Labor cost indexes by sector

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Labor productivity (output per hour), unit labor costs, and hourly compensation indexes, by sector (1987 = 100)
Year	Wholesale trade labor productivity (output per hour)	Wholesale trade unit labor costs	Wholesale trade hourly compensation	Retail trade labor productivity (output per hour)	Retail trade unit labor costs	Retail trade hourly compensation
1987	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1988	103.2	100.7	103.9	102.1	101.5	103.6
1989	104.4	103.7	108.2	102.9	104.8	107.8
1990	109.3	104.2	113.9	103.1	107.8	111.2
1991	110.3	105.5	116.4	103.6	109.6	113.5
1992	119.0	104.1	123.8	108.3	108.9	117.9
1993	123.2	102.9	126.8	112.0	106.8	119.6
1994	125.7	101.6	127.7	116.9	103.6	121.1
1995	129.0	102.1	131.7	119.1	103.9	123.8
1996	133.5	103.1	137.6	124.0	103.9	128.9
1997	138.6	105.1	145.6	127.2	104.8	133.3
1998	143.7	109.0	156.7	134.3	104.7	140.6
1999	154.7	107.5	166.3	143.3	102.5	146.9
2000	163.2	109.6	178.9	148.0	104.0	153.9
2001	165.7	114.0	188.9	153.5	103.5	158.9
2002	173.4	111.3	193.0	160.4	101.1	162.1
2003	182.1	110.2	200.7	168.3	99.5	167.5
2004	194.8	108.3	210.8	177.1	97.5	172.6
2005	199.1	109.9	218.7	181.2	98.3	178.2
2006	202.6	112.7	228.2	188.2	97.9	184.2
2007	204.2	116.1	237.0	192.3	99.0	190.4
2008	195.1	124.1	242.2	189.3	102.6	194.2
2009	191.5	127.9	245.0	190.9	103.0	196.5
2010	202.6	125.5	254.2	197.3	101.3	199.8
2011	200.4	130.4	261.3	199.1	101.6	202.3
2012	204.1	132.3	270.1	203.7	101.7	207.2
2013	208.8	130.3	272.1	210.9	99.7	210.2
2014	211.9	132.2	280.1	215.1	100.4	216.0
2015	220.1	132.5	291.6	221.8	100.9	223.7
2016	222.7	131.4	292.5	231.9	99.5	230.7
2017	225.5	133.3	300.6	239.6	99.1	237.6
2018	229.7	135.8	312.1	248.0	99.2	246.2
2019	230.1	139.4	320.9	261.9	98.8	258.8
2020	238.7	143.9	343.7	285.1	98.2	280.0
2021	241.7	149.9	362.5	302.4	100.8	304.7
2022	238.7	160.5	383.2	298.8	106.3	317.8
2023	234.8	170.0	399.2	303.8	106.8	324.4