Table 5. Nondurable 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)

2013 I             4.6            4.7            0.1            3.7            2.2           -0.8  

2012 ANNUAL       -0.1 r          1.1            1.3 r          1.2 r         -0.8            1.4  

2012 IV            1.0 r          1.2 r          0.2 r          0.6 r         -1.6 r         -0.4 r
     III          -1.4 r          0.2 r          1.6            1.1           -0.9            2.6 r
     II           -1.9 r         -1.1 r          0.8            3.1            2.1            5.1 r
     I             0.0 r          3.4 r          3.4            4.2            1.9 r          4.2 r

2011 ANNUAL        1.1 r          0.5 r         -0.6            2.0           -1.1            0.9 r

2011 IV            0.5 r          0.8 r          0.3           -2.5           -3.8 r         -3.0 r
     III           2.0 r          2.2 r          0.2           -0.6           -3.5 r         -2.6 r
     II           -0.4 r         -0.8 r         -0.4           -0.1           -4.5 r          0.3 r
     I             1.3 r         -0.3 r         -1.6            6.0            1.5 r          4.7 r
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                    Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2013 I             0.6            1.2            0.7            2.1            0.4            1.6  

2012 ANNUAL       -0.1 r          1.1            1.3 r          1.2 r         -0.8            1.4  

2012 IV           -0.6 r          0.9 r          1.5 r          2.3            0.4 r          2.8 r
     III          -0.7 r          0.8 r          1.5            1.5           -0.2 r          2.2 r
     II            0.2 r          1.3 r          1.2            1.0           -0.9 r          0.9 r
     I             0.5 r          1.4 r          0.9            0.2           -2.5           -0.3 r

2011 ANNUAL        1.1 r          0.5 r         -0.6            2.0           -1.1            0.9 r

2011 IV            0.8 r          0.5 r         -0.4            0.6           -2.6           -0.2 r
     III           1.2 r          0.2 r         -1.0            1.6           -2.0 r          0.4 r
     II            1.1 r         -0.2 r         -1.2            3.1           -0.3 r          2.0 r
     I             1.3 r          1.4 r          0.1            2.8            0.6            1.5 r
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                                         Indexes 2005=100

2013 I           109.8           96.8           88.1          120.6          101.4          109.8  

2012 ANNUAL      108.7 r         95.5 r         87.9 r        118.9 r        101.1 r        109.4 r

2012 IV          108.6 r         95.7 r         88.1 r        119.5 r        100.8 r        110.0 r
     III         108.3 r         95.4 r         88.1          119.3          101.3 r        110.2 r
     II          108.7 r         95.3 r         87.7          119.0          101.5 r        109.5 r
     I           109.2 r         95.6 r         87.6          118.0          100.9 r        108.1 r

2011 ANNUAL      108.8 r         94.4 r         86.8          117.5          102.0          107.9 r

2011 IV          109.2 r         94.8 r         86.8          116.8          100.5 r        107.0 r
     III         109.0 r         94.6 r         86.8          117.6          101.5 r        107.8 r
     II          108.5 r         94.1 r         86.7          117.7          102.4 r        108.5 r
     I           108.6 r         94.3 r         86.8          117.8          103.6 r        108.4 r
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                                        May 2, 2013
r=revised                                                        Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics