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 r198.5 179.6 r90.4 r165.8 r119.0 r83.5
II r198.8 180.5 r90.8 r164.5 r117.1 82.7
III r201.8 181.1 r89.7 r165.4 r116.5 r81.9
IV r202.3 180.1 r89.0 r170.1 r120.3 r84.1
ANNUAL r200.4 180.3 r90.0 r166.4 r118.2 r83.1
2007 I r204.0 180.3 r88.4 r172.7 r121.1 r84.7
II r207.8 183.9 r88.5 r172.5 r119.6 r83.0
III r211.9 186.9 r88.2 r173.0 r119.1 r81.7
IV r214.5 187.0 r87.2 r175.7 r119.5 r81.9
ANNUAL r209.5 184.5 r88.1 r173.5 r119.8 r82.8
2008 I r215.4 186.9 r86.8 r176.5 r118.8 r82.0
II r213.8 184.1 r86.1 r178.7 r118.8 r83.6
III r215.5 r180.8 r83.9 r181.7 r118.9 r84.3
IV r207.0 r167.2 r80.8 r186.2 r124.7 r89.9
ANNUAL r213.0 r179.8 r84.4 r180.7 r120.2 r84.8
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I r-2.5 0.4 r3.0 r12.9 r10.9 15.9
II r0.6 2.1 r1.5 r-3.0 r-6.4 -3.6
III r6.2 1.2 r-4.7 r2.1 r-1.9 -3.9
IV r0.8 -2.1 r-2.9 r12.0 r13.7 11.1
ANNUAL r2.1 3.3 1.1 3.9 0.6 1.7
2007 I r3.4 0.4 r-2.9 r6.2 r2.5 2.7
II r7.8 8.2 r0.4 r-0.5 r-4.9 -7.7
III r8.0 6.8 r-1.1 r1.3 r-1.4 -6.2
IV r5.0 0.3 r-4.5 r6.3 r1.2 1.2
ANNUAL r4.6 2.3 r-2.1 r4.2 r1.3 -0.3
2008 I r1.6 -0.4 r-2.0 r2.0 r-2.2 0.4
II r-3.0 -5.7 r-2.9 r5.1 r0.0 r8.3
III r3.3 r-7.0 r-9.9 r6.9 r0.2 r3.5
IV r-14.8 r-26.9 r-14.2 10.1 21.2 r29.1
ANNUAL r1.6 r-2.6 r-4.2 r4.2 r0.3 2.5
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I r3.1 4.8 1.6 r4.8 1.1 1.6
II 2.0 4.6 r2.6 r3.0 -0.8 1.1
III r2.3 3.6 r1.3 r2.0 r-1.4 -0.4
IV r1.2 0.4 r-0.8 r5.8 r3.7 4.5
ANNUAL r2.1 3.3 1.1 3.9 0.6 1.7
2007 I r2.7 0.4 r-2.3 r4.2 r1.7 1.4
II 4.5 1.8 r-2.6 4.8 2.1 0.3
III r5.0 3.2 r-1.6 r4.6 r2.2 -0.3
IV r6.0 3.9 r-2.1 r3.3 r-0.7 -2.6
ANNUAL r4.6 2.3 r-2.1 r4.2 r1.3 -0.3
2008 I r5.6 3.7 r-1.8 r2.2 r-1.9 -3.2
II r2.9 0.1 r-2.6 r3.6 r-0.6 0.8
III r1.7 r-3.3 r-4.9 5.0 -0.2 r3.3
IV r-3.5 r-10.6 r-7.4 r6.0 r4.4 r9.8
ANNUAL r1.6 r-2.6 r-4.2 r4.2 r0.3 2.5
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See footnotes following Table 6. March 5, 2009
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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