Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 24 Wood Product Manufacturing (NAICS 321) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 12.55 12.70 12.99 13.43 13.86 14.12 14.48 14.73 15.28 16.03 16.43 17.01 17.37 17.69 18.24 19.20 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 2.45 2.46 2.42 1.54 1.55 1.41 1.25 1.45 1.68 2.27 2.72 3.33 Canada.................. 17.08 16.50 15.93 16.49 17.10 16.83 15.70 15.88 16.20 #14.25 15.93 18.54 19.90 23.14 24.73 27.16 Mexico.................. 1.32 1.51 1.46 0.89 0.91 1.01 1.05 1.17 1.35 1.56 1.58 1.50 1.49 1.62 1.69 1.85 Australia............... .. .. 12.56 12.86 14.63 14.40 13.12 13.70 12.29 11.52 13.33 16.90 19.42 21.42 22.81 26.02 Israel.................. 6.16 6.18 6.78 7.99 8.14 9.51 8.79 8.16 8.73 9.00 8.26 8.33 8.78 8.95 9.10 10.13 Japan................... 12.48 14.90 16.57 18.79 16.59 15.36 14.29 16.58 17.59 15.51 14.87 16.22 17.09 17.23 15.91 15.59 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 6.16 7.09 6.88 6.99 4.75 5.73 6.78 6.31 7.50 8.42 8.99 10.26 11.15 12.61 Philippines (1)......... 0.58 0.55 0.64 0.67 0.70 0.64 0.47 0.50 0.49 0.49 0.48 0.45 0.50 0.56 0.62 0.71 Taiwan.................. 3.70 3.95 4.42 4.68 4.52 4.35 3.94 4.12 4.25 4.40 4.31 4.25 4.42 5.13 4.95 4.97 Belgium................. .. .. .. 23.33 22.77 20.13 20.27 19.67 17.85 17.73 19.55 23.86 26.90 27.68 28.43 31.54 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.57 2.46 2.68 3.33 4.28 4.92 5.33 5.99 7.16 Finland................. 17.11 14.14 16.24 20.46 19.58 17.82 17.42 17.87 16.35 16.68 17.92 22.18 25.09 25.91 26.88 30.70 France.................. .. 13.85 14.34 16.25 16.14 14.58 14.77 14.58 13.18 13.27 14.57 17.89 20.18 20.79 21.58 24.22 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.94 20.24 18.30 18.01 19.39 23.46 25.76 25.67 26.38 29.18 Greece.................. 7.60 7.19 7.59 8.67 9.14 8.85 8.89 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.87 2.43 2.86 3.38 3.65 3.77 4.67 Ireland................. .. .. .. 11.69 12.21 12.15 12.53 12.45 11.53 12.15 13.62 17.09 19.34 20.02 21.03 23.51 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 16.48 15.37 15.33 15.29 14.08 14.03 15.22 18.61 21.28 21.97 22.50 25.13 Norway.................. 19.37 17.08 17.87 20.89 21.63 20.56 20.93 21.81 20.25 21.00 24.75 29.11 32.77 34.40 36.32 41.82 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.36 2.54 3.00 2.37 2.60 2.73 2.87 3.10 3.62 4.00 5.08 Portugal................ .. .. .. 4.97 5.15 4.72 4.84 4.86 4.40 4.27 4.72 5.93 6.72 6.56 6.31 6.67 Spain................... 9.94 8.50 8.13 9.05 10.20 8.72 8.85 8.88 8.08 8.09 8.78 10.45 12.44 13.36 14.41 16.34 Sweden.................. 23.09 16.51 17.49 20.03 22.71 20.98 20.67 20.28 18.95 17.40 19.35 23.99 27.19 27.66 28.67 32.57 United Kingdom.......... 10.81 9.44 10.27 10.80 11.01 12.11 12.77 12.68 12.94 12.98 13.47 15.16 17.57 17.18 17.84 21.36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes wooden casket manufacturing. .. 