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
     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            148.0        115.0         77.7        178.0          127.8         120.2
          II            148.4        114.8         77.3        176.6          125.7         119.0
         III            149.0        115.4         77.4        177.8          125.3         119.3
          IV            150.3        115.1         76.6        180.4          127.6         120.0

      ANNUAL            148.9        115.1         77.2        178.2          126.6         119.6

2007       I            151.2        115.6         76.5        181.9          127.5         120.3
          II            151.4        116.0         76.6        181.4          125.8         119.9
         III            152.7        116.4         76.3        181.8          125.2         119.1
          IV            152.9        116.1         75.9        185.3          126.0         121.2

      ANNUAL            152.0        116.0         76.3        182.6          126.1         120.1

2008       I           r155.0       r115.7         74.6        188.0          126.5        r121.3
          II           r155.2       r115.4        r74.3       r189.6         r126.1        r122.2
         III            152.3        113.3         74.4        191.3          125.2         125.6
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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2006       I              1.0          3.6          2.6         15.5           13.4          14.4
          II              1.1         -0.9         -1.9         -3.1           -6.5          -4.1
         III              1.5          2.2          0.6          2.6           -1.4           1.1
          IV              3.5         -1.1         -4.4          6.1            7.7           2.5

      ANNUAL              0.2          0.3          0.1          4.5            1.1           4.3

2007       I              2.5          2.0         -0.5          3.3           -0.3           0.8
          II              0.4          1.3          0.9         -1.0           -5.3          -1.4
         III              3.5          1.6         -1.9          0.7           -2.0          -2.7
          IV              0.6         -1.1         -1.7          7.9            2.8           7.3

      ANNUAL              2.1          0.9         -1.2          2.5           -0.3           0.4

2008       I             r5.8         -1.3         -6.7          6.0            1.7           0.3
          II             r0.5        r-1.2        r-1.7         r3.5          r-1.5          r3.0
         III             -7.3         -7.0          0.4          3.7           -2.9          11.8
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2006       I              0.2         -0.1         -0.3          6.2            2.4           6.0
          II             -0.7         -0.6          0.1          3.5           -0.4           4.2
         III             -0.4          1.0          1.4          3.1           -0.2           3.6
          IV              1.8          0.9         -0.8          5.1            3.0           3.2

      ANNUAL              0.2          0.3          0.1          4.5            1.1           4.3

2007       I              2.1          0.5         -1.6          2.2           -0.2           0.0
          II              2.0          1.1         -0.9          2.7            0.1           0.7
         III              2.5          0.9         -1.5          2.3           -0.1          -0.2
          IV              1.7          0.9         -0.8          2.7           -1.2           1.0

      ANNUAL              2.1          0.9         -1.2          2.5           -0.3           0.4

2008       I              2.5          0.1         -2.4          3.4           -0.8           0.8
          II             r2.6        r-0.5         -3.0          4.5            0.2           1.9
         III             -0.2         -2.7         -2.5          5.3            0.0           5.5
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                November 6, 2008
r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics


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