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Unit labor costs, nonfarm business, percent change from same quarter a year ago, and from previous quarter (annual rate), 3rd quarter 2021
Quarter
Percent change from previous quarter (annual rate)
Percent change from same quarter a year ago
Q3 2011
4.3% 2.9%
Q4 2011
-7.8% 0.7%
Q1 2012
8.0% 0.1%
Q2 2012
0.3% 1.0%
Q3 2012
0.8% 0.2%
Q4 2012
12.5% 5.3%
Q1 2013
-7.7% 1.2%
Q2 2013
4.3% 2.2%
Q3 2013
-2.9% 1.3%
Q4 2013
0.0% -1.7%
Q1 2014
12.5% 3.3%
Q2 2014
-5.4% 0.8%
Q3 2014
-0.9% 1.3%
Q4 2014
6.7% 3.0%
Q1 2015
1.8% 0.5%
Q2 2015
2.2% 2.4%
Q3 2015
1.4% 3.0%
Q4 2015
1.5% 1.7%
Q1 2016
-1.0% 1.0%
Q2 2016
1.4% 0.8%
Q3 2016
0.1% 0.5%
Q4 2016
2.0% 0.6%
Q1 2017
3.6% 1.8%
Q2 2017
2.5% 2.1%
Q3 2017
1.8% 2.5%
Q4 2017
4.0% 3.0%
Q1 2018
1.1% 2.4%
Q2 2018
-0.4% 1.6%
Q3 2018
4.1% 2.2%
Q4 2018
1.6% 1.6%
Q1 2019
5.6% 2.7%
Q2 2019
-2.8% 2.1%
Q3 2019
-0.5% 0.9%
Q4 2019
3.5% 1.4%
Q1 2020
11.3% 2.7%
Q2 2020
10.3% 6.0%
Q3 2020
-9.9% 3.4%
Q4 2020
13.3% 5.8%
Q1 2021
-2.8% 2.3%
Q2 2021
1.1% 0.1%
Q3 2021
8.3% 4.8%
United States Department of Labor
