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Unit labor costs, manufacturing, percent change from same quarter a year ago, and from previous quarter (annual rate), 3rd quarter 2022
Quarter
Percent change from previous quarter (annual rate)
Percent change from same quarter a year ago
Q3 2012
0.9% 3.0%
Q4 2012
2.3% 4.1%
Q1 2013
-6.4% 0.0%
Q2 2013
0.1% -0.8%
Q3 2013
1.8% -0.6%
Q4 2013
1.6% -0.8%
Q1 2014
9.6% 3.2%
Q2 2014
-2.9% 2.4%
Q3 2014
2.9% 2.7%
Q4 2014
9.0% 4.5%
Q1 2015
7.9% 4.1%
Q2 2015
3.0% 5.7%
Q3 2015
1.7% 5.4%
Q4 2015
2.6% 3.8%
Q1 2016
-3.3% 1.0%
Q2 2016
1.1% 0.5%
Q3 2016
2.0% 0.6%
Q4 2016
5.0% 1.2%
Q1 2017
6.5% 3.6%
Q2 2017
1.9% 3.8%
Q3 2017
7.9% 5.3%
Q4 2017
2.5% 4.7%
Q1 2018
2.9% 3.8%
Q2 2018
-5.8% 1.7%
Q3 2018
5.2% 1.1%
Q4 2018
6.1% 2.0%
Q1 2019
8.5% 3.4%
Q2 2019
3.7% 5.9%
Q3 2019
1.0% 4.8%
Q4 2019
9.5% 5.6%
Q1 2020
5.1% 4.8%
Q2 2020
37.4% 12.4%
Q3 2020
-25.6% 4.2%
Q4 2020
7.9% 3.8%
Q1 2021
-2.3% 1.9%
Q2 2021
1.4% -5.6%
Q3 2021
0.0% 1.7%
Q4 2021
9.5% 2.1%
Q1 2022
4.9% 3.9%
Q2 2022
0.7% 3.7%
Q3 2022
5.8% 5.2%
United States Department of Labor
