Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 32 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (NAICS 326) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 14.60 14.76 14.86 15.20 15.73 16.10 16.41 16.97 17.67 18.81 19.43 20.54 21.19 21.52 21.55 22.59 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 5.92 5.71 5.40 3.36 3.54 2.93 2.58 2.88 3.09 4.03 4.83 5.67 Mexico.................. 2.15 2.41 2.40 1.46 1.45 1.66 1.70 1.91 2.20 2.38 2.37 2.23 2.21 2.40 2.53 2.68 Australia............... .. .. 14.48 14.83 15.32 15.03 13.64 15.07 14.18 12.62 14.41 19.21 23.39 24.06 24.09 27.47 Israel.................. 6.77 6.45 7.26 7.72 8.40 9.09 8.90 8.76 9.39 9.72 8.69 9.40 9.88 10.14 10.74 12.04 Japan (1)............... 15.67 18.51 20.58 22.99 20.25 19.14 17.78 20.01 20.96 18.48 18.29 19.73 21.21 20.98 19.55 19.10 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 5.62 6.57 7.16 6.94 4.85 6.21 6.84 6.60 7.33 7.92 8.57 10.15 12.10 13.45 Philippines (1)......... 0.77 0.81 0.86 0.94 1.03 0.95 0.76 0.90 0.75 0.65 0.68 0.69 0.72 0.78 0.86 1.01 Taiwan.................. 5.49 5.10 5.26 5.71 5.76 5.60 4.93 5.40 5.77 5.28 5.27 5.21 5.11 5.50 5.47 5.42 Belgium................. .. .. .. 23.68 22.95 20.23 20.74 20.26 18.48 18.46 19.87 24.37 27.76 28.59 29.83 33.44 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.13 3.02 3.38 4.10 5.05 5.68 6.19 6.83 8.04 Denmark................. 20.05 19.29 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 17.51 14.47 16.62 20.93 20.66 19.04 18.17 18.29 17.30 17.10 18.22 23.72 26.10 27.07 28.13 32.04 France.................. .. 16.99 17.34 19.37 19.07 17.18 17.26 16.70 14.91 15.20 16.70 20.61 23.32 23.84 24.56 27.61 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22.21 21.40 19.28 19.10 20.77 25.48 28.10 28.27 29.27 31.99 Greece.................. 7.81 7.37 7.77 8.96 9.18 8.50 8.42 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.83 3.56 4.25 4.97 5.36 5.33 6.75 Ireland................. 13.80 12.11 12.45 13.76 13.84 13.29 13.32 13.38 12.09 12.32 13.77 17.32 20.01 21.22 21.70 24.55 Italy................... 20.14 16.11 15.96 15.69 16.60 15.25 15.17 14.98 13.22 13.19 14.66 18.40 20.86 21.78 22.37 25.34 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 26.66 23.52 23.63 23.07 20.99 20.37 21.78 25.72 28.64 29.56 30.00 32.81 Netherlands............. 19.04 18.79 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.93 3.10 3.68 2.90 3.25 3.40 3.65 4.02 4.71 5.17 6.34 Portugal................ .. .. .. 5.75 5.75 5.33 5.54 5.33 4.93 5.01 5.39 7.56 8.19 8.23 8.14 9.10 Spain................... 15.14 12.98 12.98 14.21 15.14 13.56 14.05 13.81 12.35 11.67 13.20 16.99 18.90 19.42 20.28 23.06 Sweden.................. 23.22 17.09 18.30 20.28 23.37 21.45 21.33 20.82 19.40 17.75 19.38 24.17 27.57 28.10 29.10 33.42 United Kingdom.......... 13.27 11.66 12.08 12.64 12.93 14.68 15.24 15.94 15.66 16.07 17.56 20.25 23.09 23.46 24.85 28.40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes rubber and plastic footwear. .. Data not available. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In National Currency PAGE 33 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (NAICS 326) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 14.60 14.76 14.86 15.20 15.73 16.10 16.41 16.97 17.67 18.81 19.43 20.54 21.19 21.52 21.55 22.59 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 5.95 6.16 6.27 6.11 6.49 6.89 7.53 8.85 9.03 9.81 10.50 11.03 Mexico.................. 6640 #7.50 8.09 9.35 10.99 13.17 15.53 18.23 20.79 22.23 22.89 24.04 24.96 26.12 27.56 29.25 Australia............... .. .. 19.79 20.02 19.57 20.22 21.69 23.34 24.38 24.42 26.50 29.44 31.75 31.55 31.97 32.74 Israel.................. 16.65 18.26 21.86 23.25 26.82 31.35 33.84 36.28 38.29 40.87 41.19 42.80 44.27 45.52 47.87 49.74 Japan (1)............... 1986 2056 2103 2161 2203 2317 2329 2276 2259 2247 2291 2287 2294 2310 2274 2249 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4519 5069 5763 6598 6799 7391 7730 8525 9159 9443 9811 10389 11549 12497 Philippines (1)......... 19.67 22.10 22.77 24.24 26.86 28.07 31.09 35.30 33.29 33.06 34.93 37.37 40.26 42.75 44.30 47.13 Taiwan.................. 138.0 134.8 139.3 151.3 158.3 161.3 165.3 174.4 180.4 178.6 182.0 179.3 170.6 176.7 177.9 178.2 Belgium................. .. .. .. 697.9 710.6 724.3 753.1 #19.01 20.02 20.62 21.02 21.53 22.32 22.96 23.75 24.39 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 108.1 116.6 128.5 134.3 142.5 146.0 148.2 154.4 165.2 Denmark................. 121.0 125.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 78.56 82.85 87.00 91.61 94.93 98.93 97.14 #17.17 18.74 19.10 19.27 20.95 20.98 21.75 22.39 23.37 France.................. .. 96.29 96.15 96.57 97.58 100.3 101.8 #15.68 16.15 16.97 17.66 18.21 18.75 19.15 19.55 20.13 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39.08 #20.09 20.88 21.33 21.97 22.51 22.60 22.71 23.30 23.33 Greece.................. 1489 1690 1884 2076 2210 2321 2487 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 812.1 917.0 953.8 1009 1070 1122 1250 Ireland................. 8.10 8.27 8.32 8.58 8.66 8.77 9.35 #12.56 13.09 13.76 14.56 15.30 16.09 17.05 17.28 17.91 Italy................... 24811 25354 25723 25559 25604 25983 26351 #14.06 14.32 14.74 15.50 16.25 16.77 17.50 17.81 18.48 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 825.2 841.4 857.7 #21.65 22.74 22.75 23.03 22.71 23.02 23.75 23.88 23.93 Netherlands............. 33.50 34.91 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 9.59 10.79 14.61 12.61 13.31 13.88 14.20 14.71 15.24 16.04 17.78 Portugal................ .. .. .. 862.2 887.6 934.2 999.4 #5.01 5.34 5.59 5.70 6.68 6.58 6.61 6.48 6.64 Spain................... 1550 1654 1737 1771 1917 1987 2099 #12.97 13.38 13.04 13.96 15.01 15.19 15.60 16.14 16.82 Sweden.................. 135.3 133.3 141.2 144.8 156.8 164.0 169.6 172.3 177.9 183.6 188.4 195.3 202.6 209.9 214.5 225.8 United Kingdom.......... 7.51 7.76 7.89 8.01 8.29 8.96 9.19 9.86 10.33 11.16 11.69 12.39 12.59 12.88 13.47 14.19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes 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