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   Table 7. Production Workers:  Indexes of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing,
            34 countries or areas and selected economic groups, selected years, 1975-2007


   Country or Area                 1975    1980    1985    1990    1995    2000    2004    2005    2006    2007


   Americas
   United States.............       100     100     100     100     100     100     100     100     100     100
   Brazil....................         -       -       -       -       -      18      14      17      21      24
   Canada....................       102      92      89     111      97      84      96     102     109     118
   Mexico....................        23      22      12      10      10      10      11      11      11      12

   Asia and Oceania
   Australia.................        92      89      65      90      90      73     103     107     110     123
   Hong Kong SAR (1).........        12      15      13      21      28      27      24      24      24      24
   Israel....................        32      34      28      50      53      56      51      51      52      57
   Japan.....................        47      56      48      83     134     109      94      90      83      80
   Korea, Republic of........         5      10       9      24      41      41      45      52      60      65
   New Zealand...............        52      56      35      57      60      42      59      63      60      70
   Philippines...............         -       -       -       -       5       4       3       4       4       4
   Singapore.................        14      16      20      25      44      37      32      31      36      34
   Sri Lanka.................         4       2       2       2       3       2       2       2       2       2
   Taiwan....................         6      11      12      26      34      31      26      27      27      27

   Europe
   Austria...................        73      93      60     120     148     101     126     127     130     144
   Belgium...................        92     120      64     119     148     101     130     129     132     144
   Czech Republic............         -       -       -       -      15      14      24      26      28      33
   Denmark...................       100     111      62     122     143     108     145     146     152     172
   Finland...................        82      89      65     140     133      89     122     121     124     139
   France....................        90     103      63     109     115      80     104     103     105     116
   Germany...................         -       -       -       -     173     114     143     140     142     153
   Greece....................        27      38      28      45      52      38      63      64      66      73
   Hungary...................         -       -       -       -      17      14      25      26      26      32
   Ireland...................        59      69      50      84      85      69     102     103     106     118
   Italy.....................        75      84      60     120      96      73     102     102     104     115
   Luxembourg................       100     118      58     106     135      88     114     115     115     124
   Netherlands...............       105     124      68     120     138      94     128     126     127     139
   Norway....................       115     126      85     151     149     118     160     165     173     197
   Poland....................         -       -       -       -       -      14      17      19      21      25
   Portugal..................        24      20      11      24      29      23      32      31      31      34
   Spain.....................        40      59      35      74      72      53      73      74      77      85
   Sweden....................       114     127      74     138     124     104     130     128     132     147
   Switzerland...............        98     114      75     139     168     107     132     130     128     134
   United Kingdom............        51      74      46      80      76      82     105     107     109     121

   Trade-Weighted Measures (2,3)
   All 33 Foreign Economies..        64      69      52      81      87      68      79      80      82      88
   OECD (4)..................        69      74      56      86      93      74      86      87      89      96
   Europe....................        82     100      61     114     124      90     118     117     118     131
   Euro Area (5).............        85     103      62     118     133      91     121     119     121     133
   Eastern Europe (6)........         -       -       -       -       -      14      21      23      25      30
   East Asia ex-Japan (7)....         8      12      13      25      36      33      32      34      38      39

   Dash means data not available.
   (1) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
   (2) The trade-weighted measures for production workers in this table are not directly
       comparable with those for all employees earlier in this release; the country coverage
       of the two series differs slightly.
   (3) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the Technical
       Notes preceding these tables.
   (4) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
   (5) Euro Area refers to European Union member countries in this release that have adopted
       the Euro as the common currency as of January 1, 2009.
   (6) Eastern Europe refers to the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland.
   (7) East Asia ex-Japan includes Hong Kong SAR, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines,
       Singapore, and Taiwan.

   Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.