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           r153.2       r105.6         69.0        192.1          129.4        r125.4
          II           r155.1       r105.6        r68.1       r192.8         r129.4        r124.3
         III            157.2        106.5         67.7        195.2          129.9         124.2
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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             r2.2       r-11.1        -13.0         -1.5            0.9         r-3.6
          II             r5.2        r-0.2        r-5.1         r1.3           r0.0         r-3.7
         III              5.5          3.4         -2.0          5.2            1.6          -0.3
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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          r4.5
          II             r0.6        r-8.1         -8.6         r4.0           r5.0          r3.4
         III              4.7         -4.6         -8.9          4.8            6.4           0.1
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                November 5, 2009
r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics


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