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PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS
Second Quarter 2008, Preliminary
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor today
reported preliminary productivity data--as measured by output per hour of all
persons--for the second quarter of 2008. The seasonally adjusted annual
rates of productivity change in the second quarter were:
2.3 percent in the business sector and
2.2 percent in the nonfarm business sector.
Productivity gains in both sectors reflected output increases and small
declines in hours worked.
In manufacturing, the preliminary productivity changes in the second
quarter were:
-1.4 percent in manufacturing,
-3.5 percent in durable goods manufacturing, and
0.7 percent in nondurable goods manufacturing.
Productivity in the total manufacturing sector fell 1.4 percent in the
second quarter of 2008, as both output and hours worked decreased. The
decline in productivity was concentrated in the durable goods subsector.
Output and hours in manufacturing, which includes about 12 percent of U.S.
business-sector employment, tend to vary more from quarter to quarter than
data for the aggregate business and nonfarm business sectors. Second-quarter
measures are summarized in table A and appear in detail in tables 1 through 5.
The data sources and methods used in the preparation of the
manufacturing series differ from those used in preparing the business and
nonfarm business series, and these measures are not directly comparable.
Output measures for business and nonfarm business are based on measures of
gross domestic product prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the
U.S. Department of Commerce. Quarterly output measures for manufacturing
reflect indexes of industrial production independently prepared by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. See Technical Notes for further
information on data sources.
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Data in this release reflect the regular multi-year revision to the national
income and product accounts released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of
the U.S. Department of Commerce on July 31. See Revised Measures.
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Table A. Productivity and costs: Preliminary second-quarter 2008 measures
(Seasonally adjusted annual rates)
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Real
Hourly hourly Unit
Produc- compen- compen- labor
Sector tivity Output Hours sation sation costs
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Percent change from preceding quarter
Business 2.3 1.5 -0.7 3.8 -1.2 1.5
Nonfarm business 2.2 1.7 -0.5 3.6 -1.4 1.3
Manufacturing -1.4 -3.5 -2.0 4.6 -0.4 6.1
Durable -3.5 -5.5 -2.1 5.0 0.0 8.8
Nondurable 0.7 -1.3 -2.0 3.8 -1.2 3.0
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Percent change from same quarter a year ago
Business 2.7 1.7 -0.9 4.2 -0.1 1.5
Nonfarm business 2.8 1.8 -1.0 4.3 0.1 1.5
Manufacturing 2.6 -0.1 -2.7 4.6 0.3 1.9
Durable 2.7 0.2 -2.5 4.3 0.0 1.6
Nondurable 2.6 -0.5 -3.1 5.0 0.7 2.3
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Business
Business sector output per hour increased 2.3 percent from the first
quarter to the second quarter of 2008, as output increased 1.5 percent and
hours of all persons engaged in the sector--employees, proprietors, and
unpaid family workers--fell 0.7 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates).
The increase in output was greater and the decline in hours was smaller than
in the first quarter, when productivity rose 2.2 percent, as revised (tables
A, B, and 1). Historically, from 2000 through 2007, business sector
productivity had grown at an average annual rate of 2.5 percent.
Hourly compensation increased 3.8 percent in the second quarter of 2008,
less than the 5.0 percent gain in the first quarter. This measure of
compensation includes wages and salaries, supplements, employer contributions
to employee benefit plans, and taxes. Real hourly compensation, which takes
into account changes in consumer prices, fell 1.2 percent during the second
quarter of 2008 as consumer prices increased 5.0 percent (seasonally adjusted
annual rates).
Unit labor costs, which reflect changes in both hourly compensation and
productivity, increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent during the second
quarter of 2008. The implicit price deflator for the business sector, which
reflects changes in both unit labor costs and unit nonlabor payments,
increased 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2008 and 2.0 percent one
quarter earlier.
Nonfarm Business
Productivity increased 2.2 percent in the nonfarm business sector during
the second quarter of 2008 as output grew 1.7 percent and hours at work
declined 0.5 percent. Revised results for first-quarter 2008 show that
productivity increased 2.6 percent, output rose 0.9 percent, and hours fell
1.6 percent (tables A, B and 2). Nonfarm business output per hour had
increased at an average annual rate of 2.5 percent from 2000 through 2007.
Hourly compensation in the nonfarm business sector increased 3.6 percent
in the second quarter of 2008, compared to a 5.2 percent rise one quarter
earlier. When the 5.0 percent annual rate of increase in consumer prices is
taken into account, real hourly compensation fell 1.4 percent in the second
quarter of 2008. This measure rose 0.8 percent in the first quarter.
Unit labor costs increased 1.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008 and
1.5 percent over the last four quarters. The implicit price deflator for
nonfarm business output rose 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2008 and
2.1 percent in the first quarter.
Manufacturing
Productivity decreased 1.4 percent in manufacturing in the second
quarter, as output fell 3.5 percent and hours of all persons declined 2.0
percent. In durable goods industries, productivity fell 3.5 percent--the
largest drop since fourth-quarter 1990, when output per hour fell 4.6
percent. In nondurable goods industries, productivity grew 0.7 percent in
the second quarter as hours fell faster than output (tables A, 3, 4, 5). In
total manufacturing, output per hour increased 2.6 percent from the second
quarter of 2007 to the second quarter of 2008; output declined slightly over
the four quarters, 0.1 percent, whereas hours fell by 2.7 percent. For the
entire 2000-2007 period manufacturing productivity increased at a 3.7 percent
annual rate.
During the second quarter of 2008, hourly compensation grew 4.6 percent
in total manufacturing, 5.0 percent in durable manufacturing and 3.8 percent
in nondurable manufacturing (seasonally adjusted annual rates).
Manufacturing hourly compensation also increased 4.6 percent over the last
four quarters. When the increase in consumer prices is taken into account,
the real hourly compensation of all manufacturing workers fell 0.4 percent in
the second quarter.
Unit labor costs in manufacturing jumped 6.1 percent in the second
quarter of 2008. The growth in unit labor costs from the second quarter of
2007 was 1.9 percent, reversing the 0.8 percent decline from the first
quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008. The 2000-2007 long-term
average annual rate of growth for unit labor costs is 0.3 percent.
Revised Measures
Output data for the business and nonfarm business sectors, and the
compensation series for all sectors, incorporate the revised national income
and product accounts (NIPA) data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis,
U.S. Department of Commerce, on July 31. Revisions for these sectors go back
to the first quarter of 2005. Table B presents previous and revised
productivity and related measures for the major sectors: business, nonfarm
business and manufacturing, for the first quarter of 2008 and for the years
2007 through 2005.
In the first quarter of 2008, output and hours were revised up in all
three sectors. In both the business and manufacturing sectors the revisions
to hours were greater than to output, resulting in downward revisions to
productivity. In nonfarm business the revision to hours offset the revision
to output, and productivity increased at the same 2.6 percent rate reported
June 4. In business and nonfarm business there were small upward revisions
to hourly compensation and unit labor costs. In manufacturing, hourly
compensation growth was revised down much more than productivity; the
downward revision to unit labor costs was due solely to the downward revision
to hourly compensation.
Growth in output and output per hour were revised down in the business
and nonfarm business sectors in 2007 and 2005, and were little changed in
2006. In both sectors, the average annual rate of productivity growth from
2004 to 2007 was 1.4 percent, compared to 3.3 percent from 2000 to 2004.
Manufacturing sector output per hour was not revised historically.
For the year 2007, hourly compensation was revised down in all three
sectors, leading to downward revisions to unit labor costs. For 2006,
manufacturing hourly compensation and unit labor costs were revised up; for
2005 these same measures were revised down. Revised quarterly series appear
in tables 1-5 and appendix tables 1-5. The full historical revisions
including the quarterly measures can be found on the productivity and costs
home page http://www.bls.gov/lpc/#data.
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Table B. Previous and revised productivity and related measures
Percent changes at annual rates
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Real
Hourly hourly Unit
Produc- compen- compen- labor
Sector tivity Output Hours sation sation costs
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First Quarter 2008
Business:
Previous 2.4 0.6 -1.7 4.8 0.4 2.3
Revised 2.2 0.7 -1.5 5.0 0.6 2.7
Nonfarm business:
Previous 2.6 0.7 -1.8 4.9 0.6 2.2
Revised 2.6 0.9 -1.6 5.2 0.8 2.5
Manufacturing:
Previous 3.6 -1.2 -4.7 7.9 3.5 4.2
Revised 3.4 -0.8 -4.0 6.2 1.8 2.8
Annual average 2007
Business:
Previous 1.9 2.3 0.4 5.1 2.2 3.2
Revised 1.5 2.0 0.5 4.2 1.3 2.6
Nonfarm business:
Previous 1.8 2.3 0.5 5.1 2.2 3.2
Revised 1.4 2.0 0.5 4.1 1.3 2.7
Manufacturing:
Previous 3.4 1.6 -1.7 5.6 2.7 2.1
Revised 3.4 1.6 -1.7 3.5 0.7 0.1
Annual average 2006
Business:
Previous 1.0 3.1 2.1 4.0 0.7 2.9
Revised 0.9 3.0 2.1 3.8 0.5 2.9
Nonfarm business:
Previous 1.0 3.2 2.2 3.9 0.6 2.9
Revised 1.0 3.2 2.2 3.8 0.5 2.8
Manufacturing:
Previous 1.1 1.8 0.8 2.8 -0.5 1.7
Revised 1.1 1.8 0.8 4.1 0.8 3.0
Annual average 2005
Business:
Previous 2.0 3.6 1.6 4.0 0.6 2.0
Revised 1.8 3.5 1.6 4.0 0.6 2.1
Nonfarm business:
Previous 1.9 3.6 1.7 4.0 0.6 2.1
Revised 1.7 3.4 1.7 4.0 0.6 2.2
Manufacturing:
Previous 4.9 3.7 -1.2 4.2 0.9 -0.6
Revised 4.9 3.7 -1.2 1.9 -1.4 -2.8
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Revised Measures: Nonfinancial Corporations
Output, based on the income side of the NIPA for nonfinancial
corporations, was revised down sharply in the first quarter to -0.1 percent,
leading to a corresponding downward revision to productivity (table C). Unit
labor costs were revised up as the revision to productivity was greater than
a downward revision to hourly compensation. Unit profits fell 14.7 percent,
rather than 1.5 percent as reported June 4. From the first quarter of 2007
through the first quarter of 2008, productivity increased 2.1 percent (table
6). Productivity had increased at an average annual rate of 2.7 percent from
2000 through 2007.
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Table C. Nonfinancial corporations: Previous and revised productivity and
cost measures
Percent changes at annual rates
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Real
Hourly hourly Unit Implicit
Produc- compen- compen- labor Unit price
tivity Output Hours sation sation costs profits deflator
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First quarter 2008
Previous 4.6 3.2 -1.4 5.9 1.5 1.2 -1.5 0.5
Revised 1.0 -0.1 -1.1 4.9 0.6 3.9 -14.7 0.5
Annual average 2007
Previous 1.5 2.2 0.7 4.8 1.9 3.2 -5.8 1.6
Revised 0.9 1.6 0.7 4.1 1.3 3.2 -9.0 1.5
Annual average 2006
Previous 0.7 3.0 2.2 3.5 0.2 2.8 5.5 2.8
Revised 2.1 4.4 2.2 3.6 0.3 1.5 12.2 2.8
Annual average 2005
Previous 1.4 3.1 1.7 3.8 0.4 2.4 6.6 2.9
Revised 2.6 4.3 1.7 3.7 0.4 1.1 12.7 2.9
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Next release date
The next release of Productivity and Costs is scheduled for 8:30 a.m.
EDT, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. Revised second-quarter measures for business,
nonfarm business, and manufacturing will be released at that time, along with
preliminary measures for nonfinancial corporations.
TECHNICAL NOTES
Labor Hours: Hours data for the labor productivity and cost measures include
hours for all persons working in the sector-wage and salary workers, the
self-employed and unpaid family workers. The primary source of hours and
employment data is the BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, which
provides monthly survey data on the number of jobs held by wage and salary
workers in nonfarm establishments. The CES also provides average weekly paid
hours of production and nonsupervisory workers in these establishments.
Weekly paid hours are adjusted to hours at work using data from the National
Compensation Survey (NCS). The BLS Hours at Work survey, conducted for this
purpose, was used for earlier years. The Office of Productivity and
Technology estimates average weekly hours at work for nonproduction and
supervisory workers using information from the Current Population Survey
(CPS), the CES, and the NCS.
