Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 31 Singapore (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Industry 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)....................................................... 4.94 5.24 6.27 7.70 8.31 8.16 7.49 7.08 7.34 7.07 6.80 7.30 7.53 7.38 8.72 8.47 Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 311-312)................. .. .. .. 8.31 8.93 9.11 8.87 7.70 7.79 7.50 7.40 7.19 7.70 7.81 6.78 7.74 Textiles, Apparel and Allied Products Manufacturing (NAICS 313-316)............... .. .. .. 5.07 5.39 5.45 5.55 5.13 5.01 5.34 4.65 5.03 5.61 5.34 5.71 6.96 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332)................................ .. .. .. 8.11 8.53 8.17 6.83 6.87 6.48 5.99 6.22 6.80 6.44 6.98 7.33 7.73 Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333)............................................... .. .. .. 9.61 10.20 10.27 9.25 7.61 8.58 8.57 7.99 8.04 9.21 8.20 9.89 10.63 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334)......................... .. .. .. 6.73 7.32 7.19 6.53 6.06 6.49 6.35 5.73 6.16 6.40 6.70 7.77 8.22 Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (NAICS 335).......... .. .. .. 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 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336)................................ .. .. .. 9.51 10.07 10.19 9.05 8.90 8.57 7.54 7.75 9.91 9.39 6.97 10.36 8.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) NAICS 333 includes domestic appliances; excludes optical lenses, photographic and copying equipment. NAICS 334 excludes reproduction of recorded media, measurement and navigation equipment, watches and clocks. .. Data not available. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In National Currency PAGE 32 Singapore (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Industry 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)....................................................... 8.05 8.47 9.57 10.92 11.71 12.13 12.52 12.00 12.67 12.68 12.18 12.72 12.73 12.28 13.85 12.76 Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 311-312)................. .. .. .. 11.77 12.60 13.53 14.84 13.06 13.43 13.44 13.26 12.53 13.02 13.00 10.77 11.65 Textiles, Apparel and Allied Products Manufacturing (NAICS 313-316)............... .. .. .. 7.18 7.59 8.10 9.28 8.69 8.65 9.57 8.33 8.76 9.48 8.88 9.07 10.49 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332)................................ .. .. .. 11.49 12.03 12.14 11.42 11.65 11.18 10.75 11.14 11.85 10.89 11.62 11.65 11.64 Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333)............................................... .. .. .. 13.61 14.38 15.26 15.47 12.90 14.80 15.37 14.30 14.01 15.57 13.65 15.71 16.02 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334)......................... .. .. .. 9.54 10.32 10.68 10.91 10.27 11.20 11.39 10.26 10.74 10.81 11.15 12.34 12.38 Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (NAICS 335).......... .. .. .. 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 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336)................................ .. .. .. 13.48 14.20 15.14 15.13 15.09 14.78 13.53 13.88 17.28 15.88 11.59 16.46 12.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) NAICS 333 includes domestic appliances; excludes optical lenses, photographic and copying equipment. NAICS 334 excludes reproduction of recorded media, measurement and navigation equipment, watches and clocks. .. Data not available. See technical notes for national currency units. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009