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Labor cost indexes by sector

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  • Wholesale trade
  • Retail trade
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

234.8 170.7 400.9 303.8 106.9 324.7