Data from the CPS are used for farm labor, nonfarm proprietors, and
nonfarm unpaid family workers. Estimates of labor input for government
enterprises are derived from the CPS, the CES, and the National Income and
Product Accounts (NIPA) prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of
the Department of Commerce.
The CES measures jobs, counting a person who is employed by two or more
establishments at each place of employment. In contrast, the CPS features
measures of employment that count each person only once and classify each
person according to his or her primary job; hours worked at all jobs by that
person accrue to his or her primary job. However, the CPS also collects more
detailed information on employment and hours worked at primary jobs and all
other jobs, separately. The BLS productivity measures use the more detailed
information on employment and hours to assign all hours worked to the correct
industrial sector and avoid duplicating hours data from the CES.
Output: Business sector output is a chain-type, current-weighted index
constructed after excluding from gross domestic product (GDP) the following
outputs: general government, nonprofit institutions, and private households
(including owner-occupied housing). Corresponding exclusions also are made in
labor inputs. Business output accounted for about 78 percent of the value of
GDP in 2000. Nonfarm business, which excludes farming, accounted for about 77
percent of GDP in 2000.
Annual indexes for manufacturing and its durable and nondurable goods
components are constructed by deflating current-dollar industry value of
production data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census with deflators from the
BLS. These deflators are based on data from the BLS producer price program
and other sources. The industry shipments are aggregated using annual
weights, and intrasector transactions are removed. Quarterly manufacturing
output measures are based on the index of industrial production prepared
monthly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, adjusted to
be consistent with annual indexes of manufacturing sector output prepared by
BLS. Durables include the following 3-digit NAICS industries: wood product
manufacturing; nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing; primary metal
manufacturing; fabricated metal product manufacturing; machinery
manufacturing; computer and electronic product manufacturing; electrical
equipment and appliance manufacturing; transportation equipment
manufacturing; furniture and related product manufacturing; and miscellaneous
manufacturing. Nondurables include: food manufacturing; beverage and tobacco
product manufacturing; textile mills; textile product mills; apparel
manufacturing; leather and allied product manufacturing; paper manufacturing;
printing and related support activities; petroleum and coal products
manufacturing; chemical manufacturing; and plastics and rubber products
manufacturing.
Nonfinancial corporate output is a chain-type, current-weighted index
calculated on the basis of the costs incurred and the incomes earned from
production. The output measure excludes the following outputs from GDP:
general government; nonprofit institutions; private households;
unincorporated business; and those corporations classified as offices of bank
holding companies, offices of other holding companies, or offices in the
finance and insurance sector. Nonfinancial corporations accounted for about
54 percent of the value of GDP in 2000.
Productivity: These productivity measures describe the relationship between
real output and the labor time involved in its production. They show the
changes from period to period in the amount of goods and services produced
per hour. Although these measures relate output to hours at work of all
persons engaged in a sector, they do not measure the specific contribution of
labor, capital, or any other factor of production. Rather, they reflect the
joint effects of many influences, including changes in technology; capital
investment; level of output; utilization of capacity, energy, and materials;
the organization of production; managerial skill; and the characteristics and
effort of the work force.
Labor Compensation: Estimates of labor compensation by major sector, required
for measures of hourly compensation and unit labor costs, are based primarily
on employee compensation data from the NIPA, prepared by the BEA. The
compensation of employees in general government, nonprofit institutions and
private households are subtracted from compensation of domestic employees to
derive employee compensation for the business sector. The labor compensation
of proprietors cannot be explicitly identified and must be estimated. This
is done by assuming that proprietors have the same hourly compensation as
employees in the same sector. The quarterly labor productivity and cost
measures do not contain estimates of compensation for unpaid family workers.
Unit Labor Costs: The measures of unit labor costs in this release describe
the relationship between compensation per hour and productivity, or real
output per hour, and can be used as an indicator of inflationary pressure on
producers. Increases in hourly compensation increase unit labor costs; labor
productivity increases offset compensation increases and lower unit labor
costs.
Presentation of the data: The quarterly data in this release are presented
in three ways; as index number series where 1992=100, as percent changes from
the corresponding quarter of the previous year, and as percent changes from
the previous quarter presented at a compound annual rate. Annual data are
presented both as index number series and percent changes from the previous
year.
The index numbers and rates of change reported in the productivity and
costs news release are rounded to one decimal place. All percent changes in
this release and on the BLS web site are calculated using index numbers to
three decimal places. These index numbers are available at the BLS web site,
http://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm, or by contacting the BLS Division of Major
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Table 1. Business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices, seasonally
adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit Unit non- Implicit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor labor pay- price
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs ments (3) deflator (4)
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Indexes 1992=100
2006 I r136.1 r162.8 r119.7 r168.0 r120.6 r123.5 r133.4 r127.2
II r136.6 r164.0 r120.1 r168.1 r119.6 r123.1 r136.2 r128.0
III r135.9 r164.1 r120.8 r168.9 r119.1 r124.3 r136.2 r128.8
IV r135.9 r164.8 r121.2 r172.6 r122.1 r127.0 r133.4 r129.4
ANNUAL r136.1 r163.9 r120.4 r169.4 r120.3 r124.5 r134.8 r128.3
2007 I r135.9 r164.5 r121.0 r174.7 r122.4 r128.5 r134.3 r130.7
II r137.6 r166.8 r121.2 r175.5 r121.7 r127.5 r137.4 r131.2
III r139.7 r169.0 r121.0 r177.1 r121.9 r126.8 r139.7 r131.6
IV r139.7 r168.8 r120.8 r179.0 r121.7 r128.1 r139.2 r132.2
ANNUAL r138.2 r167.3 r121.0 r176.5 r121.9 r127.7 r137.7 r131.4
2008 I r140.5 r169.1 r120.3 r181.2 r121.9 r128.9 r139.5 r132.9
II 141.3 169.7 120.1 182.9 121.6 129.4 139.2 133.1
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I r2.6 r5.6 3.0 r5.5 r3.6 r2.8 r3.1 r3.0
II r1.4 r2.9 1.5 r0.2 r-3.3 r-1.2 r8.6 r2.6
III r-2.0 r0.3 r2.4 r2.0 r-1.9 r4.1 r-0.1 r2.4
IV r0.2 r1.7 r1.5 r9.0 r10.7 r8.8 r-8.0 r1.9
ANNUAL r0.9 r3.0 2.1 r3.8 r0.5 2.9 r3.3 r3.0
2007 I r0.0 r-0.7 r-0.7 r4.8 r1.1 r4.8 r2.8 r4.0
II r5.0 r5.6 r0.6 r1.9 r-2.6 r-2.9 r9.6 r1.7
III r6.2 r5.5 -0.7 r3.6 r0.8 r-2.4 r6.9 r1.1
IV r0.1 r-0.6 -0.7 r4.4 r-0.6 r4.3 r-1.6 r2.0
ANNUAL r1.5 r2.0 r0.5 r4.2 r1.3 r2.6 r2.1 r2.4
2008 I r2.2 r0.7 r-1.5 r5.0 r0.6 r2.7 r1.0 2.0
II 2.3 1.5 -0.7 3.8 -1.2 1.5 -0.8 0.6
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I r1.3 r3.6 2.3 4.2 0.5 r2.9 r3.9 r3.3
II r1.7 r3.5 1.8 4.0 r0.1 r2.3 5.2 r3.4
III 0.2 2.4 2.2 r2.9 r-0.4 r2.7 3.5 3.0
IV r0.5 r2.6 2.1 r4.1 r2.1 r3.6 r0.7 r2.5
ANNUAL r0.9 r3.0 2.1 r3.8 r0.5 2.9 r3.3 r3.0
2007 I r-0.1 r1.0 r1.2 r3.9 r1.5 r4.1 r0.7 r2.7
II r0.8 r1.7 0.9 r4.4 r1.7 r3.6 r0.9 r2.5
III r2.8 r3.0 r0.2 r4.8 r2.4 r1.9 r2.6 r2.2
IV r2.8 r2.4 -0.4 r3.7 r-0.3 r0.9 r4.3 r2.2
ANNUAL r1.5 r2.0 r0.5 r4.2 r1.3 r2.6 r2.1 r2.4
2008 I 3.4 r2.8 r-0.6 r3.7 r-0.4 r0.4 r3.9 r1.7
II 2.7 1.7 -0.9 4.2 -0.1 1.5 1.3 1.4
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 2. Nonfarm business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices,
seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit Unit non- Implicit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor labor pay- price
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs ments (3) deflator (4)
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Indexes 1992=100
2006 I r135.1 r163.2 r120.8 r166.8 r119.7 r123.5 r135.5 r127.9
II r135.7 r164.3 r121.1 r167.1 r118.9 r123.1 r138.6 r128.8
III r134.9 r164.4 r121.9 r167.9 r118.3 r124.4 r138.3 r129.5
IV r135.0 r165.0 r122.2 r171.7 r121.4 r127.1 r134.9 r130.0
ANNUAL r135.2 r164.2 r121.5 r168.3 r119.6 r124.5 r136.8 r129.1
2007 I r135.0 r164.7 r122.0 r173.7 r121.8 r128.7 r135.2 r131.1
II r136.4 r167.0 r122.4 r174.1 r120.7 r127.7 r138.2 r131.5
III r138.3 r169.2 r122.3 r175.5 r120.9 r126.9 r140.3 r131.8
IV r138.6 r168.9 r121.9 r177.8 r121.0 r128.3 r139.8 r132.5
ANNUAL r137.1 r167.5 r122.2 r175.3 r121.1 r127.9 r138.4 r131.7
2008 I r139.5 r169.3 r121.4 r180.1 r121.2 r129.1 r140.3 r133.2
II 140.3 170.0 121.2 181.7 120.8 129.5 140.0 133.4
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I r2.5 r6.0 r3.3 r5.2 r3.3 r2.6 r3.9 r3.1
II r1.8 r2.9 1.1 r0.7 r-2.8 r-1.1 r9.4 r2.9
III r-2.1 r0.3 2.4 r2.0 r-2.0 r4.1 r-0.9 r2.1
IV r0.2 r1.4 r1.2 r9.4 r11.0 r9.1 r-9.5 r1.5
ANNUAL 1.0 3.2 2.2 r3.8 r0.5 r2.8 r3.6 r3.1
2007 I r0.0 r-0.9 -0.9 r4.9 r1.2 r4.9 r0.9 r3.4
II r4.1 r5.8 r1.6 r0.8 r-3.6 r-3.2 r9.4 r1.5
III r5.8 r5.5 r-0.3 3.3 r0.5 r-2.4 r6.3 r0.9
IV r0.8 r-0.7 -1.6 r5.4 r0.4 r4.5 r-1.6 r2.1
ANNUAL r1.4 r2.0 0.5 r4.1 r1.3 r2.7 r1.2 r2.1
2008 I 2.6 r0.9 r-1.6 r5.2 r0.8 r2.5 r1.5 r2.1
II 2.2 1.7 -0.5 3.6 -1.4 1.3 -0.9 0.5
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I r1.3 r3.7 2.4 4.2 r0.5 r2.9 r4.3 r3.4
II r1.7 r3.7 2.0 r3.9 r0.0 2.2 r5.9 r3.6
III r0.3 r2.6 2.3 r2.9 r-0.5 2.6 r3.8 r3.1
IV r0.6 r2.6 2.0 r4.3 r2.2 r3.6 r0.5 r2.4
ANNUAL 1.0 3.2 2.2 r3.8 r0.5 r2.8 r3.6 r3.1
2007 I r0.0 r0.9 0.9 r4.2 r1.7 r4.2 r-0.2 r2.5
II r0.5 r1.6 r1.1 r4.2 r1.5 r3.7 r-0.2 r2.1
III r2.5 r2.9 r0.4 r4.6 r2.2 r2.0 r1.5 r1.8
IV r2.7 r2.4 r-0.3 r3.6 r-0.4 r0.9 r3.7 r2.0
ANNUAL r1.4 r2.0 0.5 r4.1 r1.3 r2.7 r1.2 r2.1
2008 I 3.3 r2.8 r-0.5 r3.6 r-0.5 r0.3 r3.8 r1.6
II 2.8 1.8 -1.0 4.3 0.1 1.5 1.3 1.4
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 3. Manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs,
seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs
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Indexes 1992=100
2006 I 172.6 147.2 85.3 r170.9 r122.7 r99.0
II 172.7 147.4 85.4 r169.5 r120.7 r98.2
III 174.5 148.0 84.8 r170.3 r120.0 r97.6
IV 175.4 147.4 84.0 r174.6 r123.5 r99.5
ANNUAL 173.8 147.5 84.9 r171.3 r121.7 r98.6
2007 I 177.0 147.8 83.5 r176.9 r124.0 r100.0
II 178.7 149.6 83.7 r176.4 r122.3 r98.7
III 180.6 151.2 83.7 r176.4 r121.4 r97.6
IV r182.5 r151.0 82.8 r179.7 r122.2 r98.5
ANNUAL r179.7 r149.9 83.4 r177.3 r122.5 r98.7
2008 I r184.0 r150.7 r81.9 r182.4 r122.8 r99.1
II 183.3 149.4 81.5 184.5 122.7 100.6
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I -0.6 1.8 2.4 r14.3 r12.3 r15.0
II 0.2 0.6 0.4 r-3.1 r-6.5 r-3.3
III 4.3 1.6 -2.5 r1.8 r-2.1 r-2.3
IV 2.2 -1.7 -3.8 r10.4 r12.1 r8.0
ANNUAL 1.1 1.8 0.8 r4.1 r0.8 r3.0
2007 I 3.6 1.2 -2.3 r5.5 r1.8 r1.8
II 3.8 4.9 1.0 r-1.1 r-5.5 r-4.8
III 4.5 4.3 -0.2 r-0.1 r-2.8 r-4.4
IV 4.2 -0.4 -4.4 r7.8 r2.7 r3.4
ANNUAL 3.4 1.6 -1.7 r3.5 r0.7 r0.1
2008 I r3.4 r-0.8 r-4.0 r6.2 r1.8 r2.8
II -1.4 -3.5 -2.0 4.6 -0.4 6.1
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 1.5 2.4 0.9 r5.4 r1.6 r3.8
II 0.4 2.1 1.7 r3.3 r-0.6 r2.9
III 0.9 2.3 1.4 r2.3 r-1.0 r1.4
IV 1.5 0.6 -0.9 r5.6 r3.6 r4.1
ANNUAL 1.1 1.8 0.8 r4.1 r0.8 r3.0
2007 I 2.6 0.4 -2.1 r3.5 r1.1 r0.9
II 3.5 1.5 -1.9 r4.1 r1.4 r0.6
III 3.5 2.1 -1.3 r3.6 r1.2 r0.0
IV 4.0 2.5 -1.5 r2.9 r-1.0 r-1.1
ANNUAL 3.4 1.6 -1.7 r3.5 r0.7 r0.1
2008 I 4.0 r2.0 r-1.9 r3.1 r-1.0 r-0.8
II 2.6 -0.1 -2.7 4.6 0.3 1.9
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 4. Durable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs,
seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indexes 1992=100
2006 I 198.8 179.6 90.3 r166.0 r119.2 r83.5
II 198.9 180.5 90.7 r164.6 r117.1 r82.7
III 201.7 181.1 89.8 r165.3 r116.5 r81.9
IV 202.4 180.1 89.0 r170.2 r120.4 r84.1
ANNUAL 200.4 180.3 90.0 r166.5 r118.3 r83.1
2007 I 204.4 180.3 88.2 r173.0 r121.3 r84.7
II 207.9 183.9 88.4 r172.5 r119.6 r83.0
III 210.9 186.9 88.6 r172.2 r118.6 r81.7
IV r214.3 r187.0 87.3 r175.5 r119.4 r81.9
ANNUAL r209.4 r184.5 88.1 r173.3 r119.7 r82.8
2008 I r215.4 r186.8 r86.7 r177.8 r119.7 r82.5
II 213.5 184.2 86.3 180.0 119.7 84.3
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I -1.8 0.4 2.3 r13.7 r11.7 r15.9
II 0.3 2.1 1.8 r-3.3 r-6.6 r-3.6
III 5.7 1.2 -4.3 r1.6 r-2.3 r-3.9
IV 1.4 -2.1 -3.4 r12.6 r14.4 r11.1
ANNUAL 2.2 3.3 1.1 r3.9 r0.6 r1.7
2007 I 3.9 0.4 -3.4 r6.7 r3.0 r2.7
II 7.1 8.2 1.0 r-1.2 r-5.5 r-7.7
III 6.0 6.8 0.8 r-0.7 r-3.3 r-6.2
IV 6.6 0.3 -6.0 r7.9 r2.8 r1.2
ANNUAL 4.5 2.3 -2.0 r4.1 r1.3 r-0.3
2008 I r2.1 r-0.4 r-2.5 r5.2 r0.9 r3.0
II -3.5 -5.5 -2.1 5.0 0.0 8.8
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 3.2 4.8 1.6 r4.9 r1.1 r1.6
II 2.0 4.6 2.5 r3.1 r-0.8 r1.1
III 2.2 3.6 1.4 r1.9 r-1.5 r-0.4
IV 1.4 0.4 -1.0 r5.9 r3.9 r4.5
ANNUAL 2.2 3.3 1.1 r3.9 r0.6 r1.7
2007 I 2.8 0.4 -2.4 r4.3 r1.8 r1.4
II 4.5 1.8 -2.5 r4.8 r2.1 r0.3
III 4.6 3.2 -1.3 r4.2 r1.8 r-0.3
IV 5.9 3.9 -1.9 r3.1 r-0.8 r-2.6
ANNUAL 4.5 2.3 -2.0 r4.1 r1.3 r-0.3
2008 I r5.4 r3.6 r-1.7 r2.7 r-1.4 r-2.5
II 2.7 0.2 -2.5 4.3 0.0 1.6
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs,
seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indexes 1992=100
2006 I 148.0 115.0 77.7 r178.0 r127.8 r120.2
II 148.4 114.8 77.3 r176.6 r125.7 r119.0
III 149.0 115.4 77.4 r177.8 r125.3 r119.3
IV 150.3 115.1 76.6 r180.4 r127.6 r120.0
ANNUAL 148.9 115.1 77.2 r178.2 r126.6 r119.6
2007 I 151.2 115.6 76.5 r181.9 r127.5 r120.3
II 151.4 116.0 76.6 r181.4 r125.8 r119.9
III 152.7 116.4 76.3 r181.8 r125.2 r119.1
IV r152.9 r116.1 75.9 r185.3 r126.0 r121.2
ANNUAL r152.0 r116.0 76.3 r182.6 r126.1 r120.1
2008 I r155.1 r115.8 r74.6 r188.8 r127.1 r121.8
II 155.4 115.4 74.3 190.6 126.7 122.7
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I 1.0 3.6 2.6 r15.5 r13.4 r14.4
II 1.1 -0.9 -1.9 r-3.1 r-6.5 r-4.1
III 1.5 2.2 0.6 r2.6 r-1.4 1.1
IV 3.5 -1.1 -4.4 r6.1 r7.7 r2.5
ANNUAL 0.2 0.3 0.1 r4.5 r1.1 r4.3
2007 I 2.5 2.0 -0.5 r3.3 r-0.3 r0.8
II 0.4 1.3 0.9 r-1.0 r-5.3 r-1.4
III 3.5 1.6 -1.9 r0.7 r-2.0 r-2.7
IV 0.6 -1.1 -1.7 r7.9 r2.8 r7.3
ANNUAL 2.1 0.9 -1.2 r2.5 r-0.3 r0.4
2008 I r5.9 r-1.2 r-6.7 r7.9 r3.5 r1.9
II 0.7 -1.3 -2.0 3.8 -1.2 3.0
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 r6.2 r2.4 r6.0
II -0.7 -0.6 0.1 r3.5 r-0.4 r4.2
III -0.4 1.0 1.4 r3.1 r-0.2 r3.6
IV 1.8 0.9 -0.8 r5.1 r3.0 r3.2
ANNUAL 0.2 0.3 0.1 r4.5 r1.1 r4.3
2007 I 2.1 0.5 -1.6 r2.2 r-0.2 r0.0
II 2.0 1.1 -0.9 r2.7 r0.1 r0.7
III 2.5 0.9 -1.5 r2.3 r-0.1 r-0.2
IV 1.7 0.9 -0.8 r2.7 r-1.2 r1.0
ANNUAL 2.1 0.9 -1.2 r2.5 r-0.3 r0.4
2008 I r2.6 r0.1 -2.4 r3.8 r-0.3 r1.2
II 2.6 -0.5 -3.1 5.0 0.7 2.3
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, unit profits,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
Output Hourly Real Unit Total Unit Implicit
Year per all- compen- hourly Unit non- unit pro- price
and employee Employee sation compen- labor labor costs fits deflator
quarter hour Output hours (1) sation(2) costs costs(6) (7) (8) (4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indexes 1992=100
2006 I r146.3 r176.2 r120.4 r164.5 r118.1 r112.4 r112.9 r112.5 r182.5 r118.8
II r146.0 r176.5 r120.9 r164.5 r117.0 r112.6 r114.4 r113.1 r183.1 r119.4
III r147.0 r178.5 r121.5 r165.1 r116.3 r112.3 r114.2 r112.8 r193.0 r120.0
IV r146.0 r177.8 r121.8 r167.8 r118.7 r114.9 r116.2 r115.3 r173.9 r120.5
ANNUAL r146.3 r177.3 r121.1 r165.5 r117.5 r113.1 r114.4 r113.4 r183.1 r119.7
2007 I r146.2 r177.8 r121.7 r170.3 r119.4 r116.5 r117.2 r116.7 r171.8 r121.6
II r147.4 r179.7 r121.9 r171.3 r118.7 r116.2 r117.4 r116.5 r172.5 r121.5
III r148.1 r180.9 r122.1 r172.5 r118.7 r116.5 r117.8 r116.8 r166.8 r121.3
IV r148.8 r181.7 r122.1 r175.0 r119.0 r117.6 r118.9 r117.9 r155.9 r121.3
ANNUAL r147.6 r180.0 r122.0 r172.3 r119.0 r116.7 r117.9 r117.0 r166.7 r121.4
2008 I r149.2 r181.7 r121.8 r177.1 r119.2 r118.7 r118.7 r118.7 r149.8 r121.5
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2006 I r4.4 r7.0 2.4 r8.3 r6.3 r3.7 r-0.6 r2.5 r12.1 r3.7
II r-0.9 r0.8 1.7 r0.0 r-3.5 r0.9 r5.3 r2.1 r1.4 r2.0
III r2.7 r4.7 1.9 r1.5 r-2.5 r-1.2 r-0.5 r-1.0 r23.3 r2.1
IV r-2.6 r-1.6 r1.0 r6.9 r8.5 r9.7 r6.9 r9.0 r-34.1 r1.7
ANNUAL r2.1 r4.4 2.2 r3.6 r0.3 r1.5 1.4 r1.4 r12.2 2.8
2007 I r0.4 r0.0 -0.3 r6.1 r2.4 r5.7 r3.6 r5.1 r-4.7 r3.8
II r3.4 r4.3 0.8 r2.2 -2.3 r-1.2 r0.8 r-0.7 r1.7 r-0.4
III r1.8 r2.6 0.7 2.8 0.1 r1.0 r1.3 r1.0 r-12.5 r-0.8
IV r1.9 r1.9 0.0 5.9 r0.9 r3.9 r3.9 r3.9 r-23.7 r0.2
ANNUAL r0.9 r1.6 0.7 r4.1 r1.3 3.2 r3.0 r3.2 r-9.0 r1.5
2008 I r1.0 r-0.1 r-1.1 r4.9 r0.6 r3.9 r-0.9 r2.6 r-14.7 0.5
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2006 I r3.2 r5.9 2.6 r4.1 r0.4 r0.9 r1.4 r1.0 r17.1 r3.0
II r1.6 r3.9 2.3 r3.7 r-0.2 r2.0 r2.7 r2.2 r9.8 3.2
III r2.9 r5.2 r2.2 r2.6 r-0.7 r-0.3 r-1.3 r-0.6 r26.8 r2.6
IV r0.9 r2.7 1.8 r4.1 r2.1 r3.2 r2.7 r3.1 r-2.0 2.4
ANNUAL r2.1 r4.4 2.2 r3.6 r0.3 r1.5 1.4 r1.4 r12.2 2.8
2007 I r-0.1 r1.0 1.1 r3.6 r1.1 r3.7 r3.8 r3.7 r-5.9 r2.4
II r1.0 r1.8 r0.8 r4.1 r1.4 r3.1 r2.7 r3.0 r-5.8 r1.8
III r0.7 r1.3 0.6 r4.5 r2.1 3.7 r3.1 r3.6 r-13.6 1.1
IV r1.9 r2.2 0.3 r4.3 r0.3 r2.3 r2.4 r2.3 r-10.3 r0.7
ANNUAL r0.9 r1.6 0.7 r4.1 r1.3 3.2 r3.0 r3.2 r-9.0 r1.5
2008 I r2.1 r2.2 r0.1 r4.0 r-0.2 r1.9 r1.3 r1.7 r-12.8 r-0.1
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
SOURCES: Output data are from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census
Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce; the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
U.S. Department of Labor; and the Federal Reserve Board. Compensation and
hours data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic
Analysis.
