Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 30 Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 19.83 20.25 20.95 21.61 22.44 22.75 23.14 23.26 24.49 25.28 25.98 27.05 28.31 29.25 29.23 29.21 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 9.05 9.18 8.98 5.72 5.82 5.05 4.59 4.53 5.50 6.77 8.26 9.35 Canada.................. 19.51 18.90 18.14 17.57 17.84 17.46 16.92 16.81 16.56 #16.89 17.44 21.66 22.30 25.98 28.98 30.54 Mexico.................. 3.73 4.18 4.38 2.78 2.86 3.40 3.60 4.07 4.70 5.12 5.13 4.86 4.82 5.23 5.52 5.84 Australia............... .. .. 16.49 19.34 21.76 21.01 18.45 19.30 17.39 15.61 17.98 23.67 28.78 29.36 29.10 33.19 Japan................... 24.59 28.57 31.49 35.51 30.71 28.53 26.53 30.38 32.31 28.95 28.31 31.07 33.73 32.75 30.64 29.15 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 7.85 9.20 9.98 9.46 6.79 9.51 10.91 9.73 11.07 13.04 15.02 16.92 19.81 21.43 Philippines (2)......... 1.62 1.51 1.81 1.93 1.82 1.65 1.26 1.55 1.35 1.20 1.30 1.37 1.44 1.56 1.75 1.90 Taiwan.................. 6.21 6.13 6.46 7.38 7.60 8.33 7.33 7.84 9.95 8.30 7.71 8.34 8.53 9.52 9.44 9.49 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 28.10 24.27 24.28 24.12 21.29 20.92 22.50 27.54 30.66 31.94 33.12 37.36 Belgium................. .. .. .. 31.28 30.53 26.80 27.28 26.65 24.26 24.27 26.12 32.05 36.52 37.61 39.25 43.99 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.37 3.20 3.47 4.27 5.11 5.93 6.68 7.38 8.70 Denmark................. 21.58 20.39 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 20.34 16.81 19.31 24.32 24.21 22.21 22.19 21.98 20.16 20.67 23.80 29.36 33.54 34.30 35.13 39.17 France.................. .. 20.48 21.30 24.17 23.99 21.58 21.88 21.33 19.38 19.35 20.79 25.23 28.05 29.11 30.48 34.28 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29.52 28.16 25.57 25.10 27.09 32.97 35.79 35.96 37.24 41.24 Greece.................. 8.18 7.70 8.23 9.42 9.64 9.01 8.74 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.12 5.09 6.14 7.32 8.27 8.44 10.30 Ireland................. 18.16 16.51 17.61 19.24 19.84 19.81 19.27 19.24 17.70 19.05 21.61 27.18 32.79 34.74 37.05 44.44 Italy................... 24.40 20.01 20.60 21.63 24.67 23.36 23.25 22.93 20.28 20.04 21.87 27.41 31.84 32.83 33.62 38.02 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 20.24 17.28 16.81 16.76 14.49 14.61 16.28 20.18 23.63 24.59 25.11 26.61 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.81 4.18 4.69 3.79 4.46 4.56 4.80 5.06 6.03 6.51 7.77 Portugal................ .. .. .. 7.86 8.02 7.24 7.22 7.16 6.34 6.35 7.00 9.04 9.68 9.89 10.53 11.56 Spain................... 16.41 13.44 13.41 14.98 16.58 14.69 15.24 15.04 12.83 13.20 14.86 18.96 21.39 22.82 23.30 27.20 Sweden (3).............. 26.18 19.25 20.53 23.38 26.71 24.67 24.85 24.56 22.92 21.60 24.65 31.19 35.34 35.62 36.57 41.28 United Kingdom.......... 16.60 14.41 15.05 15.76 15.67 18.70 20.19 20.79 19.79 19.39 21.53 25.93 27.91 29.77 30.49 33.51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea: includes unrecorded magnetic and optical media. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Includes asphalt paving and roofing materials. (3) Includes petroleum and coal products, and unrecorded magnetic and optical media. .. 