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
                                             
2007       I            204.1        180.4         88.4        168.0          117.7          82.3
          II            206.9        183.0         88.5        167.3          116.0          80.9
         III            209.7        185.0         88.2        167.5          115.5          79.9
          IV            212.9        185.7         87.2        170.1          115.6          79.9
          
      ANNUAL            208.4        183.5         88.1        168.2          116.2          80.7
      
2008       I            213.6        185.3         86.8        169.5          113.9          79.4
          II            211.1        181.8         86.1        171.2          113.8          81.1
         III            212.2        178.1         83.9        173.7          113.8          81.8
          IV            204.3        165.1         80.8        178.1          119.2          87.2
          
      ANNUAL            210.4        177.6         84.4        173.0          115.1          82.2
      
2009       I            198.7        150.1         75.6        178.4          120.1          89.8
          II           r200.4       r143.7         71.7        183.3          123.0         r91.5
         III           r210.6       r148.7        r70.6       r186.5         r124.1         r88.6
          IV            213.7        150.6         70.4        186.2          122.8          87.1
          
      ANNUAL            205.7        148.3         72.1        183.5          122.5          89.2
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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
                         
2007       I              4.2          1.2         -2.9         10.1            6.0           5.6
          II              5.6          6.0          0.4         -1.7           -5.7          -6.9
         III              5.6          4.4         -1.1          0.4           -1.9          -4.9
          IV              6.3          1.4         -4.5          6.3            0.5           0.1
          
      ANNUAL              4.0          1.8         -2.1          4.7            1.8           0.7
      
2008       I              1.2         -0.9         -2.0         -1.4           -5.7          -2.5
          II             -4.6         -7.3         -2.9          4.1           -0.4           9.1
         III              2.2         -7.9         -9.9          5.9           -0.2           3.6
          IV            -14.2        -26.2        -14.1         10.5           20.6          28.8
          
      ANNUAL              0.9         -3.3         -4.2          2.8           -1.0           1.9
      
2009       I            -10.5        -31.6        -23.5          0.7            3.1          12.6
          II             r3.5       r-16.1        -18.9         11.5           10.0          r7.7
         III            r21.9        r14.9        r-5.8         r7.1           r3.4        r-12.2
          IV              6.2          5.0         -1.1         -0.6           -3.9          -6.4
          
      ANNUAL             -2.2        -16.5        -14.6          6.1            6.5           8.5
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
                     
2007       I              2.6          0.3         -2.3          4.9            2.4           2.2
          II              4.1          1.4         -2.6          5.3            2.6           1.2
         III              4.0          2.3         -1.6          5.0            2.7           1.0
          IV              5.4          3.2         -2.1          3.7           -0.3          -1.6
          
      ANNUAL              4.0          1.8         -2.1          4.7            1.8           0.7
      
2008       I              4.6          2.7         -1.8          0.9           -3.2          -3.6
          II              2.0         -0.7         -2.6          2.3           -1.9           0.3
         III              1.2         -3.7         -4.9          3.7           -1.5           2.5
          IV             -4.1        -11.1         -7.3          4.7            3.1           9.1
          
      ANNUAL              0.9         -3.3         -4.2          2.8           -1.0           1.9
      
2009       I             -7.0        -19.0        -12.9          5.3            5.5          13.1
          II            r-5.1        -21.0        -16.8          7.1            8.1          12.8
         III            r-0.8       r-16.5       r-15.8          7.4            9.1          r8.2
          IV              4.6         -8.8        -12.8          4.6            3.0          -0.1
          
      ANNUAL             -2.2        -16.5        -14.6          6.1            6.5           8.5
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                February 4, 2010
r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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