RELIABILITY: Productivity and cost measures are regularly revised as more
complete information becomes available. The measures are first published
within 40 days of the close of the reference period; revisions appear 30 days
later, and second revisions after an additional 60 days. In the business
sector, the third publication (second revision) of a quarterly index of
output per hour of all persons has differed from the initial value by between
-1.5 and +1.3 index points approximately 95 percent of the time. This
interval is based on the performance of this measure between the fourth
quarter of 1995 and the first quarter of 2008.
Footnotes, Tables 1-6
(1) Wages and salaries of employees plus employers' contributions for social
insurance and private benefit plans. Except for nonfinancial
corporations, where there are no self-employed, data also include an
estimate of wages, salaries, and supplemental payments for the self-
employed.
(2) The change for recent quarters is based on the Consumer Price Index for
all urban consumers (CPI-U). The trend from 1978-2007 is based on the
Consumer Price Index research series (CPI-U-RS).
(3) Unit nonlabor payments include profits, consumption of fixed capital,
taxes on production and imports less subsidies, net interest and
miscellaneous payments, business current transfer payments, rental
income of persons, and the current surplus of government enterprises.
(4) Current dollar output divided by the output index.
(5) Quarterly changes: Percent change compounded at annual rate is
calculated using index numbers to three decimal places. Indexes
published in the news release are rounded to one decimal place for
convenience. Annual changes: Percent change is calculated using annual
average indexes to three decimal places.
(6) Unit nonlabor costs include consumption of fixed capital, taxes on
production and imports less subsidies, net interest and miscellaneous
payments, and business current transfer payments.
(7) Total unit costs are the sum of unit labor and nonlabor costs.
(8) Unit profits include corporate profits before tax with inventory
valuation and capital consumption adjustments.
Appendix table 1. Business sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit Unit non- Implicit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor labor pay- price
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs ments (3) deflator (4)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indexes 1992=100
2005 I r134.3 r157.1 r117.0 r161.2 r120.1 r120.0 r128.5 r123.2
II r134.2 r158.4 r118.0 r161.6 r119.5 r120.4 r129.5 r123.8
III r135.6 r160.2 r118.2 r164.1 r119.6 r121.1 r131.6 r125.0
IV r135.2 r160.6 r118.8 r165.8 r119.6 r122.6 r132.4 r126.3
ANNUAL r134.8 r159.1 r118.0 r163.2 r119.7 r121.0 r130.5 r124.6
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2005 I r2.7 3.7 0.9 r2.3 r0.5 r-0.4 r10.2 r3.6
II r-0.3 r3.2 3.5 r1.0 r-1.8 r1.3 r3.0 r2.0
III r4.1 r4.8 0.7 r6.5 r0.2 r2.3 r6.9 r4.1
IV -1.0 1.0 2.0 r4.2 r0.1 r5.2 r2.4 r4.1
ANNUAL r1.8 r3.5 1.6 4.0 0.6 r2.1 r4.7 3.1
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2005 I r2.4 3.8 1.3 r4.7 r1.7 r2.3 r4.4 3.1
II r1.4 3.5 2.0 3.8 r0.8 2.3 r3.3 r2.7
III r2.1 r3.7 1.5 4.0 r0.3 r1.8 r5.5 r3.3
IV r1.4 r3.1 r1.7 r3.5 r-0.3 r2.1 r5.6 r3.4
ANNUAL r1.8 r3.5 1.6 4.0 0.6 r2.1 r4.7 3.1
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Appendix table 2. Nonfarm business sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit Unit non- Implicit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor labor pay- price
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs ments (3) deflator (4)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indexes 1992=100
2005 I r133.3 r157.3 r118.0 r160.0 r119.2 r120.0 r129.9 r123.7
II r133.4 r158.4 r118.8 r160.8 r118.9 r120.5 r130.8 r124.3
III r134.6 r160.3 r119.1 r163.2 r118.9 r121.2 r133.2 r125.6
IV r134.2 r160.8 r119.8 r164.7 r118.8 r122.7 r134.2 r126.9
ANNUAL r133.9 r159.2 r118.9 r162.2 r118.9 r121.1 r132.0 r125.1
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2005 I r3.2 r3.7 0.5 r2.8 r1.0 r-0.5 r11.2 r3.9
II r0.3 r2.9 2.7 r1.9 r-0.9 r1.6 r3.0 r2.2
III r3.7 r4.8 1.0 r6.2 r-0.1 r2.4 r7.4 r4.3
IV r-1.1 r1.3 2.5 r3.7 r-0.4 r4.9 r3.1 r4.2
ANNUAL r1.7 r3.4 1.7 4.0 0.6 r2.2 r5.2 3.4
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2005 I r2.3 3.8 1.4 r4.6 r1.6 r2.2 r5.0 3.3
II r1.3 r3.3 2.0 r3.8 r0.9 2.5 r3.9 r3.1
III r1.9 r3.5 1.6 4.0 0.2 r2.0 r5.9 3.5
IV r1.5 r3.2 1.7 r3.6 r-0.1 r2.1 r6.1 r3.6
ANNUAL r1.7 r3.4 1.7 4.0 0.6 r2.2 r5.2 3.4
