Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 34 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 16.48 16.75 17.13 17.58 18.03 18.35 18.98 19.35 20.12 20.89 21.70 22.58 23.23 23.74 23.40 24.33 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 4.33 4.19 4.07 2.67 2.62 2.24 1.97 2.15 2.48 3.26 3.87 4.46 Canada.................. 18.40 17.44 16.36 16.91 17.38 16.62 15.51 15.66 15.70 #16.85 16.35 19.74 21.62 23.87 26.08 30.99 Mexico.................. 2.19 2.53 2.55 1.55 1.52 1.73 1.73 1.92 2.19 2.57 2.71 2.58 2.61 2.88 3.00 3.14 Australia............... .. .. 14.31 15.60 17.74 17.09 15.13 16.58 15.64 14.03 16.16 21.15 25.36 26.51 26.78 30.54 Israel.................. 6.80 6.77 7.27 8.41 8.81 9.30 8.89 8.77 9.38 9.65 8.94 9.37 10.13 10.05 10.25 11.58 Japan (2)............... 16.70 19.57 21.71 24.11 21.21 19.94 18.68 21.66 22.91 20.67 19.67 20.96 22.20 21.63 20.21 19.83 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 6.63 7.55 8.16 8.65 5.89 7.70 8.14 8.00 8.37 9.96 11.18 13.01 14.93 16.38 Philippines (2)......... 0.86 0.84 0.95 1.11 1.01 0.97 0.76 0.65 0.64 0.64 0.75 0.82 0.87 0.94 1.15 1.31 Taiwan.................. 5.39 5.39 5.61 5.85 5.81 5.79 5.38 5.52 5.63 5.65 5.63 5.61 5.89 6.24 6.26 6.15 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 27.13 23.97 24.23 23.66 21.20 21.02 22.53 27.48 30.27 31.33 32.90 37.10 Belgium................. .. .. .. 27.40 26.87 23.71 23.91 23.31 21.21 20.77 22.67 27.55 31.03 31.77 32.71 36.44 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.17 3.11 3.42 4.23 5.10 5.88 6.52 7.36 8.75 Denmark................. 20.50 19.42 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 18.25 15.08 17.32 21.82 21.17 19.32 18.05 18.60 16.79 17.01 18.29 22.54 25.67 26.79 27.69 31.71 France.................. .. 18.06 18.75 21.26 21.20 19.21 19.48 19.14 17.49 17.48 18.86 22.80 25.34 25.83 26.75 30.03 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22.37 21.57 19.57 19.50 21.14 26.17 28.91 28.91 30.00 33.15 Greece.................. 8.70 8.24 8.71 10.02 10.41 10.03 9.69 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.03 3.80 4.52 5.19 5.86 5.81 7.36 Ireland................. 18.00 15.81 15.80 17.14 17.88 17.23 17.19 16.78 15.28 15.36 17.12 21.51 23.64 24.81 26.15 29.71 Italy................... 19.84 16.43 16.51 17.06 18.65 17.70 17.23 16.77 14.77 14.80 16.03 20.60 23.68 24.63 25.40 28.62 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 19.02 17.07 17.42 17.22 15.86 16.76 19.01 24.34 29.77 31.49 31.98 35.37 Netherlands............. 20.90 20.50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.92 3.18 3.81 3.10 3.41 3.53 3.78 4.16 4.78 5.39 6.73 Portugal................ .. .. .. 5.95 6.25 5.71 5.74 5.80 5.18 5.09 5.63 6.67 7.51 7.84 8.07 8.87 Spain................... 13.74 11.94 11.83 12.90 12.66 11.39 11.86 11.71 10.77 11.03 11.90 15.34 16.85 17.51 18.42 21.13 Sweden.................. 24.93 17.79 18.42 21.83 24.09 21.80 22.18 21.77 20.43 18.75 20.61 26.00 29.43 29.67 30.74 35.09 United Kingdom.......... 12.98 11.28 11.85 13.09 13.38 15.36 16.32 16.64 15.96 16.90 17.89 20.90 24.32 25.91 26.64 31.11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea: 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 Production Workers: In National Currency PAGE 35 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 16.48 16.75 17.13 17.58 18.03 18.35 18.98 19.35 20.12 20.89 21.70 22.58 23.23 23.74 23.40 24.33 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 4.35 4.52 4.72 4.86 4.80 5.27 5.74 6.61 7.25 7.94 8.42 8.68 Canada.................. 22.24 22.50 22.36 23.21 23.70 23.02 23.00 23.27 23.32 #26.10 25.68 27.65 28.15 28.92 29.57 33.27 Mexico.................. 6784 #7.87 8.61 9.98 11.57 13.69 15.79 18.30 20.70 24.00 26.17 27.87 29.49 31.35 32.76 34.30 Australia............... .. .. 19.56 21.06 22.67 22.98 24.05 25.69 26.89 27.14 29.73 32.42 34.44 34.75 35.54 36.40 Israel.................. 16.72 19.16 21.88 25.33 28.11 32.08 33.79 36.30 38.25 40.58 42.36 42.69 45.41 45.09 45.70 47.84 Japan (2)............... 2118 2174 2219 2266 2307 2414 2447 2463 2469 2513 2463 2430 2401 2382 2350 2336 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 5329 5824 6565 8229 8249 9165 9210 10336 10461 11873 12806 13324 14252 15213 Philippines (2)......... 21.95 22.66 24.97 28.50 26.48 28.63 30.99 25.38 28.24 32.78 38.64 44.68 48.90 51.97 59.19 61.35 Taiwan.................. 135.6 142.5 148.6 155.0 159.5 166.5 180.6 178.4 175.9 191.1 194.3 193.2 196.4 200.6 203.5 202.0 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 287.2 292.6 299.9 #22.21 22.96 23.48 23.83 24.27 24.34 25.17 26.19 27.06 Belgium................. .. .. .. 807.6 832.0 848.9 868.3 #21.88 22.97 23.21 23.98 24.33 24.95 25.52 26.04 26.58 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 109.5 120.0 130.0 138.3 143.9 151.2 156.2 166.3 179.7 Denmark................. 123.8 126.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 81.89 86.34 90.66 95.47 97.26 100.4 96.53 #17.46 18.18 19.01 19.35 19.91 20.63 21.52 22.04 23.12 France.................. .. 102.4 104.0 106.0 108.5 112.2 114.9 #17.97 18.95 19.52 19.95 20.14 20.37 20.75 21.29 21.90 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39.36 #20.24 21.20 21.79 22.36 23.11 23.25 23.23 23.88 24.17 Greece.................. 1659 1891 2114 2322 2507 2739 2864 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 867.1 980.3 1014 1053 1170 1222 1363 Ireland................. 10.56 10.80 10.55 10.69 11.18 11.36 12.06 #15.75 16.55 17.16 18.11 19.00 19.01 19.93 20.81 21.67 Italy................... 24437 25851 26601 27803 28778 30160 29928 #15.74 16.00 16.53 16.95 18.20 19.04 19.78 20.22 20.87 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 588.7 610.5 632.5 #16.17 17.18 18.73 20.10 21.50 23.94 25.30 25.45 25.79 Netherlands............. 36.76 38.10 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 9.56 11.07 15.12 13.47 13.95 14.42 14.69 15.20 15.48 16.72 18.87 Portugal................ .. .. .. 891.4 963.9 1002 1035 #5.44 5.61 5.69 5.96 5.89 6.04 6.30 6.43 6.47 Spain................... 1407 1522 1584 1608 1604 1670 1772 #11.00 11.66 12.32 12.59 13.55 13.55 14.06 14.66 15.41 Sweden.................. 145.2 138.7 142.1 155.9 161.6 166.6 176.4 180.1 187.4 193.9 200.3 210.0 216.3 221.6 226.6 237.0 United Kingdom.......... 7.35 7.51 7.74 8.29 8.57 9.38 9.85 10.29 10.53 11.74 11.91 12.79 13.27 14.23 14.44 15.54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea: 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