Table 6. PRODUCTION WORKERS: Hourly compensation costs in national currency units and exchange rates
-21- Table 6. PRODUCTION WORKERS: Hourly compensation costs in national currency units in manufacturing and exchange rates, 34 countries or areas, 2006 Country or area Compensation costs Exchange Rates Americas UNITED STATES............. 23.82 1.000 BRAZIL.................... 10.66 2.174 CANADA.................... 29.19 1.134 MEXICO.................... 30.01 10.91 Asia and Oceania AUSTRALIA................. 34.69 1.327 HONG KONG SAR (1)......... 44.92 7.768 ISRAEL.................... 57.86 4.457 JAPAN..................... 2350 116.3 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF........ 14049 954.3 NEW ZEALAND............... 22.28 1.540 PHILIPPINES............... 54.90 51.25 SINGAPORE................. 13.57 1.588 SRI LANKA................. - - TAIWAN.................... 209.2 32.51 Europe AUSTRIA................... 24.25 .7960 BELGIUM................... 25.35 .7960 CZECH REPUBLIC............ 153.1 22.60 DENMARK................... 210.6 5.942 FINLAND................... 23.80 .7960 FRANCE.................... 19.82 .7960 GERMANY................... 27.23 .7960 GREECE.................... 12.82 .7960 HUNGARY................... 1324 210.4 IRELAND................... 20.66 .7960 ITALY..................... 19.96 .7960 LUXEMBOURG................ 22.08 .7960 NETHERLANDS............... 25.74 .7960 NORWAY.................... 263.2 6.410 POLAND.................... 15.47 3.103 PORTUGAL.................. 6.09 .7960 SPAIN..................... 14.99 .7960 SWEDEN.................... 234.4 7.372 SWITZERLAND............... 38.43 1.253 UNITED KINGDOM............ 14.69 .5420 Dash means data not available. (1) Average of selected manufacturing industries. National currency units are: United States, dollar; Brazil, real; Canada, dollar; Mexico, peso; Australia, dollar; Hong Kong SAR, dollar; Israel, new shekel; Japan, yen; Republic of Korea, won; New Zealand, dollar; Philippines, peso; Singapore, dollar; Sri Lanka, rupee; Taiwan, dollar; Austria, euro; Belgium, euro; Czech Republic, koruna; Denmark, krone; Finland, euro; France, euro; Germany, euro; Greece, euro; Hungary, forint; Ireland, euro; Italy, euro; Luxembourg, euro; Netherlands, euro; Norway, krone; Poland, zloty; Portugal, euro; Spain, euro; Sweden, krona; Switzerland, franc; United Kingdom, pound. Note: For data for all years 1975-2006, see the supplementary tables to this news release at http://www.bls.gov/fls. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2008.
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