Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 10 Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 16.14 16.58 16.99 17.39 17.96 18.42 18.74 19.13 19.88 20.77 21.60 22.48 23.12 23.81 24.15 25.27 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 5.76 5.77 5.50 3.39 3.50 2.97 2.57 2.74 3.14 4.16 5.01 5.96 Canada.................. 17.89 17.28 16.59 16.80 17.35 17.14 16.22 16.39 16.78 #16.34 16.59 19.58 21.93 24.29 26.12 29.08 Mexico (1).............. 2.11 2.36 2.38 1.43 1.43 1.62 1.65 1.86 2.17 2.48 2.57 2.44 2.45 2.65 2.77 2.92 Australia............... 13.59 12.97 14.52 15.58 17.11 16.81 15.20 16.04 14.51 13.45 15.69 20.18 23.79 25.53 26.46 30.17 Hong Kong SAR (2)....... 4.04 4.31 4.62 4.81 5.12 5.38 5.40 5.37 5.45 5.74 5.66 5.54 5.51 5.65 5.78 5.78 Israel.................. 7.96 7.72 8.04 9.23 9.91 10.57 10.67 10.37 11.16 11.90 10.78 11.41 11.85 12.13 12.45 13.91 Japan................... 16.10 18.83 20.78 23.34 20.31 18.78 17.63 20.30 21.69 19.23 18.42 20.04 21.65 21.31 19.99 19.75 Korea, Republic of...... 5.07 5.55 6.16 7.14 8.04 7.71 5.56 7.22 8.08 7.52 8.56 9.44 10.50 12.48 14.48 16.02 New Zealand............. 8.05 8.05 9.09 10.35 11.31 11.31 9.38 9.44 8.38 7.97 9.10 11.69 13.65 14.97 14.47 17.27 Philippines............. 0.79 0.74 0.88 0.94 1.00 0.95 0.71 0.78 0.72 0.68 0.71 0.72 0.78 0.86 0.98 1.13 Singapore............... 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 Sri Lanka............... 0.40 0.42 0.45 0.48 0.48 0.46 0.47 0.46 0.48 0.45 0.49 0.51 0.52 0.54 0.57 0.61 Taiwan.................. 5.12 5.16 5.51 5.99 5.98 6.09 5.39 5.78 6.19 6.05 5.64 5.70 5.97 6.42 6.56 6.58 Austria................. 20.61 20.55 21.67 25.67 25.76 22.73 22.99 22.65 20.13 19.92 21.60 26.36 29.19 30.20 31.30 35.33 Belgium................. 20.52 20.17 21.95 25.70 25.28 22.31 22.64 22.17 20.15 19.86 21.80 26.58 30.05 30.83 31.90 35.45 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 2.54 2.95 2.80 3.00 2.94 2.85 3.15 3.85 4.75 5.48 6.08 6.83 8.20 Denmark................. 20.42 19.49 20.81 24.87 25.00 22.93 23.50 24.06 21.45 22.07 24.43 30.44 33.53 34.88 36.67 42.29 Finland................. 18.97 15.68 18.01 22.69 22.20 19.97 19.33 19.57 17.73 18.04 19.80 24.51 28.11 28.69 30.07 34.18 France.................. 18.32 17.26 17.79 20.06 19.88 17.84 17.99 17.62 15.98 16.08 17.49 21.39 23.98 24.56 25.47 28.57 Germany................. .. 23.90 25.34 30.10 29.58 25.96 25.68 24.57 22.66 22.45 24.27 29.91 33.25 33.49 34.69 38.63 Greece.................. 7.68 7.07 7.58 9.04 9.50 9.12 8.84 8.56 7.63 7.92 9.11 11.77 14.52 15.17 15.96 18.03 Hungary................. .. .. 2.55 2.53 2.52 2.46 2.49 2.48 2.36 2.69 3.33 4.06 4.80 5.18 5.27 6.60 Ireland................. 14.19 12.92 13.46 14.77 15.14 14.82 14.69 14.79 13.66 14.62 16.45 20.55 23.62 24.51 25.68 29.04 Italy................... 19.99 16.28 16.40 16.71 18.15 17.00 16.67 16.33 14.53 14.61 16.23 20.42 23.66 24.33 25.17 28.23 Luxembourg.............. 18.22 18.10 19.95 23.54 22.54 19.74 19.68 19.58 17.49 17.12 18.59 22.93 26.30 27.36 27.83 30.60 Netherlands............. 20.01 19.79 20.84 24.02 23.09 20.74 21.29 21.01 18.68 18.94 20.95 26.08 29.58 30.02 30.64 34.07 Norway.................. 24.51 21.50 22.35 25.95 26.58 25.18 25.36 25.73 23.50 24.30 28.70 33.44 36.97 39.34 41.69 48.56 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.79 3.00 2.89 2.81 3.18 3.28 3.53 3.85 4.53 5.05 6.21 Portugal................ 5.03 4.40 4.50 5.25 5.39 4.89 5.05 4.99 4.48 4.52 4.98 6.05 6.87 6.96 7.07 7.70 Spain................... 13.14 11.28 11.18 12.47 13.09 11.85 11.73 11.71 10.46 10.58 11.76 14.81 16.94 17.59 18.51 20.98 Sweden.................. 24.42 17.47 18.58 21.63 24.29 22.37 22.40 22.08 20.70 19.07 21.17 26.44 30.12 30.50 31.85 36.03 Switzerland............. 23.23 22.63 24.91 29.23 28.27 24.13 24.33 23.51 21.20 21.78 24.06 28.12 30.57 30.86 31.03 32.88 United Kingdom.......... 14.11 12.35 12.85 13.60 14.02 15.64 16.83 17.09 16.69 17.05 18.49 21.39 24.74 25.75 26.76 30.18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For Mexico, NAICS 31-33 excludes NAICS 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing. (2) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China .. 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 11 Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 16.14 16.58 16.99 17.39 17.96 18.42 18.74 19.13 19.88 20.77 21.60 22.48 23.12 23.81 24.15 25.27 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 5.79 6.22 6.38 6.17 6.41 6.99 7.51 8.43 9.20 10.14 10.89 11.60 Canada.................. 21.63 22.30 22.66 23.06 23.67 23.74 24.06 24.36 24.92 #25.31 26.05 27.43 28.55 29.43 29.62 31.21 Mexico (1).............. 6525 #7.36 8.02 9.19 10.83 12.79 15.11 17.79 20.57 23.19 24.79 26.34 27.61 28.84 30.17 31.90 Australia............... 18.49 19.07 19.84 21.03 21.85 22.60 24.15 24.86 24.95 26.02 28.85 30.93 32.30 33.48 35.11 35.96 Hong Kong SAR (2)....... 31.27 33.32 35.70 37.22 39.59 41.63 41.81 41.63 42.45 44.78 44.17 43.15 42.90 43.94 44.92 45.09 Israel.................. 19.58 21.84 24.22 27.80 31.63 36.46 40.55 42.95 45.49 50.06 51.08 51.97 53.09 54.44 55.49 57.48 Japan................... 2041 2092 2123 2193 2210 2274 2309 2309 2338 2338 2306 2324 2342 2347 2326 2326 Korea, Republic of...... 3955 4452 4950 5508 6466 7330 7782 8594 9138 9717 10699 11259 12030 12780 13818 14883 New Zealand............. 14.97 14.88 15.32 15.77 16.45 17.08 17.50 17.83 18.34 18.97 19.59 20.08 20.54 21.24 22.28 23.45 Philippines............. 20.17 20.04 23.26 24.15 26.23 28.05 29.17 30.45 31.93 34.80 36.85 39.09 43.64 47.42 50.43 52.79 Singapore............... 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 Sri Lanka............... 17.51 20.20 22.32 24.45 26.49 26.86 30.10 32.60 36.79 40.11 47.26 49.15 52.50 54.57 58.98 67.13 Taiwan.................. 128.7 136.3 145.9 158.7 164.3 175.3 180.7 187.0 193.6 204.7 194.8 195.9 199.4 206.3 213.3 216.0 Austria................. 226.5 239.2 247.3 258.7 272.8 277.5 284.6 #21.26 21.80 22.25 22.85 23.29 23.47 24.26 24.92 25.76 Belgium................. 659.8 697.6 733.8 757.5 782.9 798.9 822.2 #20.81 21.82 22.19 23.06 23.48 24.16 24.77 25.39 25.86 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 67.33 80.15 88.75 96.77 101.7 109.9 119.7 126.0 133.9 140.8 145.6 154.4 168.5 Denmark................. 123.3 126.4 132.3 139.3 145.0 151.6 157.5 168.2 173.7 183.9 192.7 200.2 200.8 209.1 217.9 230.1 Finland................. 85.14 89.78 94.28 99.28 102.0 103.7 103.4 #18.37 19.20 20.15 20.94 21.65 22.60 23.05 23.94 24.93 France.................. 97.01 97.81 98.66 100.0 101.7 104.2 106.1 #16.54 17.31 17.96 18.50 18.89 19.28 19.73 20.27 20.84 Germany................. .. 39.55 41.08 43.11 44.51 45.04 45.20 #23.07 24.54 25.08 25.67 26.42 26.73 26.90 27.61 28.18 Greece.................. 1463 1621 1839 2093 2286 2490 2612 2625 2789 #8.84 9.63 10.39 11.67 12.19 12.70 13.15 Hungary................. .. .. 267.9 318.1 385.2 458.6 533.1 587.7 664.8 769.4 860.0 910.6 972.9 1033 1109 1222 Ireland................. 8.32 8.82 9.00 9.21 9.47 9.78 10.31 #13.88 14.80 16.33 17.40 18.15 18.99 19.69 20.44 21.18 Italy................... 24625 25609 26432 27226 28000 28963 28958 #15.33 15.74 16.32 17.16 18.03 19.02 19.54 20.04 20.59 Luxembourg.............. 585.7 626.3 667.5 694.0 697.7 706.0 714.3 #18.38 18.95 19.12 19.66 20.25 21.15 21.97 22.15 22.32 Netherlands............. 35.19 36.77 37.91 38.54 38.94 40.49 42.23 #19.72 20.23 21.16 22.16 23.03 23.78 24.12 24.39 24.85 Norway.................. 152.3 152.6 157.7 164.4 171.7 178.4 191.5 200.9 207.1 218.6 229.1 236.8 249.2 253.4 267.2 284.4 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 9.16 10.44 11.48 12.22 13.04 13.40 13.72 14.10 14.65 15.66 17.40 Portugal................ 679.2 708.2 746.6 787.2 832.2 857.9 909.8 #4.68 4.85 5.05 5.27 5.34 5.52 5.59 5.63 5.61 Spain................... 1346 1438 1497 1554 1658 1737 1752 #10.99 11.33 11.82 12.44 13.08 13.62 14.13 14.73 15.30 Sweden.................. 142.3 136.2 143.4 154.4 162.9 171.0 178.1 182.7 189.9 197.3 205.7 213.6 221.3 227.9 234.8 243.4 Switzerland............. 32.66 33.44 34.05 34.53 34.94 35.02 35.29 35.37 35.83 36.80 37.45 37.82 38.00 38.45 38.89 39.46 United Kingdom.......... 7.99 8.22 8.39 8.61 8.98 9.55 10.16 10.57 11.01 11.84 12.32 13.09 13.49 14.13 14.50 15.07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For Mexico, NAICS 31-33 excludes NAICS 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing. (2) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China .. 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