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 r172.3 147.2 r85.4 r170.7 r122.5 r99.0
II r172.6 147.4 r85.4 r169.4 r120.6 r98.2
III r174.6 148.0 r84.8 r170.4 r120.1 r97.6
IV r175.3 147.4 r84.1 r174.4 r123.4 r99.5
ANNUAL r173.7 147.5 r84.9 r171.2 r121.6 r98.6
2007 I r176.6 147.8 r83.7 r176.6 r123.8 r100.0
II r178.6 149.6 r83.8 r176.3 r122.2 r98.7
III r181.2 151.2 r83.4 r177.0 r121.8 r97.6
IV r182.4 151.0 r82.8 r179.6 r122.2 r98.5
ANNUAL r179.7 149.9 r83.4 r177.4 r122.5 98.7
2008 I r183.7 150.7 r82.0 r181.1 r121.9 r98.6
II r183.2 149.3 r81.5 r182.7 r121.4 r99.7
III r182.2 r145.9 r80.1 r185.1 r121.1 r101.6
IV r180.3 r139.0 r77.1 r189.6 r127.0 r105.1
ANNUAL r182.4 r146.2 r80.2 r184.5 r122.7 r101.2
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I r-1.4 1.8 r3.2 r13.4 r11.4 15.0
II r0.5 0.6 r0.1 r-2.9 r-6.2 -3.3
III r4.7 1.6 r-3.0 r2.3 r-1.6 -2.3
IV r1.7 -1.7 r-3.3 r9.8 r11.5 8.0
ANNUAL r1.0 1.8 0.8 4.1 0.8 3.0
2007 I r3.1 1.2 r-1.9 r5.0 r1.3 1.8
II r4.5 4.9 r0.4 r-0.5 r-4.9 -4.8
III r6.0 4.3 r-1.6 r1.4 r-1.3 -4.4
IV r2.6 -0.4 r-2.9 r6.1 r1.0 3.4
ANNUAL r3.5 1.6 r-1.8 r3.6 0.7 0.1
2008 I r2.9 -0.8 r-3.7 r3.4 r-0.8 0.5
II r-1.1 -3.8 r-2.7 r3.5 r-1.4 r4.7
III r-2.2 r-8.6 r-6.5 r5.4 r-1.3 r7.8
IV r-4.0 r-17.7 r-14.2 r10.1 r21.2 r14.7
ANNUAL r1.5 r-2.5 r-3.9 r4.0 r0.2 2.5
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I r1.4 2.4 r1.0 r5.3 r1.5 3.8
II 0.4 2.1 1.7 r3.2 r-0.7 2.9
III r1.0 2.3 r1.3 r2.4 -1.0 1.4
IV r1.4 0.6 r-0.8 r5.5 r3.5 4.1
ANNUAL r1.0 1.8 0.8 4.1 0.8 3.0
2007 I r2.5 0.4 r-2.0 3.5 r1.0 0.9
II 3.5 1.5 r-2.0 4.1 1.4 0.6
III r3.8 2.1 r-1.6 r3.8 r1.5 0.0
IV 4.0 2.5 -1.5 2.9 -1.0 -1.1
ANNUAL r3.5 1.6 r-1.8 r3.6 0.7 0.1
2008 I 4.0 2.0 r-2.0 r2.6 r-1.5 -1.4
II r2.6 -0.2 r-2.7 r3.6 r-0.7 1.0
III r0.5 -3.5 r-4.0 r4.6 -0.6 r4.0
IV r-1.1 r-8.0 r-6.9 r5.6 r4.0 r6.8
ANNUAL r1.5 r-2.5 r-3.9 r4.0 r0.2 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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