Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 40 Primary and Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 331-332) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 17.09 17.53 17.69 18.21 18.67 19.09 19.42 19.76 20.42 21.13 21.78 22.43 22.81 23.52 23.94 24.96 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 7.35 7.22 6.68 4.07 4.27 3.60 3.08 3.34 4.01 5.09 6.30 7.20 Canada.................. 20.54 19.53 18.58 18.97 19.24 18.83 17.74 18.50 18.51 #18.05 18.20 21.39 24.92 26.44 28.55 32.09 Mexico.................. 2.31 2.56 2.54 1.56 1.51 1.68 1.70 1.92 2.24 2.61 2.66 2.52 2.53 2.74 2.82 2.99 Australia............... .. .. 15.51 16.85 18.31 17.96 16.13 16.59 14.75 14.13 16.41 20.77 24.18 26.60 28.12 32.07 Israel.................. 7.38 7.30 7.50 8.10 8.62 9.02 8.99 8.48 9.21 9.54 8.48 9.09 8.82 9.29 9.84 10.89 Japan................... 19.99 23.38 25.54 27.73 23.86 21.53 20.10 23.12 24.55 21.50 20.20 21.99 23.92 23.74 22.36 22.06 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 6.73 7.73 9.09 8.19 5.50 8.27 9.73 8.75 8.08 9.04 10.02 12.18 13.85 15.30 Philippines............. 0.86 0.81 0.95 0.92 1.06 1.04 0.76 0.78 0.72 0.69 0.70 0.68 0.74 0.82 0.99 1.19 Taiwan.................. 5.73 5.64 6.08 6.30 6.15 6.13 5.50 5.94 6.32 6.20 5.65 5.95 6.35 6.71 6.77 6.87 Belgium................. .. .. .. 29.64 29.45 25.78 26.02 25.30 22.90 22.44 24.61 29.95 33.75 34.64 35.87 39.86 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.30 3.12 3.46 4.20 5.26 6.05 6.57 7.36 8.84 Finland................. 19.39 16.02 18.41 23.18 22.25 20.34 19.04 19.68 17.92 17.89 19.66 23.95 27.52 28.12 30.15 33.03 France.................. .. 17.48 17.97 20.23 20.03 17.97 18.10 17.68 15.83 16.02 17.48 21.41 24.04 24.59 25.73 28.90 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25.03 24.08 21.70 21.48 23.27 28.49 31.51 31.67 33.03 36.80 Greece.................. 9.68 8.94 8.96 10.77 11.00 10.47 9.72 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.79 3.41 4.12 4.90 5.32 5.47 6.66 Ireland................. .. .. .. 14.27 14.15 14.06 14.08 14.23 12.68 13.16 15.16 18.47 21.09 22.29 23.68 25.77 Italy................... 21.67 17.37 17.23 17.43 18.67 17.31 16.84 16.35 14.45 14.77 16.81 21.05 24.84 25.34 26.36 29.48 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.40 3.59 4.17 3.29 3.64 3.73 4.02 4.44 5.24 5.92 7.24 Portugal................ .. .. .. 5.36 5.64 5.13 5.26 5.25 4.73 4.89 5.32 6.44 7.56 7.31 7.59 8.88 Spain................... 14.01 11.98 12.03 13.29 13.61 12.46 12.62 12.39 11.24 11.50 12.73 16.07 18.42 19.14 19.97 22.63 Sweden.................. 24.49 17.81 18.72 21.59 24.53 22.36 22.23 21.75 20.23 18.67 20.62 25.76 29.38 29.73 30.83 34.86 United Kingdom.......... 13.53 11.93 12.95 13.65 14.20 15.99 17.07 17.30 16.69 16.57 17.62 20.23 23.58 24.23 25.12 28.78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea: excludes uranium processing and refining. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. .. 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 41 Primary and Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 331-332) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 17.09 17.53 17.69 18.21 18.67 19.09 19.42 19.76 20.42 21.13 21.78 22.43 22.81 23.52 23.94 24.96 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 7.38 7.78 7.75 7.41 7.82 8.47 8.99 10.28 11.72 12.38 13.70 14.01 Canada.................. 24.83 25.19 25.39 26.03 26.24 26.08 26.31 27.48 27.50 #27.96 28.58 29.96 32.44 32.04 32.37 34.44 Mexico.................. 7147 #7.98 8.57 10.03 11.45 13.29 15.54 18.31 21.23 24.33 25.69 27.18 28.60 29.80 30.75 32.68 Australia............... .. .. 21.20 22.74 23.40 24.15 25.64 25.70 25.37 27.34 30.17 31.84 32.83 34.88 37.32 38.22 Israel.................. 18.15 20.65 22.59 24.40 27.50 31.11 34.18 35.13 37.53 40.10 40.17 41.39 39.53 41.71 43.83 45.01 Japan................... 2535 2597 2610 2606 2595 2606 2633 2630 2647 2614 2529 2550 2587 2614 2601 2597 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 5406 5966 7312 7792 7696 9843 11000 11310 10102 10774 11475 12467 13222 14214 Philippines............. 21.92 21.98 25.05 23.67 27.58 30.77 31.08 30.45 31.75 35.18 36.13 37.12 41.67 45.26 50.98 55.49 Taiwan.................. 144.1 148.9 160.8 167.0 169.1 176.4 184.6 191.9 197.7 209.5 195.0 204.8 212.0 215.6 220.1 225.7 Belgium................. .. .. .. 873.7 912.1 923.1 944.6 #23.75 24.81 25.07 26.03 26.45 27.13 27.83 28.55 29.07 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 114.0 120.6 131.5 137.6 148.3 155.4 157.3 166.3 181.7 Finland................. 86.99 91.73 96.34 101.4 102.2 105.7 101.8 #18.48 19.41 19.99 20.79 21.16 22.12 22.59 24.00 24.09 France.................. .. 99.03 99.66 100.9 102.5 104.9 106.8 #16.60 17.15 17.89 18.49 18.91 19.33 19.75 20.48 21.08 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44.05 #22.61 23.51 23.99 24.61 25.16 25.33 25.44 26.29 26.84 Greece.................. 1845 2050 2173 2495 2648 2859 2874 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 798.9 879.2 924.4 993.3 1061 1151 1233 Ireland................. .. .. .. 8.90 8.84 9.27 9.89 #13.35 13.73 14.70 16.03 16.32 16.96 17.90 18.85 18.79 Italy................... 26694 27332 27764 28409 28806 29498 29245 #15.34 15.65 16.50 17.78 18.60 19.97 20.35 20.98 21.50 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 11.14 12.50 16.54 14.32 14.92 15.21 15.65 16.26 16.95 18.37 20.29 Portugal................ .. .. .. 803.3 870.8 900.3 947.3 #4.93 5.12 5.46 5.63 5.69 6.08 5.87 6.04 6.47 Spain................... 1434 1527 1610 1657 1724 1825 1885 #11.63 12.18 12.85 13.47 14.20 14.81 15.37 15.89 16.51 Sweden.................. 142.7 138.8 144.5 154.2 164.5 170.9 176.7 179.9 185.6 193.1 200.4 208.1 215.9 222.1 227.3 235.5 United Kingdom.......... 7.66 7.95 8.46 8.65 9.10 9.77 10.30 10.70 11.01 11.51 11.74 12.37 12.86 13.30 13.61 14.37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea: excludes uranium processing and refining. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. .. 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