Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 12 Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 311-312) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 20.38 21.31 22.16 22.84 23.38 22.56 23.25 Argentina............... 6.56 6.66 6.97 7.06 7.18 7.07 2.61 3.23 4.04 4.95 5.93 7.27 Brazil.................. 5.50 5.40 5.23 3.28 3.34 2.70 2.43 2.36 2.83 3.67 4.45 5.25 Canada.................. 17.03 16.81 15.93 15.61 16.65 #15.46 15.01 17.88 20.35 23.73 25.64 27.97 Mexico.................. 1.83 2.07 2.14 2.34 2.67 2.94 3.05 2.82 2.79 2.96 3.07 3.20 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 18.56 23.30 26.75 28.04 28.58 32.60 Israel.................. 8.55 9.17 9.25 8.90 9.44 10.02 9.20 9.73 9.78 9.95 10.28 10.93 Japan................... 19.27 17.75 16.67 18.13 18.94 16.85 16.61 18.28 19.79 19.85 18.79 18.08 Korea, Republic of...... 8.46 8.20 5.83 7.74 8.64 7.74 8.92 9.96 10.81 12.46 14.51 15.89 Philippines............. 1.24 1.14 0.86 0.97 0.89 0.84 0.87 0.87 0.94 1.03 1.17 1.37 Singapore............... 12.30 13.57 13.19 11.66 11.58 12.39 13.59 11.73 12.60 11.92 10.00 13.70 Taiwan.................. 7.29 7.86 6.89 7.38 7.53 7.55 7.05 6.88 7.25 7.24 7.37 7.29 Austria................. 29.95 26.87 26.78 25.52 22.46 22.15 24.41 29.18 32.14 32.83 33.69 36.88 Belgium................. 25.38 22.62 22.85 22.38 20.49 20.03 21.96 26.70 30.14 30.83 31.78 35.33 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 3.36 3.29 3.68 4.25 5.49 6.28 6.88 7.33 8.97 Denmark................. .. .. .. .. 22.86 23.25 25.66 32.11 35.87 37.04 38.87 44.94 Finland................. 22.75 20.68 20.11 20.30 18.29 18.96 20.63 25.60 29.47 30.49 31.65 36.14 France.................. 23.80 21.27 21.36 20.66 18.12 17.81 19.05 23.10 25.69 25.90 26.91 30.13 Germany................. .. .. 22.67 22.00 19.73 19.63 21.50 26.54 29.42 29.77 30.92 33.55 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.30 4.11 5.04 6.00 6.23 6.15 7.46 Ireland................. 17.88 17.63 17.20 17.39 16.91 18.24 20.42 25.19 28.95 29.81 30.52 34.40 Italy................... 22.24 21.15 20.16 19.23 16.73 16.74 18.42 23.17 27.31 27.95 29.11 32.52 Norway.................. .. 24.81 24.81 25.46 23.26 24.38 29.59 34.33 38.48 40.76 43.13 49.26 Poland.................. .. 3.05 3.27 3.20 3.19 3.68 3.77 4.02 4.40 5.17 5.69 7.02 Portugal................ 6.44 5.86 5.86 5.96 5.28 5.44 5.88 7.32 8.18 8.45 8.76 9.63 Slovakia................ .. 2.58 2.62 2.37 2.32 2.44 2.97 3.98 4.62 4.95 5.80 7.53 Spain................... 14.06 12.49 13.05 12.97 11.28 11.50 13.05 16.24 18.10 18.55 19.73 21.78 Sweden.................. 24.23 21.82 22.27 21.77 20.45 19.33 20.97 26.32 29.75 29.78 31.31 35.41 United Kingdom.......... 16.93 17.43 18.92 19.20 18.19 18.27 20.75 24.31 28.86 30.40 30.81 34.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .. 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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 13 Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 311-312) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 20.38 21.31 22.16 22.84 23.38 22.56 23.25 Argentina............... 6.55 6.65 6.96 7.05 7.18 7.07 7.99 9.37 11.80 14.37 18.12 22.46 Brazil.................. 5.53 5.82 6.07 5.98 6.11 6.35 7.09 7.26 8.27 8.93 9.68 10.21 Canada.................. 23.23 23.28 23.64 23.20 24.73 #23.94 23.58 25.05 26.49 28.75 29.08 30.02 Mexico.................. 13.91 16.36 19.62 22.39 25.29 27.48 29.46 30.48 31.53 32.20 33.47 34.95 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 34.13 35.71 36.32 36.76 37.94 38.85 Israel.................. 27.29 31.64 35.15 36.87 38.50 42.13 43.60 44.31 43.83 44.67 45.82 45.17 Japan................... 2096 2149 2184 2062 2042 2049 2080 2119 2141 2186 2186 2129 Korea, Republic of...... 6803 7800 8168 9211 9772 9998 11154 11878 12375 12760 13852 14762 Philippines............. 32.43 33.66 35.13 37.76 39.23 43.07 45.03 47.02 52.61 56.93 60.06 64.07 Singapore............... 17.34 20.17 22.06 19.76 19.97 22.22 24.34 20.45 21.29 19.83 15.88 20.64 Taiwan.................. 200.4 226.2 231.2 238.4 235.3 255.5 243.4 236.8 242.0 232.5 239.4 239.4 Austria................. 317.1 327.9 331.5 #23.96 24.33 24.74 25.82 25.78 25.84 26.37 26.82 26.90 Belgium................. 786.1 810.2 829.7 #21.01 22.19 22.37 23.23 23.59 24.24 24.76 25.29 25.77 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 116.2 127.2 140.1 139.0 154.8 161.4 164.8 165.7 184.3 Denmark................. .. .. .. .. 185.1 193.7 202.4 211.2 214.8 222.1 231.0 244.5 Finland................. 104.5 107.4 107.5 #19.06 19.81 21.18 21.82 22.61 23.70 24.50 25.19 26.36 France.................. 121.8 124.2 126.0 #19.39 19.63 19.89 20.15 20.41 20.65 20.81 21.42 21.97 Germany................. .. .. 39.89 #20.65 21.37 21.92 22.75 23.44 23.66 23.91 24.61 24.47 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 945.4 1060 1131 1216 1244 1294 1381 Ireland................. 11.18 11.63 12.07 #16.32 18.32 20.37 21.60 22.25 23.28 23.94 24.29 25.09 Italy................... 34316 36042 35019 #18.05 18.12 18.70 19.48 20.46 21.95 22.45 23.17 23.72 Norway.................. .. 175.8 187.3 198.8 205.0 219.3 236.2 243.1 259.3 262.6 276.4 288.5 Poland.................. .. 10.01 11.37 12.71 13.87 15.05 15.36 15.62 16.09 16.72 17.67 19.66 Portugal................ 993.3 1028 1057 #5.59 5.72 6.08 6.22 6.46 6.58 6.79 6.98 7.02 Slovakia................ .. 86.85 92.36 97.95 106.7 117.8 134.4 146.4 149.1 153.5 171.8 187.7 Spain................... 1781 1830 1950 #12.17 12.21 12.84 13.80 14.34 14.55 14.90 15.71 15.88 Sweden.................. 162.5 166.8 177.1 180.1 187.6 199.9 203.8 212.6 218.6 222.5 230.8 239.2 United Kingdom.......... 10.84 10.64 11.42 11.87 12.00 12.69 13.82 14.87 15.75 16.69 16.70 17.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .. 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