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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