Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 36 Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 20.86 21.43 21.77 22.40 22.89 23.25 23.62 24.00 25.04 25.96 26.90 28.02 28.34 29.08 28.94 28.92 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 10.08 9.93 9.26 5.62 6.25 5.23 4.66 4.79 6.16 7.37 9.34 10.76 Canada.................. 24.57 24.03 22.64 22.93 23.41 23.07 21.45 22.44 22.38 #22.68 23.48 27.15 31.15 33.70 36.90 41.74 Mexico.................. 3.17 3.36 3.47 2.10 2.11 2.42 2.44 2.67 3.12 3.54 3.59 3.50 3.52 3.84 4.03 4.25 Australia............... .. .. 17.84 19.08 20.45 20.92 19.39 20.23 18.33 17.28 19.83 25.03 29.26 31.70 33.02 37.66 Israel.................. 6.45 6.50 6.75 8.06 8.55 9.16 9.05 9.06 9.88 10.61 9.05 9.48 9.47 9.52 10.02 10.89 Japan................... 23.89 27.73 30.31 33.04 28.35 25.80 24.14 28.00 29.75 26.59 25.00 27.02 30.07 30.47 29.22 28.84 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 8.40 9.80 11.11 9.91 6.78 11.35 13.05 11.28 9.32 10.40 12.36 16.27 18.04 20.16 Philippines............. 1.21 1.30 1.33 1.21 1.30 1.28 0.97 0.93 0.85 0.81 0.84 0.85 0.90 0.96 1.18 1.50 Taiwan.................. 7.27 7.06 7.92 7.82 7.63 7.52 6.76 7.94 8.27 8.27 7.38 7.93 8.68 9.03 9.28 9.75 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 31.92 27.79 28.26 28.13 25.11 25.23 26.94 32.40 35.57 37.96 38.93 44.03 Belgium................. .. .. .. 33.07 33.06 29.23 29.52 28.81 25.95 25.33 27.65 33.65 37.79 38.72 39.97 44.36 Denmark................. 19.06 18.43 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 21.94 18.14 20.83 26.23 25.73 23.72 23.62 23.12 21.88 21.70 24.22 29.61 33.77 34.39 37.26 38.78 France.................. .. 20.46 21.03 23.61 23.35 20.73 20.78 20.13 18.03 18.45 20.17 24.87 28.13 28.37 30.53 34.24 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28.43 27.30 24.81 24.58 26.65 32.72 36.46 36.70 38.53 42.78 Greece.................. 12.11 11.15 11.41 13.36 13.61 13.15 11.40 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.78 4.64 5.67 6.88 7.53 7.65 9.04 Ireland................. 20.30 18.64 17.85 18.42 19.82 20.18 19.92 19.45 16.30 16.48 18.34 21.74 24.12 25.48 27.34 28.68 Italy................... 23.35 19.19 19.36 20.23 22.08 21.00 20.30 19.60 17.23 17.08 18.62 22.80 25.97 26.48 27.55 30.81 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 26.18 23.82 24.41 25.52 23.46 22.01 23.19 28.04 31.52 33.01 34.13 37.86 Netherlands............. 24.31 23.77 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Norway.................. 25.30 22.11 23.37 26.83 28.02 26.49 27.24 25.72 23.09 24.66 29.91 35.64 40.30 42.56 44.77 52.23 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 4.11 4.37 5.01 3.92 4.50 4.57 4.98 5.59 6.60 7.47 8.96 Spain................... 18.65 15.96 15.89 17.79 17.99 16.65 17.50 17.24 15.35 15.20 16.50 20.99 23.80 24.59 26.32 28.64 Sweden.................. 25.31 18.77 19.73 23.23 26.79 24.91 25.24 24.73 23.33 21.53 23.79 29.48 33.42 33.50 35.13 39.78 United Kingdom.......... 