August 12, 2010

Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2010

Unit labor costs, manufacturing, all persons, seasonally adjusted, first quarter (I) 2005 — second quarter (II) 2010
Quarter	Percent change
Quarter	From previous quarter, annual rate	From same quarter a year ago
2005 I	−9.0	−0.4
2005 II	1.1	−1.2
2005 III	4.5	−1.7
2005 IV	−4.1	−2.0
2006 I	6.7	1.9
2006 II	−1.9	1.2
2006 III	−2.3	−0.5
2006 IV	6.6	2.2
2007 I	−0.5	0.4
2007 II	−4.4	−0.2
2007 III	−1.7	−0.1
2007 IV	5.0	−0.5
2008 I	2.9	0.4
2008 II	10.7	4.1
2008 III	7.9	6.6
2008 IV	9.9	7.8
2009 I	5.9	8.6
2009 II	0.3	5.9
2009 III	−11.6	0.8
2009 IV	−3.5	−2.4
2010 I	−6.2	−5.3
2010 II	−6.1	−6.9

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