Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 38 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 15.44 15.85 15.97 16.47 16.92 17.41 17.79 18.13 18.66 19.37 20.06 20.60 21.02 21.76 22.38 23.74 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 5.46 5.44 5.04 3.11 3.15 2.70 2.27 2.46 2.81 3.79 4.65 5.37 Canada.................. 17.44 15.91 15.27 15.91 16.18 16.06 15.41 16.13 16.25 #15.74 15.55 18.62 21.88 23.36 25.20 27.85 Mexico.................. 1.97 2.21 2.18 1.34 1.29 1.44 1.46 1.68 1.98 2.31 2.37 2.25 2.27 2.45 2.51 2.67 Australia............... .. .. 13.81 15.21 16.63 15.81 13.86 14.41 12.90 12.13 13.80 17.60 20.46 22.87 24.54 27.99 Israel.................. 7.60 7.48 7.67 8.09 8.61 8.98 9.01 8.40 9.13 9.40 8.42 9.06 8.75 9.29 9.85 10.94 Japan................... 17.21 20.28 22.18 24.05 20.75 18.68 17.44 19.96 21.17 18.30 17.18 18.77 20.18 19.77 18.42 18.15 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 6.02 6.85 8.03 7.27 4.78 5.91 7.01 6.47 7.21 8.06 8.52 9.89 11.61 12.78 Philippines (2)......... 0.63 0.56 0.75 0.80 0.96 0.96 0.67 0.76 0.71 0.70 0.70 0.67 0.74 0.83 0.99 1.11 Singapore............... .. .. .. 8.11 8.53 8.17 6.83 6.87 6.48 5.99 6.22 6.80 6.44 6.98 7.33 7.73 Taiwan.................. 4.87 4.84 5.08 5.47 5.36 5.38 4.83 4.94 5.29 5.04 4.70 4.92 5.15 5.47 5.41 5.34 Belgium................. .. .. .. 26.40 26.10 22.82 23.17 22.80 20.75 20.39 22.49 27.41 31.03 31.89 33.13 36.84 Denmark................. 19.28 18.23 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 17.96 14.84 17.05 21.47 20.48 18.70 16.91 18.09 16.33 16.44 17.93 21.89 25.17 25.77 27.58 30.89 France.................. .. 16.57 17.07 19.27 19.13 17.24 17.42 17.08 15.31 15.42 16.84 20.58 23.06 23.69 24.63 27.67 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23.11 22.26 20.05 19.82 21.43 26.21 28.89 29.01 30.10 33.69 Greece.................. 8.02 7.43 7.85 9.19 9.62 9.05 8.73 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.44 2.95 3.59 4.25 4.56 4.77 5.91 Ireland................. .. .. .. 13.34 13.16 12.90 12.92 13.14 11.90 12.54 14.57 17.87 20.53 21.71 23.02 25.23 Italy................... 20.59 16.39 16.19 16.24 17.29 15.92 15.56 15.17 13.48 13.93 16.09 20.35 24.32 24.80 25.80 28.85 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 22.42 19.42 19.10 18.36 16.04 15.92 17.53 22.05 25.40 26.34 26.73 29.59 Netherlands............. 18.66 18.26 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.81 3.02 3.58 2.93 3.23 3.34 3.64 4.01 4.77 5.39 6.70 Spain................... 12.70 10.85 10.90 12.09 11.73 10.68 10.88 10.79 9.88 10.28 11.49 14.45 16.66 17.35 17.85 20.64 Sweden.................. 23.88 17.16 18.02 20.63 23.22 20.90 20.74 20.32 18.81 17.34 19.09 23.92 27.24 27.66 28.62 32.41 United Kingdom.......... 12.95 11.46 12.65 13.44 14.01 15.45 16.44 16.75 15.93 16.00 16.93 19.43 22.99 23.36 24.19 28.19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, France, 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) Includes furniture made primarily of metal. .. 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 Production Workers: In National Currency PAGE 39 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 15.44 15.85 15.97 16.47 16.92 17.41 17.79 18.13 18.66 19.37 20.06 20.60 21.02 21.76 22.38 23.74 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 5.49 5.87 5.84 5.66 5.76 6.35 6.62 7.58 8.21 9.24 10.11 10.45 Canada.................. 21.08 20.52 20.87 21.83 22.07 22.24 22.86 23.97 24.14 #24.37 24.43 26.08 28.48 28.30 28.58 29.89 Mexico.................. 6101 #6.89 7.35 8.59 9.79 11.37 13.40 16.01 18.70 21.59 22.94 24.30 25.60 26.65 27.41 29.14 Australia............... .. .. 18.88 20.54 21.25 21.25 22.03 22.33 22.18 23.47 25.39 26.98 27.78 29.99 32.57 33.36 Israel.................. 18.69 21.17 23.11 24.36 27.49 30.97 34.24 34.77 37.23 39.53 39.88 41.26 39.21 41.68 43.90 45.21 Japan................... 2183 2253 2266 2260 2257 2261 2285 2270 2282 2224 2151 2176 2182 2177 2142 2137 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4836 5286 6462 6914 6697 7034 7928 8355 9012 9604 9756 10123 11083 11871 Philippines (2)......... 16.01 15.14 19.93 20.48 25.14 28.36 27.58 29.56 31.54 35.66 35.97 36.36 41.26 45.62 50.74 51.73 Singapore............... .. .. .. 11.49 12.03 12.14 11.42 11.65 11.18 10.75 11.14 11.85 10.89 11.62 11.65 11.64 Taiwan.................. 122.5 127.7 134.5 144.9 147.3 154.8 162.1 159.8 165.4 170.3 162.3 169.4 172.0 175.8 176.0 175.4 Belgium................. .. .. .. 778.1 808.3 817.1 841.2 #21.41 22.47 22.77 23.79 24.21 24.94 25.62 26.37 26.87 Denmark................. 116.4 118.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 80.59 84.98 89.24 93.97 94.10 97.15 90.44 #16.99 17.69 18.36 18.96 19.34 20.24 20.70 21.96 22.53 France.................. .. 93.89 94.64 96.06 97.85 100.7 102.7 #16.03 16.58 17.22 17.82 18.18 18.54 19.03 19.60 20.18 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40.67 #20.89 21.72 22.14 22.66 23.15 23.23 23.30 23.96 24.57 Greece.................. 1528 1704 1905 2130 2316 2471 2581 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 700.5 760.6 805.4 862.2 910.4 1003 1094 Ireland................. .. .. .. 8.32 8.23 8.51 9.06 #12.33 12.89 14.01 15.41 15.78 16.51 17.44 18.32 18.40 Italy................... 25362 25795 26082 26455 26678 27116 27029 #14.24 14.60 15.56 17.02 17.98 19.55 19.92 20.53 21.04 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 694.0 694.5 693.2 #17.24 17.37 17.78 18.54 19.48 20.42 21.16 21.28 21.58 Netherlands............. 32.81 33.93 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 9.21 10.50 14.20 12.73 13.21 13.64 14.15 14.67 15.44 16.73 18.78 Spain................... 1301 1383 1460 1506 1486 1564 1625 #10.13 10.70 11.48 12.15 12.76 13.40 13.93 14.21 15.06 Sweden.................. 139.1 133.7 139.1 147.3 155.7 159.7 164.9 168.1 172.6 179.3 185.5 193.3 200.2 206.6 210.9 218.9 United Kingdom.......... 7.33 7.63 8.26 8.51 8.98 9.44 9.92 10.36 10.51 11.11 11.28 11.89 12.54 12.83 13.11 14.08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Brazil, France, 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) Includes furniture made primarily of metal. .. 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