Table 6. PRODUCTION WORKERS: Hourly compensation costs in national currency units and exchange rates

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   Table 6. PRODUCTION WORKERS:  Hourly compensation costs in national currency units in manufacturing
            and exchange rates, 34 countries or areas, 2006


    Country or area        Compensation costs       Exchange Rates

   Americas
   UNITED STATES.............   23.82                     1.000
   BRAZIL....................   10.66                     2.174
   CANADA....................   29.19                     1.134
   MEXICO....................   30.01                     10.91

   Asia and Oceania
   AUSTRALIA.................   34.69                     1.327
   HONG KONG SAR (1).........   44.92                     7.768
   ISRAEL....................   57.86                     4.457
   JAPAN.....................    2350                     116.3
   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF........   14049                     954.3
   NEW ZEALAND...............   22.28                     1.540
   PHILIPPINES...............   54.90                     51.25
   SINGAPORE.................   13.57                     1.588
   SRI LANKA.................       -                         -
   TAIWAN....................   209.2                     32.51

   Europe
   AUSTRIA...................   24.25                     .7960
   BELGIUM...................   25.35                     .7960
   CZECH REPUBLIC............   153.1                     22.60
   DENMARK...................   210.6                     5.942
   FINLAND...................   23.80                     .7960
   FRANCE....................   19.82                     .7960
   GERMANY...................   27.23                     .7960
   GREECE....................   12.82                     .7960
   HUNGARY...................    1324                     210.4
   IRELAND...................   20.66                     .7960
   ITALY.....................   19.96                     .7960
   LUXEMBOURG................   22.08                     .7960
   NETHERLANDS...............   25.74                     .7960
   NORWAY....................   263.2                     6.410
   POLAND....................   15.47                     3.103
   PORTUGAL..................    6.09                     .7960
   SPAIN.....................   14.99                     .7960
   SWEDEN....................   234.4                     7.372
   SWITZERLAND...............   38.43                     1.253
   UNITED KINGDOM............   14.69                     .5420

   Dash means data not available.
   (1) Average of selected manufacturing industries.

   National currency units are: United States, dollar; Brazil, real;
   Canada, dollar;  Mexico, peso; Australia, dollar; Hong Kong SAR, dollar;
   Israel, new shekel; Japan, yen; Republic of Korea, won; New Zealand, dollar;
   Philippines, peso; Singapore, dollar; Sri Lanka, rupee; Taiwan, dollar; 
   Austria, euro; Belgium, euro; Czech Republic, koruna; Denmark, krone; 
   Finland, euro; France, euro; Germany, euro; Greece, euro; Hungary, forint; 
   Ireland, euro; Italy, euro; Luxembourg, euro; Netherlands, euro; Norway, krone;
   Poland, zloty; Portugal, euro; Spain, euro; Sweden, krona; Switzerland, franc;
   United Kingdom, pound.

   Note: For data for all years 1975-2006, see the supplementary tables to this
         news release at http://www.bls.gov/fls.

   Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2008.

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