Table 3. Manufacturing sector: Labor productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted

Table 3. Manufacturing sector: Labor productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs,
seasonally adjusted.
                                                                             Real
Year              Labor                                       Hourly         hourly          Unit
and               produc-                      Hours          compensa-      compensa-       labor
quarter           tivity        Output         worked         tion (1)       tion (2)        costs
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                      Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate (5)

2025 I             4.5            5.1            0.5            6.2            2.4            1.6  

2024 ANNUAL        0.6           -0.4           -1.0            3.9 r          1.0            3.3  

2024 IV            0.3           -1.3           -1.6            4.0            1.0            3.8 r
     III           0.7           -0.7           -1.4            4.2            2.7            3.4 r
     II            0.5 r          1.4            0.9 r         -5.2           -7.8           -5.7  
     I            -0.2 r         -0.9           -0.7            6.8            2.9            7.0  

2023 ANNUAL       -0.4 r         -0.4            0.0            4.7            0.6            5.1  

2023 IV            1.6 r         -1.4           -2.9 r          6.3            3.4 r          4.6  
     III          -0.5           -0.4            0.1            6.7            3.1            7.2  
     II            3.8            0.3           -3.4           10.0            6.8            5.9  
     I             0.2            0.5            0.3            3.1           -0.5 r          2.9  
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                    Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2025 I             1.5            1.1           -0.4            2.2           -0.5            0.7  

2024 ANNUAL        0.6           -0.4           -1.0            3.9 r          1.0            3.3  

2024 IV            0.3 r         -0.4           -0.7            2.3           -0.4            2.0  
     III           0.7           -0.4           -1.0 r          2.9            0.2            2.2  
     II            0.4           -0.3           -0.7            3.5            0.3            3.1  
     I             1.2           -0.6           -1.7 r          7.4            4.0 r          6.2  

2023 ANNUAL       -0.4 r         -0.4            0.0            4.7            0.6            5.1  

2023 IV            1.3           -0.3           -1.5            6.5            3.1            5.1  
     III           0.0           -0.7           -0.7            4.8 r          1.2            4.8  
     II           -0.6           -0.6            0.0            5.1 r          1.1            5.8  
     I            -1.3            0.0            1.4            3.2           -2.4            4.6  
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                                         Indexes 2017=100

2025 I            99.9           99.9          100.0          132.3          101.2          132.5  

2024 ANNUAL       98.5 r         98.9 r        100.4 r        129.0 r        100.5 r        131.0 r

2024 IV           98.8 r         98.6 r         99.8 r        130.4 r        100.6 r        132.0 r
     III          98.7 r         99.0 r        100.2 r        129.1 r        100.4 r        130.7 r
     II           98.5 r         99.1          100.6 r        127.8 r         99.7 r        129.7 r
     I            98.4 r         98.8          100.4 r        129.5 r        101.7 r        131.6 r

2023 ANNUAL       97.9 r         99.3          101.4 r        124.1 r         99.6 r        126.8 r

2023 IV           98.5 r         99.0          100.5 r        127.4 r        101.0 r        129.4 r
     III          98.1 r         99.3          101.3 r        125.5 r        100.2 r        128.0 r
     II           98.2 r         99.4          101.3 r        123.5 r         99.4 r        125.7  
     I            97.3 r         99.4          102.1 r        120.6 r         97.8 r        123.9 r
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                                        May 8, 2025
r=revised                                                        Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics