Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 3. Manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted
Table 3. 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 172.6 147.2 85.3 170.9 122.7 99.0
II 172.7 147.4 85.4 169.5 120.7 98.2
III 174.5 148.0 84.8 170.3 120.0 97.6
IV 175.4 147.4 84.0 174.6 123.5 99.5
ANNUAL 173.8 147.5 84.9 171.3 121.7 98.6
2007 I 177.0 147.8 83.5 176.9 124.0 100.0
II 178.7 149.6 83.7 176.4 122.3 98.7
III 180.6 151.2 83.7 176.4 121.4 97.6
IV 182.5 151.0 82.8 179.7 122.2 98.5
ANNUAL 179.7 149.9 83.4 177.3 122.5 98.7
2008 I r184.0 r150.7 81.9 r181.4 r122.1 r98.6
II r183.0 r149.3 r81.6 r183.1 r121.7 r100.1
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I -0.6 1.8 2.4 14.3 12.3 15.0
II 0.2 0.6 0.4 -3.1 -6.5 -3.3
III 4.3 1.6 -2.5 1.8 -2.1 -2.3
IV 2.2 -1.7 -3.8 10.4 12.1 8.0
ANNUAL 1.1 1.8 0.8 4.1 0.8 3.0
2007 I 3.6 1.2 -2.3 5.5 1.8 1.8
II 3.8 4.9 1.0 -1.1 -5.5 -4.8
III 4.5 4.3 -0.2 -0.1 -2.8 -4.4
IV 4.2 -0.4 -4.4 7.8 2.7 3.4
ANNUAL 3.4 1.6 -1.7 3.5 0.7 0.1
2008 I r3.3 r-0.9 -4.0 r3.8 r-0.5 r0.5
II r-2.2 r-3.7 r-1.5 r3.9 r-1.1 r6.2
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 1.5 2.4 0.9 5.4 1.6 3.8
II 0.4 2.1 1.7 3.3 -0.6 2.9
III 0.9 2.3 1.4 2.3 -1.0 1.4
IV 1.5 0.6 -0.9 5.6 3.6 4.1
ANNUAL 1.1 1.8 0.8 4.1 0.8 3.0
2007 I 2.6 0.4 -2.1 3.5 1.1 0.9
II 3.5 1.5 -1.9 4.1 1.4 0.6
III 3.5 2.1 -1.3 3.6 1.2 0.0
IV 4.0 2.5 -1.5 2.9 -1.0 -1.1
ANNUAL 3.4 1.6 -1.7 3.5 0.7 0.1
2008 I r3.9 r1.9 -1.9 r2.5 r-1.6 r-1.4
II r2.4 r-0.2 r-2.5 r3.8 r-0.4 r1.4
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See footnotes following Table 6. September 4, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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