Appendix Table 1. Manufacturing sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted



  Appendix table 1.  Manufacturing sector: Revised 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

 2003       I         r157.4       r137.3        r87.2       r154.5         r120.7         r98.2
           II         r159.3       r136.6        r85.7       r157.2         r123.0         r98.7
          III         r162.7       r137.3        r84.4       r159.5         r123.8         r98.0
           IV         r162.1       r138.2        r85.3       r161.7         r125.1         r99.8

       ANNUAL         r160.4       r137.3        r85.6       r158.2         r123.2         r98.7

 2004       I         r161.6       r138.3        r85.6       r156.8         r120.3         r97.0
           II         r162.9       r138.9        r85.3       r159.8         r121.6         r98.1
          III         r164.2       r139.9        r85.2       r163.6         r123.7         r99.7
           IV         r167.1       r141.8        r84.8       r165.7         r124.0         r99.2

       ANNUAL         r163.9       r139.7        r85.2       r161.5         r122.4         r98.5

 2005       I         r170.0       r143.7        r84.5       r166.2         r123.8         r97.7
           II         r172.0       r144.5        r84.0       r168.0         r124.3         r97.7
          III         r172.9       r144.7        r83.7       r170.4         r124.1         r98.6
           IV         r172.8       r146.5        r84.8       r168.7         r121.7         r97.6

       ANNUAL         r171.9       r144.8        r84.3       r168.3         r123.5         r97.9

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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

 2003       I            8.8          2.1         -6.2         12.4           r8.0           3.3
           II           r4.9        r-2.1        r-6.7          7.2           r7.9          r2.2
          III           r8.9         r2.1         -6.3          5.8           r2.6         r-2.9
           IV          r-1.5         r2.9         r4.5          5.7           r4.2          r7.4

       ANNUAL            6.2          1.0         -4.9          7.0            4.7           0.8

 2004       I          r-1.3         r0.3         r1.6        -11.6          -14.6        r-10.5
           II           r3.3         r1.7         -1.5          7.9           r4.6          r4.4
          III           r3.2         r2.9        r-0.2          9.9           r6.8          r6.5
           IV           r7.4         r5.3        r-1.9          5.3           r1.0         r-1.9

       ANNUAL           r2.2         r1.7         -0.5         r2.1           -0.6          -0.2

 2005       I           r7.1         r5.7        r-1.4          1.1          r-0.7         r-5.7
           II           r4.7         r2.0        r-2.5          4.5           r1.6         r-0.2
          III           r2.2         r0.6         -1.5          5.8          r-0.4          r3.6
           IV          r-0.2         r5.3          5.5         -3.9          r-7.6         r-3.8

       ANNUAL           r4.9         r3.7        r-1.2          4.2            0.9         r-0.6

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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

 2003       I           r7.0         r2.3         -4.4          7.0           r3.9          r0.0
           II            6.1         r0.3         -5.4          6.5           r4.4           0.4
          III           r6.5          0.2         -6.0         r6.9            4.5           0.3
           IV           r5.2         r1.2        r-3.8          7.7           r5.6          r2.4

       ANNUAL            6.2          1.0         -4.9          7.0            4.7           0.8

 2004       I           r2.6         r0.7         -1.8          1.5           -0.4          -1.2
           II           r2.3         r1.7         -0.5          1.6           -1.1         r-0.6
          III           r0.9         r1.9          1.0          2.6           -0.1          r1.7
           IV           r3.1         r2.5        r-0.5          2.5           -0.9         r-0.6

       ANNUAL           r2.2         r1.7         -0.5         r2.1           -0.6          -0.2

 2005       I           r5.2         r3.9        r-1.3          6.0            2.9          r0.7
           II           r5.6         r4.0         -1.5          5.1            2.2         r-0.4
          III           r5.3         r3.4         -1.8          4.2            0.4         r-1.1
           IV           r3.4         r3.4          0.0          1.8           -1.8         r-1.6

       ANNUAL           r4.9         r3.7        r-1.2          4.2            0.9         r-0.6

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 See footnotes following Table 6.                               May 7, 2008
 r=revised                                                      Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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