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
2006 I r146.0 176.1 r120.6 r164.2 r117.9 112.5 113.0 112.6 182.6 118.8
II r145.7 176.2 r120.9 r164.4 r117.0 112.8 114.6 113.3 183.4 119.5
III r146.7 178.1 r121.4 r165.1 r116.4 112.5 114.5 113.1 193.4 120.3
IV r145.6 177.3 r121.8 r167.8 r118.7 115.3 116.5 115.6 174.4 120.8
ANNUAL r146.0 176.9 r121.2 r165.4 r117.5 113.3 114.6 113.6 183.5 119.9
2007 I r145.4 177.2 r121.9 r170.0 r119.2 116.9 117.6 117.1 172.4 122.1
II r146.7 179.1 r122.0 r171.1 r118.6 116.6 117.9 116.9 173.1 122.0
III r147.8 180.2 r121.9 r172.8 r119.0 116.9 118.2 117.2 167.4 121.7
IV r148.3 181.2 r122.2 r174.9 r119.0 117.9 119.3 118.3 156.4 121.7
ANNUAL r147.1 179.4 r122.0 r172.2 r118.9 117.1 118.3 117.4 167.3 121.9
2008 I r148.1 180.6 r121.9 r176.1 r118.5 118.9 119.4 119.0 150.8 121.8
II r151.2 183.2 r121.2 r177.4 r118.0 117.3 119.8 118.0 147.8 120.6
III r153.6 r184.2 r120.0 r180.0 r117.8 r117.3 r121.3 r118.3 r156.7 r121.8
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I r3.0 6.3 r3.2 r7.5 r5.5 4.3 0.1 3.1 12.8 4.4
II r-0.7 0.4 r1.1 r0.5 r-3.0 1.2 5.7 2.4 1.8 2.3
III r2.8 4.4 r1.6 r1.8 r-2.1 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 23.7 2.4
IV r-3.1 -1.9 r1.2 r6.7 r8.3 10.0 7.2 9.2 -34.0 2.0
ANNUAL 1.8 4.1 2.2 3.6 0.3 1.8 1.7 1.8 12.6 3.1
2007 I r-0.6 -0.2 r0.4 r5.3 r1.6 5.9 3.8 5.4 -4.5 4.0
II r3.8 4.2 r0.4 r2.6 r-1.9 -1.1 0.9 -0.6 1.7 -0.3
III r3.0 2.7 r-0.4 r4.0 r1.2 0.9 1.2 1.0 -12.6 -0.8
IV r1.2 2.1 r0.9 r5.0 r0.0 3.7 3.7 3.7 -23.8 0.0
ANNUAL 0.7 1.4 0.7 4.1 1.2 3.4 3.2 3.3 -8.8 1.7
2008 I r-0.4 -1.4 r-0.9 r2.7 r-1.5 3.2 0.3 2.4 -13.6 0.5
II r8.5 6.0 r-2.3 r3.1 r-1.9 -5.0 1.2 -3.4 -7.7 -3.8
III r6.4 r2.3 r-3.9 r6.1 r-0.6 r-0.3 r5.4 1.2 r26.5 3.8
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I r2.9 5.7 r2.7 r4.0 r0.3 1.1 1.6 1.2 17.3 3.2
II r1.2 3.6 2.3 r3.6 r-0.3 2.4 3.0 2.6 10.1 3.5
III r2.6 4.8 2.2 r2.7 r-0.6 0.1 -0.9 -0.2 27.3 3.0
IV 0.5 2.2 1.8 4.1 2.1 3.6 3.1 3.5 -1.6 2.8
ANNUAL 1.8 4.1 2.2 3.6 0.3 1.8 1.7 1.8 12.6 3.1
2007 I -0.4 0.7 1.1 r3.5 1.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 -5.6 2.7
II 0.7 1.6 r0.9 4.1 1.4 3.4 2.9 3.2 -5.6 2.0
III r0.8 1.2 r0.4 r4.6 r2.2 3.8 3.2 3.7 -13.5 1.2
IV 1.9 2.2 0.3 r4.2 r0.2 2.3 2.4 2.3 -10.3 0.7
ANNUAL 0.7 1.4 0.7 4.1 1.2 3.4 3.2 3.3 -8.8 1.7
2008 I r1.9 1.9 r0.0 r3.6 r-0.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 -12.5 -0.2
II r3.0 2.3 r-0.7 r3.7 r-0.5 0.6 1.6 0.9 -14.6 -1.1
III r3.9 2.2 r-1.6 r4.2 r-1.0 0.3 r2.6 r1.0 r-6.4 0.1
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See footnotes following Table 6. March 5, 2009
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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