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           r148.0       r115.0        r77.7        178.3         r128.0        r120.4
          II           r148.4       r114.8        r77.3       r176.4         r125.6        r118.8
         III           r149.0       r115.4        r77.4       r177.6         r125.1        r119.2
          IV           r150.3       r115.1        r76.6       r181.9         r128.7        r121.1

      ANNUAL           r148.9       r115.1        r77.2       r178.6         r126.8        r119.9

2007       I           r151.2       r115.6        r76.5       r187.1         r131.2        r123.7
          II           r151.4       r116.0        r76.6       r186.9         r129.6        r123.5
         III           r152.7       r116.4        r76.3       r187.8         r129.3        r123.0
          IV           r152.9       r116.1        r75.9       r189.0         r128.5        r123.6

      ANNUAL           r152.0       r116.0        r76.3       r187.7         r129.7        r123.5

2008       I            155.4        116.1         74.7        192.0          129.2         123.5
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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2006       I             r1.0         r3.6          2.6          4.4           r2.5          r3.4
          II             r1.1        r-0.9         -1.9         -4.2          r-7.5         r-5.2
         III             r1.5         r2.2         r0.6          2.7          r-1.3          r1.1
          IV             r3.5        r-1.1        r-4.4         10.2          r11.9          r6.5

      ANNUAL             r0.2         r0.3          0.1          1.5           -1.7          r1.3

2007       I             r2.5         r2.0         -0.5         11.9           r8.0          r9.2
          II             r0.4         r1.3         r0.9         -0.4           -4.8         r-0.8
         III             r3.5         r1.6         -1.9          1.7           -1.0         r-1.7
          IV             r0.5        r-1.2        r-1.7         r2.6          r-2.2          r2.2

      ANNUAL             r2.1          0.9         -1.2          5.1           r2.2          r3.0

2008       I              7.0         -0.1         -6.6          6.5            2.1          -0.4
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2006       I             r0.2        r-0.1        r-0.3          2.8           -0.9          r2.7
          II            r-0.7        r-0.6          0.1          0.1           -3.7          r0.8
         III            r-0.4         r1.0         r1.4          0.0          r-3.2          r0.4
          IV             r1.8         r0.9        r-0.8          3.1            1.1          r1.4

      ANNUAL             r0.2         r0.3          0.1          1.5           -1.7          r1.3

2007       I             r2.1         r0.5         -1.6         r4.9           r2.5          r2.7
          II             r2.0         r1.1         -0.9          6.0           r3.2          r3.9
         III             r2.5         r0.9        r-1.5          5.7           r3.3          r3.2
          IV             r1.7         r0.9        r-0.8         r3.9          r-0.1          r2.1

      ANNUAL             r2.1          0.9         -1.2          5.1           r2.2          r3.0

2008       I              2.8          0.4         -2.3          2.6           -1.5          -0.2
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                May 7, 2008
r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics