Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 4. Durable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted
Table 4. Durable 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
2006 I 198.8 179.6 90.3 r166.0 r119.2 r83.5
II 198.9 180.5 90.7 r164.6 r117.1 r82.7
III 201.7 181.1 89.8 r165.3 r116.5 r81.9
IV 202.4 180.1 89.0 r170.2 r120.4 r84.1
ANNUAL 200.4 180.3 90.0 r166.5 r118.3 r83.1
2007 I 204.4 180.3 88.2 r173.0 r121.3 r84.7
II 207.9 183.9 88.4 r172.5 r119.6 r83.0
III 210.9 186.9 88.6 r172.2 r118.6 r81.7
IV r214.3 r187.0 87.3 r175.5 r119.4 r81.9
ANNUAL r209.4 r184.5 88.1 r173.3 r119.7 r82.8
2008 I r215.4 r186.8 r86.7 r177.8 r119.7 r82.5
II 213.5 184.2 86.3 180.0 119.7 84.3
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I -1.8 0.4 2.3 r13.7 r11.7 r15.9
II 0.3 2.1 1.8 r-3.3 r-6.6 r-3.6
III 5.7 1.2 -4.3 r1.6 r-2.3 r-3.9
IV 1.4 -2.1 -3.4 r12.6 r14.4 r11.1
ANNUAL 2.2 3.3 1.1 r3.9 r0.6 r1.7
2007 I 3.9 0.4 -3.4 r6.7 r3.0 r2.7
II 7.1 8.2 1.0 r-1.2 r-5.5 r-7.7
III 6.0 6.8 0.8 r-0.7 r-3.3 r-6.2
IV 6.6 0.3 -6.0 r7.9 r2.8 r1.2
ANNUAL 4.5 2.3 -2.0 r4.1 r1.3 r-0.3
2008 I r2.1 r-0.4 r-2.5 r5.2 r0.9 r3.0
II -3.5 -5.5 -2.1 5.0 0.0 8.8
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 3.2 4.8 1.6 r4.9 r1.1 r1.6
II 2.0 4.6 2.5 r3.1 r-0.8 r1.1
III 2.2 3.6 1.4 r1.9 r-1.5 r-0.4
IV 1.4 0.4 -1.0 r5.9 r3.9 r4.5
ANNUAL 2.2 3.3 1.1 r3.9 r0.6 r1.7
2007 I 2.8 0.4 -2.4 r4.3 r1.8 r1.4
II 4.5 1.8 -2.5 r4.8 r2.1 r0.3
III 4.6 3.2 -1.3 r4.2 r1.8 r-0.3
IV 5.9 3.9 -1.9 r3.1 r-0.8 r-2.6
ANNUAL 4.5 2.3 -2.0 r4.1 r1.3 r-0.3
2008 I r5.4 r3.6 r-1.7 r2.7 r-1.4 r-2.5
II 2.7 0.2 -2.5 4.3 0.0 1.6
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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