Appendix Table 3. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, indexes 1992=100


Appendix table 3.
 Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs
 Indexes 1992=100
                                                                             Real
                     Output per                  Hours       Compensa-       compensa-      Unit 
                     hour of                     of all      tion per        tion per       labor
       Year          all persons    Output       persons     hour (1)        hour (2)       costs
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       1987             91.4         91.1         99.7         79.8            96.3         87.4
       1988             93.2         94.5        101.4         83.6            97.2         89.7
       1989             94.0         96.4        102.5         86.3            96.3        r91.8

       1990             96.0         97.1        101.1         91.4            97.1        r95.3
       1991             98.3         97.4         99.1         96.4            98.9         98.1
       1992            100.0        100.0        100.0        100.0           100.0        100.0
       1993            101.2        102.4        101.2        102.7           100.3        101.6
       1994            103.5        105.7        102.1        105.0           100.4        101.5

       1995            106.2        107.7        101.5        108.1           100.9        101.9
       1996            108.4        107.8         99.4        110.8           100.7        102.3
       1997            112.8        112.2         99.5        114.7           102.1       r101.7
       1998            115.8        113.4         97.9        121.0           106.2        104.5
       1999            116.9        113.3         96.9       r126.3           108.5        108.0

       2000            120.7        114.1         94.5        135.4           112.6        112.2
       2001            123.4        110.4         89.4       r143.2          r115.9       r116.0
       2002            130.5        110.7         84.8       r153.2          r121.9       r117.4
       2003            136.7        111.1         81.3       r162.2          r126.3       r118.6
       2004            141.7        112.4         79.4       r166.5          r126.3       r117.5

       2005            148.6        114.7         77.2       r172.5          r126.5       r116.1
       2006            148.9        115.1         77.3       r175.1          r124.3       r117.6
       2007            151.9        116.1         76.4       r181.5          r125.3       r119.5
       2008            152.7        112.7         73.8       r187.4          r124.6       r122.7
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 See footnotes following Table 6.                            September 2, 2009
 r=revised                                                   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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