 9.02 9.24 10.23 10.56 11.62 12.51 14.42 13.65 14.39 15.96 16.91 19.19 21.69 22.12 22.42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. Includes leather and fur gloves and mittens. .. 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 Production Workers: In National Currency PAGE 21 Leather and Allied Products Manufacturing (NAICS 316) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 10.52 10.92 11.38 11.72 12.22 12.63 12.98 13.25 13.97 14.45 14.71 15.86 15.92 15.80 16.15 17.55 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 2.99 3.08 3.03 3.02 3.17 3.41 3.84 4.40 4.59 5.03 5.43 5.65 Canada.................. 11.57 12.13 12.71 12.84 14.39 14.18 14.31 13.99 14.51 #13.84 16.21 16.15 16.69 15.90 16.36 16.27 Mexico.................. 5771 #6.29 6.73 7.20 8.18 9.42 10.97 12.65 14.90 16.59 17.75 18.88 19.99 20.88 22.36 22.87 Australia............... .. .. 17.07 16.78 17.16 17.25 18.20 19.16 18.99 19.56 22.22 24.04 24.68 25.28 26.60 27.24 Israel.................. 11.67 12.87 14.84 16.29 19.77 22.32 24.81 27.63 29.81 27.94 29.74 28.86 28.84 32.95 35.92 36.95 Japan (1)............... 1491 1577 1571 1569 1512 1624 1738 1769 1608 1601 1621 1556 1570 1495 1514 1679 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 3303 3526 4328 4965 5322 5596 5932 6502 7508 8518 9184 10183 10980 11887 Philippines (1)......... 13.32 12.87 14.71 16.57 16.92 18.29 19.80 20.74 22.08 23.71 24.77 25.73 26.41 26.44 37.53 42.38 Taiwan.................. 102.7 112.3 112.6 128.3 134.1 134.6 142.5 149.5 145.0 148.3 155.1 162.7 154.2 165.5 179.8 183.9 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 177.6 181.1 184.9 #13.35 13.69 13.82 14.47 14.70 14.49 14.26 15.15 15.17 Belgium................. .. .. .. 616.2 638.3 645.9 662.8 #16.61 17.38 17.53 18.13 18.45 18.93 19.47 19.92 20.30 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 79.97 83.63 85.30 98.02 96.43 102.6 104.9 111.6 118.3 Denmark................. 101.8 103.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 57.66 60.81 63.86 67.24 71.91 69.76 67.36 #13.39 14.20 14.31 13.95 12.97 14.60 15.66 15.38 16.51 France.................. .. 80.87 81.21 82.01 82.96 85.58 86.34 #13.44 14.05 14.77 15.59 16.23 16.92 17.06 17.94 18.55 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29.46 #15.27 16.22 16.77 17.23 17.69 17.63 17.54 18.04 18.70 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 557.7 610.6 661.5 699.2 707.6 765.8 857.8 Italy................... 20902 21114 21202 21228 21261 21388 22005 #11.93 12.56 13.08 13.62 14.59 15.39 15.92 16.31 16.80 Norway.................. 117.3 118.9 123.0 125.9 130.7 136.1 147.1 157.6 166.8 175.4 180.4 188.9 198.9 205.8 214.8 223.2 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 7.12 7.77 10.66 9.26 9.69 9.92 9.94 10.18 10.37 11.04 12.01 Portugal................ .. .. .. 643.3 684.1 712.4 749.2 #3.84 4.02 4.26 4.41 4.38 4.50 4.51 4.31 4.05 Spain................... 932.8 1001 1008 1038 1121 1137 1173 #7.07 7.30 7.68 8.19 8.47 9.08 9.54 9.96 10.24 United Kingdom.......... 5.75 6.01 6.03 6.48 6.77 7.10 7.55 8.92 9.01 10.00 10.63 10.35 10.47 11.91 11.99 11.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. Includes 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