Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 28 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 324) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 37.47 40.38 41.06 43.44 45.57 47.98 50.25 Argentina............... 19.19 22.78 23.60 25.20 24.59 25.92 9.48 12.10 13.30 15.39 17.76 21.25 Brazil.................. 32.85 33.18 34.03 19.10 21.74 20.57 17.33 22.00 25.00 36.90 42.03 48.45 Canada.................. 27.90 27.00 26.97 27.31 26.51 #26.21 26.67 30.30 32.96 38.83 44.23 45.55 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46.86 56.17 62.98 71.83 Japan................... 41.87 39.35 37.08 41.33 42.16 37.29 35.38 38.61 38.72 38.68 36.83 36.98 Korea, Republic of...... 15.75 15.85 12.67 17.31 17.72 16.04 19.06 21.49 28.05 36.83 40.84 42.16 Philippines............. 5.67 5.22 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Taiwan.................. 15.01 16.37 14.99 17.63 16.37 15.24 14.04 14.77 14.21 18.18 17.40 17.48 Belgium................. 45.11 40.34 40.44 39.81 36.09 35.70 38.60 47.04 53.23 54.69 56.62 63.78 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 5.28 5.11 5.95 7.32 9.06 10.87 12.05 13.91 15.30 Finland................. 30.65 29.03 30.05 31.48 26.98 28.58 33.84 38.81 45.30 44.30 43.15 52.88 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 77.52 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 7.93 10.14 15.20 18.99 19.64 21.49 25.36 Italy................... 26.35 24.29 27.11 28.29 26.29 26.16 28.47 35.23 40.44 41.12 41.85 47.06 Poland.................. .. 6.09 6.79 6.67 6.78 7.92 8.28 9.03 10.27 12.65 14.09 16.98 Slovakia................ .. 4.15 4.15 4.04 4.28 4.66 6.30 9.82 13.04 20.07 17.97 20.99 Spain................... 33.78 29.24 30.47 30.86 27.70 27.64 30.77 39.45 44.33 44.59 47.84 54.43 United Kingdom.......... 24.49 25.03 26.47 27.02 27.26 28.34 33.36 38.83 44.04 51.67 51.73 63.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: includes processing of nuclear fuels; excludes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. 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 29 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 324) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 37.47 40.38 41.06 43.44 45.57 47.98 50.25 Argentina............... 19.18 22.77 23.59 25.19 24.58 25.91 29.04 35.10 38.87 44.68 54.25 65.63 Brazil.................. 33.02 35.77 39.49 34.78 39.79 48.39 50.61 67.64 73.14 89.87 91.36 94.29 Canada.................. 38.05 37.39 40.02 40.58 39.37 #40.59 41.89 42.44 42.91 47.04 50.16 48.90 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 63.62 73.64 83.59 85.60 Japan................... 4555 4763 4857 4700 4545 4534 4430 4476 4187 4259 4284 4355 Korea, Republic of...... 12668 15068 17737 20592 20037 20724 23827 25621 32123 37708 38973 39161 Philippines............. 148.2 153.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Taiwan.................. 412.3 471.1 502.8 569.7 511.8 515.3 484.9 508.1 474.3 584.1 565.6 574.2 Belgium................. 1397 1445 1468 #37.37 39.09 39.88 40.83 41.55 42.80 43.93 45.07 46.52 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 182.6 197.1 226.5 239.7 255.6 279.3 288.7 314.2 314.3 Finland................. 140.8 150.8 160.7 #29.55 29.22 31.93 35.79 34.28 36.42 35.59 34.35 38.57 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 56.54 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 2271 2616 3408 3849 3920 4521 4696 Italy................... 40647 41393 47086 #26.55 28.47 29.22 30.11 31.12 32.51 33.03 33.31 34.32 Poland.................. .. 19.97 23.65 26.48 29.49 32.44 33.76 35.11 37.57 40.92 43.74 47.58 Slovakia................ .. 139.3 146.1 167.1 197.0 225.3 285.3 360.9 420.6 622.6 532.0 523.0 Spain................... 4280 4285 4553 #28.97 30.00 30.88 32.55 34.85 35.64 35.82 38.08 39.70 United Kingdom.......... 15.69 15.28 15.97 16.71 17.98 19.68 22.22 23.76 24.03 28.37 28.04 31.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: includes processing of nuclear fuels; excludes asphalt paving mixtures and asphalt shingles. 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