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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In National Currency PAGE 25 Wood Product Manufacturing (NAICS 321) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 12.55 12.70 12.99 13.43 13.86 14.12 14.48 14.73 15.28 16.03 16.43 17.01 17.37 17.69 18.24 19.20 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 2.46 2.66 2.81 2.80 2.84 3.32 3.66 4.47 4.90 5.53 5.91 6.48 Canada.................. 20.64 21.28 21.76 22.64 23.32 23.31 23.30 23.59 24.06 #22.07 25.02 25.98 25.90 28.03 28.04 29.15 Mexico.................. 4090 #4.71 4.93 5.74 6.92 8.02 9.64 11.15 12.78 14.54 15.27 16.22 16.78 17.67 18.39 20.23 Australia............... .. .. 17.16 17.37 18.70 19.36 20.86 21.23 21.13 22.29 24.53 25.91 26.37 28.09 30.28 31.01 Israel.................. 15.14 17.50 20.42 24.07 25.98 32.81 33.41 33.80 35.61 37.86 39.11 37.92 39.34 40.16 40.54 41.85 Japan................... 1583 1655 1693 1766 1805 1859 1872 1885 1896 1885 1863 1880 1848 1897 1850 1835 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4946 5470 5538 6642 6650 6823 7669 8149 9376 10042 10297 10503 10640 11716 Philippines (1)......... 14.69 14.89 17.01 17.23 18.27 18.96 19.06 19.70 21.49 24.90 24.62 24.52 27.82 30.88 31.76 33.35 Taiwan.................. 93.20 104.4 117.1 124.1 124.3 125.2 132.3 133.2 132.9 148.8 148.7 146.3 147.4 164.8 161.1 163.2 Belgium................. .. .. .. 687.4 705.2 720.9 736.1 #18.46 19.33 19.80 20.68 21.07 21.63 22.23 22.63 23.01 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 88.91 94.82 102.0 108.9 120.7 126.4 127.7 135.4 147.0 Finland................. 76.78 80.96 85.02 89.52 89.95 92.58 93.15 #16.77 17.71 18.63 18.96 19.59 20.17 20.82 21.39 22.39 France.................. .. 78.47 79.54 81.03 82.57 85.16 87.16 #13.68 14.28 14.83 15.41 15.81 16.23 16.70 17.18 17.67 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36.85 #19.00 19.82 20.12 20.51 20.73 20.71 20.62 21.00 21.28 Greece.................. 1448 1649 1842 2009 2199 2417 2627 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 535.4 625.8 640.4 684.6 728.4 793.0 865.0 Ireland................. .. .. .. 7.29 7.63 8.01 8.79 #11.68 12.49 13.58 14.40 15.10 15.55 16.08 16.74 17.15 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 510.3 549.9 556.4 #14.35 15.25 15.68 16.10 16.44 17.11 17.64 17.91 18.33 Norway.................. 120.3 121.3 126.1 132.4 139.7 145.7 158.1 170.3 178.5 188.9 197.6 206.1 220.9 221.6 232.8 244.9 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 7.75 8.85 11.91 10.32 10.64 11.12 11.14 11.34 11.72 12.43 14.24 Portugal................ .. .. .. 745.1 794.8 827.9 872.9 #4.56 4.77 4.77 4.99 5.24 5.41 5.27 5.02 4.86 Spain................... 1018 1084 1089 1128 1292 1278 1322 #8.34 8.75 9.04 9.29 9.23 10.00 10.74 11.47 11.92 Sweden.................. 134.5 128.7 135.0 143.0 152.3 160.4 164.4 167.8 173.9 180.0 188.0 193.9 199.8 206.6 211.3 220.0 United Kingdom.......... 6.12 6.28 6.71 6.84 7.06 7.40 7.71 7.84 8.54 9.01 8.97 9.27 9.58 9.43 9.67 10.67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes wooden casket manufacturing. .. 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