Table 1. Business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted
Table 1. Business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices,
seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit Unit non- Implicit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor labor pay- price
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs ments (3) deflator (4)
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Indexes 1992=100
2007 I 135.7 164.5 121.3 174.3 122.1 128.5 134.3 130.7
II 137.5 166.8 121.3 175.4 121.6 127.5 137.5 131.2
III 140.0 169.0 120.8 177.4 122.3 126.7 139.8 131.6
IV 139.6 168.8 120.9 178.9 121.6 128.2 139.0 132.2
ANNUAL 138.2 167.3 121.1 176.5 121.9 127.7 137.7 131.4
2008 I 140.4 169.1 120.4 180.5 121.3 128.6 140.2 132.9
II 142.0 170.2 119.9 181.3 120.6 127.7 142.4 133.2
III 142.8 169.4 118.6 183.9 120.4 128.8 144.3 134.6
IV 142.6 165.7 116.2 r185.8 r124.4 r130.3 r141.8 134.6
ANNUAL r141.9 168.6 r118.8 r182.8 r121.6 r128.8 r142.1 133.8
2009 I r143.2 r162.6 r113.5 r187.8 r126.5 r131.2 r142.3 r135.3
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2007 I -0.7 -0.7 0.0 4.0 0.2 4.7 3.0 4.0
II 5.7 5.6 0.0 2.4 -1.7 -3.1 9.9 1.7
III 7.3 5.5 -1.7 4.6 2.2 -2.5 7.0 1.1
IV -1.1 -0.6 0.5 3.7 -2.0 4.8 -2.3 2.0
ANNUAL 1.6 2.0 0.5 4.2 1.3 2.6 2.1 2.4
2008 I 2.2 0.7 -1.5 3.5 -1.1 1.2 3.2 2.0
II 4.7 2.6 -1.9 1.9 -2.4 -2.6 6.4 0.9
III 2.3 -1.8 -4.0 5.7 -0.4 3.3 5.6 4.2
IV -0.5 -8.5 -8.0 r4.2 r13.7 r4.8 r-6.9 0.0
ANNUAL 2.7 0.8 -1.9 3.6 -0.2 0.9 3.2 1.8
2009 I r1.8 r-7.2 -8.8 r4.5 r7.0 r2.7 1.6 r2.2
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2007 I -0.2 1.0 1.2 3.9 1.5 4.1 0.6 2.7
II 0.7 1.7 1.0 4.3 1.6 3.6 0.9 2.5
III 2.9 3.0 0.1 4.9 2.6 1.9 2.6 2.2
IV 2.7 2.4 -0.3 3.7 -0.3 0.9 4.3 2.2
ANNUAL 1.6 2.0 0.5 4.2 1.3 2.6 2.1 2.4
2008 I 3.5 2.8 -0.7 3.5 -0.7 0.0 4.4 1.7
II 3.2 2.0 -1.2 3.4 -0.8 0.2 3.5 1.5
III 2.0 0.2 -1.7 3.7 -1.5 1.6 3.2 2.3
IV 2.1 -1.8 -3.9 r3.8 r2.3 r1.6 r2.0 1.8
ANNUAL 2.7 0.8 -1.9 3.6 -0.2 0.9 3.2 1.8
2009 I r2.0 r-3.8 -5.7 4.1 4.3 r2.0 r1.5 r1.8
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See footnotes following Table 6. June 4, 2009
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Last Modified Date: June 04, 2009
