Table 1. Business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted
Table 1. Business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices,
seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit Unit non- Implicit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor labor pay- price
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs ments (3) deflator (4)
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Indexes 1992=100
2006 I r135.9 162.8 r119.8 r167.8 r120.5 r123.5 r133.4 127.2
II r136.5 164.0 r120.1 r168.1 r119.6 r123.1 r136.3 128.0
III r136.0 164.1 r120.7 r169.0 r119.1 r124.3 r136.3 128.8
IV r135.9 164.8 r121.3 r172.6 r122.1 r127.0 r133.3 129.4
ANNUAL r136.1 163.9 r120.5 r169.4 r120.3 r124.5 r134.8 128.3
2007 I r135.7 164.5 r121.3 r174.3 r122.2 r128.5 r134.3 130.7
II r137.5 166.8 r121.3 r175.4 r121.6 r127.5 r137.5 131.2
III r140.0 169.0 r120.8 r177.4 r122.1 r126.7 r139.8 131.6
IV r139.6 168.8 r120.9 r178.9 r121.7 r128.2 r139.0 132.2
ANNUAL r138.2 167.3 r121.1 r176.5 r121.9 r127.7 r137.7 131.4
2008 I r140.4 169.1 r120.4 r180.5 r121.5 r128.6 r140.2 132.9
II r142.0 170.2 r119.9 r181.3 r120.6 r127.7 r142.4 133.2
III r142.8 169.4 r118.6 r183.9 r120.3 r128.8 r144.3 134.6
IV r142.6 r165.7 r116.2 r186.1 r124.7 r130.5 r141.3 r134.5
ANNUAL r141.9 r168.6 r118.8 r182.9 r121.7 r128.9 r142.0 r133.8
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I r2.0 5.6 r3.6 r4.8 r2.9 r2.7 r3.3 3.0
II r2.0 2.9 r0.9 r0.7 r-2.8 -1.2 r8.7 2.6
III r-1.6 0.3 r2.0 r2.3 r-1.7 r4.0 r0.1 2.4
IV r-0.3 1.7 r2.0 r8.8 r10.5 r9.2 r-8.5 1.9
ANNUAL 0.9 3.0 2.1 3.8 0.5 2.9 3.3 3.0
2007 I r-0.7 -0.7 r0.0 r4.0 r0.3 r4.7 r3.0 4.0
II r5.7 5.6 r0.0 r2.4 r-2.1 r-3.1 r9.9 1.7
III r7.3 5.5 r-1.7 r4.6 r1.8 -2.5 r7.0 1.1
IV r-1.1 -0.6 r0.5 r3.7 r-1.3 r4.8 r-2.3 2.0
ANNUAL r1.6 2.0 0.5 4.2 1.3 2.6 2.1 2.4
2008 I r2.2 0.7 r-1.5 r3.5 r-0.8 r1.2 r3.2 2.0
II r4.7 2.6 r-1.9 r1.9 r-3.0 r-2.6 r6.4 0.9
III r2.3 -1.8 r-4.0 r5.7 r-1.0 r3.3 r5.6 4.2
IV r-0.4 r-8.4 r-8.0 r5.0 r15.6 r5.4 r-8.1 r-0.1
ANNUAL 2.7 r0.8 r-1.9 r3.6 r-0.2 r0.9 r3.2 r1.8
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 1.3 3.6 2.3 r4.2 r0.4 2.9 r3.8 3.3
II 1.7 3.5 1.8 4.0 0.1 r2.2 r5.3 3.4
III r0.3 2.4 2.2 r3.0 -0.4 2.7 r3.4 3.0
IV 0.5 2.6 2.1 4.1 2.1 3.6 0.7 2.5
ANNUAL 0.9 3.0 2.1 3.8 0.5 2.9 3.3 3.0
2007 I r-0.2 1.0 1.2 3.9 1.5 4.1 r0.6 2.7
II 0.7 1.7 1.0 r4.3 r1.6 3.6 0.9 2.5
III r2.9 3.0 r0.1 r4.9 r2.5 1.9 2.6 2.2
IV r2.7 2.4 -0.3 3.7 -0.3 0.9 4.3 2.2
ANNUAL r1.6 2.0 0.5 4.2 1.3 2.6 2.1 2.4
2008 I r3.5 2.8 r-0.7 r3.5 r-0.6 0.0 4.4 1.7
II r3.2 2.0 r-1.2 r3.4 r-0.8 0.2 r3.5 1.5
III r2.0 0.2 -1.7 r3.7 r-1.5 r1.6 r3.2 2.3
IV r2.2 r-1.8 r-3.9 r4.0 r2.5 r1.8 r1.6 r1.7
ANNUAL 2.7 r0.8 r-1.9 r3.6 r-0.2 r0.9 r3.2 r1.8
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See footnotes following Table 6. March 5, 2009
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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