Appendix table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs seasonally adjusted



Appendix table 5.
 Nondurable manufacturing sector: Revised 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

 2004       I         r138.5        111.0        r80.1       r163.8         r125.6        r118.3
           II         r140.7        112.1        r79.7       r166.1         r126.4         118.1
          III         r142.7        112.7        r79.0       r169.2         r127.9        r118.6
           IV         r145.1        114.0        r78.6       r172.5         r129.1         118.9

       ANNUAL         r141.7        112.4        r79.4       r167.9         r127.3        r118.5

 2005       I         r147.8        115.1        r77.9       r167.6         r124.8        r113.4
           II         r149.4        115.4        r77.2       r170.6         r126.2        r114.2
          III          149.6        114.3         76.4       r172.3          125.5         115.2
           IV         r147.8        114.0        r77.2       r171.8         r123.9        r116.3

       ANNUAL         r148.6        114.7        r77.2       r170.6         r125.1         114.8

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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

 2004       I           r1.6         -0.8        r-2.4         r2.8          r-0.7           1.1
           II           r6.5          4.1        r-2.3         r5.8           r2.6          -0.6
          III           r5.8          2.3        r-3.3         r7.8           r4.8           1.9
           IV           r7.0          4.7        r-2.1         r8.0           r3.6           0.9

       ANNUAL            3.6          1.2        r-2.4         r5.4           r2.6           1.7

 2005       I           r7.6          4.0        r-3.3       r-11.0         r-12.6         -17.3
           II            4.6          0.9         -3.5          7.5            4.5           2.8
          III           r0.6         -3.9        r-4.5         r4.1          r-2.1          r3.5
           IV          r-4.9         -0.8         r4.3        r-1.3          r-5.1           3.9

       ANNUAL            4.9          2.0         -2.8          1.6          r-1.7          -3.1

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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

 2004       I           r2.8         -0.5        r-3.2          5.1            3.2           2.3
           II           r3.2          0.9         -2.1          4.7            1.9           1.5
          III           r3.4          1.7        r-1.7         r5.5           r2.7           2.0
           IV            5.2          2.6         -2.5          6.1            2.6           0.8

       ANNUAL            3.6          1.2        r-2.4         r5.4           r2.6           1.7

 2005       I           r6.7          3.8        r-2.8         r2.3          r-0.6          -4.1
           II           r6.2          3.0         -3.1         r2.7          r-0.2          -3.3
          III           r4.9          1.4         -3.4         r1.8          r-1.9          -2.9
           IV            1.8          0.0         -1.8        r-0.4           -4.0          -2.2

       ANNUAL            4.9          2.0         -2.8          1.6          r-1.7          -3.1

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 See footnotes following Table 6.                               March 5, 2009
 r=revised                                                      Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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