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

2006       I            198.8        179.6         90.3        166.0          119.2          83.5
          II            198.9        180.5         90.7        164.6          117.1          82.7
         III            201.7        181.1         89.8        165.3          116.5          81.9
          IV            202.4        180.1         89.0        170.2          120.4          84.1

      ANNUAL            200.4        180.3         90.0        166.5          118.3          83.1

2007       I            204.4        180.3         88.2        173.0          121.3          84.7
          II            207.9        183.9         88.4        172.5          119.6          83.0
         III            210.9        186.9         88.6        172.2          118.6          81.7
          IV            214.3        187.0         87.3        175.5          119.4          81.9

      ANNUAL            209.4        184.5         88.1        173.3          119.7          82.8

2008       I           r215.4       r186.8         86.7       r176.6         r118.9         r82.0
          II           r213.0       r184.0        r86.4       r178.4         r118.6         r83.8
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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2006       I             -1.8          0.4          2.3         13.7           11.7          15.9
          II              0.3          2.1          1.8         -3.3           -6.6          -3.6
         III              5.7          1.2         -4.3          1.6           -2.3          -3.9
          IV              1.4         -2.1         -3.4         12.6           14.4          11.1

      ANNUAL              2.2          3.3          1.1          3.9            0.6           1.7

2007       I              3.9          0.4         -3.4          6.7            3.0           2.7
          II              7.1          8.2          1.0         -1.2           -5.5          -7.7
         III              6.0          6.8          0.8         -0.7           -3.3          -6.2
          IV              6.6          0.3         -6.0          7.9            2.8           1.2

      ANNUAL              4.5          2.3         -2.0          4.1            1.3          -0.3

2008       I             r2.0        r-0.5         -2.5         r2.5          r-1.7          r0.4
          II            r-4.5        r-5.9        r-1.5         r4.1          r-0.8          r9.0
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2006       I              3.2          4.8          1.6          4.9            1.1           1.6
          II              2.0          4.6          2.5          3.1           -0.8           1.1
         III              2.2          3.6          1.4          1.9           -1.5          -0.4
          IV              1.4          0.4         -1.0          5.9            3.9           4.5

      ANNUAL              2.2          3.3          1.1          3.9            0.6           1.7

2007       I              2.8          0.4         -2.4          4.3            1.8           1.4
          II              4.5          1.8         -2.5          4.8            2.1           0.3
         III              4.6          3.2         -1.3          4.2            1.8          -0.3
          IV              5.9          3.9         -1.9          3.1           -0.8          -2.6

      ANNUAL              4.5          2.3         -2.0          4.1            1.3          -0.3

2008       I              5.4          3.6         -1.7         r2.1          r-2.0         r-3.2
          II             r2.4         r0.1        r-2.3         r3.4          r-0.8          r1.0
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                September 4, 2008
r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics


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