Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 38 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 21.70 22.72 23.12 23.66 24.30 24.64 26.15 Argentina............... 6.02 5.88 6.95 7.05 6.74 6.64 2.46 2.97 3.62 4.36 5.40 6.50 Brazil.................. 6.25 6.16 5.69 3.53 3.59 2.98 2.41 2.69 3.13 4.20 4.99 5.95 Canada.................. 17.31 17.23 16.45 16.88 17.15 #16.76 16.54 19.64 22.84 24.11 26.26 29.59 Mexico.................. 1.80 1.99 2.01 2.27 2.63 3.05 3.14 2.93 2.90 3.09 3.18 3.39 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.80 20.16 23.43 25.55 26.82 30.59 Israel.................. 9.75 10.16 10.20 9.51 10.33 10.64 9.53 10.25 9.90 10.51 11.15 12.38 Japan................... 23.23 21.04 19.56 22.31 23.51 20.51 19.27 21.08 22.64 22.45 21.17 20.83 Korea, Republic of...... 8.93 8.17 5.37 6.64 7.87 7.26 8.09 9.05 9.57 11.11 13.04 14.35 Philippines............. 0.92 0.91 0.71 0.80 0.75 0.74 0.73 0.71 0.77 0.87 1.04 1.16 Singapore............... 10.82 10.70 9.62 9.14 8.78 9.09 9.41 12.66 9.87 9.80 11.01 12.17 Taiwan.................. 6.01 6.10 5.43 5.70 6.13 5.92 5.49 5.72 5.84 6.32 6.30 6.28 Belgium................. 26.89 23.55 23.88 23.46 21.40 21.00 23.15 28.22 31.98 32.81 34.01 37.82 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 3.38 3.46 3.61 4.42 5.39 6.23 6.91 7.80 9.44 Finland................. 22.51 20.25 18.47 19.83 17.85 17.96 19.60 24.02 27.59 28.51 30.18 34.17 France.................. 24.73 22.20 22.37 21.85 19.31 19.05 20.49 24.96 27.91 28.52 29.62 33.26 Germany................. .. .. 27.97 26.99 24.19 23.95 26.17 31.98 35.35 35.56 36.78 41.17 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.86 3.42 4.23 4.98 5.37 5.61 6.98 Ireland................. 15.37 15.29 15.11 15.47 14.23 14.76 16.58 20.45 23.38 24.09 25.80 28.59 Italy................... 19.15 17.64 17.20 16.69 14.78 15.27 17.65 22.32 26.66 27.19 28.28 31.63 Poland.................. .. 3.12 3.38 3.34 3.34 3.76 3.93 4.28 4.77 5.58 6.28 7.78 Slovakia................ .. 2.55 2.85 2.60 2.55 2.64 3.01 3.97 4.86 5.45 6.20 7.96 Spain................... 13.17 12.02 12.17 11.96 10.86 11.29 12.63 15.88 18.31 19.07 19.61 22.69 Sweden.................. 24.33 21.67 21.76 21.21 19.78 18.55 20.28 25.61 28.81 29.06 30.16 34.19 United Kingdom.......... 15.64 17.03 18.59 18.88 18.06 18.14 19.20 22.03 26.06 26.49 27.42 31.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: includes manufacture of wire products, central heating radiators and boilers, and commercial water heaters. 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 39 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 21.70 22.72 23.12 23.66 24.30 24.64 26.15 Argentina............... 6.02 5.88 6.94 7.05 6.74 6.63 7.53 8.62 10.58 12.66 16.48 20.09 Brazil.................. 6.29 6.64 6.60 6.42 6.57 7.02 7.05 8.26 9.17 10.22 10.85 11.57 Canada.................. 23.61 23.86 24.40 25.08 25.48 #25.96 25.97 27.51 29.74 29.21 29.78 31.76 Mexico.................. 13.69 15.74 18.40 21.71 24.88 28.49 30.32 31.65 32.80 33.70 34.64 37.04 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 29.07 30.89 31.82 33.50 35.59 36.45 Israel.................. 31.11 35.06 38.75 39.36 42.13 44.74 45.14 46.70 44.38 47.18 49.69 51.17 Japan................... 2527 2547 2563 2537 2534 2493 2413 2444 2449 2472 2462 2452 Korea, Republic of...... 7181 7763 7521 7899 8904 9383 10121 10786 10956 11369 12447 13332 Philippines............. 23.92 26.76 28.99 31.08 33.16 37.49 37.82 38.23 43.38 47.97 53.35 54.39 Singapore............... 15.26 15.89 16.09 15.49 15.15 16.30 16.86 22.06 16.68 16.31 17.49 18.33 Taiwan.................. 165.0 175.4 182.2 184.1 191.5 200.2 189.4 196.8 195.0 203.2 204.8 206.3 Belgium................. 832.7 843.2 867.0 #22.02 23.18 23.46 24.49 24.93 25.71 26.36 27.07 27.58 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 116.9 133.6 137.4 144.8 152.1 160.0 165.5 176.3 194.0 Finland................. 103.4 105.2 98.77 #18.62 19.33 20.06 20.74 21.22 22.18 22.91 24.02 24.92 France.................. 126.5 129.6 132.0 #20.51 20.91 21.28 21.67 22.05 22.44 22.91 23.58 24.26 Germany................. .. .. 49.21 #25.34 26.20 26.75 27.68 28.25 28.42 28.57 29.28 30.03 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 820.6 881.7 948.0 1010 1073 1181 1293 Ireland................. 9.61 10.08 10.60 #14.52 15.41 16.48 17.54 18.07 18.80 19.35 20.54 20.85 Italy................... 29545 30063 29868 #15.67 16.01 17.06 18.67 19.71 21.43 21.84 22.51 23.07 Poland.................. .. 10.23 11.78 13.26 14.54 15.41 16.05 16.65 17.43 18.05 19.50 21.81 Slovakia................ .. 85.79 100.3 107.5 117.5 127.7 136.4 146.1 156.6 169.1 183.5 198.4 Spain................... 1669 1762 1818 #11.23 11.76 12.62 13.35 14.02 14.72 15.31 15.61 16.55 Sweden.................. 163.2 165.6 173.0 175.5 181.5 191.9 197.2 206.9 211.7 217.1 222.3 230.9 United Kingdom.......... 10.02 10.40 11.22 11.67 11.92 12.60 12.79 13.48 14.22 14.54 14.86 15.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: includes manufacture of wire products, central heating radiators and boilers, and commercial water heaters. 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