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
2007 I 204.1 180.4 88.4 r168.0 r117.7 r82.3
II 206.9 183.0 88.5 r167.3 r116.0 r80.9
III 209.7 185.0 88.2 r167.5 r115.5 r79.9
IV 212.9 185.7 87.2 r170.1 r115.6 r79.9
ANNUAL 208.4 183.5 88.1 r168.2 r116.2 r80.7
2008 I 213.6 185.3 86.8 r169.5 r113.9 r79.4
II 211.1 181.8 86.1 r171.2 r113.8 r81.1
III 212.2 178.1 83.9 r173.7 r113.8 r81.8
IV 204.3 165.1 80.8 r178.1 r119.2 r87.2
ANNUAL 210.4 177.6 84.4 r173.0 r115.1 r82.2
2009 I r198.6 r150.0 75.6 r178.4 r120.1 r89.8
II r200.1 r143.5 r71.7 r181.8 r122.0 r90.9
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2007 I 4.2 1.2 -2.9 r10.1 6.0 5.6
II 5.6 6.0 0.4 -1.7 -5.7 -6.9
III 5.6 4.4 -1.1 0.4 -1.9 -4.9
IV 6.3 1.4 -4.5 6.3 0.5 0.1
ANNUAL 4.0 1.8 -2.1 4.7 1.8 0.7
2008 I 1.2 -0.9 -2.0 -1.4 -5.7 -2.5
II -4.6 -7.3 -2.9 4.1 -0.4 9.1
III 2.2 -7.9 -9.9 r5.9 -0.2 3.6
IV -14.2 -26.2 -14.1 10.5 20.6 28.8
ANNUAL 0.9 -3.3 -4.2 2.8 -1.0 1.9
2009 I r-10.7 r-31.7 -23.5 r0.7 r3.1 r12.8
II r3.1 r-16.4 r-18.9 r7.9 r6.5 r4.6
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2007 I 2.6 0.3 -2.3 4.9 2.4 2.2
II 4.1 1.4 -2.6 5.3 2.6 1.2
III 4.0 2.3 -1.6 5.0 2.7 1.0
IV 5.4 3.2 -2.1 3.7 -0.3 -1.6
ANNUAL 4.0 1.8 -2.1 4.7 1.8 0.7
2008 I 4.6 2.7 -1.8 0.9 -3.2 -3.6
II 2.0 -0.7 -2.6 2.3 -1.9 0.3
III 1.2 -3.7 -4.9 3.7 -1.5 2.5
IV -4.1 -11.1 -7.3 4.7 3.1 9.1
ANNUAL 0.9 -3.3 -4.2 2.8 -1.0 1.9
2009 I r-7.0 -19.0 -12.9 r5.3 r5.5 r13.2
II r-5.2 -21.1 r-16.8 r6.2 r7.2 r12.0
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See footnotes following Table 6. September 2, 2009
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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