Table 1. Business sector: Labor productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted
Table 1. Business sector: Labor productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices,
seasonally adjusted.
Real
Hourly hourly Unit Implicit
Year Labor compen- compen- Unit nonlabor price
and produc- Hours sation sation labor payments deflator
quarter tivity Output worked (1) (2) costs (3) (4)
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Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate (5)
2017 I -1.0 r 1.1 r 2.2 r 1.6 r -1.5 r 2.7 r 0.9 r 1.9
2016 ANNUAL 0.3 1.8 1.5 2.4 r 1.2 r 2.1 r -0.6 r 1.0
2016 IV 2.4 2.6 0.2 -2.1 r -5.0 r -4.4 r 10.9 r 1.8
III 3.7 4.3 0.6 4.3 2.5 0.6 1.2 0.8
II -0.3 1.6 2.0 5.7 3.2 6.0 -3.0 2.1
I -0.7 0.8 1.5 -1.1 -1.2 -0.4 1.4 0.4
2015 ANNUAL 0.8 3.1 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.0 -1.0 0.7
2015 IV -2.1 0.8 3.0 3.3 2.9 5.6 -6.8 0.1
III 2.2 2.1 -0.1 2.7 1.2 0.6 1.4 0.9
II 1.3 3.0 1.7 5.0 2.6 3.6 0.1 2.1
I 0.8 2.3 1.5 1.7 4.3 0.9 -2.1 -0.4
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2017 I 1.2 r 2.4 r 1.2 2.3 r -0.3 r 1.1 r 2.4 r 1.7
2016 ANNUAL 0.3 1.8 1.5 2.4 r 1.2 r 2.1 r -0.6 r 1.0
2016 IV 1.2 2.3 1.1 1.6 r -0.2 r 0.4 r 2.5 r 1.3
III 0.1 1.9 1.8 3.0 1.9 2.9 -1.9 0.9
II -0.3 1.3 1.6 2.6 1.5 2.9 -1.8 0.9
I 0.1 1.7 1.5 2.5 1.4 2.3 -1.1 0.9
2015 ANNUAL 0.8 3.1 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.0 -1.0 0.7
2015 IV 0.5 2.1 1.5 3.2 2.8 2.6 -1.9 0.7
III 0.6 2.6 1.9 3.2 3.1 2.5 -1.8 0.6
II 1.0 3.6 2.6 3.3 3.3 2.3 -1.4 0.7
I 1.0 4.1 3.1 1.5 1.6 0.5 1.1 0.8
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Indexes 2009=100
2017 I 107.2 r 121.4 r 113.3 r 118.0 r 103.7 r 110.1 r 113.5 r 111.5 r
2016 ANNUAL 106.6 119.8 112.4 117.0 r 104.6 r 109.8 r 111.1 r 110.4
2016 IV 107.5 121.1 112.7 117.6 r 104.1 r 109.4 r 113.2 r 111.0
III 106.9 120.3 112.6 118.2 105.5 110.6 110.3 110.5
II 105.9 119.1 112.4 116.9 104.8 110.4 110.0 110.3
I 106.0 118.6 111.9 115.3 104.0 108.8 110.8 109.7
2015 ANNUAL 106.2 117.6 110.7 114.2 103.4 107.5 111.7 109.3
2015 IV 106.2 118.3 111.5 115.7 104.3 108.9 110.5 109.6
III 106.7 118.1 110.6 114.7 103.5 107.5 112.4 109.5
II 106.2 117.5 110.7 113.9 103.2 107.3 112.0 109.3
I 105.8 116.6 110.2 112.6 102.6 106.4 112.0 108.7
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See footnotes following Table 6. June 5, 2017
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Last Modified Date: June 05, 2017
