Table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, unit profits,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
Output Hourly Real Unit Total Unit Implicit
Year per all- compen- hourly Unit non- unit pro- price
and employee Employee sation compen- labor labor costs fits deflator
quarter hour Output hours (1) sation(2) costs costs(6) (7) (8) (4)
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Indexes 1992=100
2005 I r141.0 r165.4 r117.3 r158.0 r117.7 r112.1 r111.0 r111.8 r151.2 r115.3
II r141.9 r167.7 r118.2 r158.5 r117.2 r111.7 r111.0 r111.5 r160.8 r115.9
III r141.3 r167.9 r118.8 r160.8 r117.1 r113.8 r114.4 r113.9 r146.6 r116.9
IV r142.1 r170.0 r119.7 r161.8 r116.7 r113.9 r112.3 r113.5 r158.8 r117.5
ANNUAL r141.6 r167.7 r118.5 r159.8 r117.2 r112.9 r112.2 r112.7 r154.4 r116.4
2006 I r142.8 r171.9 120.4 163.8 r117.6 r114.8 r112.3 r114.1 r164.0 r118.5
II r141.9 r171.5 r120.9 r163.9 r116.7 r115.5 r114.2 r115.2 r164.8 r119.6
III r142.7 r173.4 r121.5 r164.6 r116.0 r115.3 r114.0 r114.9 r172.8 r120.1
IV r143.0 r174.2 r121.8 r169.3 r119.8 r118.4 r114.7 r117.4 r150.4 r120.3
ANNUAL r142.6 r172.8 r121.1 r165.4 r117.5 r116.0 r113.8 r115.4 r162.9 r119.7
2007 I r143.5 r174.6 r121.7 r171.4 r120.2 r119.5 r114.9 r118.2 r154.7 r121.5
II r144.2 r175.9 r121.9 r172.4 r119.5 r119.5 r115.0 r118.3 r158.5 r121.9
III r145.3 r177.5 r122.2 r173.6 r119.5 r119.5 r114.7 r118.2 r154.3 r121.4
IV 145.6 177.8 122.2 175.1 119.1 120.3 115.5 119.0 147.3 121.5
ANNUAL 144.6 176.4 122.0 173.1 119.6 119.7 115.0 118.4 153.7 121.6
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2005 I r0.4 r0.6 0.2 2.6 r0.8 r2.1 r6.5 r3.3 r9.5 r4.0
II r2.8 r5.9 3.0 r1.3 r-1.6 r-1.5 r0.0 r-1.1 r27.8 r2.0
III -1.6 0.4 2.1 r6.1 r-0.2 7.8 r12.6 9.1 -30.8 3.4
IV r2.1 r5.1 3.0 r2.5 r-1.4 r0.5 r-7.2 r-1.7 r37.5 r2.3
ANNUAL r1.4 r3.1 1.7 3.8 0.4 r2.4 r2.7 r2.4 r6.6 r2.9
2006 I r2.0 r4.5 r2.4 r5.1 r3.2 r3.0 r-0.1 r2.2 r13.7 r3.5
II r-2.5 r-0.8 1.7 0.2 r-3.3 r2.8 r7.2 r3.9 r1.9 r3.7
III r2.4 r4.4 1.9 1.6 r-2.4 r-0.8 r-0.9 r-0.9 r20.9 r1.7
IV r0.9 r1.9 r1.1 r12.0 r13.8 r11.1 r2.7 r8.8 r-42.6 r0.8
ANNUAL r0.7 r3.0 2.2 3.5 0.2 r2.8 r1.4 r2.4 r5.5 r2.8
2007 I 1.2 0.9 -0.3 5.1 r1.4 3.8 0.5 2.9 11.8 3.9
II 2.1 2.9 0.8 2.3 r-2.3 0.2 0.5 0.3 10.4 1.4
III 2.9 3.7 0.7 2.8 0.1 -0.1 -1.2 -0.4 -10.2 -1.6
IV 0.9 0.9 0.0 3.5 -1.4 2.6 2.9 2.7 -16.9 0.3
ANNUAL 1.4 2.1 0.7 4.7 1.8 3.2 1.1 2.6 -5.7 1.6
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2005 I r2.5 r3.7 1.1 4.7 1.7 r2.1 r1.4 r1.9 r11.9 r3.0
II r2.1 r3.8 1.7 3.7 r0.8 r1.6 r1.6 r1.6 r10.4 r2.6
III r0.2 r1.9 1.7 3.8 0.0 r3.6 r5.0 r4.0 r-2.4 r3.2
IV r0.9 r3.0 2.1 3.1 -0.6 r2.2 r2.7 r2.3 r7.4 r2.9
ANNUAL r1.4 r3.1 1.7 3.8 0.4 r2.4 r2.7 r2.4 r6.6 r2.9
2006 I r1.3 r4.0 2.6 3.7 0.0 r2.4 r1.1 r2.0 r8.4 r2.8
II r0.0 r2.3 2.3 3.4 -0.5 r3.5 r2.9 r3.3 r2.5 r3.2
III r1.0 r3.3 2.3 2.3 -1.0 r1.3 r-0.4 r0.9 r17.8 r2.8
IV r0.7 r2.5 1.8 4.6 2.6 r3.9 r2.2 r3.4 r-5.3 r2.4
ANNUAL r0.7 r3.0 2.2 3.5 0.2 r2.8 r1.4 r2.4 r5.5 r2.8
2007 I r0.5 r1.6 1.1 4.6 r2.2 r4.1 r2.3 r3.6 r-5.7 r2.5
II r1.6 r2.5 0.9 5.2 r2.4 r3.5 r0.7 r2.7 r-3.8 r1.9
III r1.8 r2.3 0.6 5.5 r3.1 r3.7 r0.6 r2.8 r-10.7 r1.1
IV 1.8 2.1 0.3 3.4 -0.6 1.6 0.7 1.4 -2.1 1.0
ANNUAL 1.4 2.1 0.7 4.7 1.8 3.2 1.1 2.6 -5.7 1.6
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See footnotes following Table 6. May 7, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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