from the NY Times today, from an article about DaimlerChrysler's interest in production in China for the US market:
Wages and benefits cost DaimlerChrysler 38 euros an hour in Germany ($49.75),
> 28 euros an hour ($36.62) in the United States, 4.5 euros an hour ($6) in
> Brazil and only 1.5 an hour ($2) in China.
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