Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 46 Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (NAICS 335) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 25.14 26.18 27.29 28.65 29.43 29.71 30.73 Argentina............... 6.94 7.09 7.85 7.92 7.36 8.76 2.85 3.33 4.08 5.03 6.18 7.49 Brazil.................. 9.05 9.13 8.83 5.33 5.44 4.65 4.08 4.43 4.72 6.73 7.36 8.96 Canada.................. 17.93 18.05 18.45 18.90 19.37 #18.43 18.07 21.63 24.19 27.01 30.93 34.98 Mexico.................. 2.09 2.41 2.53 2.88 3.37 3.97 4.12 3.90 3.84 4.08 4.19 4.48 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.99 20.65 24.50 27.53 29.70 33.87 Israel.................. 11.21 12.33 12.21 12.12 12.81 13.06 11.99 12.17 12.33 12.61 13.42 14.47 Japan (2)............... 26.72 24.73 23.45 27.71 29.38 26.39 25.47 27.70 29.93 29.50 28.04 28.66 Korea, Republic of...... 8.47 8.00 5.67 6.74 8.02 6.96 9.63 10.59 11.31 12.33 14.08 15.68 Philippines............. 1.62 1.56 1.13 1.21 1.07 1.01 1.11 1.17 1.29 1.46 1.20 1.65 Singapore............... 11.77 11.26 10.81 9.14 10.00 11.54 10.89 12.55 12.52 13.05 13.95 14.76 Taiwan.................. 7.26 7.20 6.54 6.90 7.16 7.19 6.77 6.78 6.79 7.36 7.52 7.67 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 3.45 3.38 3.95 4.45 5.58 6.46 7.02 7.74 9.15 Finland................. 24.33 21.85 21.68 21.71 19.22 20.29 23.51 26.62 30.52 32.69 33.18 38.15 France.................. 29.04 25.90 26.24 25.70 22.80 22.40 23.91 28.99 32.22 32.99 34.89 39.18 Germany................. .. .. 34.48 33.43 30.30 30.50 33.88 41.80 46.56 46.97 49.04 54.88 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 3.71 4.53 5.56 6.52 6.98 7.14 8.89 Ireland................. 18.19 17.44 17.83 17.71 16.59 18.75 19.37 24.03 27.65 28.21 28.81 34.94 Italy................... 21.49 20.03 19.61 19.03 16.87 16.90 18.65 23.04 26.48 27.06 28.12 31.48 Poland.................. .. 3.61 3.96 3.89 3.76 4.24 4.39 4.78 5.26 6.18 6.64 8.13 Slovakia................ .. 2.51 2.96 2.58 2.35 2.33 2.73 3.86 4.23 4.62 5.53 6.99 Spain................... 16.52 14.90 15.03 15.09 12.78 13.22 14.68 18.77 21.73 22.65 24.39 26.32 United Kingdom.......... 16.35 17.98 20.01 20.57 20.05 20.08 21.84 25.64 29.06 29.63 30.36 35.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: excludes domestic appliances. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Includes electronic medical equipment and electronic measuring instruments, video recording and duplicating equipment. .. 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 47 Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (NAICS 335) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 25.14 26.18 27.29 28.65 29.43 29.71 30.73 Argentina............... 6.94 7.09 7.84 7.92 7.35 8.75 8.74 9.66 11.92 14.60 18.88 23.12 Brazil.................. 9.09 9.84 10.25 9.70 9.95 10.95 11.91 13.62 13.82 16.38 16.01 17.44 Canada.................. 24.45 24.99 27.37 28.08 28.77 #28.55 28.37 30.30 31.48 32.72 35.07 37.55 Mexico.................. 15.91 19.06 23.12 27.49 31.85 37.02 39.85 42.07 43.40 44.49 45.70 48.90 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 29.40 31.66 33.27 36.10 39.41 40.36 Israel.................. 35.79 42.53 46.39 50.17 52.22 54.91 56.80 55.42 55.28 56.58 59.81 59.80 Japan (2)............... 2906 2994 3071 3152 3168 3208 3190 3212 3237 3248 3261 3375 Korea, Republic of...... 6813 7607 7946 8020 9067 8989 12035 12626 12949 12625 13437 14564 Philippines............. 42.25 46.06 46.04 47.19 47.30 51.72 57.40 63.38 72.17 80.27 61.37 77.19 Singapore............... 16.59 16.72 18.07 15.49 17.25 20.69 19.49 21.87 21.16 21.71 22.15 22.24 Taiwan.................. 199.4 207.1 219.3 223.1 223.7 243.2 233.9 233.3 226.5 236.6 244.3 251.9 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 119.3 130.4 150.3 145.8 157.3 166.0 168.1 175.0 187.9 Finland................. 111.8 113.5 115.9 #20.38 20.82 22.66 24.86 23.52 24.54 26.26 26.41 27.82 France.................. 148.6 151.2 154.8 #24.13 24.70 25.02 25.29 25.61 25.91 26.50 27.77 28.58 Germany................. .. .. 60.67 #31.38 32.83 34.08 35.84 36.92 37.44 37.73 39.04 40.02 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 1062 1168 1248 1322 1393 1501 1647 Ireland................. 11.37 11.50 12.52 #16.63 17.97 20.94 20.49 21.22 22.23 22.66 22.94 25.48 Italy................... 33149 34125 34059 #17.87 18.28 18.88 19.73 20.35 21.29 21.74 22.38 22.96 Poland.................. .. 11.84 13.79 15.45 16.35 17.37 17.92 18.60 19.25 20.01 20.61 22.78 Slovakia................ .. 84.39 104.2 106.6 108.4 112.9 123.7 141.9 136.5 143.4 163.8 174.1 Spain................... 2093 2184 2246 #14.17 13.84 14.76 15.52 16.58 17.47 18.20 19.41 19.19 United Kingdom.......... 10.48 10.98 12.07 12.72 13.23 13.95 14.54 15.68 15.85 16.27 16.45 17.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: excludes domestic appliances. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Includes electronic medical equipment and electronic measuring instruments, video recording and duplicating equipment. .. 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