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            126.1        107.2         85.0        146.2          117.6         116.0
            II            127.5        107.8         84.5        148.8          118.7         116.7
           III            128.5        107.7         83.8        151.2          119.9         117.6
            IV            126.9        105.7         83.3        152.5          120.4         120.2

        ANNUAL            127.3        107.1         84.2        149.6          119.1         117.6

  2003       I            128.2        105.3         82.1        155.9          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         79.9        163.3          126.5         124.2

        ANNUAL            129.8        104.8         80.7        159.6          124.2         123.0

  2004       I            132.0        105.5         79.9        163.9          125.9         124.2
            II           r134.8       r107.2        r79.6       r165.0         r125.2        r122.4
           III            136.2        107.6         79.0        167.1          126.2         122.6
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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

  2002       I              7.4          2.0         -5.1         26.5           24.9          17.7
            II              4.6          2.2         -2.3          7.2            3.6           2.5
           III              3.2         -0.2         -3.3          6.6            4.1           3.2
            IV             -4.9         -7.3         -2.5          3.7            1.8           9.0

        ANNUAL              4.8         -0.6         -5.2          9.3            7.5           4.3

  2003       I              4.2         -1.5         -5.5          9.1            5.1           4.7
            II              2.3         -3.2         -5.5          6.3            5.7           3.9
           III              4.4         -0.4         -4.6          7.2            4.7           2.7
            IV              3.4          2.6         -0.7          5.6            4.8           2.2

        ANNUAL              2.0         -2.2         -4.1          6.7            4.3           4.6

  2004       I              1.6          1.8          0.2          1.5           -2.0           0.0
            II             r8.7         r6.9        r-1.7         r2.6          r-2.1         r-5.7
           III              4.3          1.3         -2.8          5.1            3.2           0.8
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

  2002       I              5.0         -1.7         -6.4          6.2            5.0           1.2
            II              5.3         -0.4         -5.4          9.2            7.9           3.7
           III              6.2          0.5         -5.4         10.9            9.2           4.5
            IV              2.5         -0.9         -3.3         10.6            8.2           8.0

        ANNUAL              4.8         -0.6         -5.2          9.3            7.5           4.3

  2003       I              1.7         -1.8         -3.4          6.6            3.6           4.8
            II              1.2         -3.1         -4.2          6.4            4.2           5.2
           III              1.5         -3.1         -4.5          6.6            4.3           5.0
            IV              3.6         -0.7         -4.1          7.1            5.1           3.3

        ANNUAL              2.0         -2.2         -4.1          6.7            4.3           4.6

  2004       I              2.9          0.2         -2.7          5.2            3.3           2.2
            II             r4.5         r2.7        r-1.7         r4.2           r1.3         r-0.3
           III              4.5          3.1         -1.3          3.7            1.0          -0.7
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  See footnotes following Table 6.                                November 4, 2004
  r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics