Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 24 Wood Product Manufacturing (NAICS 321) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 17.05 17.88 18.03 18.54 19.50 19.70 20.67 Argentina............... 3.69 3.70 4.23 4.03 4.10 4.05 1.54 1.97 2.49 3.11 3.65 4.32 Brazil.................. 2.85 2.83 2.69 1.72 1.72 1.53 1.37 1.56 1.84 2.51 2.97 3.64 Canada.................. 18.01 17.80 16.59 16.61 16.77 #15.72 16.64 19.44 21.40 24.53 25.93 27.92 Mexico.................. 1.06 1.18 1.22 1.33 1.53 1.77 1.81 1.70 1.70 1.83 1.88 2.06 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 14.46 19.41 23.46 25.60 26.98 30.77 Israel.................. 8.68 10.14 9.37 8.71 9.31 9.60 8.80 8.88 9.36 9.54 9.70 10.80 Japan................... 18.21 16.94 15.69 18.16 19.14 17.03 16.35 17.84 18.78 19.19 17.88 17.49 Korea, Republic of...... 7.70 7.55 5.20 6.28 7.42 6.90 8.21 9.22 9.84 11.23 12.20 13.80 Philippines............. 0.80 0.70 0.52 0.56 0.54 0.55 0.53 0.51 0.56 0.63 0.69 0.80 Taiwan.................. 5.04 5.01 4.69 4.95 5.10 5.37 5.28 5.31 5.38 6.17 5.89 5.78 Austria................. 24.23 21.58 21.80 21.37 19.32 19.37 20.84 25.50 28.84 29.55 30.45 34.57 Belgium................. 22.91 20.27 20.46 19.83 18.02 17.84 19.69 24.00 27.03 27.73 28.54 31.68 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 2.91 2.90 2.90 3.92 4.64 4.95 5.77 6.45 7.23 Finland................. 20.77 18.85 18.45 19.07 17.38 17.70 19.27 23.79 27.00 28.05 29.11 33.31 France.................. 20.44 18.39 18.57 18.13 16.08 15.91 17.20 21.05 23.68 24.48 25.09 28.13 Germany................. .. .. 25.10 24.35 22.00 21.57 23.27 28.27 30.89 30.84 31.75 35.11 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.16 2.83 3.38 3.99 4.39 4.49 5.47 Ireland................. 14.37 14.42 14.61 14.43 13.51 14.09 15.58 19.60 22.26 23.21 24.50 26.36 Italy................... 15.85 14.67 14.33 14.15 12.60 12.61 13.99 18.08 20.41 21.35 21.80 24.57 Norway.................. .. 21.33 21.60 22.61 21.02 21.79 25.95 30.65 34.53 36.19 38.14 43.66 Poland.................. .. 2.62 2.82 2.77 2.67 2.96 3.09 3.28 3.56 4.14 4.60 5.78 Portugal................ 5.57 5.10 5.23 5.25 4.76 4.64 5.16 6.59 7.53 7.45 7.21 7.62 Slovakia................ .. 2.18 2.20 2.08 2.03 2.10 2.45 3.30 3.72 4.11 4.82 6.45 Spain................... 11.08 9.44 9.52 9.53 8.73 8.74 9.48 11.29 13.44 14.44 15.57 17.65 Sweden.................. 23.96 21.80 21.91 21.13 19.86 18.62 20.44 25.51 28.81 28.98 30.11 34.15 United Kingdom.......... 13.49 14.68 15.62 15.55 16.14 16.19 16.81 18.91 21.92 21.44 22.27 26.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .. 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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2009 Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In National Currency PAGE 25 Wood Product Manufacturing (NAICS 321) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 17.05 17.88 18.03 18.54 19.50 19.70 20.67 Argentina............... 3.69 3.70 4.23 4.02 4.10 4.05 4.71 5.72 7.27 9.04 11.16 13.34 Brazil.................. 2.86 3.05 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.60 4.01 4.79 5.37 6.11 6.47 7.08 Canada.................. 24.56 24.65 24.61 24.68 24.91 #24.34 26.14 27.23 27.86 29.71 29.40 29.96 Mexico.................. 8.09 9.36 11.21 12.73 14.50 16.55 17.53 18.40 19.14 19.94 20.51 22.51 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 26.59 29.76 31.86 33.56 35.80 36.67 Israel.................. 27.71 34.98 35.62 36.04 37.97 40.37 41.71 40.43 41.94 42.82 43.23 44.62 Japan................... 1981 2051 2056 2066 2063 2070 2048 2068 2031 2113 2080 2060 Korea, Republic of...... 6194 7175 7277 7466 8392 8917 10260 10989 11268 11494 11644 12821 Philippines............. 20.81 20.67 21.34 22.05 24.07 27.88 27.56 27.45 31.15 34.57 35.56 37.34 Taiwan.................. 138.4 144.1 157.3 160.1 159.5 181.6 182.3 182.8 179.5 198.2 191.6 190.0 Austria................. 256.6 263.4 269.9 #20.06 20.93 21.64 22.04 22.52 23.19 23.74 24.24 25.22 Belgium................. 709.5 725.9 742.7 #18.62 19.52 19.93 20.83 21.20 21.73 22.28 22.72 23.10 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 100.6 112.0 110.3 128.4 130.8 127.3 138.3 145.7 148.6 Finland................. 95.44 97.94 98.67 #17.90 18.82 19.77 20.38 21.02 21.71 22.53 23.17 24.30 France.................. 104.5 107.4 109.6 #17.02 17.42 17.77 18.19 18.59 19.04 19.66 19.98 20.52 Germany................. .. .. 44.16 #22.86 23.83 24.10 24.62 24.97 24.83 24.77 25.27 25.61 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 619.9 729.1 759.0 808.6 875.5 944.8 1013 Ireland................. 8.98 9.51 10.26 #13.55 14.63 15.74 16.48 17.31 17.89 18.65 19.50 19.22 Italy................... 24456 24997 24885 #13.29 13.65 14.08 14.80 15.97 16.41 17.15 17.35 17.92 Norway.................. .. 151.1 163.1 176.5 185.2 196.0 207.2 217.0 232.7 233.1 244.5 255.7 Poland.................. .. 8.60 9.83 11.00 11.60 12.12 12.59 12.77 13.01 13.39 14.27 16.19 Portugal................ 859.0 894.8 943.5 #4.93 5.15 5.19 5.46 5.82 6.05 5.99 5.74 5.56 Slovakia................ .. 73.31 77.35 85.90 93.39 101.7 111.0 121.4 120.1 127.5 142.9 160.7 Spain................... 1404 1384 1422 #8.94 9.46 9.76 10.03 9.97 10.81 11.60 12.39 12.88 Sweden.................. 160.7 166.7 174.3 174.8 182.2 192.6 198.7 206.1 211.7 216.5 222.0 230.7 United Kingdom.......... 8.65 8.96 9.42 9.62 10.65 11.25 11.19 11.57 11.96 11.77 12.07 13.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .. 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