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)

2013 I             3.9 r          4.2 r          0.2 r         -4.9 r         -6.4 r         -8.5 r

2012 ANNUAL       -0.1            1.1            1.3            2.0 r         -0.1 r          2.1 r

2012 IV            1.4 r          1.5 r          0.2           12.4 r         10.0 r         10.9 r
     III          -1.4            0.2            1.6            1.1           -0.9            2.6  
     II           -1.9           -1.1            0.8            3.1            2.1            5.1  
     I             0.0            3.4            3.4            4.2            1.9            4.2  

2011 ANNUAL        1.1            0.5           -0.6            2.0           -1.1            0.9  

2011 IV            0.5            0.8            0.3           -2.5           -3.8           -3.0  
     III           2.0            2.2            0.2           -0.6           -3.5           -2.6  
     II           -0.4           -0.8           -0.4           -0.1           -4.5            0.3  
     I             1.3           -0.3           -1.6            6.0            1.5            4.7  
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                    Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2013 I             0.5 r          1.2            0.7            2.7 r          1.0 r          2.3 r

2012 ANNUAL       -0.1            1.1            1.3            2.0 r         -0.1 r          2.1 r

2012 IV           -0.5 r          1.0 r          1.5            5.1 r          3.2 r          5.6 r
     III          -0.7            0.8            1.5            1.5           -0.2            2.2  
     II            0.2            1.3            1.2            1.0           -0.9            0.9  
     I             0.5            1.4            0.9            0.2           -2.5           -0.3  

2011 ANNUAL        1.1            0.5           -0.6            2.0           -1.1            0.9  

2011 IV            0.8            0.5           -0.4            0.6           -2.6           -0.2  
     III           1.2            0.2           -1.0            1.6           -2.0            0.4  
     II            1.1           -0.2           -1.2            3.1           -0.3            2.0  
     I             1.3            1.4            0.1            2.8            0.6            1.5  
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                                         Indexes 2005=100

2013 I           109.7 r         96.7 r         88.2 r        121.3 r        102.0 r        110.6 r

2012 ANNUAL      108.7 r         95.5 r         87.9          119.8 r        101.8 r        110.2 r

2012 IV          108.7 r         95.7 r         88.1          122.8 r        103.7 r        113.0 r
     III         108.3           95.4           88.1          119.3          101.3          110.2  
     II          108.7           95.3           87.7          119.0          101.5          109.5  
     I           109.2           95.6           87.6          118.0          100.9          108.1  

2011 ANNUAL      108.8           94.4           86.8          117.5          102.0          107.9  

2011 IV          109.2           94.8           86.8          116.8          100.5          107.0  
     III         109.0           94.6           86.8          117.6          101.5          107.8  
     II          108.5           94.1           86.7          117.7          102.4          108.5  
     I           108.6           94.3           86.8          117.8          103.6          108.4  
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                                       June 5, 2013
r=revised                                                        Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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