Chart 4. Annualized quarter-to-quarter growth in hours for employees in the private nonfarm sector, third quarter 2006 to fourth quarter 2019 (in percent)
Quarter Hours worked, new Hours worked, old

Q3 2006

1.6 1.6

Q4 2006

1.5 1.0

Q1 2007

1.4 1.0

Q2 2007

2.0 1.8

Q3 2007

-0.5 -0.2

Q4 2007

-0.3 -0.2

Q1 2008

-0.4 -0.3

Q2 2008

-1.7 -2.0

Q3 2008

-4.0 -3.7

Q4 2008

-8.2 -7.1

Q1 2009

-9.6 -9.7

Q2 2009

-9.1 -8.6

Q3 2009

-4.1 -3.8

Q4 2009

0.0 -0.3

Q1 2010

1.7 0.5

Q2 2010

3.1 3.5

Q3 2010

2.2 2.9

Q4 2010

2.3 1.6

Q1 2011

0.9 0.9

Q2 2011

5.0 4.2

Q3 2011

1.8 2.6

Q4 2011

3.1 2.6

Q1 2012

3.2 2.9

Q2 2012

0.8 1.1

Q3 2012

2.0 1.2

Q4 2012

1.6 1.5

Q1 2013

3.2 3.1

Q2 2013

1.6 1.5

Q3 2013

1.8 1.8

Q4 2013

1.5 1.8

Q1 2014

1.9 1.6

Q2 2014

4.2 4.0

Q3 2014

2.8 2.5

Q4 2014

3.3 3.3

Q1 2015

1.8 1.2

Q2 2015

0.9 1.3

Q3 2015

1.0 2.5

Q4 2015

3.4 2.7

Q1 2016

1.1 0.9

Q2 2016

0.6 1.0

Q3 2016

2.1 2.3

Q4 2016

0.8 0.9

Q1 2017

1.0 1.3

Q2 2017

2.6 3.1

Q3 2017

1.3 1.4

Q4 2017

2.0 1.6

Q1 2018

1.7 2.1

Q2 2018

2.4 3.0

Q3 2018

1.8 0.7

Q4 2018

0.4 0.4

Q1 2019

1.5 1.4

Q2 2019

1.8 1.0

Q3 2019

0.6 0.7

Q4 2019

-0.5 0.5

Note: The "Hours worked, new" series is all-employee hours calculated using the new method (all-employee hours paid, with a paid-time-off and off-the-clock hours adjustment); the "Hours worked, old" series is all-employee hours calculated using the 2004 method; the Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.