Table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, unit profits, and prices, seasonally adjusted



Table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, unit profits,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
              Output                      Hourly    Real                Unit     Total    Unit   Implicit
    Year      per all-                    compen-   hourly     Unit     non-     unit     pro-   price
    and       employee          Employee  sation    compen-    labor    labor    costs    fits   deflator
    quarter   hour      Output  hours      (1)      sation(2)  costs    costs(6) (7)      (8)      (4)
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                                             Indexes 1992=100

2007       I   r143.5   r175.1    r122.0   r164.2    r115.0    r114.4   r123.1   r116.8   r171.2   r121.8
          II   r144.5   r176.5    r122.1   r165.2    r114.6    r114.4   r124.9   r117.2   r171.8   r122.2
         III   r144.1   r175.8    r122.0   r166.2    r114.5    r115.3   r127.4   r118.6   r155.6   r122.0
          IV   r145.9   r178.5    r122.3   r168.3    r114.4    r115.3   r127.9   r118.7   r149.9   r121.6

      ANNUAL   r144.5   r176.5    r122.1   r166.0    r114.6    r114.9   r125.8   r117.8   r162.1   r121.9

2008       I   r145.0   r176.9    r122.0   r168.6    r113.4    r116.3   r129.1   r119.8   r133.0   r121.0
          II   r147.4   r178.8    r121.3   r169.7    r112.9    r115.1   r129.2   r118.9   r134.7   r120.4
         III   r148.6   r178.4    r120.1   r171.8    r112.5    r115.6   r129.8   r119.4   r145.3   r121.8
          IV   r148.0   r174.6    r117.9   r173.7    r116.3    r117.3   r134.1   r121.8   r129.5   r122.5

      ANNUAL   r147.2   r177.2    r120.3   r170.9    r113.7    r116.1   r130.5   r120.0   r135.7   r121.4

2009       I   r145.8   r167.2    r114.7   r172.6    r116.2    r118.4   r138.6   r123.8   r127.1   r124.1
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                             Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2007       I    r-0.2     r0.2       0.4     r4.3      r0.4      r4.5     r7.5     r5.3   r-10.2     r3.2
          II     r2.8     r3.2       0.4     r2.5     r-1.6     r-0.3     r5.8     r1.4     r1.5     r1.4
         III    r-1.1    r-1.5      -0.4     r2.3     r-0.1      r3.4     r8.2     r4.8   r-32.7    r-0.7
          IV     r5.3     r6.2       0.9     r5.3     r-0.4      r0.0     r1.5     r0.5   r-13.8    r-1.3

      ANNUAL     r1.0     r1.7       0.7     r3.6      r0.8      r2.6     r5.8     r3.5    r-9.9      1.7

2008       I    r-2.7    r-3.6     r-1.0     r0.7     r-3.7      r3.5     r3.9     r3.6   r-38.0    r-1.9
          II     r6.9     r4.4     r-2.4     r2.6     r-1.8     r-4.0     r0.5    r-2.7     r5.0    r-2.0
         III     r3.2    r-0.8      -3.9     r4.9     r-1.2      r1.6     r1.8     r1.6    r35.5     r4.8
          IV    r-1.4    r-8.3      -6.9     r4.6     r14.1      r6.1    r13.9     r8.3   r-37.0     r2.4

      ANNUAL     r1.9     r0.4      -1.5     r3.0     r-0.8       1.1     r3.7     r1.8   r-16.3    r-0.4

2009       I    r-6.0   r-15.9    r-10.5    r-2.5     r-0.2      r3.7    r14.2     r6.7    r-7.2     r5.3
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                          Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2007       I     r0.3     r1.4       1.1     r3.3      r0.8      r2.9     r5.5     r3.7    r-3.0     r2.8
          II     r1.7     r2.6       0.9     r3.7      r1.0      r2.0     r5.0     r2.8    r-2.2     r2.1
         III     r0.5     r0.9       0.4     r4.0      r1.6      r3.5     r7.0     r4.5   r-18.7     r1.1
          IV     r1.6     r2.0       0.3     r3.6     r-0.4      r1.9     r5.7     r3.0   r-14.7     r0.6

      ANNUAL     r1.0     r1.7       0.7     r3.6      r0.8      r2.6     r5.8     r3.5    r-9.9      1.7

2008       I     r1.0     r1.0       0.0     r2.7     r-1.5      r1.7     r4.8     r2.6   r-22.3    r-0.6
          II     r2.0     r1.3      -0.7     r2.7     r-1.5      r0.7     r3.5     r1.5   r-21.6    r-1.5
         III     r3.1     r1.5      -1.6     r3.4     r-1.8      r0.2     r1.9     r0.7    r-6.6    r-0.1
          IV     r1.4    r-2.2     r-3.6     r3.2      r1.6       1.7     r4.9     r2.6   r-13.6     r0.8

      ANNUAL     r1.9     r0.4      -1.5     r3.0     r-0.8       1.1     r3.7     r1.8   r-16.3    r-0.4

2009       I     r0.6    r-5.5     r-6.0     r2.3      r2.5      r1.8     r7.4     r3.4    r-4.5     r2.6
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                        August 11, 2009
r=revised                                                               Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics




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