Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 26 Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 17.74 18.29 18.71 19.34 19.92 20.13 20.71 21.15 21.94 23.73 24.97 26.14 27.11 27.37 26.98 27.50 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 7.55 7.39 6.94 4.28 4.73 3.94 3.41 3.70 4.28 5.46 6.67 7.67 Canada.................. 21.89 21.17 20.34 21.09 21.34 21.36 20.68 20.67 21.17 #19.87 20.50 24.27 26.11 30.49 30.38 33.87 Mexico.................. 2.51 2.74 2.71 1.60 1.60 1.82 1.84 1.99 2.21 2.43 2.43 2.23 2.23 2.43 2.49 2.61 Australia............... .. .. 17.73 17.94 19.23 19.58 18.11 18.67 16.67 15.86 18.46 23.99 28.66 32.48 35.30 40.26 Israel.................. 6.80 6.65 6.98 7.88 8.29 9.13 9.01 8.67 9.11 9.42 8.32 8.79 9.32 9.94 9.89 11.09 Japan................... .. .. .. 24.46 21.36 20.18 18.64 21.10 22.42 20.50 19.16 20.31 22.22 21.75 20.93 19.92 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 6.16 6.99 7.63 7.78 6.07 7.79 9.04 8.00 9.28 9.76 10.34 12.07 13.76 14.62 Philippines............. 0.82 0.77 1.01 1.08 1.22 1.11 0.77 0.83 0.75 0.73 0.79 0.81 0.78 0.79 0.89 1.13 Taiwan.................. 6.10 6.08 6.65 7.33 7.23 7.04 5.39 5.87 6.39 6.13 5.73 5.37 5.80 5.85 6.04 5.95 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 29.80 25.68 25.90 25.50 22.63 22.54 24.79 31.04 34.44 34.90 35.83 39.98 Belgium................. .. .. .. 25.52 25.13 22.16 22.55 22.11 20.20 19.76 21.44 26.26 29.45 30.08 31.16 34.36 Denmark................. 22.76 21.73 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 25.60 21.16 24.30 30.61 30.10 27.76 28.25 28.92 26.69 27.14 29.95 36.86 42.57 44.40 44.97 50.56 France.................. .. 19.69 20.38 23.06 22.70 20.27 20.18 19.50 17.43 17.64 19.28 23.67 26.57 27.13 27.85 31.13 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24.42 23.64 21.42 21.26 23.04 28.42 31.60 31.79 33.18 37.10 Greece.................. 7.65 7.43 7.77 8.65 8.94 8.46 8.12 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.25 4.04 4.66 5.52 6.05 5.92 7.32 Ireland................. 16.36 15.07 15.88 17.85 18.37 17.57 17.68 18.45 16.09 16.99 19.14 24.59 28.60 28.30 29.79 31.89 Italy................... 23.78 18.99 18.88 19.24 20.61 19.15 18.29 17.49 15.23 15.21 16.99 21.81 25.00 25.61 26.25 29.84 Netherlands............. 22.36 22.34 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Norway.................. 23.35 20.56 21.40 25.56 26.74 24.95 25.67 25.72 24.18 24.38 26.53 31.76 35.32 38.14 40.07 47.37 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.37 3.49 4.19 3.10 3.65 3.85 4.22 4.50 5.09 5.55 6.76 Spain................... 14.52 12.18 11.98 13.50 14.09 12.76 13.03 12.87 11.61 12.02 13.23 15.94 19.71 19.21 20.53 23.97 Sweden.................. 28.11 20.23 21.40 24.58 28.72 26.48 26.24 26.19 24.63 22.50 24.51 30.35 34.28 35.03 36.41 41.17 United Kingdom.......... 13.83 12.07 13.14 13.61 14.09 15.65 16.92 17.09 16.10 16.57 18.12 20.02 23.71 24.03 25.03 27.75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .. 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 27 Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 17.74 18.29 18.71 19.34 19.92 20.13 20.71 21.15 21.94 23.73 24.97 26.14 27.11 27.37 26.98 27.50 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 7.59 7.97 8.05 7.80 8.65 9.26 9.97 11.36 12.53 13.30 14.50 14.93 Canada.................. 26.47 27.32 27.79 28.95 29.10 29.58 30.69 30.72 31.44 #30.77 32.20 33.99 33.99 36.94 34.46 36.35 Mexico.................. 7762 #8.54 9.16 10.28 12.16 14.40 16.86 19.04 20.93 22.70 23.45 24.10 25.19 26.46 27.19 28.48 Australia............... .. .. 24.23 24.22 24.56 26.33 28.79 28.93 28.67 30.68 33.95 36.78 38.91 42.59 46.85 47.98 Israel.................. 16.72 18.81 21.01 23.72 26.46 31.50 34.22 35.90 37.14 39.62 39.41 40.05 41.76 44.59 44.06 45.82 Japan................... .. .. .. 2298 2324 2444 2442 2400 2417 2492 2399 2355 2404 2395 2434 2346 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4948 5389 6137 7400 8500 9268 10228 10338 11602 11634 11847 12358 13133 13584 Philippines............. 20.93 20.90 26.73 27.78 31.98 32.80 31.58 32.57 33.08 37.34 40.76 43.72 43.96 43.36 45.57 52.70 Taiwan.................. 153.6 160.6 176.0 194.2 198.5 202.6 180.9 189.9 199.9 207.2 197.7 184.9 193.4 187.9 196.2 195.6 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 315.5 313.5 320.6 #23.94 24.51 25.18 26.22 27.41 27.69 28.04 28.52 29.16 Belgium................. .. .. .. 752.2 778.2 793.5 818.6 #20.75 21.88 22.07 22.68 23.19 23.68 24.16 24.80 25.06 Denmark................. 137.4 141.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 114.9 121.1 127.2 134.0 138.3 144.2 151.1 #27.15 28.91 30.32 31.68 32.56 34.22 35.66 35.80 36.87 France.................. .. 111.6 113.0 115.0 116.1 118.4 119.1 #18.30 18.88 19.70 20.39 20.91 21.36 21.79 22.17 22.71 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42.97 #22.20 23.20 23.75 24.37 25.11 25.41 25.54 26.41 27.06 Greece.................. 1458 1703 1884 2004 2151 2310 2400 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 931.5 1041 1046 1119 1208 1246 1355 Ireland................. 9.60 10.29 10.61 11.13 11.48 11.59 12.41 #17.32 17.43 18.98 20.24 21.72 22.99 22.73 23.71 23.26 Italy................... 29291 29875 30426 31353 31789 32630 31761 #16.42 16.50 16.99 17.97 19.27 20.10 20.57 20.89 21.76 Netherlands............. 39.33 41.50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Norway.................. 145.1 145.9 151.0 161.9 172.7 176.8 193.9 200.8 213.1 219.3 211.8 224.9 238.1 245.6 256.8 277.4 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 11.04 12.13 16.63 13.47 14.94 15.71 16.40 16.45 16.45 17.21 18.93 Spain................... 1487 1553 1604 1683 1785 1870 1946 #12.08 12.57 13.43 14.00 14.08 15.85 15.43 16.34 17.48 Sweden.................. 163.7 157.7 165.1 175.5 192.7 202.4 208.7 216.7 225.9 232.7 238.2 245.3 251.9 261.7 268.4 278.1 United Kingdom.......... 7.83 8.04 8.58 8.62 9.03 9.56 10.21 10.56 10.62 11.51 12.07 12.25 12.93 13.19 13.57 13.86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .. 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