Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted
Table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs,
seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs
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Indexes 1992=100
2006 I 148.0 115.0 77.7 178.0 127.8 120.2
II 148.4 114.8 77.3 176.6 125.7 119.0
III 149.0 115.4 77.4 177.8 125.3 119.3
IV 150.3 115.1 76.6 180.4 127.6 120.0
ANNUAL 148.9 115.1 77.2 178.2 126.6 119.6
2007 I 151.2 115.6 76.5 181.9 127.5 120.3
II 151.4 116.0 76.6 181.4 125.8 119.9
III 152.7 116.4 76.3 181.8 125.2 119.1
IV 152.9 116.1 75.9 185.3 126.0 121.2
ANNUAL 152.0 116.0 76.3 182.6 126.1 120.1
2008 I 155.0 115.7 74.6 188.0 126.5 121.3
II r155.0 r115.2 74.3 r187.9 r124.9 r121.2
III r150.9 r112.3 r74.4 r189.1 r123.7 r125.3
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I 1.0 3.6 2.6 15.5 13.4 14.4
II 1.1 -0.9 -1.9 -3.1 -6.5 -4.1
III 1.5 2.2 0.6 2.6 -1.4 1.1
IV 3.5 -1.1 -4.4 6.1 7.7 2.5
ANNUAL 0.2 0.3 0.1 4.5 1.1 4.3
2007 I 2.5 2.0 -0.5 3.3 -0.3 0.8
II 0.4 1.3 0.9 -1.0 -5.3 -1.4
III 3.5 1.6 -1.9 0.7 -2.0 -2.7
IV 0.6 -1.1 -1.7 7.9 2.8 7.3
ANNUAL 2.1 0.9 -1.2 2.5 -0.3 0.4
2008 I 5.8 -1.3 -6.7 6.0 1.7 0.3
II r0.0 r-1.7 -1.7 r-0.3 r-5.0 r-0.3
III r-10.2 r-9.8 0.4 r2.6 r-3.8 r14.3
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 6.2 2.4 6.0
II -0.7 -0.6 0.1 3.5 -0.4 4.2
III -0.4 1.0 1.4 3.1 -0.2 3.6
IV 1.8 0.9 -0.8 5.1 3.0 3.2
ANNUAL 0.2 0.3 0.1 4.5 1.1 4.3
2007 I 2.1 0.5 -1.6 2.2 -0.2 0.0
II 2.0 1.1 -0.9 2.7 0.1 0.7
III 2.5 0.9 -1.5 2.3 -0.1 -0.2
IV 1.7 0.9 -0.8 2.7 -1.2 1.0
ANNUAL 2.1 0.9 -1.2 2.5 -0.3 0.4
2008 I 2.5 0.1 -2.4 3.4 -0.8 0.8
II r2.4 r-0.7 -3.0 r3.6 r-0.7 r1.1
III r-1.2 r-3.6 r-2.4 r4.0 r-1.2 r5.3
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See footnotes following Table 6. December 3, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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