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   Table 12. Production Workers:  Hourly compensation costs in national currency units
            and exchange rates, 33 countries or areas, 2008


    Country or Area        Compensation costs       Exchange Rates

   Americas
   United States.............   25.65                     1.000
   Brazil....................   12.70                     1.833
   Canada....................   31.75                     1.066
   Mexico (1)................   34.80                     11.14

   Asia and Oceania
   Australia.................   38.05                     1.171
   Hong Kong SAR (2).........   46.01                     7.786
   Israel....................   60.99                     3.560
   Japan.....................    2394                     103.4
   Korea, Republic of........   15597                      1099
   New Zealand...............   24.45                     1.398
   Philippines...............   58.21                     44.44
   Singapore.................   13.90                     1.414
   Sri Lanka.................   73.82                     108.3
   Taiwan....................   218.9                     31.52

   Europe
   Austria...................   26.41                     .6791
   Belgium...................   26.77                     .6791
   Czech Republic............   176.5                     17.06
   Denmark...................   232.8                     5.089
   Finland...................   25.56                     .6791
   France....................   21.46                     .6791
   Germany...................   24.50                     .6791
   Hungary...................    1292                     171.8
   Ireland...................   24.30                     .6791
   Italy.....................   21.31                     .6791
   Luxembourg................   22.66                     .6791
   Netherlands...............   25.23                     .6791
   Norway....................   279.3                     5.637
   Poland....................   19.00                     2.300
   Portugal..................    6.67                     .6791
   Spain.....................   16.07                     .6791
   Sweden....................   252.8                     6.585
   Switzerland...............   40.15                     1.082
   United Kingdom............   15.02                     .5392

   Dash means data not available.
   (1) For Mexico, NAICS 31-33 excludes NAICS 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing.
   (2) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

   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; 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 1975-2008, see the supplementary tables to this
         news release at http://www.bls.gov/ilc.

   Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2010.