Table 4. Durable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted
Table 4. Durable 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
2007 I 204.1 180.4 88.4 168.0 117.7 82.3
II 206.9 183.0 88.5 167.3 116.0 80.9
III 209.7 185.0 88.2 167.5 115.5 79.9
IV 212.9 185.7 87.2 170.1 115.6 79.9
ANNUAL 208.4 183.5 88.1 168.2 116.2 80.7
2008 I 213.6 185.3 86.8 169.5 113.9 79.4
II 211.1 181.8 86.1 171.2 113.8 81.1
III 212.2 178.1 83.9 173.7 113.8 81.8
IV 204.3 165.1 80.8 178.1 119.2 87.2
ANNUAL 210.4 177.6 84.4 173.0 115.1 82.2
2009 I r198.7 r150.1 75.6 178.4 120.1 r89.8
II r200.5 r143.7 71.7 r181.8 r122.1 r90.7
III 210.4 148.0 70.4 184.5 122.8 87.7
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2007 I 4.2 1.2 -2.9 10.1 6.0 5.6
II 5.6 6.0 0.4 -1.7 -5.7 -6.9
III 5.6 4.4 -1.1 0.4 -1.9 -4.9
IV 6.3 1.4 -4.5 6.3 0.5 0.1
ANNUAL 4.0 1.8 -2.1 4.7 1.8 0.7
2008 I 1.2 -0.9 -2.0 -1.4 -5.7 -2.5
II -4.6 -7.3 -2.9 4.1 -0.4 9.1
III 2.2 -7.9 -9.9 5.9 -0.2 3.6
IV -14.2 -26.2 -14.1 10.5 20.6 28.8
ANNUAL 0.9 -3.3 -4.2 2.8 -1.0 1.9
2009 I r-10.5 r-31.6 -23.5 0.7 3.1 r12.6
II r3.7 r-15.9 -18.9 7.9 6.5 r4.1
III 21.2 12.4 -7.2 6.0 2.3 -12.5
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2007 I 2.6 0.3 -2.3 4.9 2.4 2.2
II 4.1 1.4 -2.6 5.3 2.6 1.2
III 4.0 2.3 -1.6 5.0 2.7 1.0
IV 5.4 3.2 -2.1 3.7 -0.3 -1.6
ANNUAL 4.0 1.8 -2.1 4.7 1.8 0.7
2008 I 4.6 2.7 -1.8 0.9 -3.2 -3.6
II 2.0 -0.7 -2.6 2.3 -1.9 0.3
III 1.2 -3.7 -4.9 3.7 -1.5 2.5
IV -4.1 -11.1 -7.3 4.7 3.1 9.1
ANNUAL 0.9 -3.3 -4.2 2.8 -1.0 1.9
2009 I -7.0 -19.0 -12.9 5.3 5.5 r13.1
II r-5.0 r-20.9 -16.8 6.2 7.2 r11.8
III -0.9 -16.9 -16.1 6.2 7.9 7.2
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See footnotes following Table 6. November 5, 2009
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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