Appendix table 3. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Revised 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

 2003       I         r134.8       r111.5        r82.8       r155.8         r121.7        r115.6
           II         r136.4       r111.0        r81.4       r158.6         r124.1        r116.3
          III         r138.0       r110.9        r80.3       r160.5         r124.6        r116.3
           IV         r137.9       r111.2        r80.6       r162.7         r125.8        r117.9

       ANNUAL         r136.7       r111.1        r81.3       r159.4         r124.1        r116.5

 2004       I         r138.4       r111.0        r80.2       r163.7         r125.5        r118.3
           II         r140.7       r112.1        r79.7       r166.1         r126.4        r118.1
          III         r142.6       r112.7        r79.1       r169.1         r127.8        r118.6
           IV         r145.1       r114.0        r78.6        172.5         r129.0        r118.9

       ANNUAL         r141.7       r112.4        r79.4       r167.8         r127.2        r118.5

 2005       I         r147.8       r115.1        r77.9       r173.4         r129.2        r117.3
           II         r149.5       r115.4        r77.2       r176.2         r130.3        r117.9
          III         r149.6       r114.3        r76.4       r177.6         r129.3        r118.6
           IV         r147.7       r114.0        r77.2       r176.4         r127.2        r119.4

       ANNUAL         r148.7       r114.7        r77.2        175.9          129.0        r118.3

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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

 2003       I           r9.7         r3.0         -6.2         r4.1           r0.1         r-5.1
           II           r4.9        r-1.7         -6.2          7.5           r8.2          r2.5
          III           r4.8        r-0.7         -5.2          4.8           r1.6          r0.0
           IV           -0.2          1.2         r1.4          5.5           r4.0          r5.7

       ANNUAL            4.8          0.4         -4.2          5.1            2.8           0.3

 2004       I            1.4        r-0.8        r-2.1          2.5          r-0.9          r1.1
           II           r6.7         r4.1         -2.4          6.0           r2.8         r-0.6
          III           r5.6         r2.3        r-3.1         r7.6           r4.6          r1.9
           IV           r7.2         r4.7        r-2.3         r8.2           r3.8          r0.9

       ANNUAL            3.6          1.2        r-2.3          5.3           r2.5          r1.7

 2005       I           r7.8         r4.0        r-3.6          2.2           r0.4         r-5.2
           II           r4.6         r0.9         -3.5          6.6           r3.6          r1.9
          III           r0.4        r-3.9         -4.3          3.1          r-3.0          r2.6
           IV          r-5.1        r-0.8          4.5         -2.5          r-6.3          r2.7

       ANNUAL           r4.9         r2.0         -2.8          4.8            1.4         r-0.1

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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

 2003       I            5.0          1.3         -3.6          5.2           r2.2           0.2
           II            4.6          0.1        r-4.3          5.2           r3.1           0.5
          III            4.6         -0.3         -4.7          4.6            2.3           0.0
           IV            4.8         r0.4         -4.1          5.5           r3.4          r0.7

       ANNUAL            4.8          0.4         -4.2          5.1            2.8           0.3

 2004       I            2.7        r-0.5         -3.1          5.1            3.2           2.3
           II           r3.1         r0.9         -2.1          4.7           r1.9          r1.5
          III           r3.3         r1.7         -1.6          5.4            2.6          r2.0
           IV           r5.2         r2.6        r-2.5          6.1            2.6          r0.8

       ANNUAL            3.6          1.2        r-2.3          5.3           r2.5          r1.7

 2005       I           r6.8         r3.8         -2.9          6.0            2.9         r-0.8
           II           r6.3         r3.0        r-3.1          6.1            3.1         r-0.2
          III           r5.0         r1.4         -3.4          5.0            1.2          r0.0
           IV           r1.8         r0.0        r-1.8          2.3           -1.4          r0.4

       ANNUAL           r4.9         r2.0         -2.8          4.8            1.4         r-0.1

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 See footnotes following Table 6.                               May 7, 2008
 r=revised                                                      Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics