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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes following Table 6. Sept. 2, 2004 corrected r=revised Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics c=corrected
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