Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 16 Apparel Manufacturing (NAICS 315) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 8.73 8.94 9.20 9.62 9.90 10.28 10.59 10.87 11.21 11.43 11.64 12.32 12.59 13.13 13.94 15.29 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 2.60 2.58 2.47 1.48 1.49 1.24 1.04 1.12 1.25 1.70 2.01 2.51 Canada.................. 9.72 9.09 8.77 8.81 10.02 10.01 9.19 9.02 9.45 #8.40 9.73 10.87 12.18 12.83 14.35 15.17 Mexico.................. 1.38 1.49 1.53 0.89 0.87 0.99 1.02 1.14 1.37 1.57 1.64 1.58 1.60 1.73 1.84 1.88 Australia............... .. .. 11.19 11.79 13.13 12.12 10.50 11.82 10.95 10.25 12.15 15.82 18.42 22.11 25.03 28.55 Israel.................. 4.13 4.08 4.37 5.12 5.37 5.78 5.58 5.73 6.34 6.34 6.22 6.44 6.07 6.52 6.74 6.77 Japan (1)............... 8.23 9.26 10.45 12.02 10.38 9.52 8.88 10.74 11.81 9.96 9.78 10.91 11.58 11.73 10.60 10.33 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4.01 4.64 5.04 4.68 3.19 4.18 4.63 4.27 4.88 5.59 6.06 8.22 10.14 10.98 Philippines (1)......... 0.74 0.69 0.79 0.86 0.88 0.84 0.65 0.68 0.60 0.55 0.57 0.58 0.61 0.66 0.75 0.82 Taiwan.................. 3.72 3.79 4.03 4.35 4.20 4.23 3.76 4.02 4.39 3.94 4.14 4.07 4.41 5.11 5.13 5.16 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 15.02 13.32 13.58 13.16 11.63 11.76 12.96 15.03 16.19 16.98 17.87 20.17 Belgium................. .. .. .. 17.98 17.35 15.12 15.47 15.03 13.65 13.41 14.67 17.94 20.23 20.71 21.48 24.00 Denmark................. 15.99 15.36 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 12.41 10.26 11.79 14.84 14.64 13.11 12.56 12.87 11.96 11.43 12.99 14.57 17.78 18.47 19.00 21.04 France.................. .. 12.72 13.05 14.81 14.73 13.37 13.62 13.42 12.22 12.20 13.41 16.53 18.68 19.21 19.96 22.31 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.67 16.21 14.79 14.71 16.00 19.49 21.53 21.64 22.86 25.65 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.90 2.35 2.73 3.05 3.40 3.45 4.37 Italy................... 14.44 11.35 11.14 10.97 11.57 10.49 11.03 11.45 10.82 10.90 12.09 15.65 18.13 18.81 19.41 21.76 Netherlands............. 13.55 13.89 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Norway.................. 18.59 16.16 16.29 19.09 19.90 18.75 18.91 19.50 18.18 18.73 21.70 25.61 28.33 30.67 32.16 36.59 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 1.92 2.06 2.38 1.87 2.10 2.12 2.31 2.50 2.89 3.22 3.82 Spain................... 8.41 7.09 7.07 7.80 8.34 7.70 7.49 7.30 6.25 6.40 7.28 9.33 10.92 11.47 11.81 13.91 United Kingdom.......... 9.26 8.24 8.47 9.41 9.74 10.71 11.52 11.73 12.02 12.26 12.39 14.06 16.32 17.00 18.91 21.94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. .. 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 17 Apparel Manufacturing (NAICS 315) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 8.73 8.94 9.20 9.62 9.90 10.28 10.59 10.87 11.21 11.43 11.64 12.32 12.59 13.13 13.94 15.29 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 2.62 2.78 2.87 2.70 2.73 2.91 3.03 3.43 3.66 4.15 4.37 4.88 Canada.................. 11.75 11.73 11.99 12.09 13.66 13.86 13.64 13.41 14.04 #13.01 15.28 15.22 15.85 15.55 16.27 16.28 Mexico.................. 4265 #4.64 5.15 5.69 6.65 7.84 9.30 10.87 12.98 14.64 15.86 17.09 18.03 18.79 20.10 20.53 Australia............... .. .. 15.30 15.92 16.77 16.30 16.69 18.31 18.82 19.83 22.34 24.24 25.00 28.99 33.22 34.03 Israel.................. 10.17 11.55 13.16 15.42 17.15 19.93 21.22 23.72 25.84 26.67 29.46 29.32 27.19 29.26 30.04 27.97 Japan (1)............... 1044 1029 1067 1129 1130 1152 1164 1222 1273 1211 1225 1264 1252 1292 1233 1217 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 3220 3582 4056 4449 4469 4968 5231 5511 6103 6660 6942 8410 9677 10205 Philippines (1)......... 18.95 18.80 20.74 22.00 22.94 24.75 26.45 26.59 26.67 27.92 29.22 31.28 34.23 36.55 38.58 38.40 Taiwan.................. 93.64 100.0 106.6 115.3 115.3 121.6 126.2 130.1 137.3 133.4 142.9 140.1 147.1 164.3 166.6 169.4 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 159.1 162.6 168.2 #12.36 12.59 13.13 13.70 13.27 13.02 13.64 14.23 14.71 Belgium................. .. .. .. 530.0 537.4 541.4 561.8 #14.11 14.79 14.98 15.52 15.84 16.27 16.64 17.09 17.50 Denmark................. 96.53 99.61 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 55.68 58.74 61.69 64.94 67.28 68.09 67.17 #12.08 12.96 12.77 13.74 12.87 14.29 14.84 15.12 15.35 France.................. .. 72.08 72.39 73.83 75.33 78.04 80.35 #12.60 13.24 13.63 14.18 14.60 15.02 15.43 15.89 16.27 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29.34 #15.22 16.02 16.44 16.93 17.22 17.31 17.38 18.19 18.71 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 544.1 604.8 613.1 617.5 677.7 725.4 809.3 Italy................... 17785 17865 17959 17883 17856 17881 19160 #10.75 11.72 12.18 12.78 13.82 14.58 15.11 15.45 15.87 Netherlands............. 23.83 25.80 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Norway.................. 115.5 114.7 114.9 120.9 128.6 132.9 142.8 152.2 160.2 168.5 173.2 181.4 190.9 197.6 206.1 214.3 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 6.30 7.17 9.47 8.15 8.58 8.66 8.98 9.15 9.34 9.99 10.70 Spain................... 861.2 903.8 946.3 972.7 1057 1128 1119 #6.85 6.77 7.15 7.70 8.24 8.78 9.21 9.40 10.14 United Kingdom.......... 5.24 5.49 5.53 5.96 6.24 6.54 6.95 7.26 7.93 8.52 8.26 8.60 8.90 9.33 10.25 10.96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Excludes leather and fur gloves and mittens. .. 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