Table 4. Durable manufacturing sector: Labor productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted

Table 4. Durable 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             7.1            7.9            0.8            7.0            3.1            0.0  

2024 ANNUAL        0.4 r         -1.0           -1.5            4.6            1.6            4.1  

2024 IV           -1.7 r         -3.6 r         -2.0 r          4.2            1.1            6.0 r
     III           0.5 r         -3.1           -3.6            6.1            4.7            5.6 r
     II           -0.5 r          0.3            0.8 r         -8.4          -10.9           -8.0  
     I             2.3            0.0           -2.3            9.6            5.7 r          7.1  

2023 ANNUAL       -0.7            0.2            0.9            4.9            0.7            5.7  

2023 IV           -0.1 r         -3.0           -2.9            8.4            5.4 r          8.5  
     III          -2.3           -0.1            2.3 r          5.8            2.2            8.2  
     II            6.2            1.8           -4.2           12.5            9.3            6.0  
     I            -1.9           -0.4            1.6            3.3           -0.4 r          5.2  
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                    Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2025 I             1.3            0.3           -1.0            2.0           -0.7            0.7  

2024 ANNUAL        0.4 r         -1.0           -1.5            4.6            1.6            4.1  

2024 IV            0.2 r         -1.6 r         -1.8            2.6 r         -0.1            2.5 r
     III           0.6           -1.5           -2.0 r          3.6 r          1.0            3.1  
     II           -0.1           -0.7           -0.6            3.6            0.4            3.7  
     I             1.5           -0.3           -1.8            9.0 r          5.6            7.4  

2023 ANNUAL       -0.7            0.2            0.9            4.9            0.7            5.7  

2023 IV            0.4           -0.4           -0.8 r          7.4            4.1            7.0  
     III          -0.5           -0.3            0.2            4.8            1.2            5.3  
     II           -0.5            0.2            0.7            5.3 r          1.3            5.9  
     I            -1.4            1.1            2.6            3.0           -2.7            4.5  
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                                         Indexes 2017=100

2025 I            97.8           97.1           99.4          133.7          102.2          136.7  

2024 ANNUAL       96.3 r         96.3 r        100.1 r        130.0 r        101.3 r        135.0 r

2024 IV           96.1 r         95.3 r         99.2 r        131.4 r        101.5 r        136.7 r
     III          96.5 r         96.2 r         99.7 r        130.1 r        101.2 r        134.8 r
     II           96.4 r         96.9          100.6 r        128.1 r        100.0 r        132.9 r
     I            96.5 r         96.9          100.4 r        131.0 r        102.9 r        135.8 r

2023 ANNUAL       95.8 r         97.3          101.6 r        124.3 r         99.6 r        129.7 r

2023 IV           96.0 r         96.9          101.0 r        128.0 r        101.5 r        133.4 r
     III          96.0 r         97.6          101.7 r        125.5 r        100.2 r        130.8 r
     II           96.5 r         97.6          101.1 r        123.7 r         99.7 r        128.2 r
     I            95.1 r         97.2          102.2 r        120.1 r         97.5 r        126.3  
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                                        May 8, 2025
r=revised                                                        Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics