Table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, unit profits, and prices, seasonally adjusted
Table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, unit profits,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
Output Hourly Real Unit Total Unit Implicit
Year per all- compen- hourly Unit non- unit pro- price
and employee Employee sation compen- labor labor costs fits deflator
quarter hour Output hours (1) sation(2) costs costs(6) (7) (8) (4)
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Indexes 1992=100
2006 I 146.3 176.2 120.4 164.5 118.1 112.4 112.9 112.5 182.5 118.8
II 146.0 176.5 120.9 164.5 117.0 112.6 114.4 113.1 183.1 119.4
III 147.0 178.5 121.5 165.1 116.3 112.3 114.2 112.8 193.0 120.0
IV 146.0 177.8 121.8 167.8 118.7 114.9 116.2 115.3 173.9 120.5
ANNUAL 146.3 177.3 121.1 165.5 117.5 113.1 114.4 113.4 183.1 119.7
2007 I 146.2 177.8 121.7 170.3 119.4 116.5 117.2 116.7 171.8 121.6
II 147.4 179.7 121.9 171.3 118.7 116.2 117.4 116.5 172.5 121.5
III 148.1 180.9 122.1 172.5 118.7 116.5 117.8 116.8 166.8 121.3
IV 148.8 181.7 122.1 175.0 119.0 117.6 118.9 117.9 155.9 121.3
ANNUAL 147.6 180.0 122.0 172.3 119.0 116.7 117.9 117.0 166.7 121.4
2008 I r148.7 r181.1 121.8 r176.2 r118.6 r118.5 r119.0 r118.6 r150.3 121.5
II 150.8 182.8 121.3 177.9 118.2 118.0 119.7 118.4 140.0 120.4
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I 4.4 7.0 2.4 8.3 6.3 3.7 -0.6 2.5 12.1 3.7
II -0.9 0.8 1.7 0.0 -3.5 0.9 5.3 2.1 1.4 2.0
III 2.7 4.7 1.9 1.5 -2.5 -1.2 -0.5 -1.0 23.3 2.1
IV -2.6 -1.6 1.0 6.9 8.5 9.7 6.9 9.0 -34.1 1.7
ANNUAL 2.1 4.4 2.2 3.6 0.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 12.2 2.8
2007 I 0.4 0.0 -0.3 6.1 2.4 5.7 3.6 5.1 -4.7 3.8
II 3.4 4.3 0.8 2.2 -2.3 -1.2 0.8 -0.7 1.7 -0.4
III 1.8 2.6 0.7 2.8 0.1 1.0 1.3 1.0 -12.5 -0.8
IV 1.9 1.9 0.0 5.9 0.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 -23.7 0.2
ANNUAL 0.9 1.6 0.7 4.1 1.3 3.2 3.0 3.2 -9.0 1.5
2008 I r-0.2 r-1.4 -1.1 r2.9 r-1.3 r3.2 r0.3 r2.4 r-13.6 0.5
II 5.6 3.8 -1.7 3.7 -1.2 -1.8 2.4 -0.7 -24.7 -3.6
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 3.2 5.9 2.6 4.1 0.4 0.9 1.4 1.0 17.1 3.0
II 1.6 3.9 2.3 3.7 -0.2 2.0 2.7 2.2 9.8 3.2
III 2.9 5.2 2.2 2.6 -0.7 -0.3 -1.3 -0.6 26.8 2.6
IV 0.9 2.7 1.8 4.1 2.1 3.2 2.7 3.1 -2.0 2.4
ANNUAL 2.1 4.4 2.2 3.6 0.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 12.2 2.8
2007 I -0.1 1.0 1.1 3.6 1.1 3.7 3.8 3.7 -5.9 2.4
II 1.0 1.8 0.8 4.1 1.4 3.1 2.7 3.0 -5.8 1.8
III 0.7 1.3 0.6 4.5 2.1 3.7 3.1 3.6 -13.6 1.1
IV 1.9 2.2 0.3 4.3 0.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 -10.3 0.7
ANNUAL 0.9 1.6 0.7 4.1 1.3 3.2 3.0 3.2 -9.0 1.5
2008 I r1.7 r1.8 0.1 r3.5 r-0.7 r1.7 r1.6 1.7 r-12.5 -0.1
II 2.3 1.7 -0.5 3.8 -0.4 1.5 2.0 1.7 -18.8 -0.9
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See footnotes following Table 6. September 4, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Last Modified Date: September 04, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