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 31 Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 19.83 20.25 20.95 21.61 22.44 22.75 23.14 23.26 24.49 25.28 25.98 27.05 28.31 29.25 29.23 29.21 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 9.10 9.89 10.42 10.42 10.65 11.87 13.40 13.92 16.08 16.49 17.96 18.19 Canada.................. 23.59 24.38 24.79 24.12 24.33 24.18 25.10 24.98 24.61 #26.16 27.40 30.35 29.02 31.47 32.87 32.78 Mexico.................. 11545 #13.04 14.80 17.87 21.76 26.94 32.97 38.86 44.45 47.80 49.60 52.41 54.44 56.98 60.15 63.82 Australia............... .. .. 22.54 26.11 27.80 28.25 29.33 29.90 29.91 30.21 33.06 36.29 39.08 38.49 38.62 39.55 Japan................... 3118 3173 3218 3337 3341 3453 3475 3455 3483 3520 3545 3602 3648 3607 3563 3432 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 6309 7097 8032 8995 9513 11313 12343 12570 13846 15551 17200 17325 18903 19909 Philippines (2)......... 41.29 40.92 47.94 49.67 47.63 48.63 51.42 60.64 59.72 61.15 67.24 74.14 80.70 85.79 89.58 88.74 Taiwan.................. 156.1 161.9 170.9 195.5 208.8 239.8 245.8 253.5 311.1 280.8 266.4 287.1 284.8 305.8 306.9 311.9 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 297.6 296.3 300.6 #22.65 23.07 23.37 23.80 24.32 24.65 25.66 26.36 27.25 Belgium................. .. .. .. 921.8 945.5 959.9 990.6 #25.01 26.28 27.11 27.63 28.31 29.36 30.21 31.25 32.09 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 116.4 123.4 132.0 139.9 144.1 152.3 160.0 166.8 178.7 Denmark................. 130.3 132.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 91.27 96.24 101.1 106.4 111.2 115.4 118.7 #20.64 21.84 23.09 25.17 25.93 26.97 27.55 27.96 28.57 France.................. .. 116.1 118.1 120.5 122.7 126.0 129.1 #20.02 20.99 21.62 21.99 22.29 22.55 23.38 24.26 25.01 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51.94 #26.44 27.70 28.04 28.65 29.12 28.78 28.88 29.64 30.08 Greece.................. 1559 1765 1997 2182 2321 2460 2583 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1182 1312 1378 1483 1651 1775 1907 Ireland................. 10.65 11.27 11.76 12.00 12.41 13.06 13.53 #18.06 19.18 21.28 22.85 24.01 26.37 27.90 29.49 32.41 Italy................... 30059 31477 33191 35241 38065 39796 40381 #21.53 21.96 22.39 23.13 24.21 25.60 26.37 26.76 27.73 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 626.6 618.3 610.3 #15.74 15.70 16.32 17.22 17.82 19.00 19.75 19.99 19.41 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 12.49 14.54 18.64 16.49 18.26 18.59 18.69 18.51 19.50 20.22 21.78 Portugal................ .. .. .. 1178 1238 1270 1301 #6.72 6.87 7.09 7.40 7.98 7.78 7.94 8.38 8.43 Spain................... 1681 1713 1795 1867 2101 2153 2278 #14.12 13.90 14.75 15.72 16.75 17.20 18.33 18.54 19.84 Sweden (3).............. 152.5 150.1 158.4 166.9 179.2 188.6 197.6 203.2 210.2 223.4 239.6 252.0 259.7 266.1 269.6 278.9 United Kingdom.......... 9.40 9.59 9.82 9.98 10.04 11.42 12.18 12.86 13.06 13.47 14.34 15.86 15.23 16.34 16.53 16.74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea: includes unrecorded magnetic and optical media. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Includes asphalt paving and roofing materials. (3) Includes petroleum and coal products, and unrecorded magnetic and optical media. .. 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