Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 40 Primary and Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 331-332) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 23.29 24.18 24.77 25.35 25.97 26.12 27.43 Argentina............... 7.56 7.44 8.41 8.48 8.51 8.54 3.23 3.86 4.71 5.65 7.04 8.29 Brazil.................. 8.16 7.94 7.44 4.63 4.86 4.08 3.44 3.76 4.57 5.82 6.89 8.10 Canada.................. 20.80 20.36 19.17 19.81 19.90 #19.24 19.37 22.77 26.08 27.98 30.53 34.48 Mexico.................. 2.15 2.37 2.40 2.68 3.09 3.56 3.65 3.41 3.36 3.59 3.70 3.93 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 18.25 23.21 27.11 28.96 29.82 34.01 Israel.................. 9.88 10.35 10.32 9.73 10.56 10.94 9.73 10.43 10.12 10.66 11.28 12.49 Japan................... 26.39 23.97 22.27 25.53 26.94 23.82 22.39 24.39 26.54 26.72 25.50 25.08 Korea, Republic of...... 9.65 8.80 6.07 9.13 10.74 9.66 8.92 9.98 11.06 13.44 15.30 16.89 Philippines............. 1.16 1.13 0.88 0.90 0.83 0.80 0.81 0.79 0.86 0.95 1.15 1.37 Taiwan.................. 6.72 6.74 6.01 6.57 6.99 6.89 6.33 6.71 6.97 7.53 7.60 7.72 Belgium................. 30.75 27.02 27.26 26.48 24.01 23.51 25.77 31.35 35.35 36.22 37.45 41.61 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 3.67 3.62 3.85 4.68 5.83 6.71 7.35 8.28 9.94 Finland................. 24.14 21.85 20.63 21.37 19.44 19.49 21.57 26.38 30.46 31.41 33.36 37.00 France.................. 26.08 23.32 23.42 22.79 20.06 19.85 21.38 26.10 29.27 29.77 31.19 35.04 Germany................. .. .. 30.35 29.28 26.25 26.01 28.43 34.76 38.52 38.77 40.35 44.96 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.31 4.01 4.97 5.93 6.47 6.71 8.16 Ireland................. 15.93 15.86 15.76 16.00 14.40 15.05 16.97 20.81 23.78 24.69 26.47 29.24 Italy................... 20.42 18.98 18.40 17.79 15.68 16.03 18.24 22.85 26.96 27.50 28.60 31.98 Poland.................. .. 3.68 3.94 3.80 3.68 4.15 4.28 4.63 5.14 6.02 6.79 8.32 Portugal................ 6.12 5.56 5.70 5.69 5.13 5.34 5.84 7.19 8.51 8.30 8.58 10.03 Slovakia................ .. 3.27 3.41 3.11 3.19 3.33 3.99 5.47 6.70 7.66 8.48 10.82 Spain................... 15.40 13.97 14.18 13.85 12.43 12.72 14.08 17.77 20.36 21.16 22.08 25.03 Sweden.................. 25.62 23.14 23.30 22.71 21.21 19.91 21.87 27.54 31.17 31.33 32.60 36.86 United Kingdom.......... 15.85 17.62 19.30 19.50 18.92 18.79 19.98 22.93 26.73 27.46 28.48 32.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: excludes uranium processing and refining. See technical notes. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. .. 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 All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 41 Primary and Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 331-332) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 23.29 24.18 24.77 25.35 25.97 26.12 27.43 Argentina............... 7.56 7.44 8.41 8.47 8.50 8.53 9.91 11.19 13.77 16.40 21.50 25.60 Brazil.................. 8.20 8.56 8.63 8.43 8.90 9.60 10.05 11.55 13.37 14.18 14.99 15.77 Canada.................. 28.37 28.20 28.44 29.44 29.56 #29.79 30.42 31.90 33.94 33.90 34.62 37.01 Mexico.................. 16.35 18.78 21.92 25.63 29.19 33.25 35.22 36.78 37.94 39.10 40.37 42.96 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 33.56 35.57 36.81 37.97 39.58 40.53 Israel.................. 31.55 35.69 39.21 40.29 43.05 46.00 46.08 47.48 45.34 47.85 50.28 51.63 Japan................... 2870 2901 2918 2904 2904 2896 2804 2828 2870 2942 2966 2953 Korea, Republic of...... 7762 8368 8497 10867 12144 12486 11153 11894 12668 13764 14596 15692 Philippines............. 30.35 33.39 35.96 35.23 36.74 40.71 41.81 42.95 48.22 52.37 58.99 64.21 Taiwan.................. 184.5 193.9 201.7 212.3 218.5 233.1 218.5 230.8 232.8 242.1 246.9 253.6 Belgium................. 952.3 967.6 989.9 #24.86 26.01 26.26 27.26 27.69 28.42 29.09 29.81 30.35 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 126.9 139.6 146.5 153.1 164.4 172.4 176.1 187.0 204.2 Finland................. 110.9 113.5 110.3 #20.06 21.05 21.78 22.81 23.30 24.49 25.23 26.56 26.98 France.................. 133.4 136.2 138.2 #21.39 21.73 22.18 22.61 23.06 23.53 23.91 24.83 25.55 Germany................. .. .. 53.40 #27.49 28.44 29.05 30.07 30.70 30.97 31.14 32.12 32.79 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 947.1 1034 1115 1201 1292 1413 1511 Ireland................. 9.96 10.46 11.06 #15.02 15.60 16.81 17.95 18.38 19.12 19.84 21.07 21.32 Italy................... 31506 32334 31962 #16.70 16.99 17.90 19.29 20.18 21.67 22.09 22.76 23.33 Poland.................. .. 12.09 13.70 15.09 16.02 16.97 17.45 18.00 18.81 19.46 21.08 23.31 Portugal................ 944.2 976.1 1027 #5.34 5.56 5.96 6.18 6.35 6.84 6.67 6.83 7.31 Slovakia................ .. 110.0 120.0 128.8 147.0 161.0 180.9 201.1 216.1 237.5 251.0 269.6 Spain................... 1950 2047 2118 #13.00 13.46 14.21 14.89 15.70 16.37 17.00 17.57 18.25 Sweden.................. 171.9 176.9 185.3 187.9 194.6 206.0 212.6 222.5 229.1 234.0 240.3 249.0 United Kingdom.......... 10.16 10.76 11.65 12.06 12.48 13.05 13.31 14.03 14.58 15.08 15.43 16.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: excludes uranium processing and refining. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. .. 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