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Table 13a. Germany, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollars, 2008-2012

Table 13a. Germany, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, U.S. dollars, 2008-2012
Industry	ISIC Rev.4 Code	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)	C	47.53	45.76	43.84	47.42	45.79
Food products, beverages and tobacco	10-12	32.28	31.10	29.80	31.80	31.52
Food and beverages	10-11	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Food products	10	30.17	28.91	27.76	29.65	29.56
Beverages	11	44.79	44.02	41.89	44.64	43.20
Tobacco products	12	59.93	60.30	59.72	64.47	62.28
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather	13-15	36.06	34.98	33.68	36.39	35.09
Textiles and wearing apparel	13-14	35.56	34.36	33.10	35.55	34.37
Textiles	13	34.69	33.20	31.69	34.10	33.82
Wearing apparel	14	37.19	36.44	35.75	38.44	35.49
Leather and related products	15	38.92	38.46	36.82	40.82	38.83
Wood and paper products and printing	16-18	40.24	38.46	36.67	38.88	37.94
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	34.13	32.49	30.68	32.53	31.27
Paper and paper products	17	42.56	40.93	39.55	42.14	41.12
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	42.02	39.95	37.75	39.87	39.44
Coke and refined petroleum products	19	69.90	68.98	66.20	72.27	69.38
Chemicals and pharmaceutical products	20-21	58.90	56.75	54.47	59.45	58.18
Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals	20	58.14	56.09	53.72	59.02	57.59
Pharmaceutical products	21	61.20	58.73	56.94	61.01	60.06
Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products	22-23	38.44	36.91	35.72	38.15	37.71
Rubber and plastics products	22	38.17	36.59	35.44	38.02	37.91
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	38.95	37.52	36.27	38.38	37.31
Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	24-25	43.74	42.19	40.45	42.86	41.63
Basic metals	24	51.42	49.33	46.68	49.63	48.14
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	40.64	39.36	37.96	40.20	39.12
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	54.36	52.18	50.62	54.51	50.11
Electrical equipment	27	50.68	49.17	47.05	50.42	49.52
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	51.50	50.11	47.92	51.56	49.11
Motor vehicles and other transport equipment	29-30	59.59	57.69	54.76	60.62	58.82
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	59.46	57.30	54.35	60.42	59.04
Other transport equipment	30	60.50	60.16	57.49	61.99	57.53
Furniture	31	37.63	36.05	34.64	36.83	34.45
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013

Table 13b. Germany, Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, National currency, 2008-2012
Industry	ISIC Rev.4 Code	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)	C	32.28	32.84	33.06	34.04	35.61
Food products, beverages and tobacco	10-12	21.92	22.32	22.47	22.82	24.51
Food and beverages	10-11	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Food products	10	20.49	20.75	20.93	21.28	22.99
Beverages	11	30.41	31.59	31.59	32.04	33.60
Tobacco products	12	40.70	43.27	45.04	46.28	48.44
Textiles, wearing apparel and leather	13-15	24.49	25.10	25.40	26.13	27.29
Textiles and wearing apparel	13-14	24.15	24.66	24.96	25.52	26.73
Textiles	13	23.56	23.82	23.90	24.48	26.30
Wearing apparel	14	25.26	26.15	26.96	27.59	27.60
Leather and related products	15	26.43	27.60	27.76	29.30	30.19
Wood and paper products and printing	16-18	27.33	27.60	27.65	27.91	29.50
Wood and wood products, except furniture	16	23.17	23.32	23.13	23.35	24.31
Paper and paper products	17	28.90	29.37	29.82	30.25	31.98
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	18	28.54	28.67	28.47	28.62	30.67
Coke and refined petroleum products	19	47.47	49.50	49.92	51.88	53.96
Chemicals and pharmaceutical products	20-21	39.99	40.73	41.08	42.67	45.24
Chemicals and chemical products, except pharmaceuticals	20	39.48	40.25	40.51	42.37	44.79
Pharmaceutical products	21	41.56	42.15	42.94	43.79	46.71
Rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products	22-23	26.11	26.49	26.94	27.38	29.33
Rubber and plastics products	22	25.92	26.26	26.72	27.29	29.48
Other non-metallic mineral products	23	26.45	26.92	27.35	27.55	29.01
Primary and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	24-25	29.70	30.28	30.50	30.77	32.37
Basic metals	24	34.92	35.40	35.20	35.63	37.43
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25	27.60	28.25	28.62	28.86	30.42
Computer, electronic and optical products	26	36.91	37.45	38.17	39.13	38.97
Electrical equipment	27	34.42	35.29	35.48	36.19	38.51
Machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28	34.98	35.96	36.14	37.01	38.19
Motor vehicles and other transport equipment	29-30	40.47	41.40	41.29	43.52	45.74
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	29	40.38	41.12	40.99	43.37	45.91
Other transport equipment	30	41.09	43.17	43.36	44.49	44.74
Furniture	31	25.55	25.87	26.12	26.44	26.79
Note: Compensation costs include direct pay, social insurance expenditures, and labor-related taxes. Data relate to manufacturing as defined by the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. For complete information on definitions, industrial classifications, and data sources, see the technical notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichcctn.pdf and country notes at www.bls.gov/ilc/ichccsources.pdf. 'NA' means data not available. # Break in series. Data are not comparable with data from the previous year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, International Labor Comparisons, August 2013