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 r178.0 r127.8 r120.2
II 148.4 114.8 77.3 r176.6 r125.7 r119.0
III 149.0 115.4 77.4 r177.8 r125.3 r119.3
IV 150.3 115.1 76.6 r180.4 r127.6 r120.0
ANNUAL 148.9 115.1 77.2 r178.2 r126.6 r119.6
2007 I 151.2 115.6 76.5 r181.9 r127.5 r120.3
II 151.4 116.0 76.6 r181.4 r125.8 r119.9
III 152.7 116.4 76.3 r181.8 r125.2 r119.1
IV r152.9 r116.1 75.9 r185.3 r126.0 r121.2
ANNUAL r152.0 r116.0 76.3 r182.6 r126.1 r120.1
2008 I r155.1 r115.8 r74.6 r188.8 r127.1 r121.8
II 155.4 115.4 74.3 190.6 126.7 122.7
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I 1.0 3.6 2.6 r15.5 r13.4 r14.4
II 1.1 -0.9 -1.9 r-3.1 r-6.5 r-4.1
III 1.5 2.2 0.6 r2.6 r-1.4 1.1
IV 3.5 -1.1 -4.4 r6.1 r7.7 r2.5
ANNUAL 0.2 0.3 0.1 r4.5 r1.1 r4.3
2007 I 2.5 2.0 -0.5 r3.3 r-0.3 r0.8
II 0.4 1.3 0.9 r-1.0 r-5.3 r-1.4
III 3.5 1.6 -1.9 r0.7 r-2.0 r-2.7
IV 0.6 -1.1 -1.7 r7.9 r2.8 r7.3
ANNUAL 2.1 0.9 -1.2 r2.5 r-0.3 r0.4
2008 I r5.9 r-1.2 r-6.7 r7.9 r3.5 r1.9
II 0.7 -1.3 -2.0 3.8 -1.2 3.0
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 r6.2 r2.4 r6.0
II -0.7 -0.6 0.1 r3.5 r-0.4 r4.2
III -0.4 1.0 1.4 r3.1 r-0.2 r3.6
IV 1.8 0.9 -0.8 r5.1 r3.0 r3.2
ANNUAL 0.2 0.3 0.1 r4.5 r1.1 r4.3
2007 I 2.1 0.5 -1.6 r2.2 r-0.2 r0.0
II 2.0 1.1 -0.9 r2.7 r0.1 r0.7
III 2.5 0.9 -1.5 r2.3 r-0.1 r-0.2
IV 1.7 0.9 -0.8 r2.7 r-1.2 r1.0
ANNUAL 2.1 0.9 -1.2 r2.5 r-0.3 r0.4
2008 I r2.6 r0.1 -2.4 r3.8 r-0.3 r1.2
II 2.6 -0.5 -3.1 5.0 0.7 2.3
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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