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)
2020 I -0.7 r -6.3 r -5.6 r 3.9 r 2.7 r 4.7 r -3.8 r 0.9 r
2019 ANNUAL 2.0 2.7 0.7 3.8 r 2.0 r 1.8 r 0.8 r 1.4
2019 IV 1.0 2.4 1.4 3.2 r 0.8 r 2.2 r -0.6 r 1.0
III -0.4 2.4 2.7 0.0 -1.8 0.3 2.5 1.2
II 3.0 2.0 -0.9 3.0 0.0 0.1 7.0 3.0
I 4.0 3.9 0.0 9.9 8.9 5.7 -7.3 -0.1
2018 ANNUAL 1.5 3.4 1.9 3.4 0.9 1.9 2.8 2.3
2018 IV 0.4 1.2 0.8 1.0 -0.2 0.6 2.1 1.2
III 1.3 3.4 2.1 3.1 0.9 1.8 1.1 1.5
II 2.7 4.0 1.3 1.0 -1.2 -1.6 10.8 3.6
I 1.3 2.9 1.6 4.7 1.4 3.4 0.1 2.0
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2020 I 0.7 r 0.1 -0.6 r 2.5 r 0.4 r 1.8 r 1.2 r 1.5 r
2019 ANNUAL 2.0 2.7 0.7 3.8 r 2.0 r 1.8 r 0.8 r 1.4
2019 IV 1.9 2.7 0.8 4.0 r 1.9 r 2.0 r 0.3 r 1.3
III 1.7 2.4 0.6 3.4 1.6 1.6 0.9 1.3
II 2.1 2.7 0.5 4.2 2.3 2.0 0.6 1.4
I 2.1 3.1 1.0 3.7 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.5
2018 ANNUAL 1.5 3.4 1.9 3.4 0.9 1.9 2.8 2.3
2018 IV 1.4 2.9 1.4 2.4 0.2 1.0 3.4 2.1
III 1.3 3.6 2.2 3.3 0.6 1.9 3.1 2.4
II 1.8 3.7 1.9 3.7 1.0 1.9 3.5 2.6
I 1.3 3.4 2.1 4.0 1.8 2.7 1.0 2.0
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Indexes 2012=100
2020 I 108.3 r 120.6 r 111.3 r 122.4 r 108.5 r 113.0 r 108.5 r 111.0 r
2019 ANNUAL 108.2 121.6 112.3 120.3 r 107.8 r 111.2 r 109.0 r 110.2
2019 IV 108.5 122.6 113.0 121.2 r 107.7 r 111.7 r 109.6 r 110.8
III 108.3 121.9 112.6 120.3 107.5 111.1 109.8 110.5
II 108.4 121.2 111.8 120.3 108.0 111.0 109.1 110.2
I 107.6 120.6 112.1 119.4 108.0 111.0 107.3 109.4
2018 ANNUAL 106.1 118.3 111.5 115.9 105.7 109.2 108.1 108.7
2018 IV 106.5 119.4 112.1 116.6 105.7 109.4 109.3 109.4
III 106.4 119.0 111.8 116.3 105.8 109.3 108.8 109.1
II 106.1 118.0 111.3 115.4 105.6 108.8 108.5 108.7
I 105.4 116.9 110.9 115.1 105.9 109.2 105.7 107.7
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See footnotes following Table 6. June 4, 2020
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Last Modified Date: June 04, 2020
United States Department of Labor
