Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 46 Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (NAICS 335) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 14.96 15.24 15.58 16.05 16.64 17.42 17.83 18.18 18.84 19.85 20.23 21.09 21.91 22.56 22.91 23.80 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 7.85 7.38 7.17 4.35 4.50 3.95 3.42 3.64 3.77 5.38 6.14 7.92 Canada.................. 17.30 16.35 16.14 16.55 15.62 15.77 15.25 14.65 15.96 #15.82 15.57 18.08 20.55 23.81 27.38 29.78 Mexico.................. 1.88 2.11 2.19 1.41 1.40 1.62 1.70 1.99 2.41 2.90 3.06 2.98 2.98 3.21 3.30 3.50 Australia............... .. .. 12.70 14.28 15.98 15.47 13.83 14.38 12.72 12.60 15.56 18.57 20.46 23.64 26.09 29.75 Israel.................. .. .. .. 8.51 9.21 10.13 10.03 9.96 10.52 10.73 9.85 10.00 10.13 10.36 11.03 11.89 Japan (2)............... 15.10 18.11 20.44 23.49 20.93 19.25 18.28 21.73 23.22 20.61 19.89 21.60 23.37 22.66 21.21 21.70 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 5.84 6.63 6.97 6.53 4.68 5.56 6.62 5.74 7.95 8.74 9.34 10.18 11.63 12.94 Singapore............... .. .. .. 7.53 8.46 7.73 7.07 5.97 6.74 6.98 6.72 8.34 8.21 8.03 8.79 8.63 Taiwan.................. 5.06 5.23 5.86 6.22 6.40 6.31 5.66 5.97 6.22 6.10 5.57 5.57 5.54 5.99 6.00 6.14 Denmark................. 18.26 17.41 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 17.60 14.54 16.71 21.04 21.24 19.14 18.60 18.21 16.59 17.41 19.29 22.76 25.84 26.80 26.76 30.83 France.................. .. 17.10 17.61 19.81 19.50 17.62 17.86 17.68 16.11 16.39 17.65 21.45 23.89 24.52 25.73 28.91 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24.47 23.68 21.44 21.29 23.20 28.63 31.96 32.14 33.36 37.33 Greece.................. 8.24 7.79 8.20 9.36 9.76 9.50 9.38 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.00 3.62 4.41 5.14 5.49 5.48 6.78 Ireland................. .. .. .. 12.90 12.97 12.89 12.22 11.90 10.74 11.16 12.77 16.76 19.75 18.63 21.39 25.63 Italy................... 20.74 16.63 16.51 16.68 17.85 16.55 16.13 15.64 13.80 13.82 15.26 18.84 21.66 22.14 23.00 25.75 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 19.37 17.18 18.05 17.68 15.91 15.38 16.59 20.90 23.59 24.54 24.45 27.04 Netherlands............. 18.22 18.10 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.09 3.38 3.98 3.09 3.46 3.62 3.83 4.13 4.90 5.20 6.49 Spain................... 13.84 12.00 11.79 13.00 13.62 12.14 12.39 12.53 10.60 10.96 12.17 15.57 18.03 18.79 20.23 21.83 United Kingdom.......... 13.10 11.49 11.75 12.24 12.61 13.79 15.18 15.48 15.10 15.12 16.44 19.31 21.88 22.31 22.86 27.09 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Rep. of Korea: excludes domestic appliances. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Includes electronic medical equipment and electronic measuring instruments. Includes video recording and duplicating equipment. .. 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 47 Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (NAICS 335) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 14.96 15.24 15.58 16.05 16.64 17.42 17.83 18.18 18.84 19.85 20.23 21.09 21.91 22.56 22.91 23.80 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 7.89 7.95 8.32 7.92 8.24 9.28 10.00 11.19 11.02 13.09 13.35 15.40 Canada.................. 20.91 21.10 22.05 22.72 21.30 21.84 22.63 21.77 23.71 #24.50 24.44 25.33 26.74 28.84 31.05 31.97 Mexico.................. 5812 #6.57 7.38 9.07 10.67 12.79 15.54 18.99 22.76 27.08 29.55 32.12 33.69 34.99 35.96 38.26 Australia............... .. .. 17.36 19.28 20.41 20.80 21.98 22.27 21.87 24.38 28.61 28.47 27.78 31.00 34.62 35.46 Israel.................. .. .. .. 25.63 29.41 34.95 38.11 41.22 42.91 45.12 46.67 45.54 45.42 46.49 49.14 49.13 Japan (2)............... 1914 2011 2089 2207 2277 2330 2395 2472 2503 2506 2491 2505 2528 2495 2467 2556 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4692 5117 5611 6205 6560 6621 7486 7421 9936 10425 10691 10424 11094 12024 Singapore............... .. .. .. 10.67 11.93 11.48 11.82 10.11 11.62 12.51 12.03 14.53 13.88 13.36 13.96 12.99 Taiwan.................. 127.2 138.3 155.1 164.9 175.8 181.5 190.0 192.9 194.4 206.2 192.5 191.5 184.8 192.5 195.2 201.6 Denmark................. 110.2 112.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 78.96 83.27 87.44 92.07 97.58 99.44 99.48 #17.09 17.97 19.44 20.40 20.11 20.78 21.53 21.30 22.49 France.................. .. 96.91 97.64 98.79 99.78 102.9 105.4 #16.59 17.45 18.31 18.67 18.95 19.21 19.69 20.48 21.09 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 43.06 #22.23 23.22 23.79 24.54 25.29 25.70 25.82 26.56 27.23 Greece.................. 1570 1786 1991 2170 2349 2594 2771 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 859.2 932.4 990.3 1041 1096 1153 1255 Ireland................. .. .. .. 8.04 8.11 8.50 8.58 #11.17 11.63 12.47 13.50 14.81 15.88 14.97 17.03 18.69 Italy................... 25558 26164 26600 27171 27544 28196 28020 #14.68 14.95 15.44 16.14 16.65 17.41 17.78 18.31 18.78 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 599.6 614.6 655.2 #16.59 17.23 17.18 17.54 18.46 18.97 19.71 19.46 19.72 Netherlands............. 32.05 33.62 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 10.13 11.77 15.79 13.46 14.15 14.75 14.88 15.12 15.84 16.14 18.18 Spain................... 1418 1530 1578 1621 1725 1779 1851 #11.76 11.48 12.24 12.88 13.75 14.49 15.09 16.10 15.92 United Kingdom.......... 7.42 7.65 7.67 7.75 8.08 8.42 9.16 9.57 9.96 10.50 10.95 11.81 11.94 12.25 12.39 13.53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Rep. of Korea: excludes domestic appliances. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Includes electronic medical equipment and electronic measuring instruments. Includes video recording and duplicating equipment. .. 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