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 139.0 168.4 121.2 175.2 122.7 126.0 136.7 130.0
II 140.2 169.8 121.2 176.5 122.4 125.9 139.4 130.9
III 142.1 171.4 120.6 177.8 122.6 125.1 141.9 131.4
IV 142.6 172.3 120.8 179.6 122.1 125.9 141.9 131.9
ANNUAL 141.0 170.5 120.9 177.3 122.4 125.7 140.0 131.0
2008 I 142.7 171.7 120.3 180.3 121.2 126.3 141.7 132.1
II 143.8 172.2 119.8 181.0 120.4 125.9 143.8 132.5
III 143.9 170.6 118.6 183.0 119.9 127.2 145.4 134.0
IV 144.2 167.4 116.1 184.2 123.3 127.7 143.6 133.6
ANNUAL 143.6 170.5 118.7 182.1 121.1 126.8 143.6 133.0
2009 I 144.3 163.6 113.4 182.0 122.6 126.1 148.1 134.3
II 146.7 163.2 111.3 184.9 124.1 126.1 147.9 134.2
III r149.3 r164.1 r109.9 r187.6 r124.8 r125.6 r148.8 r134.3
IV 151.7 167.0 110.1 188.3 124.2 124.2 151.8 134.4
ANNUAL 147.9 164.5 111.2 185.7 123.9 125.5 149.2 134.3
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2007 I 0.9 0.8 -0.1 4.4 0.6 3.5 4.8 4.0
II 3.5 3.5 0.0 3.1 -1.1 -0.4 8.0 2.8
III 5.5 3.7 -1.7 3.0 0.6 -2.4 7.4 1.4
IV 1.6 2.1 0.5 4.3 -1.4 2.6 0.2 1.6
ANNUAL 1.8 2.2 0.4 4.2 1.3 2.4 3.0 2.6
2008 I 0.2 -1.3 -1.5 1.5 -3.0 1.3 -0.5 0.6
II 3.1 1.1 -1.9 1.6 -2.8 -1.5 5.9 1.4
III 0.3 -3.7 -4.0 4.5 -1.6 4.2 4.5 4.3
IV 0.8 -7.2 -8.0 2.6 12.0 1.8 -4.9 -1.0
ANNUAL 1.9 0.0 -1.9 2.7 -1.1 0.8 2.6 1.5
2009 I 0.2 -8.7 -8.9 -4.7 -2.4 -4.9 13.3 2.1
II 6.8 -1.0 -7.4 6.7 5.3 -0.2 -0.5 -0.3
III r7.4 r2.2 r-4.8 r5.9 r2.2 r-1.4 r2.4 r0.1
IV 6.5 7.2 0.6 1.6 -1.8 -4.7 8.2 0.5
ANNUAL 3.0 -3.5 -6.3 2.0 2.3 -1.0 3.9 1.0
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2007 I 0.3 1.5 1.1 4.0 1.6 3.7 1.6 2.9
II 1.0 2.0 0.9 4.4 1.7 3.3 1.9 2.8
III 3.0 3.0 0.0 4.8 2.4 1.7 3.3 2.4
IV 2.9 2.5 -0.3 3.7 -0.3 0.8 5.1 2.5
ANNUAL 1.8 2.2 0.4 4.2 1.3 2.4 3.0 2.6
2008 I 2.7 2.0 -0.7 2.9 -1.2 0.2 3.7 1.6
II 2.6 1.4 -1.2 2.6 -1.7 0.0 3.2 1.2
III 1.3 -0.5 -1.7 2.9 -2.2 1.6 2.5 2.0
IV 1.1 -2.8 -3.9 2.5 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.3
ANNUAL 1.9 0.0 -1.9 2.7 -1.1 0.8 2.6 1.5
2009 I 1.1 -4.7 -5.7 0.9 1.1 -0.2 4.5 1.7
II 2.0 -5.2 -7.1 2.2 3.1 0.2 2.9 1.3
III r3.8 r-3.8 -7.3 2.5 4.1 r-1.2 r2.3 r0.2
IV 5.2 -0.2 -5.2 2.2 0.8 -2.8 5.7 0.6
ANNUAL 3.0 -3.5 -6.3 2.0 2.3 -1.0 3.9 1.0
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See footnotes following Table 6. February 4, 2010
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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