Table 3. Manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted
Table 3. 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 176.9 148.0 83.7 176.6 123.7 99.8
II 178.2 149.3 83.8 176.3 122.3 99.0
III 180.1 150.3 83.4 177.0 122.0 98.2
IV 181.6 150.4 82.8 179.6 122.1 98.9
ANNUAL 179.2 149.5 83.4 177.4 122.5 99.0
2008 I 182.8 149.9 82.0 181.1 121.7 99.1
II 181.6 148.0 81.5 182.7 121.5 100.6
III 180.3 144.4 80.1 185.1 121.2 102.7
IV r178.2 r137.3 77.0 r190.3 r127.4 r106.8
ANNUAL r180.7 r144.9 80.2 r184.7 r122.8 r102.2
2009 I r177.0 r129.1 r73.0 r196.4 r132.3 r111.0
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2007 I 3.7 1.8 -1.9 5.0 1.1 1.2
II 3.0 3.4 0.4 -0.5 -4.5 -3.4
III 4.4 2.7 -1.6 1.4 -1.0 -2.9
IV 3.3 0.3 -2.9 6.1 0.3 2.7
ANNUAL 3.2 1.3 -1.8 3.6 0.7 0.4
2008 I 2.6 -1.2 -3.7 3.4 -1.1 0.8
II -2.5 -5.2 -2.7 3.5 -0.9 6.2
III -2.9 -9.3 -6.5 5.4 -0.7 8.6
IV r-4.6 r-18.3 -14.4 r11.8 r22.0 r17.1
ANNUAL 0.9 r-3.1 -3.9 r4.1 r0.3 r3.2
2009 I r-2.7 r-21.7 r-19.5 r13.4 r16.1 r16.6
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2007 I 2.5 0.4 -2.0 3.5 1.0 0.9
II 3.3 1.3 -2.0 4.1 1.4 0.8
III 3.3 1.6 -1.6 3.8 1.5 0.5
IV 3.6 2.0 -1.5 2.9 -1.0 -0.6
ANNUAL 3.2 1.3 -1.8 3.6 0.7 0.4
2008 I 3.3 1.3 -2.0 2.6 -1.6 -0.7
II 1.9 -0.9 -2.7 3.6 -0.7 1.6
III 0.1 -3.9 -4.0 4.6 -0.6 4.5
IV r-1.9 r-8.7 -7.0 r6.0 r4.4 r8.0
ANNUAL 0.9 r-3.1 -3.9 r4.1 r0.3 r3.2
2009 I r-3.2 r-13.9 r-11.0 r8.4 r8.7 r12.0
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See footnotes following Table 6. June 4, 2009
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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