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Appendix table 3. Manufacturing sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor
costs, seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indexes 1992=100
2005 I 170.0 143.7 84.5 r162.2 r120.8 r95.4
II 172.0 144.5 84.0 r164.2 r121.4 r95.5
III 172.9 144.7 83.7 r166.5 r121.3 r96.3
IV 172.8 146.5 84.8 r165.3 r119.2 r95.6
ANNUAL 171.9 144.8 84.3 r164.5 r120.7 r95.7
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2005 I 7.1 5.7 -1.4 r-8.3 r-9.9 r-14.4
II 4.7 2.0 -2.5 r5.0 r2.1 r0.3
III 2.2 0.6 -1.5 5.8 r-0.5 r3.5
IV -0.2 5.3 5.5 r-2.9 r-6.7 r-2.8
ANNUAL 4.9 3.7 -1.2 r1.9 r-1.4 r-2.8
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2005 I 5.2 3.9 -1.3 r3.4 r0.4 r-1.7
II 5.6 4.0 -1.5 r2.7 r-0.2 r-2.7
III 5.3 3.4 -1.8 r1.8 r-1.9 r-3.4
IV 3.4 3.4 0.0 r-0.3 r-3.9 r-3.6
ANNUAL 4.9 3.7 -1.2 r1.9 r-1.4 r-2.8
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Appendix table 4. Durable manufacturing sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation, and
unit labor costs seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indexes 1992=100
2005 I 192.6 171.4 88.9 r158.3 r117.9 r82.1
II 195.0 172.6 88.5 r159.7 r118.1 r81.9
III 197.3 174.7 88.5 r162.2 r118.2 r82.2
IV 199.7 179.4 89.8 r160.7 r115.9 r80.5
ANNUAL 196.2 174.5 89.0 r160.2 r117.5 r81.7
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2005 I 7.1 7.1 -0.1 r-7.1 r-8.7 r-13.2
II 5.1 3.0 -2.0 r3.7 r0.8 r-1.4
III 4.8 4.9 0.1 r6.6 r0.3 r1.7
IV 4.9 11.2 6.0 r-3.7 r-7.4 r-8.2
ANNUAL 5.4 5.2 -0.2 r1.9 r-1.4 r-3.3
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2005 I 4.4 4.1 -0.3 r3.9 r0.9 r-0.5
II 5.4 4.9 -0.6 r2.6 r-0.3 r-2.7
III 6.1 5.2 -0.9 r1.6 r-2.1 r-4.3
IV 5.5 6.5 1.0 r-0.3 r-3.9 r-5.4
ANNUAL 5.4 5.2 -0.2 r1.9 r-1.4 r-3.3
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Appendix table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation,
and unit labor costs seasonally adjusted
Real
Year Output per Hours Compensa- compensa- Unit
and hour of of all tion per tion per labor
quarter all persons Output persons hour (1) hour (2) costs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indexes 1992=100
2005 I 147.8 115.1 77.9 r167.6 r124.9 r113.4
II 149.5 115.4 77.2 r170.7 r126.3 r114.2
III 149.6 114.3 76.4 r172.3 r125.5 r115.2
IV 147.7 114.0 77.2 r171.7 r123.9 r116.3
ANNUAL 148.7 114.7 77.2 r170.6 r125.1 r114.8
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2005 I 7.8 4.0 -3.6 r-10.8 r-12.4 r-17.3
II 4.6 0.9 -3.5 r7.5 r4.5 r2.8
III 0.4 -3.9 -4.3 r3.9 r-2.2 r3.4
IV -5.1 -0.8 4.5 r-1.5 r-5.3 r3.9
ANNUAL 4.9 2.0 -2.8 r1.6 r-1.6 r-3.1
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2005 I 6.8 3.8 -2.9 r2.4 r-0.5 r-4.1
II 6.3 3.0 -3.1 r2.8 r-0.1 r-3.3
III 5.0 1.4 -3.4 r1.9 r-1.8 r-2.9
IV 1.8 0.0 -1.8 r-0.5 r-4.0 r-2.2
ANNUAL 4.9 2.0 -2.8 r1.6 r-1.6 r-3.1
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Appendix table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation,
unit labor costs, unit profits, and prices, seasonally adjusted
Output Hourly Real Unit Total Unit Implicit
Year per all- compen- hourly Unit non- unit pro- price
and employee Employee sation compen- labor labor costs fits deflator
quarter hour Output hours (1) sation(2) costs costs(6) (7) (8) (4)
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Indexes 1992=100
2005 I r141.8 r166.4 r117.3 r158.0 r117.7 r111.4 r111.3 r111.4 r155.9 r115.3
II r143.7 r169.9 r118.2 r158.6 r117.3 r110.4 r111.4 r110.6 r166.8 r115.7
III r142.8 r169.7 r118.8 r160.8 r117.2 r112.6 r115.7 r113.5 r152.2 r116.9
IV r144.8 r173.2 r119.7 r161.2 r116.3 r111.4 r113.1 r111.8 r177.4 r117.7
ANNUAL r143.3 r169.8 r118.5 r159.7 r117.1 r111.4 r112.9 r111.8 r163.2 116.4
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
2005 I r3.0 r3.2 0.2 r2.5 r0.7 r-0.4 r7.6 r1.7 r23.6 4.0
II r5.5 r8.7 3.0 r1.7 r-1.1 r-3.6 r0.1 r-2.6 r31.1 r1.1
III r-2.5 r-0.5 r2.0 r5.6 r-0.6 r8.4 r16.7 r10.6 r-30.6 r4.4
IV r5.6 r8.7 3.0 r1.0 r-2.9 r-4.3 r-8.9 r-5.6 r84.3 r2.7
ANNUAL r2.6 r4.3 1.7 r3.7 0.4 r1.1 r3.3 r1.7 r12.7 2.9
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2005 I r3.2 r4.4 1.1 4.7 r1.6 r1.4 r1.6 r1.5 r15.3 3.0
II r3.4 r5.1 1.7 r3.8 r0.9 r0.4 r1.9 r0.8 r14.5 r2.4
III r1.2 r3.0 1.7 3.8 0.0 r2.5 r6.2 r3.5 r1.3 3.2
IV r2.8 r4.9 2.1 r2.7 r-1.0 r-0.1 r3.4 r0.8 r20.0 r3.1
ANNUAL r2.6 r4.3 1.7 r3.7 0.4 r1.1 r3.3 r1.7 r12.7 2.9
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See footnotes following Table 6. August 8, 2008
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
