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	101.6	103.7
1989	104.4	103.7	108.2	102.9	104.9	108.0
1990	109.3	104.2	113.9	103.1	108.1	111.5
1991	110.3	105.5	116.4	103.5	110.1	114.0
1992	118.9	104.1	123.9	108.2	109.4	118.4
1993	123.2	102.9	126.8	112.0	107.2	120.0
1994	125.6	101.6	127.7	116.8	103.9	121.4
1995	129.0	102.1	131.7	118.9	104.2	124.0
1996	133.5	103.1	137.7	123.8	104.1	129.0
1997	138.6	105.1	145.6	127.0	104.9	133.3
1998	143.7	109.0	156.7	134.1	104.9	140.6
1999	154.7	107.5	166.4	143.1	102.7	146.9
2000	163.1	109.7	178.9	147.6	104.3	154.0
2001	165.6	114.0	188.9	153.1	103.9	159.0
2002	173.3	111.4	193.0	160.0	101.4	162.2
2003	182.8	109.8	200.7	167.8	99.9	167.6
2004	196.3	107.4	210.8	176.5	97.8	172.7
2005	201.2	108.7	218.7	180.7	98.7	178.3
2006	205.0	111.3	228.2	187.6	98.3	184.4
2007	207.0	114.5	237.0	191.7	99.4	190.6
2008	199.2	122.1	243.3	187.5	103.0	193.1
2009	194.0	126.7	245.9	188.5	103.6	195.2
2010	206.8	123.3	254.9	193.1	101.7	196.4
2011	205.0	127.7	261.9	194.4	102.1	198.5
2012	208.6	129.9	271.1	198.8	102.2	203.2
2013	213.4	128.0	273.2	207.2	100.2	207.7
2014	217.6	129.8	282.4	210.7	101.0	212.9
2015	223.3	130.5	291.5	217.5	101.5	220.8
2016	224.8	130.1	292.4	227.3	100.2	227.8
2017	227.1	131.8	299.3	231.5	100.0	231.5
2018	230.5	134.2	309.3	238.8	100.4	239.7
2019	230.4	138.7	319.5	249.7	100.0	249.8
2020	238.5	143.2	341.6	268.1	99.6	267.0
2021	252.2	143.6	362.3	285.8	101.8	290.9