Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 36 Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 27.72 28.64 29.93 30.71 31.38 31.04 31.82 Argentina............... 9.66 9.74 10.57 10.55 11.29 11.61 4.32 5.23 6.52 7.86 10.00 11.73 Brazil.................. 11.01 10.75 10.23 6.38 7.12 6.04 5.52 5.56 7.17 8.79 10.46 12.27 Canada.................. 25.39 24.99 23.27 24.44 24.38 #23.88 24.64 28.74 32.51 35.90 39.59 44.71 Mexico.................. 3.12 3.46 3.58 3.95 4.50 5.11 5.22 5.04 4.89 5.33 5.63 5.81 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 21.79 27.64 32.46 33.64 33.62 38.34 Israel.................. 10.36 11.10 10.98 10.99 11.98 12.86 10.97 11.50 11.48 11.54 12.15 13.20 Japan................... 30.81 28.24 26.30 30.41 32.09 28.98 27.24 29.43 32.83 33.89 32.99 32.41 Korea, Republic of...... 11.36 10.29 7.20 12.04 13.85 11.97 9.89 11.04 13.11 17.27 19.14 21.40 Philippines............. 1.50 1.47 1.07 1.03 0.94 0.90 0.94 0.94 1.00 1.06 1.31 1.66 Taiwan.................. 8.09 7.99 7.20 8.46 8.77 8.83 8.02 8.80 9.39 10.05 10.22 10.69 Austria................. 35.81 31.19 31.72 31.54 28.12 28.30 30.26 36.42 40.02 42.74 43.83 49.57 Belgium................. 34.91 31.00 31.26 30.53 27.52 26.85 29.33 35.70 40.09 41.02 42.33 46.97 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 4.14 3.89 4.29 5.19 6.76 7.84 8.43 9.45 11.21 Finland................. 27.13 24.90 24.86 24.42 22.97 23.14 26.31 32.45 37.70 38.53 41.52 44.30 France.................. 30.74 27.27 27.19 26.27 22.95 22.87 24.81 30.56 34.59 34.63 37.62 42.31 Germany................. .. .. 36.28 35.04 31.72 31.44 34.38 42.09 46.91 47.27 49.62 55.09 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 4.55 5.54 7.04 8.68 9.57 9.96 11.68 Ireland................. 19.03 19.05 19.42 19.07 15.74 16.66 19.10 22.58 26.05 28.19 30.20 32.75 Italy................... 23.92 22.82 22.00 21.15 18.55 18.39 20.05 24.54 27.95 28.51 29.66 33.17 Norway.................. .. 26.60 27.20 26.09 23.45 24.88 30.60 36.12 40.57 43.45 45.29 53.57 Poland.................. .. 4.38 4.70 4.47 4.28 4.93 5.03 5.49 6.14 7.30 8.30 10.04 Slovakia................ .. 3.93 3.90 3.58 3.75 3.96 4.79 6.81 8.49 10.12 11.10 14.15 Spain................... 20.57 18.56 19.84 19.61 17.20 17.04 18.50 23.53 26.68 27.57 29.50 32.11 Sweden.................. 27.81 25.66 26.34 25.74 24.23 22.69 25.02 31.30 35.51 35.36 37.16 42.04 United Kingdom.......... 16.06 18.94 20.92 21.14 21.27 20.65 22.06 25.47 28.74 30.40 31.78 34.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, France, Norway, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: excludes manufacture of wire products and 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. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 37 Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 27.72 28.64 29.93 30.71 31.38 31.04 31.82 Argentina............... 9.66 9.74 10.56 10.55 11.28 11.60 13.23 15.17 19.06 22.83 30.54 36.24 Brazil.................. 11.07 11.59 11.88 11.62 13.02 14.21 16.11 17.09 20.99 21.40 22.75 23.87 Canada.................. 34.63 34.61 34.52 36.31 36.21 #36.98 38.69 40.27 42.32 43.49 44.90 47.99 Mexico.................. 23.68 27.43 32.72 37.73 42.54 47.74 50.41 54.35 55.17 58.10 61.45 63.48 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 40.08 42.37 44.07 44.11 44.62 45.70 Israel.................. 33.08 38.30 41.71 45.49 48.85 54.09 51.97 52.37 51.46 51.79 54.16 54.56 Japan................... 3351 3418 3445 3458 3459 3523 3411 3412 3550 3732 3837 3816 Korea, Republic of...... 9141 9779 10078 14327 15663 15460 12361 13161 15020 17680 18267 19879 Philippines............. 39.30 43.41 43.93 40.37 41.68 45.71 48.36 51.08 55.85 58.63 66.95 77.90 Taiwan.................. 222.2 229.9 241.4 273.5 274.0 298.7 277.1 302.6 313.3 322.8 332.3 351.2 Austria................. 379.2 380.7 392.6 #29.61 30.45 31.61 32.01 32.17 32.17 34.33 34.89 36.15 Belgium................. 1081 1110 1135 #28.66 29.81 29.99 31.02 31.53 32.23 32.95 33.70 34.25 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 143.0 150.3 163.1 169.8 190.8 201.4 202.0 213.4 230.4 Finland................. 124.7 129.4 132.9 #22.92 24.88 25.85 27.83 28.66 30.31 30.95 33.05 32.31 France.................. 157.3 159.2 160.4 #24.66 24.86 25.55 26.24 26.99 27.81 27.81 29.95 30.86 Germany................. .. .. 63.84 #32.89 34.36 35.12 36.36 37.18 37.71 37.97 39.50 40.18 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 1304 1429 1578 1760 1911 2096 2162 Ireland................. 11.90 12.57 13.63 #17.91 17.04 18.61 20.20 19.94 20.95 22.64 24.04 23.88 Italy................... 36904 38882 38210 #19.86 20.09 20.54 21.21 21.68 22.47 22.90 23.61 24.19 Norway.................. .. 188.5 205.4 203.6 206.6 223.8 244.3 255.7 273.5 279.9 290.3 313.7 Poland.................. .. 14.38 16.37 17.75 18.61 20.19 20.52 21.37 22.48 23.62 25.76 28.12 Slovakia................ .. 132.0 137.4 148.3 172.7 191.4 217.1 250.3 273.8 313.9 328.7 352.5 Spain................... 2605 2719 2964 #18.41 18.63 19.03 19.57 20.79 21.45 22.15 23.48 23.42 Sweden.................. 186.6 196.2 209.4 213.0 222.3 234.7 243.2 252.9 260.9 264.2 273.9 284.0 United Kingdom.......... 10.29 11.57 12.63 13.08 14.03 14.34 14.69 15.58 15.68 16.69 17.23 17.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, France, Norway, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: excludes manufacture of wire products and 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