Table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Labor productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted

Table 5. Nondurable 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)

2026 I             2.0            0.9           -1.0            2.9           -0.6            0.9  

2025 ANNUAL        0.8 r          0.4 r         -0.4 r          3.1            0.3 r          2.2 r

2025 IV           -2.3 r         -4.2 r         -1.9            6.0            3.4            8.6 r
     III           0.3            1.8            1.5 r          2.6           -0.5 r          2.3  
     II            2.3            0.9           -1.4            3.6            1.9            1.2  
     I             1.5            0.2           -1.3            2.6 r         -1.0            1.2  

2024 ANNUAL        0.8            0.4           -0.4            4.4            1.4            3.5  

2024 IV            1.9            0.5           -1.3 r          1.4 r         -1.7 r         -0.4  
     III          -2.0            0.1            2.1            2.4            1.1 r          4.5  
     II            2.2            2.0           -0.1 r          8.9            6.0            6.6  
     I            -3.4 r         -1.7            1.8 r          1.3           -2.3 r          4.9  
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                    Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2026 I             0.5           -0.2           -0.7            3.8            1.0            3.2  

2025 ANNUAL        0.8 r          0.4 r         -0.4 r          3.1            0.3 r          2.2 r

2025 IV            0.4 r         -0.4 r         -0.8            3.7            0.9 r          3.3 r
     III           1.5            0.8           -0.6 r          2.6           -0.3            1.0  
     II            0.9            0.4           -0.5            2.5            0.0 r          1.6  
     I             0.9            0.7           -0.2            3.8            1.0 r          2.9  

2024 ANNUAL        0.8            0.4           -0.4            4.4            1.4            3.5  

2024 IV           -0.4            0.2            0.6            3.5            0.7            3.9  
     III           0.3            0.6            0.3            4.1            1.4            3.8  
     II            1.8 r          0.7           -1.1            5.6 r          2.4            3.7  
     I             1.9            0.2           -1.7            4.7            1.4            2.7  
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                                         Indexes 2017=100

2026 I            99.9           99.5           99.5          136.4          101.6          136.5  

2025 ANNUAL       99.6 r         99.8 r        100.2 r        133.0 r        100.9 r        133.6 r

2025 IV           99.4 r         99.2 r         99.8 r        135.4 r        101.8 r        136.2 r
     III         100.0 r        100.3          100.3 r        133.5 r        100.9 r        133.4 r
     II          100.0 r         99.9           99.9 r        132.6 r        101.0 r        132.7 r
     I            99.4 r         99.6          100.3 r        131.5 r        100.6 r        132.3 r

2024 ANNUAL       98.7 r         99.4          100.6 r        129.1 r        100.6 r        130.8  

2024 IV           99.0 r         99.6          100.6 r        130.6 r        100.8 r        131.9  
     III          98.6 r         99.5          100.9 r        130.1 r        101.2          132.0  
     II           99.1 r         99.4          100.4 r        129.4 r        101.0 r        130.6  
     I            98.5 r         98.9          100.4 r        126.6 r         99.5 r        128.5  
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                                        May 7, 2026
r=revised                                                        Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics