Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 4. Durable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted
Table 4. Durable 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
2006 I 198.8 179.6 90.3 166.0 119.2 83.5
II 198.9 180.5 90.7 164.6 117.1 82.7
III 201.7 181.1 89.8 165.3 116.5 81.9
IV 202.4 180.1 89.0 170.2 120.4 84.1
ANNUAL 200.4 180.3 90.0 166.5 118.3 83.1
2007 I 204.4 180.3 88.2 173.0 121.3 84.7
II 207.9 183.9 88.4 172.5 119.6 83.0
III 210.9 186.9 88.6 172.2 118.6 81.7
IV 214.3 187.0 87.3 175.5 119.4 81.9
ANNUAL 209.4 184.5 88.1 173.3 119.7 82.8
2008 I r215.4 r186.8 86.7 r176.6 r118.9 r82.0
II r213.0 r184.0 r86.4 r178.4 r118.6 r83.8
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I -1.8 0.4 2.3 13.7 11.7 15.9
II 0.3 2.1 1.8 -3.3 -6.6 -3.6
III 5.7 1.2 -4.3 1.6 -2.3 -3.9
IV 1.4 -2.1 -3.4 12.6 14.4 11.1
ANNUAL 2.2 3.3 1.1 3.9 0.6 1.7
2007 I 3.9 0.4 -3.4 6.7 3.0 2.7
II 7.1 8.2 1.0 -1.2 -5.5 -7.7
III 6.0 6.8 0.8 -0.7 -3.3 -6.2
IV 6.6 0.3 -6.0 7.9 2.8 1.2
ANNUAL 4.5 2.3 -2.0 4.1 1.3 -0.3
2008 I r2.0 r-0.5 -2.5 r2.5 r-1.7 r0.4
II r-4.5 r-5.9 r-1.5 r4.1 r-0.8 r9.0
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 3.2 4.8 1.6 4.9 1.1 1.6
II 2.0 4.6 2.5 3.1 -0.8 1.1
III 2.2 3.6 1.4 1.9 -1.5 -0.4
IV 1.4 0.4 -1.0 5.9 3.9 4.5
ANNUAL 2.2 3.3 1.1 3.9 0.6 1.7
2007 I 2.8 0.4 -2.4 4.3 1.8 1.4
II 4.5 1.8 -2.5 4.8 2.1 0.3
III 4.6 3.2 -1.3 4.2 1.8 -0.3
IV 5.9 3.9 -1.9 3.1 -0.8 -2.6
ANNUAL 4.5 2.3 -2.0 4.1 1.3 -0.3
2008 I 5.4 3.6 -1.7 r2.1 r-2.0 r-3.2
II r2.4 r0.1 r-2.3 r3.4 r-0.8 r1.0
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See footnotes following Table 6. September 4, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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