Table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted



Table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs,
seasonally adjusted
                                                                              Real
                 Output                                        Compen-        compen-
 Year            per hour                      Hours           sation         sation         Unit
 and             of all                        of all          per hour       per hour       labor
 quarter         persons        Output         persons           (1)            (2)          costs
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                      Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2011 ANNUAL        2.6            1.7           -0.9            2.2           -0.9           -0.3  

2011 IV            1.3            1.5            0.2            2.7            1.7            1.4  
     III           1.6 r          2.3 r          0.6 r         -1.2 r         -4.1 r         -2.8 r
     II            0.1 r         -0.9           -0.9            2.8           -1.2            2.7 r
     I             3.4            2.1           -1.3            2.8           -2.4           -0.6  

2010 ANNUAL        3.9            3.9            0.1            0.8           -0.9           -3.0  

2010 IV            5.3            2.0           -3.2            2.2           -0.5           -3.0  
     III           4.2            2.8           -1.3            5.7            4.2            1.4  
     II           -1.3            4.0            5.4           -1.9           -1.4           -0.5  
     I             3.6            5.4            1.7           -2.2           -3.4           -5.6  

2009 ANNUAL        2.3           -6.6           -8.7            2.9            3.2            0.5  

2009 IV            7.7            6.2           -1.4            1.9           -0.9           -5.4  
     III           5.3            3.0           -2.2            2.5           -1.1           -2.6  
     II            4.3           -2.5           -6.5            2.8            0.8           -1.5  
     I             2.8          -11.2          -13.6           -3.3           -1.0           -6.0  
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                    Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2011 ANNUAL        2.6            1.7           -0.9            2.2           -0.9           -0.3  

2011 IV            1.6            1.2           -0.4            1.8           -1.5            0.2  
     III           2.6 r          1.4 r         -1.2            1.6           -2.1           -0.9 r
     II            3.2            1.5           -1.7            3.4            0.0            0.1  
     I             2.9            2.7           -0.2            2.1            0.0           -0.7  

2010 ANNUAL        3.9            3.9            0.1            0.8           -0.9           -3.0  

2010 IV            2.9            3.5            0.6            0.9           -0.3           -2.0  
     III           3.5            4.6            1.1            0.8           -0.4           -2.6  
     II            3.8            4.6            0.8            0.1           -1.7           -3.6  
     I             5.2            3.0           -2.1            1.2           -1.1           -3.8  

2009 ANNUAL        2.3           -6.6           -8.7            2.9            3.2            0.5  

2009 IV            5.0           -1.3           -6.0            0.9           -0.5           -3.9  
     III           4.5           -5.8           -9.8            3.5            5.2           -1.0  
     II            0.9           -9.1           -9.9            3.7            4.7            2.8  
     I            -1.0           -9.7           -8.8            3.3            3.4            4.3  
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                                         Indexes 2005=100

2011 ANNUAL      111.3           96.2           86.5          117.2          101.7          105.4  

2011 IV          111.8           96.7           86.5          117.9          101.5          105.5  
     III         111.4 r         96.4 r         86.5 r        117.1 r        101.0 r        105.1 r
     II          111.0 r         95.8 r         86.4          117.4          102.1          105.8 r
     I           110.9           96.0           86.6          116.6          102.4          105.1  

2010 ANNUAL      108.5           94.6           87.2          114.7          102.7          105.7  

2010 IV          110.0           95.5           86.9          115.8          103.0          105.3  
     III         108.6           95.1           87.6          115.2          103.2          106.1  
     II          107.5           94.4           87.9          113.6          102.1          105.7  
     I           107.8           93.5           86.7          114.2          102.5          105.9  

2009 ANNUAL      104.5           91.1           87.2          113.8          103.6          109.0  

2009 IV          106.9           92.3           86.3          114.8          103.3          107.4  
     III         104.9           90.9           86.6          114.3          103.6          108.9  
     II          103.6           90.2           87.1          113.5          103.8          109.6  
     I           102.5           90.8           88.6          112.8          103.6          110.0  
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                                   February 2, 2012
r=revised                                                        Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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