Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 54 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (NAICS 337) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 12.16 12.43 12.69 13.15 13.58 14.20 14.71 15.06 15.65 16.26 16.87 17.55 17.78 18.31 19.02 20.90 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 3.13 3.04 2.85 1.81 1.97 1.68 1.42 1.53 1.76 2.30 2.75 3.35 Canada.................. 12.16 11.88 11.23 11.52 12.28 12.16 11.79 12.28 12.95 #12.52 12.12 15.03 16.10 17.73 19.10 20.44 Mexico.................. 1.49 1.70 1.64 1.00 1.01 1.12 1.16 1.30 1.51 1.76 1.81 1.74 1.72 1.88 1.95 2.14 Australia............... .. .. 11.85 12.60 13.89 13.32 11.91 12.77 11.43 10.52 12.29 16.45 19.62 20.15 19.71 22.48 Israel.................. .. .. .. 7.18 7.63 8.00 7.94 7.67 8.43 8.75 7.56 8.07 8.15 8.29 9.52 10.30 Japan................... 13.58 15.98 17.10 19.46 16.60 15.56 14.50 16.53 17.07 14.55 14.29 15.22 16.34 15.99 15.26 15.06 Taiwan.................. 4.32 4.39 4.54 4.78 4.71 4.61 4.04 4.26 4.63 4.78 4.28 4.11 4.46 4.68 4.95 4.77 Belgium................. .. .. .. 17.37 23.76 21.14 21.40 20.77 18.83 18.81 20.76 25.35 28.62 29.53 30.29 33.57 Finland................. 15.00 12.40 14.24 17.93 17.80 15.64 14.47 15.33 13.90 14.03 15.20 19.04 21.01 22.88 23.12 25.65 France.................. .. 14.74 15.21 17.14 17.04 15.49 15.75 15.73 14.46 14.30 15.23 18.35 20.37 20.63 21.64 24.23 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19.22 19.14 20.73 25.32 27.82 27.93 28.82 .. Greece.................. 6.77 6.50 7.11 8.36 9.04 8.68 8.27 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.02 2.59 2.99 3.48 3.69 3.80 4.90 Spain................... 11.29 9.66 9.24 10.38 10.09 9.12 8.97 8.76 7.86 7.86 8.66 10.97 12.63 13.34 14.41 16.18 United Kingdom.......... 10.96 9.61 10.50 11.08 11.34 12.95 14.15 15.01 15.20 14.58 16.24 18.43 20.70 20.88 21.01 23.72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .. 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 55 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (NAICS 337) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 12.16 12.43 12.69 13.15 13.58 14.20 14.71 15.06 15.65 16.26 16.87 17.55 17.78 18.31 19.02 20.90 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 3.14 3.28 3.31 3.30 3.61 3.95 4.14 4.70 5.15 5.59 5.98 6.53 Canada.................. 14.70 15.33 15.34 15.81 16.74 16.84 17.48 18.24 19.23 #19.39 19.04 21.06 20.96 21.48 21.66 21.94 Mexico.................. 4600 #5.30 5.52 6.41 7.70 8.88 10.60 12.38 14.32 16.47 17.45 18.77 19.40 20.43 21.24 23.37 Australia............... .. .. 16.19 17.01 17.74 17.91 18.93 19.78 19.66 20.35 22.60 25.21 26.64 26.41 26.15 26.79 Israel.................. .. .. .. 21.63 24.37 27.58 30.16 31.76 34.35 36.80 35.84 36.77 36.54 37.18 42.43 42.57 Japan................... 1722 1775 1747 1828 1806 1883 1899 1880 1841 1769 1789 1764 1768 1761 1775 1773 Taiwan.................. 108.6 116.0 120.2 126.7 129.4 132.6 135.6 137.7 144.8 161.5 147.8 141.4 148.7 150.4 160.8 156.7 Belgium................. .. .. .. 511.8 735.7 757.1 777.0 #19.49 20.39 21.01 21.96 22.39 23.01 23.72 24.11 24.48 Finland................. 67.29 70.97 74.53 78.47 81.81 81.27 77.36 #14.39 15.05 15.67 16.08 16.82 16.89 18.38 18.40 18.71 France.................. .. 83.55 84.37 85.49 87.17 90.45 92.91 #14.77 15.66 15.98 16.11 16.20 16.38 16.57 17.23 17.67 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.82 21.38 21.93 22.37 22.37 22.43 22.94 .. Greece.................. 1291 1490 1726 1937 2176 2372 2445 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 578.2 668.0 670.8 705.9 736.5 799.3 906.4 Spain................... 1156 1232 1236 1293 1278 1336 1341 #8.22 8.51 8.78 9.16 9.69 10.15 10.72 11.47 11.80 United Kingdom.......... 6.21 6.40 6.86 7.02 7.27 7.91 8.54 9.28 10.03 10.13 10.81 11.27 11.29 11.46 11.39 11.85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .. 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