Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 30 Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 35.95 37.26 39.04 40.63 42.85 42.82 45.76 Argentina............... 12.38 13.55 14.22 13.90 14.22 14.72 5.28 6.37 7.50 8.84 10.76 12.53 Brazil.................. 13.03 12.91 12.71 8.41 8.65 7.37 6.41 6.60 7.66 9.93 12.38 13.89 Canada.................. 21.90 21.91 21.37 21.54 21.53 #21.26 21.70 25.16 27.03 31.22 35.92 37.10 Mexico.................. 4.76 5.53 5.82 6.43 7.35 8.13 8.12 7.64 7.64 8.26 8.67 9.06 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 26.30 32.39 37.29 37.03 35.68 40.69 Japan................... 35.43 33.17 30.73 35.01 37.01 33.53 32.87 36.07 39.17 38.57 36.59 34.59 Korea, Republic of...... 11.67 10.97 7.63 10.68 12.26 10.93 12.44 14.65 16.87 19.01 22.25 24.07 Philippines............. 2.67 2.47 1.77 2.18 1.90 1.69 1.83 1.93 2.03 2.19 2.46 2.67 Taiwan.................. 8.55 9.43 8.31 8.80 11.16 9.45 8.81 9.40 9.74 10.88 10.88 10.91 Austria................. 34.02 29.38 29.38 29.19 25.83 25.50 27.52 33.76 37.73 39.44 40.90 46.14 Belgium................. 34.27 30.30 30.69 29.94 27.48 27.33 29.53 36.21 41.10 42.38 44.16 49.39 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 4.31 4.15 4.52 5.70 7.06 8.15 8.90 10.16 12.14 Finland................. 26.97 24.74 24.70 24.53 22.40 23.54 26.12 32.68 37.84 38.53 40.61 45.85 France.................. 37.72 33.79 34.12 33.29 29.37 28.89 30.91 37.49 41.61 43.04 45.17 50.81 Germany................. .. .. 44.42 43.07 39.40 39.00 42.49 52.17 57.56 58.01 60.28 66.76 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 5.68 6.97 8.52 10.17 11.58 12.07 14.34 Ireland................. 22.59 22.27 21.70 21.81 20.40 21.97 24.86 31.38 37.30 39.02 41.79 50.30 Italy................... 28.66 27.19 27.22 26.92 23.93 23.66 25.81 32.35 37.58 38.75 39.68 44.87 Poland.................. .. 4.48 5.13 4.90 4.98 5.89 6.27 6.73 7.26 8.76 9.52 11.14 Portugal................ 11.67 10.52 10.49 10.41 9.23 9.61 10.97 13.87 15.55 15.83 16.56 18.19 Slovakia................ .. 4.93 3.35 3.01 3.07 3.38 3.98 5.22 6.03 7.05 8.25 10.53 Spain................... 21.34 19.50 20.05 19.82 17.05 17.54 19.75 25.19 28.42 30.32 30.95 36.14 Sweden (2).............. 28.33 25.75 26.23 25.85 24.12 23.10 26.50 33.41 37.99 38.00 39.26 44.13 United Kingdom.......... 20.75 23.94 26.24 28.76 27.72 27.15 30.15 36.31 39.09 41.69 42.70 46.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: includes unrecorded magnetic and optical media. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Includes petroleum and coal products, and unrecorded magnetic and optical media. .. 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 31 Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........... .. .. .. .. .. 35.95 37.26 39.04 40.63 42.85 42.82 45.76 Argentina............... 12.38 13.55 14.21 13.89 14.21 14.71 16.18 18.48 21.91 25.66 32.87 38.71 Brazil.................. 13.10 13.92 14.76 15.32 15.83 17.33 18.73 20.28 22.42 24.18 26.91 27.04 Canada.................. 29.86 30.35 31.71 32.00 31.98 #32.92 34.07 35.25 35.19 37.83 40.74 39.83 Mexico.................. 36.17 43.81 53.30 61.41 69.48 75.88 78.51 82.44 86.26 90.03 94.55 99.05 Australia............... .. .. .. .. .. .. 48.37 49.65 50.63 48.55 47.36 48.50 Japan................... 3855 4015 4026 3981 3989 4076 4116 4182 4236 4247 4256 4074 Korea, Republic of...... 9390 10428 10687 12708 13866 14121 15554 17469 19321 19462 21235 22364 Philippines............. 69.73 72.90 72.41 85.40 84.11 86.11 94.69 104.4 113.6 120.8 126.2 125.0 Taiwan.................. 234.8 271.4 278.9 284.4 348.9 319.5 304.4 323.3 324.9 349.6 353.8 358.4 Austria................. 360.2 358.6 363.7 #27.40 27.98 28.48 29.10 29.82 30.33 31.68 32.56 33.65 Belgium................. 1061 1085 1114 #28.10 29.76 30.53 31.23 31.98 33.04 34.04 35.15 36.02 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. 149.0 160.1 172.1 186.7 199.1 209.4 213.1 229.6 249.5 Finland................. 123.9 128.5 132.1 #23.03 24.26 26.30 27.63 28.86 30.42 30.95 32.32 33.44 France.................. 193.0 197.3 201.3 #31.25 31.81 32.27 32.70 33.11 33.46 34.57 35.95 37.06 Germany................. .. .. 78.17 #40.43 42.68 43.56 44.94 46.08 46.28 46.60 47.98 48.69 Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. 1628 1797 1912 2062 2311 2539 2655 Ireland................. 14.12 14.69 15.23 #20.47 22.10 24.54 26.30 27.72 29.99 31.34 33.27 36.69 Italy................... 44215 46327 47269 #25.27 25.93 26.43 27.30 28.57 30.22 31.13 31.59 32.73 Poland.................. .. 14.70 17.84 19.47 21.65 24.12 25.57 26.19 26.55 28.35 29.55 31.21 Portugal................ 1800 1846 1892 #9.77 9.99 10.73 11.60 12.25 12.50 12.71 13.18 13.27 Slovakia................ .. 165.9 118.0 124.5 141.1 163.7 180.5 192.1 194.4 218.6 244.4 262.4 Spain................... 2703 2857 2996 #18.60 18.47 19.59 20.89 22.25 22.85 24.35 24.64 26.36 Sweden (2).............. 190.0 196.8 208.6 213.9 221.2 238.9 257.6 270.0 279.2 283.9 289.4 298.1 United Kingdom.......... 13.30 14.62 15.83 17.79 18.29 18.86 20.08 22.21 21.32 22.89 23.14 23.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) For NACE countries, Argentina, Brazil, France, Rep. of Korea, Philippines: includes unrecorded magnetic and optical media. See technical notes for a listing of NACE countries. (2) Includes petroleum and coal products, and unrecorded magnetic and optical media. .. 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