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 83.7 172.9 121.1 97.7
II 178.2 149.3 83.8 172.9 119.9 97.0
III 180.1 150.3 83.4 172.9 119.2 96.0
IV 181.6 150.4 82.8 175.6 119.4 96.7
ANNUAL 179.2 149.5 83.4 173.6 119.9 96.9
2008 I 182.8 149.9 82.0 175.7 118.1 96.1
II 181.6 148.0 81.5 176.9 117.6 97.4
III 180.3 144.4 80.1 178.8 117.1 99.2
IV 178.1 137.2 77.0 183.9 123.1 103.2
ANNUAL 180.7 144.9 80.2 178.7 118.9 98.9
2009 I 177.0 129.1 72.9 183.7 123.7 103.8
II r179.9 r126.4 70.2 186.6 125.3 r103.7
III r186.1 r129.3 r69.5 r189.5 r126.1 r101.9
IV 189.6 131.2 69.2 189.5 125.0 99.9
ANNUAL 183.1 129.0 70.5 187.3 125.0 102.3
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2007 I 3.7 1.8 -1.9 8.2 4.2 4.3
II 3.0 3.4 0.4 0.0 -4.1 -3.0
III 4.4 2.7 -1.6 0.1 -2.2 -4.1
IV 3.3 0.3 -2.9 6.5 0.7 3.1
ANNUAL 3.2 1.3 -1.8 4.3 1.4 1.1
2008 I 2.6 -1.2 -3.7 0.1 -4.3 -2.5
II -2.5 -5.2 -2.7 2.8 -1.6 5.4
III -2.9 -9.3 -6.5 4.3 -1.7 7.5
IV -4.7 -18.4 -14.4 12.0 22.2 17.5
ANNUAL 0.8 -3.1 -3.9 3.0 -0.8 2.1
2009 I -2.5 -21.7 -19.8 -0.4 2.0 2.2
II 6.8 -8.1 -13.9 6.5 5.1 r-0.2
III r14.4 r9.5 r-4.2 r6.4 r2.7 r-7.0
IV 7.8 6.1 -1.6 -0.2 -3.5 -7.4
ANNUAL 1.3 -11.0 -12.1 4.8 5.2 3.5
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2007 I 2.5 0.4 -2.0 4.3 1.9 1.8
II 3.3 1.3 -2.0 4.9 2.1 1.5
III 3.3 1.6 -1.6 4.5 2.1 1.2
IV 3.6 2.0 -1.5 3.6 -0.4 0.0
ANNUAL 3.2 1.3 -1.8 4.3 1.4 1.1
2008 I 3.3 1.3 -2.0 1.6 -2.5 -1.7
II 1.9 -0.9 -2.7 2.3 -1.9 0.4
III 0.1 -3.9 -4.0 3.4 -1.8 3.3
IV -1.9 -8.7 -7.0 4.7 3.1 6.7
ANNUAL 0.8 -3.1 -3.9 3.0 -0.8 2.1
2009 I -3.1 -13.9 -11.1 4.6 4.8 8.0
II -0.9 -14.6 -13.8 5.5 6.5 6.5
III r3.2 r-10.5 -13.3 r6.0 7.7 r2.7
IV 6.5 -4.4 -10.2 3.0 1.5 -3.2
ANNUAL 1.3 -11.0 -12.1 4.8 5.2 3.5
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See footnotes following Table 6. February 4, 2010
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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