Table 2. Nonfarm business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted
Table 2. Nonfarm 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 r134.8 163.2 r121.0 r166.5 r119.6 r123.5 r135.5 127.9
II r135.6 164.3 r121.1 r167.0 r118.9 r123.1 r138.6 128.8
III r135.1 164.4 r121.7 r168.0 r118.4 r124.3 r138.4 129.5
IV r134.9 165.0 r122.3 r171.7 r121.4 r127.2 r134.7 130.0
ANNUAL r135.1 164.2 r121.5 r168.3 r119.5 r124.5 r136.8 129.1
2007 I r134.7 164.7 r122.2 r173.4 r121.6 r128.7 r135.1 131.1
II r136.3 167.0 r122.5 r174.0 r120.6 r127.6 r138.3 131.5
III r138.7 169.2 r122.0 r175.8 r121.1 r126.8 r140.5 131.8
IV r138.5 168.9 r122.0 r177.8 r120.9 r128.4 r139.7 132.5
ANNUAL r137.0 167.5 r122.2 r175.2 r121.0 r127.9 r138.4 131.7
2008 I r139.4 169.3 r121.5 r179.4 r120.8 r128.7 r141.0 133.2
II r141.0 170.5 r120.9 r180.2 r119.8 r127.8 r143.3 133.5
III r141.7 169.7 r119.7 r182.7 r119.5 r128.9 r145.6 135.0
IV r141.6 r165.8 r117.1 r185.0 r124.0 r130.7 r142.9 r135.2
ANNUAL r140.9 r168.8 r119.8 r181.8 r120.9 r129.0 r143.2 r134.2
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I r1.9 6.0 r4.0 r4.5 r2.6 2.6 r4.0 3.1
II r2.4 2.9 r0.4 r1.3 r-2.3 -1.1 r9.5 2.9
III r-1.6 0.3 r1.9 r2.3 r-1.7 r3.9 r-0.7 2.1
IV r-0.4 1.4 r1.9 r9.1 r10.8 r9.6 r-10.1 1.5
ANNUAL r0.9 3.2 2.2 3.8 0.5 2.8 3.6 3.1
2007 I r-0.6 -0.9 r-0.2 r4.2 r0.5 r4.8 r1.2 3.4
II r4.8 5.8 r0.9 r1.3 r-3.2 r-3.3 r9.7 1.5
III r7.0 5.5 r-1.5 r4.4 r1.6 r-2.5 r6.4 0.9
IV r-0.5 -0.7 r-0.2 r4.4 r-0.5 r5.0 r-2.3 2.1
ANNUAL 1.4 2.0 0.5 4.1 r1.3 2.7 1.2 2.1
2008 I 2.6 0.9 -1.7 r3.7 r-0.6 r1.1 r3.8 2.1
II r4.7 2.8 r-1.7 r1.7 r-3.2 r-2.8 r6.9 0.9
III r2.2 -1.9 r-3.9 r5.7 r-0.9 r3.5 r6.4 4.7
IV r-0.4 r-8.7 r-8.3 r5.3 r15.9 r5.7 r-7.1 r0.5
ANNUAL 2.8 r0.8 r-1.9 r3.7 r-0.1 r0.9 r3.5 r1.9
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 1.3 3.7 2.4 4.2 r0.4 2.9 4.3 3.4
II 1.7 3.7 2.0 3.9 0.0 2.2 5.9 3.6
III 0.3 2.6 2.3 2.9 r-0.4 2.6 3.8 3.1
IV 0.6 2.6 2.0 r4.2 2.2 r3.7 r0.4 2.4
ANNUAL r0.9 3.2 2.2 3.8 0.5 2.8 3.6 3.1
2007 I r-0.1 0.9 1.0 r4.1 1.7 4.2 r-0.3 2.5
II 0.5 1.6 1.1 4.2 1.5 r3.6 -0.2 2.1
III r2.6 2.9 r0.3 r4.7 r2.3 2.0 1.5 1.8
IV r2.6 2.4 -0.3 3.6 -0.4 0.9 r3.6 2.0
ANNUAL 1.4 2.0 0.5 4.1 r1.3 2.7 1.2 2.1
2008 I r3.5 2.8 r-0.6 r3.5 r-0.7 0.0 4.3 1.6
II r3.4 2.1 r-1.3 r3.6 r-0.7 0.1 r3.6 1.5
III 2.2 0.3 r-1.9 r3.9 r-1.3 r1.6 r3.6 2.4
IV r2.2 r-1.8 r-4.0 r4.1 r2.5 r1.8 r2.3 r2.0
ANNUAL 2.8 r0.8 r-1.9 r3.7 r-0.1 r0.9 r3.5 r1.9
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See footnotes following Table 6. March 5, 2009
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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