Figure 1. Labor's share of output in the nonfarm business sector, first quarter 1947 through third quarter 2016
Year and quarter	Percent
1947
1	65.8
2	64.9
3	65.9
4	65.0
1948
1	65.1
2	65.1
3	65.1
4	64.5
1949
1	64.7
2	64.8
3	63.6
4	64.0
1950
1	63.2
2	63.6
3	62.8
4	62.9
1951
1	62.6
2	63.4
3	62.3
4	62.9
1952
1	63.2
2	63.7
3	64.0
4	63.9
1953
1	64.0
2	64.2
3	64.3
4	65.1
1954
1	65.3
2	64.8
3	64.3
4	63.9
1955
1	62.8
2	62.9
3	63.2
4	63.3
1956
1	64.5
2	65.1
3	65.2
4	65.2
1957
1	64.7
2	65.2
3	64.8
4	65.3
1958
1	66.0
2	65.2
3	65.2
4	64.0
1959
1	64.3
2	63.9
3	64.2
4	64.6
1960
1	64.4
2	65.6
3	65.5
4	66.4
1961
1	66.1
2	65.0
3	64.6
4	64.4
1962
1	64.1
2	64.4
3	63.9
4	64.0
1963
1	64.1
2	63.8
3	63.1
4	63.4
1964
1	62.6
2	62.7
3	62.8
4	63.6
1965
1	62.7
2	62.7
3	61.9
4	61.5
1966
1	61.5
2	62.3
3	62.6
4	62.3
1967
1	62.3
2	62.7
3	62.7
4	62.8
1968
1	62.4
2	62.1
3	62.8
4	63.3
1969
1	62.9
2	63.7
3	64.2
4	65.0
1970
1	65.3
2	64.4
3	64.1
4	64.4
1971
1	63.2
2	63.2
3	62.9
4	63.6
1972
1	63.6
2	62.8
3	62.9
4	63.2
1973
1	63.1
2	63.2
3	64.1
4	64.3
1974
1	64.4
2	63.9
3	64.5
4	63.8
1975
1	63.2
2	62.5
3	61.9
4	62.0
1976
1	61.5
2	61.4
3	61.7
4	61.7
1977
1	61.6
2	61.6
3	61.4
4	62.2
1978
1	63.2
2	61.8
3	61.6
4	61.5
1979
1	62.8
2	62.5
3	62.7
4	63.1
1980
1	63.0
2	63.6
3	63.9
4	63.6
1981
1	62.3
2	62.9
3	62.4
4	62.9
1982
1	64.1
2	63.8
3	63.9
4	63.5
1983
1	63.1
2	62.1
3	61.2
4	61.2
1984
1	61.6
2	61.3
3	61.4
4	61.5
1985
1	61.4
2	61.3
3	61.0
4	61.8
1986
1	61.7
2	61.8
3	62.2
4	62.9
1987
1	63.1
2	62.8
3	62.9
4	62.9
1988
1	63.3
2	63.3
3	63.2
4	62.8
1989
1	62.7
2	61.9
3	61.7
4	62.3
1990
1	62.4
2	62.5
3	62.6
4	63.1
1991
1	62.8
2	62.6
3	62.5
4	62.7
1992
1	63.0
2	62.7
3	62.6
4	62.2
1993
1	61.8
2	62.2
3	61.8
4	61.7
1994
1	61.0
2	61.1
3	61.1
4	60.6
1995
1	60.7
2	60.6
3	60.7
4	60.7
1996
1	60.9
2	60.6
3	60.6
4	60.6
1997
1	61.0
2	60.4
3	60.4
4	61.1
1998
1	61.7
2	62.1
3	62.1
4	61.9
1999
1	62.1
2	62.0
3	61.8
4	61.8
2000
1	63.9
2	62.5
3	63.4
4	62.8
2001
1	64.3
2	63.1
3	62.8
4	62.4
2002
1	61.4
2	61.6
3	61.2
4	61.3
2003
1	60.8
2	61.0
3	60.3
4	60.5
2004
1	60.0
2	60.2
3	60.6
4	60.1
2005
1	59.4
2	59.3
3	59.0
4	58.9
2006
1	59.4
2	59.0
3	59.0
4	59.6
2007
1	60.4
2	59.7
3	59.1
4	59.3
2008
1	60.2
2	59.4
3	59.4
4	60.4
2009
1	58.2
2	58.8
3	58.3
4	57.9
2010
1	57.0
2	57.2
3	57.0
4	56.7
2011
1	58.1
2	57.2
3	57.3
4	56.0
2012
1	56.9
2	56.6
3	56.5
4	58.1
2013
1	56.5
2	57.2
3	56.8
4	56.2
2014
1	57.4
2	56.6
3	56.3
4	57.0
2015
1	57.1
2	57.3
3	57.3
4	58.0
2016
1	57.9
2	58.4
3	58.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.