Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 22 Textiles, Apparel and Allied Products Manufacturing (NAICS 313-316) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 10.15 10.37 10.65 11.19 11.55 11.95 12.37 12.78 13.24 13.56 13.97 14.65 14.95 15.45 15.97 17.32 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 3.22 3.18 2.95 1.80 1.86 1.55 1.35 1.45 1.61 2.14 2.54 3.02 Canada.................. 10.65 9.94 9.69 9.90 11.03 10.91 9.93 9.85 10.37 #9.24 10.56 11.70 13.18 14.21 15.84 16.84 Mexico.................. 1.74 1.88 1.88 1.07 1.03 1.15 1.16 1.29 1.54 1.75 1.82 1.74 1.76 1.90 2.03 2.07 Australia............... .. .. 12.41 12.56 13.95 13.49 12.14 13.29 12.06 10.86 12.49 15.98 18.31 21.41 23.76 27.10 Israel.................. 5.14 4.95 5.29 5.65 6.08 6.51 6.44 6.32 7.02 7.32 6.76 6.99 7.44 7.95 8.24 8.81 Japan (1)............... 9.66 11.09 12.41 14.30 12.42 11.49 10.79 12.66 13.79 11.83 11.54 12.57 13.51 13.33 12.35 12.32 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4.81 5.67 5.98 5.58 3.88 4.61 5.16 5.02 6.01 6.75 7.10 8.97 10.34 11.07 Philippines (1)......... 0.71 0.65 0.76 0.84 0.85 0.81 0.62 0.67 0.60 0.56 0.58 0.58 0.61 0.65 0.76 0.82 Singapore............... .. .. .. 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 Taiwan.................. 4.23 4.30 4.41 4.84 4.70 4.81 4.16 4.41 4.78 4.59 4.55 4.43 4.66 5.13 5.38 5.43 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 17.67 15.94 16.29 15.84 14.12 14.01 15.34 18.52 20.52 21.10 22.06 24.75 Belgium................. .. .. .. 20.91 20.44 18.05 18.45 18.15 16.50 16.47 18.32 22.34 25.34 25.89 26.64 29.50 Denmark................. 16.93 16.24 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 13.41 11.09 12.74 16.04 15.95 14.25 13.70 14.26 13.22 13.09 14.55 16.79 20.25 21.17 22.05 24.77 France.................. .. 14.06 14.45 16.31 16.15 14.56 14.66 14.34 13.01 13.00 14.17 17.35 19.50 19.90 20.83 23.34 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17.42 16.83 15.74 15.69 17.07 20.81 23.13 23.12 23.32 26.01 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.94 2.39 2.84 3.23 3.53 3.66 4.59 Ireland................. 10.27 9.33 9.82 10.69 11.05 11.00 11.05 11.34 10.83 11.92 13.25 16.39 18.46 19.41 20.26 23.32 Italy................... 15.88 12.74 12.76 12.75 13.68 12.64 12.77 12.86 11.78 11.93 13.24 17.18 19.97 20.71 21.37 23.97 Netherlands............. 16.35 16.32 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Norway.................. 19.73 17.34 17.69 20.50 21.09 19.95 20.14 20.78 19.39 19.97 23.14 27.32 30.22 32.72 34.31 39.03 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.08 2.22 2.58 2.04 2.29 2.35 2.53 2.76 3.21 3.57 4.28 Portugal................ .. .. .. 4.34 4.52 4.10 4.20 4.11 3.75 3.61 4.07 4.97 5.57 5.60 5.64 6.04 Spain................... 9.34 7.91 7.61 8.48 8.94 8.13 8.05 7.88 7.08 7.21 8.01 10.18 11.84 12.37 13.02 15.13 Sweden.................. 21.11 15.19 16.02 18.06 20.61 19.07 19.26 18.91 17.87 16.27 18.19 22.49 25.86 26.37 27.21 30.65 United Kingdom.......... 10.46 9.31 9.61 10.62 11.05 12.11 12.96 13.40 13.41 13.58 14.52 16.46 18.99 19.63 21.06 23.72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. .. 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 23 Textiles, Apparel and Allied Products Manufacturing (NAICS 313-316) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 10.15 10.37 10.65 11.19 11.55 11.95 12.37 12.78 13.24 13.56 13.97 14.65 14.95 15.45 15.97 17.32 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 3.24 3.43 3.43 3.29 3.41 3.64 3.93 4.45 4.72 5.21 5.51 5.88 Canada.................. 12.87 12.82 13.24 13.58 15.04 15.11 14.74 14.63 15.40 #14.31 16.58 16.39 17.16 17.22 17.97 18.08 Mexico.................. 5377 #5.86 6.34 6.86 7.83 9.09 10.64 12.32 14.59 16.33 17.57 18.80 19.84 20.68 22.12 22.59 Australia............... .. .. 16.96 16.96 17.82 18.14 19.29 20.60 20.73 21.01 22.97 24.49 24.86 28.07 31.53 32.29 Israel.................. 12.63 14.00 15.94 17.02 19.39 22.46 24.48 26.16 28.61 30.78 32.01 31.85 33.34 35.68 36.70 36.42 Japan (1)............... 1225 1232 1268 1344 1351 1391 1414 1440 1487 1438 1445 1457 1461 1467 1436 1451 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 3868 4370 4809 5308 5435 5488 5840 6487 7519 8052 8126 9186 9871 10280 Philippines (1)......... 18.00 17.69 20.07 21.61 22.08 23.79 25.32 26.02 26.72 28.46 29.70 31.46 34.05 36.04 38.72 38.56 Singapore............... .. .. .. 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 Taiwan.................. 106.5 113.7 116.7 128.2 129.0 138.5 139.7 142.6 149.5 155.2 157.3 152.5 155.7 164.9 175.0 178.4 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 187.1 194.5 201.7 #14.87 15.29 15.65 16.23 16.36 16.50 16.95 17.56 18.05 Belgium................. .. .. .. 616.2 633.0 646.5 669.8 #17.03 17.87 18.40 19.38 19.73 20.37 20.80 21.20 21.52 Denmark................. 102.2 105.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 60.19 63.48 66.67 70.19 73.28 74.04 73.24 #13.38 14.32 14.63 15.39 14.83 16.28 17.00 17.55 18.06 France.................. .. 79.70 80.12 81.31 82.64 85.02 86.50 #13.46 14.09 14.53 14.99 15.32 15.68 15.98 16.58 17.02 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.65 #15.80 17.05 17.53 18.06 18.38 18.60 18.58 18.57 18.97 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 556.1 617.1 636.5 654.8 703.9 770.4 849.0 Ireland................. 6.03 6.37 6.56 6.67 6.91 7.26 7.76 #10.65 11.73 13.32 14.02 14.48 14.84 15.59 16.13 17.01 Italy................... 19562 20052 20566 20767 21105 21538 22185 #12.07 12.76 13.33 14.00 15.17 16.06 16.64 17.01 17.48 Netherlands............. 28.77 30.32 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Norway.................. 122.6 123.1 124.8 129.8 136.2 141.3 152.1 162.2 170.9 179.7 184.8 193.4 203.7 210.7 219.9 228.6 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 6.83 7.71 10.25 8.86 9.38 9.60 9.84 10.10 10.38 11.07 11.99 Portugal................ .. .. .. 650.3 697.4 720.0 757.8 #3.86 4.06 4.03 4.30 4.39 4.48 4.50 4.49 4.41 Spain................... 956.7 1009 1019 1057 1132 1191 1203 #7.40 7.67 8.05 8.47 8.99 9.52 9.94 10.36 11.03 Sweden.................. 123.0 118.4 123.6 128.9 138.2 145.8 153.2 156.4 163.9 168.3 176.8 181.7 190.0 197.0 200.6 207.0 United Kingdom.......... 5.92 6.20 6.27 6.73 7.08 7.39 7.82 8.29 8.85 9.43 9.67 10.07 10.36 10.77 11.42 11.85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes rubber and plastic footwear. .. 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