14.79 12.97 13.41 13.90 14.38 17.19 18.51 18.76 18.76 18.22 19.46 22.46 25.35 26.82 28.04 30.53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, France, Norway, Rep. of Korea: 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 Production Workers: In National Currency PAGE 37 Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 20.86 21.43 21.77 22.40 22.89 23.25 23.62 24.00 25.04 25.96 26.90 28.02 28.34 29.08 28.94 28.92 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 10.13 10.70 10.74 10.22 11.45 12.30 13.61 14.74 18.03 17.95 20.30 20.95 Canada.................. 29.71 31.00 30.93 31.47 31.93 31.95 31.82 33.34 33.25 #35.13 36.87 38.03 40.54 40.82 41.84 44.80 Mexico.................. 9823 #10.47 11.71 13.49 16.06 19.15 22.29 25.52 29.49 33.03 34.66 37.76 39.73 41.82 44.00 46.49 Australia............... .. .. 24.39 25.76 26.12 28.13 30.81 31.35 31.53 33.42 36.46 38.36 39.73 41.56 43.82 44.88 Israel.................. 15.86 18.40 20.34 24.26 27.28 31.59 34.40 37.52 40.29 44.61 42.86 43.19 42.44 42.72 44.67 45.00 Japan................... 3029 3080 3097 3104 3084 3123 3162 3185 3207 3232 3130 3132 3252 3356 3398 3396 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 6749 7558 8934 9422 9496 13500 14759 14568 11648 12401 14153 16659 17213 18732 Philippines............. 30.78 35.35 35.04 31.22 33.94 37.85 39.53 36.32 37.50 41.13 43.51 45.96 50.25 52.75 60.24 70.10 Taiwan.................. 182.9 186.5 209.6 207.2 209.5 216.4 226.7 256.5 258.5 279.7 254.9 273.0 289.7 290.3 301.7 320.3 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 338.0 339.2 349.8 #26.41 27.20 28.18 28.49 28.62 28.60 30.50 30.99 32.11 Belgium................. .. .. .. 974.6 1024 1047 1072 #27.04 28.11 28.29 29.25 29.73 30.38 31.10 31.81 32.35 Denmark................. 115.1 119.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 98.45 103.8 109.0 114.8 118.2 123.2 126.3 #21.71 23.70 24.24 25.62 26.16 27.15 27.63 29.66 28.28 France.................. .. 116.0 116.7 117.7 119.4 121.0 122.6 #18.89 19.53 20.60 21.33 21.97 22.62 22.79 24.30 24.97 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 50.02 #25.62 26.87 27.45 28.19 28.90 29.31 29.48 30.67 31.20 Greece.................. 2308 2558 2768 3095 3276 3590 3369 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1084 1196 1272 1395 1502 1610 1674 Ireland................. 11.91 12.73 11.93 11.49 12.39 13.31 13.98 #18.26 17.65 18.41 19.39 19.20 19.39 20.47 21.76 20.91 Italy................... 28769 30186 31198 32962 34069 35784 35259 #18.40 18.66 19.08 19.70 20.14 20.88 21.27 21.93 22.47 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 810.7 852.1 886.0 #23.95 25.41 24.59 24.53 24.76 25.34 26.52 27.17 27.61 Netherlands............. 42.76 44.16 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Norway.................. 157.2 156.9 164.9 170.0 181.0 187.7 205.7 200.8 203.5 221.9 238.8 252.3 271.6 274.1 287.0 305.9 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 13.47 15.21 19.90 17.05 18.43 18.65 19.38 20.44 21.36 23.18 25.10 Spain................... 1910 2034 2128 2217 2279 2440 2615 #16.19 16.62 16.98 17.46 18.54 19.13 19.76 20.95 20.89 Sweden.................. 147.4 146.3 152.2 165.9 179.7 190.4 200.7 204.6 214.0 222.7 231.2 238.2 245.6 250.3 259.0 268.7 United Kingdom.......... 8.37 8.64 8.75 8.81 9.21 10.49 11.17 11.60 12.38 12.65 12.96 13.74 13.83 14.72 15.20 15.25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, France, Norway, Rep. of Korea: 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