Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers: In U.S. Dollars PAGE 12 Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 311-312) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 14.18 14.60 14.88 15.10 15.52 15.93 16.30 16.49 17.11 17.72 18.24 18.76 19.34 19.49 19.29 20.31 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 4.22 4.35 4.16 2.64 2.60 2.20 1.99 2.08 2.34 2.98 3.68 4.37 Canada.................. 15.43 15.33 14.57 14.50 15.09 14.91 13.89 13.77 14.07 #13.71 13.49 16.05 17.84 20.61 20.83 24.12 Mexico.................. 1.77 2.07 2.10 1.23 1.27 1.42 1.46 1.63 1.85 2.08 2.18 2.04 2.02 2.17 2.28 2.40 Australia............... .. .. 14.39 15.65 16.72 16.66 15.24 16.00 14.58 13.45 15.83 19.91 22.86 24.22 24.94 28.45 Israel.................. 5.84 5.67 6.12 7.03 7.55 8.10 8.17 7.86 8.34 8.85 8.13 8.59 8.64 8.79 9.08 9.65 Japan................... 13.29 15.13 16.82 18.68 16.24 14.88 14.01 15.33 16.15 14.25 14.00 15.38 16.67 16.49 15.43 14.91 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 5.61 6.53 7.34 7.14 5.11 6.78 7.56 6.77 7.81 8.72 9.46 10.91 12.70 13.91 Philippines............. 0.72 0.69 0.81 0.86 0.91 0.85 0.63 0.71 0.65 0.62 0.64 0.63 0.69 0.76 0.86 1.00 Singapore............... .. .. .. 8.31 8.93 9.11 8.87 7.70 7.79 7.50 7.40 7.19 7.70 7.81 6.78 7.74 Taiwan.................. 5.37 5.49 5.85 6.34 6.35 6.85 6.00 6.50 6.57 6.58 6.21 5.99 6.19 6.23 6.33 6.21 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 24.89 22.33 22.26 21.33 18.89 18.71 20.66 24.76 27.12 27.60 28.32 31.00 Belgium................. .. .. .. 23.70 23.55 20.94 21.15 20.83 18.97 18.64 20.42 24.80 28.14 28.76 29.63 32.96 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.55 2.49 2.71 3.35 4.04 4.71 5.23 5.72 6.82 Denmark................. 21.46 20.72 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 17.29 14.28 16.41 20.66 20.23 18.22 17.92 18.01 16.52 16.84 18.62 23.02 26.46 27.57 28.44 32.02 France.................. .. 16.24 16.76 18.93 18.83 16.91 17.09 16.71 15.13 15.04 16.20 19.68 21.90 22.29 23.08 25.86 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.70 20.02 18.04 17.95 19.50 24.08 26.77 26.93 27.97 30.36 Greece.................. 7.22 6.83 7.28 8.59 9.01 8.82 8.50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.40 3.01 3.66 4.32 4.44 4.39 5.34 Ireland................. 14.67 13.21 13.80 15.33 15.32 15.20 14.64 14.83 13.92 15.38 17.50 21.56 23.92 24.69 25.10 27.99 Italy................... 20.49 17.17 17.89 18.10 19.66 18.57 17.80 17.11 14.97 14.98 16.48 20.73 24.43 25.01 26.05 29.10 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 16.17 14.32 14.46 14.57 13.00 12.95 14.10 17.45 20.21 21.21 21.53 23.66 Netherlands............. 21.00 20.77 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Norway.................. 22.87 20.06 20.77 24.23 24.74 23.34 23.55 24.06 21.74 22.75 27.37 31.89 35.42 37.70 40.05 45.45 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 2.62 2.78 3.22 2.59 2.94 2.98 3.16 3.40 3.96 4.33 5.39 Portugal................ .. .. .. 5.23 5.39 4.90 4.91 4.98 4.42 4.49 4.79 5.86 6.57 6.76 6.99 7.68 Spain................... 12.40 10.47 10.35 11.34 11.98 10.52 10.87 10.66 9.38 9.56 10.86 13.51 15.06 15.43 16.41 18.12 Sweden.................. 23.57 16.84 17.93 20.12 22.82 20.88 20.91 20.49 19.19 17.78 19.45 24.09 27.24 27.49 28.93 32.75 United Kingdom.......... 13.23 11.80 12.22 13.03 13.60 14.40 15.32 15.38 14.60 14.67 16.66 19.52 23.17 24.40 24.73 27.65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .. 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 13 Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 311-312) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country or Area 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States........... 14.18 14.60 14.88 15.10 15.52 15.93 16.30 16.49 17.11 17.72 18.24 18.76 19.34 19.49 19.29 20.31 Brazil.................. .. .. .. .. 4.24 4.69 4.83 4.80 4.75 5.18 5.82 6.41 6.86 7.26 8.01 8.50 Canada.................. 18.66 19.78 19.91 19.90 20.58 20.65 20.60 20.45 20.91 #21.23 21.18 22.48 23.22 24.97 23.62 25.89 Mexico.................. 5470 #6.45 7.07 7.91 9.63 11.27 13.32 15.58 17.54 19.39 21.04 22.02 22.82 23.65 24.82 26.21 Australia............... .. .. 19.67 21.13 21.35 22.40 24.23 24.79 25.07 26.01 29.11 30.52 31.03 31.75 33.11 33.90 Israel.................. 14.35 16.05 18.43 21.17 24.10 27.94 31.04 32.56 34.00 37.21 38.51 39.13 38.71 39.45 40.47 39.89 Japan................... 1685 1681 1718 1755 1766 1802 1836 1744 1741 1733 1753 1784 1803 1816 1795 1756 Korea, Republic of...... .. .. 4512 5039 5905 6791 7149 8062 8553 8751 9762 10396 10832 11168 12124 12920 Philippines............. 18.48 18.74 21.39 22.19 23.66 25.02 25.70 27.63 28.70 31.51 32.94 34.40 38.49 41.65 43.94 46.87 Singapore............... .. .. .. 11.77 12.60 13.53 14.84 13.06 13.43 13.44 13.26 12.53 13.02 13.00 10.77 11.65 Taiwan.................. 135.2 145.1 154.8 168.0 174.5 197.2 201.3 210.2 205.2 222.7 214.5 206.2 206.6 200.1 205.8 203.9 Austria................. .. .. .. .. 263.6 272.6 275.6 #20.03 20.47 20.90 21.85 21.87 21.80 22.17 22.54 22.61 Belgium................. .. .. .. 698.4 729.3 750.0 768.1 #19.55 20.55 20.82 21.60 21.91 22.62 23.10 23.58 24.04 Czech Republic.......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 88.31 96.25 102.9 109.7 113.9 121.0 125.3 129.3 140.1 Denmark................. 129.5 134.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Finland................. 77.56 81.78 85.88 90.43 92.95 94.65 95.84 #16.91 17.89 18.81 19.70 20.33 21.27 22.14 22.64 23.36 France.................. .. 92.04 92.96 94.40 96.32 98.74 100.9 #15.68 16.39 16.80 17.14 17.39 17.60 17.91 18.37 18.86 Germany................. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36.42 #18.79 19.54 20.05 20.63 21.27 21.52 21.63 22.27 22.14 Greece.................. 1376 1565 1766 1990 2168 2407 2511 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hungary................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 689.0 777.5 820.1 875.6 887.1 924.4 989.0 Ireland................. 8.61 9.02 9.22 9.56 9.58 10.02 10.27 #13.92 15.07 17.18 18.52 19.05 19.23 19.83 19.98 20.42 Italy................... 25249 27008 28823 29494 30326 31637 30918 #16.06 16.22 16.73 17.43 18.31 19.64 20.09 20.74 21.22 Luxembourg.............. .. .. .. .. 500.7 512.3 524.8 #13.68 14.08 14.46 14.92 15.42 16.25 17.03 17.14 17.25 Netherlands............. 36.93 38.60 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Norway.................. 142.1 142.4 146.5 153.5 159.8 165.4 177.9 187.9 191.6 204.7 218.6 225.8 238.7 242.8 256.7 266.1 Poland.................. .. .. .. .. .. 8.59 9.68 12.80 11.27 12.06 12.17 12.27 12.44 12.80 13.44 15.11 Portugal................ .. .. .. 784.3 831.3 860.1 884.4 #4.68 4.79 5.02 5.07 5.18 5.28 5.43 5.56 5.60 Spain................... 1270 1334 1386 1414 1518 1541 1625 #10.01 10.16 10.68 11.48 11.93 12.10 12.39 13.07 13.21 Sweden.................. 137.3 131.2 138.4 143.7 153.1 159.6 166.3 169.5 176.1 183.9 189.1 194.6 200.2 205.4 213.2 221.2 United Kingdom.......... 7.49 7.86 7.98 8.25 8.71 8.79 9.24 9.51 9.63 10.19 11.09 11.94 12.64 13.40 13.40 13.81 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .. 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