Table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs, seasonally adjusted

  Table 5. Nondurable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs,
  seasonally adjusted
                                                                              Real
       Year           Output per                  Hours       Compensa-       compensa-      Unit 
       and            hour of                     of all      tion per        tion per       labor
       quarter        all persons     Output      persons     hour (1)        hour (2)       costs
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                                             Indexes 1992=100

  2002       I           c126.1        107.2         85.0       c146.2         c117.6         116.0
            II            127.5        107.8         84.5        148.8          118.7         116.7
           III            128.5        107.7        c83.8       c151.2         c119.9         117.6
            IV           c126.9        105.7        c83.3       c152.5         c120.4         120.2

        ANNUAL            127.3        107.1        c84.2       c149.6         c119.1         117.6

  2003       I            128.2        105.3         82.1       c155.9          121.9         121.6
            II            129.0        104.4         81.0        158.3          123.6         122.7
           III            130.4        104.3         80.0        161.1          125.0         123.5
            IV            131.5        105.0        c79.9       c163.3         c126.5         124.2

        ANNUAL           c129.8        104.8         80.7        159.6          124.2         123.0

  2004       I           c132.0        105.5        c79.9      cr163.9        cr125.9        r124.2
            II          cr135.1       r107.1        r79.3       r165.7        cr125.8        r122.7
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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

  2002       I             c7.4          2.0        c-5.1        c26.5          c24.9          17.7
            II             c4.6          2.2        c-2.3         c7.2           c3.6           2.5
           III             c3.2         -0.2        c-3.3         c6.6           c4.1           3.2
            IV            c-4.9         -7.3        c-2.5         c3.7           c1.8           9.0

        ANNUAL              4.8         -0.6         -5.2          9.3           c7.5           4.3

  2003       I             c4.2         -1.5        c-5.5         c9.1           c5.1          c4.7
            II             c2.3         -3.2         -5.5         c6.3            5.7           3.9
           III              4.4         -0.4         -4.6          7.2            4.7           2.7
            IV             c3.4          2.6        c-0.7         c5.6           c4.8           2.2

        ANNUAL             c2.0         -2.2        c-4.1         c6.7           c4.3           4.6

  2004       I             c1.6          1.8         c0.2        cr1.5         cr-2.0          r0.0
            II             r9.7         r6.3       cr-3.1        cr4.4         cr-0.3         r-4.8
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

  2002       I             c5.0         -1.7        c-6.4         c6.2           c5.0           1.2
            II             c5.3         -0.4        c-5.4         c9.2            7.9           3.7
           III             c6.2          0.5        c-5.4        c10.9           c9.2           4.5
            IV             c2.5         -0.9        c-3.3        c10.6           c8.2           8.0

        ANNUAL              4.8         -0.6         -5.2          9.3           c7.5           4.3

  2003       I             c1.7         -1.8        c-3.4         c6.6           c3.6           4.8
            II             c1.2         -3.1         -4.2          6.4           c4.2           5.2
           III              1.5         -3.1        c-4.5          6.6            4.3           5.0
            IV              3.6         -0.7         -4.1         c7.1            5.1           3.3

        ANNUAL             c2.0         -2.2        c-4.1         c6.7           c4.3           4.6

  2004       I              2.9          0.2        c-2.7        cr5.2          cr3.3          r2.2
            II             r4.7         r2.6         -2.1         r4.7          cr1.8          r0.0
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  See footnotes following Table 6.                                Sept. 2, 2004 corrected 
  r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
  c=corrected