Chart 5. Difference in annualized quarter-to-quarter growth in hours worked for employees in the private nonfarm sector, new versus old hours-worked estimation method, third quarter 2006 to fourth quarter 2021
Quarter Percentage-point(s) difference, new versus old method

Q3 2006

0.0

Q4 2006

0.5

Q1 2007

0.4

Q2 2007

0.2

Q3 2007

-0.3

Q4 2007

-0.2

Q1 2008

-0.1

Q2 2008

0.4

Q3 2008

-0.3

Q4 2008

-1.1

Q1 2009

0.1

Q2 2009

-0.6

Q3 2009

-0.3

Q4 2009

0.3

Q1 2010

1.3

Q2 2010

-0.4

Q3 2010

-0.8

Q4 2010

0.7

Q1 2011

0.0

Q2 2011

0.8

Q3 2011

-0.8

Q4 2011

0.5

Q1 2012

0.3

Q2 2012

-0.3

Q3 2012

0.8

Q4 2012

0.1

Q1 2013

0.1

Q2 2013

0.1

Q3 2013

-0.1

Q4 2013

-0.3

Q1 2014

0.3

Q2 2014

0.2

Q3 2014

0.4

Q4 2014

-0.1

Q1 2015

0.6

Q2 2015

-0.5

Q3 2015

-1.5

Q4 2015

0.7

Q1 2016

0.3

Q2 2016

-0.4

Q3 2016

-0.2

Q4 2016

-0.1

Q1 2017

-0.3

Q2 2017

-0.4

Q3 2017

-0.1

Q4 2017

0.4

Q1 2018

-0.3

Q2 2018

-0.6

Q3 2018

1.1

Q4 2018

0.0

Q1 2019

0.1

Q2 2019

0.8

Q3 2019

-0.2

Q4 2019

-1.0

Q1 2020

-0.8

Q2 2020

-2.3

Q3 2020

0.9

Q4 2020

0.5

Q1 2021

-0.7

Q2 2021

1.0

Q3 2021

-0.9

Q4 2021

2.1

Note: Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.