Appendix table 3.
Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs
Real
Output Compen- compen-
per hour Hours sation sation Unit
of all of all per hour per hour labor
Year persons Output persons (1) (2) costs
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Indexes 2005=100
2010 108.5 r 94.6 r 87.2 114.7 102.7 105.7 r
2009 104.5 r 91.1 r 87.2 113.8 103.6 109.0 r
2008 102.1 r 97.5 r 95.4 110.7 100.4 108.4 r
2007 102.0 r 101.0 r 99.0 103.8 97.8 101.8 r
2006 99.8 r 99.9 r 100.1 101.5 98.3 101.7 r
2005 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2004 95.3 r 98.1 r 102.8 96.5 99.8 101.2 r
2003 92.0 r 96.9 r 105.3 94.0 99.8 102.2 r
2002 87.8 r 96.6 r 110.0 88.8 96.4 101.1 r
2001 82.9 r 96.0 r 115.9 83.0 91.5 100.2 r
2000 80.9 r 99.1 r 122.5 78.5 89.0 97.0 r
1999 78.2 r 98.1 r 125.5 73.2 85.7 93.6 r
1998 77.2 r 97.9 r 126.9 70.2 83.9 90.9 r
1997 75.2 r 97.0 r 128.9 66.5 80.7 88.4 r
1996 72.3 r 93.2 r 128.9 64.2 79.6 88.9 r
1995 70.8 r 93.1 r 131.5 62.7 79.7 88.5 r
1994 69.1 r 91.4 r 132.4 60.9 79.3 88.2 r
1993 67.5 r 88.5 r 131.1 59.6 79.2 88.2 r
1992 66.7 r 86.5 r 129.6 58.0 79.0 86.9 r
1991 65.6 r 84.2 r 128.4 55.9 78.1 85.2 r
1990 64.0 r 83.9 r 131.1 53.0 76.7 82.8 r
1989 62.7 r 83.4 r 132.9 50.0 76.1 79.7 r
1988 62.2 r 81.7 r 131.4 48.5 76.8 77.9 r
1987 61.0 r 78.8 r 129.2 46.3 76.1 75.9 r
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See footnotes following Table 6. September 1, 2011
r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics