Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 42 Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 27.06 28.65 29.65 29.87 30.59 30.86 32.08 Argentina............... 6.35 6.65 7.19 7.07 7.15 7.48 2.64 3.02 3.57 4.33 5.44 6.87 Brazil (2).............. 9.00 8.82 8.44 5.24 5.50 4.57 3.41 4.05 4.71 6.19 7.38 8.78 Canada.................. 19.25 19.41 18.93 19.29 20.52 #20.80 20.33 22.98 25.64 28.18 31.99 34.06 Mexico.................. 2.51 2.85 2.94 3.27 3.73 4.28 4.35 4.03 3.99 4.24 4.36 4.65 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 17.78 23.09 27.65 30.24 31.83 36.30 Israel.................. 13.03 14.44 14.09 13.73 14.23 15.00 13.53 14.08 13.93 13.99 14.74 17.18 Japan (3)............... 26.42 24.35 23.09 26.90 28.64 25.38 23.75 26.32 27.70 27.83 26.61 26.78 Korea, Republic of...... 9.39 8.93 6.39 8.00 9.41 9.51 10.07 11.20 11.61 13.69 16.31 18.42 Singapore (4)........... 13.06 12.91 11.84 10.31 10.66 11.01 10.47 11.87 12.81 11.85 13.59 14.48 Taiwan.................. 6.92 6.88 6.26 6.47 7.10 6.92 6.41 6.56 6.71 7.43 7.54 7.38 Belgium................. 26.94 23.74 23.83 23.43 21.37 20.97 23.10 28.17 31.95 32.74 33.89 37.69 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 3.58 3.39 3.76 4.93 5.72 6.91 7.33 8.59 10.11 Finland................. 26.21 23.50 22.79 23.00 20.45 21.17 22.98 28.61 33.02 34.19 35.50 41.25 France (5).............. 28.73 25.60 25.72 25.08 22.10 21.95 23.76 29.11 32.74 33.35 34.84 39.09 Germany................. .. .. 34.96 33.98 30.57 30.55 33.45 41.44 46.19 46.57 48.38 54.17 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.47 4.36 5.37 6.45 6.75 6.79 8.36 Ireland................. 16.39 16.06 16.00 15.90 14.77 15.98 17.76 22.39 25.71 27.10 28.70 32.98 Italy................... 22.03 20.83 20.38 19.84 17.61 17.82 19.97 24.80 28.91 29.49 30.68 34.31 Norway.................. .. 27.17 27.47 28.18 26.26 27.25 32.29 37.72 41.06 43.21 45.91 54.05 Poland.................. .. 3.35 3.68 3.59 3.62 4.21 4.40 4.85 5.34 6.43 7.13 8.64 Portugal................ 7.44 6.61 6.99 7.04 6.54 6.49 7.18 9.04 9.97 10.64 11.03 12.44 Slovakia................ .. 2.86 2.95 2.70 2.61 2.71 3.28 4.45 5.21 5.99 6.73 8.69 Spain................... 15.46 13.97 13.96 13.83 12.90 13.15 14.90 18.43 21.25 21.47 22.70 25.97 Sweden.................. 24.90 22.69 23.26 22.65 21.33 20.02 22.30 28.02 31.56 31.70 33.21 37.55 United Kingdom.......... 17.68 19.80 21.61 21.86 21.55 21.57 23.37 26.58 30.65 31.52 32.81 37.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, Norway, Rep. of Korea: includes manufacture of wire products, central heating radiators and boilers, and commercial water heaters. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Excludes office machinery and automotive diesel engines. (3) Excludes optical equipment and lens manufacturing. (4) Includes domestic appliances; excludes optical lenses, photographic and copying equipment. (5) Includes watches, clocks, and parts; excludes office machinery and automotive diesel engines. .. 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 43 Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 27.06 28.65 29.65 29.87 30.59 30.86 32.08 Argentina............... 6.34 6.65 7.18 7.06 7.15 7.48 8.08 8.77 10.43 12.57 16.61 21.21 Brazil (2).............. 9.05 9.51 9.79 9.54 10.07 10.75 9.97 12.45 13.79 15.07 16.04 17.09 Canada.................. 26.26 26.88 28.08 28.66 30.48 #32.22 31.93 32.19 33.37 34.14 36.28 36.56 Mexico.................. 19.07 22.54 26.91 31.21 35.27 39.94 42.05 43.45 45.00 46.22 47.52 50.81 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 32.71 35.39 37.55 39.65 42.25 43.26 Israel.................. 41.60 49.82 53.53 56.83 58.03 63.07 64.09 64.13 62.44 62.77 65.67 71.02 Japan (3)............... 2874 2948 3024 3059 3087 3086 2974 3052 2996 3064 3095 3154 Korea, Republic of...... 7551 8495 8947 9515 10640 12289 12588 13355 13300 14019 15568 17108 Singapore (4)........... 18.42 19.18 19.80 17.48 18.38 19.74 18.76 20.69 21.64 19.72 21.58 21.81 Taiwan.................. 190.2 198.1 210.1 209.2 221.8 233.9 221.3 225.7 224.0 238.7 245.0 242.4 Belgium................. 834.3 850.2 865.1 #21.99 23.15 23.42 24.43 24.89 25.69 26.30 26.98 27.49 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 123.9 130.7 142.9 161.3 161.4 177.7 175.6 194.0 207.7 Finland................. 120.4 122.1 121.9 #21.59 22.16 23.65 24.30 25.28 26.54 27.47 28.26 30.09 France (5).............. 147.0 149.5 151.7 #23.55 23.94 24.52 25.13 25.71 26.32 26.79 27.74 28.51 Germany................. .. .. 61.52 #31.90 33.12 34.13 35.38 36.60 37.14 37.41 38.51 39.51 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 994.6 1124 1204 1308 1348 1428 1547 Ireland................. 10.25 10.59 11.23 #14.92 16.00 17.85 18.79 19.78 20.67 21.77 22.85 24.05 Italy................... 33982 35495 35394 #18.62 19.08 19.90 21.12 21.91 23.24 23.69 24.42 25.02 Norway.................. .. 192.5 207.5 220.0 231.4 245.2 257.8 267.1 276.8 278.3 294.3 316.5 Poland.................. .. 10.99 12.81 14.27 15.76 17.22 17.93 18.86 19.55 20.81 22.14 24.21 Portugal................ 1149 1160 1260 #6.61 7.08 7.25 7.60 7.99 8.02 8.55 8.78 9.07 Slovakia................ .. 96.10 104.1 111.5 120.1 130.9 148.7 163.6 168.0 185.8 199.3 216.6 Spain................... 1958 2046 2085 #12.98 13.97 14.68 15.76 16.28 17.08 17.25 18.07 18.94 Sweden.................. 167.0 173.5 185.0 187.4 195.6 207.0 216.8 226.4 231.9 236.8 244.8 253.7 United Kingdom.......... 11.33 12.09 13.04 13.52 14.22 14.99 15.57 16.26 16.72 17.31 17.78 18.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, Norway, Rep. of Korea: includes manufacture of wire products, central heating radiators and boilers, and commercial water heaters. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Excludes office machinery and automotive diesel engines. (3) Excludes optical equipment and lens manufacturing. (4) Includes domestic appliances; excludes optical lenses, photographic and copying equipment. (5) Includes watches, clocks, and parts; excludes office machinery and automotive diesel engines. .. 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