Table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted
Table 5. Nondurable 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 r147.8 115.0 r77.8 r177.7 r127.6 r120.2
II r148.3 114.8 r77.4 r176.5 r125.6 r119.0
III r149.1 115.4 r77.4 r177.9 r125.3 r119.3
IV r150.2 115.1 r76.6 r180.3 r127.5 r120.0
ANNUAL r148.9 115.1 r77.3 r178.1 r126.5 r119.6
2007 I r151.0 115.6 r76.6 r181.6 r127.3 r120.3
II r151.3 116.0 r76.7 r181.3 r125.7 r119.9
III r152.9 116.4 r76.2 r182.0 r125.3 r119.1
IV r152.4 116.1 r76.2 r184.7 r125.6 r121.2
ANNUAL r151.9 116.0 r76.4 r182.4 r126.0 r120.1
2008 I r154.5 115.7 r74.9 r187.3 r126.1 r121.3
II r154.8 115.2 r74.4 r187.6 r124.7 r121.2
III r150.8 r112.1 r74.4 r189.1 r123.7 r125.4
IV r153.6 r109.9 r71.6 r193.8 r129.8 r126.1
ANNUAL r153.4 r113.3 r73.8 r189.4 r126.0 r123.5
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I r0.2 3.6 r3.4 r14.6 r12.5 14.4
II r1.4 -0.9 r-2.3 r-2.8 r-6.2 -4.1
III r2.1 2.2 r0.1 r3.1 r-0.8 1.1
IV r3.0 -1.1 r-4.0 r5.6 r7.2 2.5
ANNUAL r0.1 0.3 r0.2 r4.4 1.1 4.3
2007 I r2.0 2.0 r0.0 r2.8 r-0.8 0.8
II r0.9 1.3 r0.4 r-0.5 r-4.9 -1.4
III r4.2 1.6 r-2.5 r1.4 r-1.3 r-2.6
IV r-1.1 -1.1 r0.0 r6.1 r1.0 7.3
ANNUAL r2.0 0.9 r-1.1 r2.4 -0.4 0.4
2008 I r5.5 -1.3 r-6.5 r5.8 r1.5 0.3
II r0.8 -1.7 r-2.5 r0.5 r-4.3 r-0.2
III r-9.8 r-10.3 r-0.5 r3.4 r-3.1 r14.7
IV 7.6 r-7.7 r-14.2 r10.1 r21.3 r2.3
ANNUAL 1.0 -2.4 -3.4 r3.8 r0.0 2.8
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I r0.1 -0.1 r-0.2 r6.1 r2.3 6.0
II -0.7 -0.6 r0.2 r3.4 r-0.5 4.2
III -0.4 1.0 1.4 r3.2 -0.2 3.6
IV r1.7 0.9 r-0.7 r5.0 r2.9 3.2
ANNUAL r0.1 0.3 r0.2 r4.4 1.1 4.3
2007 I 2.1 0.5 -1.6 r2.1 r-0.3 0.0
II 2.0 1.1 -0.9 r2.8 0.1 0.7
III 2.5 0.9 r-1.6 2.3 r0.0 -0.2
IV r1.5 0.9 r-0.5 r2.4 r-1.5 r0.9
ANNUAL r2.0 0.9 r-1.1 r2.4 -0.4 0.4
2008 I r2.3 0.1 r-2.2 r3.2 r-0.9 0.8
II r2.3 -0.7 r-2.9 r3.4 r-0.8 1.1
III r-1.3 r-3.7 r-2.4 r3.9 r-1.3 r5.3
IV r0.8 r-5.3 r-6.1 r4.9 r3.3 4.1
ANNUAL 1.0 -2.4 -3.4 r3.8 r0.0 2.8
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See footnotes following Table 6. March 5, 2009
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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