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
     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            151.3        115.9         76.6        179.7          125.9         118.8
          II            151.4        116.0         76.7        181.2          125.6         119.7
         III            152.6        116.3         76.2        180.9          124.7         118.5
          IV            152.3        116.0         76.2        184.1          125.1         120.8
          
      ANNUAL            151.9        116.1         76.4        181.5          125.3         119.5
      
2008       I            154.3        115.6         74.9        185.2          124.5         120.0
          II            154.2        114.8         74.4        185.3          123.2         120.2
         III            150.1        111.6         74.4        186.3          122.1         124.1
          IV            152.3        108.7         71.4        192.8          129.1         126.6
          
      ANNUAL            152.7        112.7         73.8        187.4          124.6         122.7
      
2009       I            153.2        105.6         69.0        192.1          129.4         125.4
          II           r155.2       r105.6         68.1        191.8          128.7        r123.6
         III           r157.6       r106.8        r67.8       r194.3         r129.3        r123.3
          IV            161.4        108.7         67.4        194.6          128.4         120.6
          
      ANNUAL            156.8        106.7         68.0        193.2          129.0         123.2
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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
                         
2007       I              2.4          2.4          0.0          4.9            1.1           2.4
          II              0.3          0.7          0.4          3.3           -0.9           3.0
         III              3.4          0.8         -2.5         -0.6           -2.9          -3.9
          IV             -0.9         -0.9          0.0          7.1            1.3           8.0
          
      ANNUAL              2.0          0.9         -1.1          3.6            0.8           1.6
      
2008       I              5.4         -1.4         -6.5          2.6           -1.9          -2.7
          II             -0.4         -2.8         -2.5          0.2           -4.0           0.6
         III            -10.2        -10.6         -0.5          2.1           -3.8          13.7
          IV              6.0         -9.9        -15.0         14.7           25.2           8.2
          
      ANNUAL              0.6         -2.9         -3.4          3.3           -0.6           2.7
      
2009       I              2.2        -11.1        -13.0         -1.5            0.9          -3.6
          II             r5.4          0.0         -5.1         -0.7           -2.0          -5.8
         III             r6.5         r4.7        r-1.7          5.5            1.8         r-1.0
          IV              9.8          7.2         -2.4          0.5           -2.8          -8.5
          
      ANNUAL              2.7         -5.3         -7.8          3.1            3.5           0.4
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
                     
2007       I              2.3          0.7         -1.6          3.4            0.9           1.1
          II              2.1          1.2         -0.9          4.1            1.4           2.0
         III              2.5          0.9         -1.6          3.4            1.1           0.9
          IV              1.3          0.8         -0.5          3.7           -0.4           2.3
          
      ANNUAL              2.0          0.9         -1.1          3.6            0.8           1.6
      
2008       I              2.0         -0.2         -2.2          3.1           -1.1           1.0
          II              1.9         -1.1         -2.9          2.3           -1.9           0.4
         III             -1.7         -4.0         -2.4          3.0           -2.1           4.7
          IV              0.0         -6.3         -6.3          4.8            3.2           4.8
          
      ANNUAL              0.6         -2.9         -3.4          3.3           -0.6           2.7
      
2009       I             -0.8         -8.7         -8.0          3.7            3.9           4.5
          II              0.6         -8.0         -8.6          3.5            4.5           2.8
         III             r5.0        r-4.3         -8.9          4.3            5.9         r-0.7
          IV              6.0          0.0         -5.7          0.9           -0.6          -4.8
          
      ANNUAL              2.7         -5.3         -7.8          3.1            3.5           0.4
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                February 4, 2010
r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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