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)
2021 III -2.6 1.3 4.0 3.5 -2.9 6.2
II 9.8 r 12.6 r 2.6 r 4.5 -3.6 -4.8 r
I -2.1 r -1.1 r 1.0 -2.1 -5.6 0.0 r
2020 ANNUAL -0.1 -4.4 -4.3 7.1 5.8 7.2
2020 IV 0.5 10.9 10.3 7.6 5.1 7.1
III -0.1 21.4 21.5 -4.8 -9.1 -4.8
II -3.3 -31.7 -29.4 25.2 29.3 29.5
I 6.6 -0.3 -6.4 9.8 8.7 3.1
2019 ANNUAL -1.0 -1.6 -0.6 3.9 2.0 4.9
2019 IV -3.1 -0.9 2.3 0.5 -2.0 3.7
III -1.7 -0.2 1.5 1.4 0.1 3.2
II -3.8 -3.3 0.5 3.6 0.1 7.6
I 1.0 -2.5 -3.5 6.9 6.1 5.8
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Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
2021 III 1.3 5.8 4.4 3.3 -1.9 2.0
II 1.9 r 10.7 8.6 1.2 -3.5 -0.7 r
I -1.3 -2.4 -1.1 5.9 3.9 7.2
2020 ANNUAL -0.1 -4.4 -4.3 7.1 5.8 7.2
2020 IV 0.9 -2.2 -3.0 9.0 7.6 8.0
III -0.1 -4.9 -4.8 7.1 5.8 7.2
II -0.5 -9.4 -9.0 8.8 8.3 9.3
I -0.6 -1.2 -0.6 3.8 1.6 4.4
2019 ANNUAL -1.0 -1.6 -0.6 3.9 2.0 4.9
2019 IV -1.9 -1.8 0.2 3.1 1.0 5.1
III -1.4 -2.5 -1.1 4.3 2.5 5.8
II -1.3 -1.9 -0.7 5.2 3.3 6.6
I 0.6 -0.1 -0.7 3.0 1.3 2.4
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Indexes 2012=100
2021 III 97.5 102.6 105.3 127.0 106.5 130.2
II 98.1 r 102.3 r 104.3 r 125.9 r 107.3 r 128.3 r
I 95.9 r 99.3 r 103.6 124.5 108.3 129.9 r
2020 ANNUAL 96.5 97.7 101.3 122.4 108.4 126.9
2020 IV 96.4 99.6 103.3 125.1 109.9 129.8
III 96.2 97.0 100.8 122.9 108.5 127.7
II 96.3 92.5 96.0 124.4 111.2 129.2
I 97.1 101.7 104.8 117.6 104.2 121.1
2019 ANNUAL 96.5 102.2 105.9 114.3 102.5 118.4
2019 IV 95.5 101.8 106.5 114.9 102.1 120.2
III 96.3 102.0 105.9 114.7 102.6 119.1
II 96.7 102.1 105.5 114.3 102.6 118.2
I 97.7 102.9 105.4 113.3 102.6 116.0
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See footnotes following Table 6. November 4, 2021
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Last Modified Date: September 12, 2024
United States Department of Labor
