Table 3. Manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs,
seasonally adjusted
                                                                              Real
                 Output                                        Compen-        compen-
 Year            per hour                      Hours           sation         sation         Unit
 and             of all                        of all          per hour       per hour       labor
 quarter         persons        Output         persons           (1)            (2)          costs
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                      Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2011 ANNUAL        2.8            4.9            2.0            1.5           -1.7           -1.3  

2011 IV           -0.4            3.8            4.2            1.2            0.3            1.6  
     III           5.3 r          5.0 r         -0.3 r         -0.6 r         -3.5 r         -5.6 r
     II           -2.1 r          0.6 r          2.7           -2.1           -6.0            0.0 r
     I             4.2            7.8            3.4            4.1           -1.2           -0.2  

2010 ANNUAL        6.1            6.0            0.0            1.6            0.0           -4.2  

2010 IV            4.9            3.8           -1.0            2.3           -0.4           -2.5  
     III           2.1            5.6            3.4            1.7            0.2           -0.5  
     II            5.2            9.2            3.8            3.8            4.3           -1.3  
     I             4.7            7.8            3.0           -2.7           -3.9           -7.1  

2009 ANNUAL        0.5          -12.5          -13.0            4.5            4.9            4.0  

2009 IV            7.3            6.5           -0.8            3.1            0.3           -3.9  
     III          13.1            7.5           -4.9            1.4           -2.2          -10.3  
     II            6.3          -10.1          -15.4            7.9            5.9            1.5  
     I            -1.4          -21.1          -20.0            0.5            2.9            1.9  
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                    Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2011 ANNUAL        2.8            4.9            2.0            1.5           -1.7           -1.3  

2011 IV            1.7            4.3            2.5            0.6           -2.6           -1.1  
     III           3.0 r          4.3 r          1.2            0.9           -2.8 r         -2.1 r
     II            2.3 r          4.4            2.1            1.4           -1.9           -0.8  
     I             4.1            6.6            2.4            2.9            0.7           -1.1  

2010 ANNUAL        6.1            6.0            0.0            1.6            0.0           -4.2  

2010 IV            4.2            6.6            2.3            1.2            0.0           -2.9  
     III           4.8            7.3            2.3            1.4            0.2           -3.2  
     II            7.5            7.7            0.2            1.4           -0.4           -5.7  
     I             7.8            2.6           -4.8            2.4            0.0           -5.0  

2009 ANNUAL        0.5          -12.5          -13.0            4.5            4.9            4.0  

2009 IV            6.2           -5.1          -10.6            3.2            1.7           -2.8  
     III           2.7          -11.9          -14.2            4.8            6.6            2.0  
     II           -1.7          -16.5          -15.1            5.8            6.9            7.6  
     I            -4.8          -16.0          -11.8            4.0            4.2            9.2  
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                                         Indexes 2005=100

2011 ANNUAL      114.4           96.5           84.4          118.3          102.7          103.5  

2011 IV          114.9           97.8           85.2          118.4          101.9          103.0  
     III         115.0 r         96.9 r         84.3 r        118.0 r        101.8 r        102.6 r
     II          113.5 r         95.7 r         84.4          118.2          102.7          104.1 r
     I           114.1           95.6           83.8          118.8          104.3          104.1  

2010 ANNUAL      111.3           92.0           82.7          116.6          104.4          104.8  

2010 IV          112.9           93.8           83.1          117.6          104.6          104.2  
     III         111.6           92.9           83.3          117.0          104.7          104.8  
     II          111.0           91.7           82.6          116.5          104.7          105.0  
     I           109.6           89.7           81.8          115.4          103.6          105.3  

2009 ANNUAL      104.9           86.8           82.7          114.8          104.5          109.4  

2009 IV          108.3           88.0           81.2          116.2          104.6          107.3  
     III         106.5           86.7           81.4          115.3          104.5          108.3  
     II          103.2           85.1           82.4          114.9          105.1          111.3  
     I           101.7           87.4           86.0          112.8          103.6          110.9  
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                                   February 2, 2012
r=revised                                                        Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics