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
2007 I r139.0 r168.4 r121.2 r175.2 r122.7 r126.0 r136.7 r130.0
II r140.2 r169.8 r121.2 r176.5 r122.4 r125.9 r139.4 r130.9
III r142.1 r171.4 r120.6 r177.8 r122.6 r125.1 r141.9 r131.4
IV r142.6 r172.3 r120.8 r179.6 r122.1 r125.9 r141.9 r131.9
ANNUAL r141.0 r170.5 r120.9 r177.3 r122.4 r125.7 r140.0 r131.0
2008 I r142.7 r171.7 r120.3 r180.3 r121.2 r126.3 r141.7 r132.1
II r143.8 r172.2 r119.8 r181.0 r120.4 r125.9 r143.8 r132.5
III r143.9 r170.6 r118.6 r183.0 r119.9 r127.2 r145.4 r134.0
IV r144.2 r167.4 r116.1 r184.2 r123.3 r127.7 r143.6 r133.6
ANNUAL r143.6 r170.5 r118.7 r182.1 r121.1 r126.8 r143.6 r133.0
2009 I r144.3 r163.6 r113.4 r183.0 r123.3 r126.9 r146.9 r134.3
II 146.5 162.9 111.2 183.1 122.9 125.0 149.9 134.3
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2007 I r0.9 r0.8 r-0.1 r4.4 r0.6 r3.5 r4.8 4.0
II r3.5 r3.5 0.0 r3.1 r-1.1 r-0.4 r8.0 r2.8
III r5.5 r3.7 -1.7 r3.0 r0.6 r-2.4 r7.4 r1.4
IV r1.6 r2.1 0.5 r4.3 r-1.4 r2.6 r0.2 r1.6
ANNUAL r1.8 r2.2 r0.4 4.2 1.3 r2.4 r3.0 r2.6
2008 I r0.2 r-1.3 -1.5 r1.5 r-3.0 r1.3 r-0.5 r0.6
II r3.1 r1.1 -1.9 r1.6 r-2.8 r-1.5 r5.9 r1.4
III r0.3 r-3.7 -4.0 r4.5 r-1.6 r4.2 r4.5 r4.3
IV r0.8 r-7.2 -8.0 r2.6 r12.0 r1.8 r-4.9 r-1.0
ANNUAL r1.9 r0.0 -1.9 r2.7 r-1.1 r0.8 r2.6 r1.5
2009 I r0.2 r-8.7 r-8.9 r-2.5 r-0.1 r-2.7 r9.5 r2.1
II 6.3 -1.8 -7.5 0.1 -1.2 -5.8 8.6 -0.1
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2007 I r0.3 r1.5 r1.1 r4.0 r1.6 r3.7 r1.6 r2.9
II r1.0 r2.0 r0.9 r4.4 r1.7 r3.3 r1.9 r2.8
III r3.0 3.0 r0.0 r4.8 r2.4 r1.7 r3.3 r2.4
IV r2.9 r2.5 -0.3 3.7 -0.3 r0.8 r5.1 r2.5
ANNUAL r1.8 r2.2 r0.4 4.2 1.3 r2.4 r3.0 r2.6
2008 I r2.7 r2.0 -0.7 r2.9 r-1.2 r0.2 r3.7 r1.6
II r2.6 r1.4 -1.2 r2.6 r-1.7 r0.0 r3.2 r1.2
III r1.3 r-0.5 -1.7 r2.9 r-2.2 1.6 r2.5 r2.0
IV r1.1 r-2.8 -3.9 r2.5 r1.0 r1.4 r1.2 r1.3
ANNUAL r1.9 r0.0 -1.9 r2.7 r-1.1 r0.8 r2.6 r1.5
2009 I r1.1 r-4.7 -5.7 r1.5 r1.7 r0.4 r3.6 r1.7
II 1.9 -5.4 -7.1 1.1 2.1 -0.7 4.3 1.3
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 11, 2009
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Last Modified Date: August 11, 2009
