Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 44 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 16.80 17.31 17.66 17.71 18.27 18.80 19.66 20.12 20.96 22.26 23.54 24.41 25.30 27.09 28.50 30.60 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 7.54 7.92 8.19 5.14 6.59 5.38 4.55 3.84 4.46 6.76 6.98 8.00 Mexico.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.65 1.93 2.34 2.81 2.94 2.84 2.85 3.07 3.16 3.35 Australia............... .. .. 15.08 18.04 20.80 19.17 16.11 16.91 15.17 13.65 15.48 19.78 23.35 24.08 24.01 27.38 Israel.................. .. .. .. 14.05 14.58 15.11 15.63 16.01 15.25 17.31 15.28 15.08 14.63 14.39 14.42 16.57 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 5.72 6.94 7.76 7.45 5.13 6.16 6.85 6.50 7.80 8.56 10.26 12.35 14.34 15.79 Singapore (2)........... .. .. .. 6.73 7.32 7.19 6.53 6.06 6.49 6.35 5.73 6.16 6.40 6.70 7.77 8.22 Taiwan.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.51 5.98 6.45 6.76 6.91 Finland................. 16.12 13.32 15.31 19.27 19.54 17.80 17.11 17.12 14.77 14.58 15.98 20.54 23.52 24.26 25.49 26.28 France (3).............. .. 17.15 17.58 19.68 19.51 17.41 17.65 17.39 15.80 16.19 17.60 21.60 24.35 25.20 25.83 28.92 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24.13 23.32 21.06 20.87 22.72 27.88 30.76 30.75 31.75 .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.64 3.35 4.04 4.76 5.15 5.09 6.38 Ireland................. .. .. .. 17.08 18.04 16.47 16.60 15.67 14.88 16.07 17.07 21.33 25.64 25.11 25.85 27.99 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.98 3.23 3.87 3.15 3.80 4.16 4.63 4.20 4.94 5.58 6.26 Spain................... 15.35 13.55 13.43 15.35 15.43 13.24 12.40 11.91 11.18 11.21 11.63 14.12 16.64 17.54 18.06 20.23 United Kingdom.......... 13.86 12.20 12.53 13.11 13.57 14.83 16.30 16.95 16.22 18.37 18.77 21.26 25.71 26.07 27.17 30.35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Rep. of Korea: includes office machinery; excludes reproduction of recorded media and measurement & navigation equipment. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Excludes reproduction of recorded media, measurement & navigation equipment, and watches & clocks. (3) Includes office machinery. .. Data not available. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In National Currency PAGE 45 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334) (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 16.80 17.31 17.66 17.71 18.27 18.80 19.66 20.12 20.96 22.26 23.54 24.41 25.30 27.09 28.50 30.60 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 7.58 8.54 9.51 9.36 12.06 12.66 13.29 11.81 13.05 16.46 15.18 15.57 Mexico.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.10 18.48 22.13 26.22 28.42 30.69 32.22 33.48 34.41 36.60 Australia............... .. .. 20.61 24.36 26.57 25.78 25.61 26.21 26.09 26.40 28.47 30.32 31.70 31.57 31.86 32.63 Israel.................. .. .. .. 42.30 46.54 52.13 59.40 66.29 62.18 72.81 72.39 68.67 65.55 64.57 64.27 68.49 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4594 5355 6246 7079 7179 7335 7745 8398 9754 10208 11756 12641 13689 14666 Singapore (2)........... .. .. .. 9.54 10.32 10.68 10.91 10.27 11.20 11.39 10.26 10.74 10.81 11.15 12.34 12.38 Taiwan.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 189.6 199.7 207.1 219.8 226.9 Finland................. 72.31 76.28 80.11 84.34 89.77 92.48 91.51 #16.07 16.00 16.29 16.91 18.14 18.91 19.49 20.29 19.17 France (3).............. .. 97.17 97.49 98.11 99.81 101.6 104.1 #16.32 17.11 18.08 18.62 19.08 19.58 20.24 20.56 21.09 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42.45 #21.89 22.82 23.31 24.03 24.63 24.73 24.70 25.27 .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 756.1 863.8 905.2 964.2 1029 1072 1181 Ireland................. .. .. .. 10.65 11.28 10.86 11.65 #14.71 16.12 17.95 18.05 18.85 20.62 20.17 20.58 20.42 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 9.76 11.23 15.36 13.72 15.54 16.99 17.99 15.38 15.97 17.30 17.54 Spain................... 1572 1727 1798 1913 1954 1940 1853 #11.18 12.11 12.52 12.30 12.47 13.38 14.09 14.37 14.75 United Kingdom.......... 7.85 8.13 8.18 8.31 8.70 9.05 9.84 10.48 10.70 12.76 12.50 13.01 14.03 14.31 14.73 15.16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) For NACE countries, Rep. of Korea: includes office machinery; excludes reproduction of recorded media and measurement & navigation equipment. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Excludes reproduction of recorded media, measurement & navigation equipment, and watches & clocks. (3) Includes office machinery. .. 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