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                        PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS
                  First Quarter 2007, preliminary
                  

   The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor today 
reported preliminary productivity data--as measured by output per hour of all 
persons--for the first quarter of 2007.  The seasonally adjusted annual rates 
of productivity change in the first quarter were:

                  1.3 percent in the business sector and
                  1.7 percent in the nonfarm business sector.
                  
   In the business sector, output increased 1.2 percent while hours were 
unchanged.  In nonfarm businesses, output rose 1.4 percent and hours declined 
0.3 percent.  In both sectors, productivity grew more slowly than in the 
fourth quarter of 2006, when output per hour rose 1.5 percent in the business 
sector and 2.1 percent in the nonfarm business sector (seasonally adjusted 
annual rates).  First-quarter measures are summarized in table A and appear 
in detail in tables 1 through 5.

        In manufacturing, productivity changes in the first quarter were:
        
                  2.7 percent in manufacturing,
                  2.7 percent in durable goods manufacturing, and
                  2.0 percent in nondurable goods manufacturing.
                  
   Manufacturing productivity growth in the first quarter of 2007 reflected 
a 1.5-percent increase in output and a 1.1-percent decrease in hours worked 
in the sector.  Output per hour had increased 1.9 percent in the fourth 
quarter of 2006, as both output and hours fell, by 2.1 percent and 3.9 
percent, respectively. Output and hours in manufacturing, which includes 
about 13 percent of U.S. business sector employment, tend to vary more from 
quarter to quarter than data for the aggregate business and nonfarm business 
sectors.  First-quarter measures are summarized in table A and appear in 
detail in tables 1 through 5.


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Table A. Productivity and costs: Preliminary first-quarter 2007 measures
(Seasonally adjusted annual rates)
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                                                             Real
                                                   Hourly    hourly     Unit
                        Produc-                    compen-   compen-    labor
Sector                  tivity   Output   Hours    sation    sation     costs
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                           Percent change from preceding quarter
                           
Business                 1.3      1.2      0.0      1.9      -1.9        0.7
Nonfarm business         1.7      1.4     -0.3      2.3      -1.5        0.6
Manufacturing            2.7      1.5     -1.1      5.5       1.6        2.7
  Durable                2.7      0.4     -2.3      6.6       2.6        3.8
  Nondurable             2.0      2.9      0.8      3.6      -0.2        1.6
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                           Percent change from same quarter a year ago
                           
Business                 0.9      2.2      1.3      2.2      -0.3        1.3
Nonfarm business         1.1      2.2      1.1      2.4       0.0        1.3
Manufacturing            3.6      2.4     -1.1      1.5      -0.9       -2.0
  Durable                4.9      3.4     -1.4      2.1      -0.3       -2.6
  Nondurable             1.8      1.4     -0.4      0.4      -2.0       -1.4
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   The data sources and methods used in the preparation of the 
manufacturing series differ from those used in preparing the business and 
nonfarm business series, and these measures are not directly comparable.  
Output measures for business and nonfarm business are based on measures of 
gross domestic product prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the 
U.S. Department of Commerce.  Quarterly output measures for manufacturing 
reflect indexes of industrial production independently prepared by the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.  See Technical Notes for further 
information on data sources.


Business

   Productivity in the business sector rose 1.3 percent in the first 
quarter of 2007, as output grew 1.2 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rate) 
and hours of all persons at work in the sector were unchanged.  Revised data 
for the fourth quarter of 2006 showed that output per hour increased 1.5 
percent, reflecting a 2.9-percent rise in output and a 1.4-percent increase 
in hours at work.  (See table 1.) 

    When the first quarter of 2007 is compared to the first quarter of 2006, 
productivity in the business sector grew 0.9 percent.  This was the smallest 
four-quarter change since a 0.7-percent increase for the period from the 
fourth quarter of 1994 to the fourth quarter of 1995.

   Hourly compensation increased 1.9 percent during the first quarter of 
2007.  This measure includes wage and salary accruals, supplements, employer 
contributions to employee benefit plans, and taxes.  Hourly compensation had 
risen 7.7 percent in the previous quarter.  Real hourly compensation, which 
takes into account changes in consumer prices, decreased 1.9 percent in the 
first quarter of 2007, after rising 10.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 
2006.

   Unit labor costs rose 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2007, compared 
to a 6.2-percent increase in the fourth quarter.  Growth in unit labor costs 
is roughly equivalent to the change in hourly compensation minus the change 
in output per hour.

   The implicit price deflator for the business sector, which reflects 
changes in both unit labor costs and unit nonlabor payments, grew at a 3.7-
percent rate in the first quarter, faster than the 1.0-percent rate in the 
final quarter of 2006.


Nonfarm business

   Productivity rose 1.7 percent in the nonfarm business sector in first-
quarter 2007, as output grew 1.4 percent and hours of all persons decreased 
by 0.3 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates).  From the first quarter of 
2006 to the first quarter of 2007 output per hour grew 1.1 percent.  In the 
fourth quarter of 2006, productivity had risen 2.1 percent, reflecting 
increases in output and hours of 2.9 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively.  
(See table 2.)

   Hourly compensation increased 2.3 percent in the first quarter of 2007, 
less rapidly than in the fourth quarter, when it grew 8.5 percent.  When the 
rise in consumer prices was taken into account, real hourly compensation fell 
1.5 percent in the first quarter, in contrast to a 10.8-percent increase in 
the fourth quarter of 2006.

   Unit labor costs grew 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2007, 
following a 6.2-percent rise one quarter earlier.  The implicit price 
deflator for nonfarm business output rose 3.2 percent in the first quarter of 
2007 and 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006.


Manufacturing

   Productivity increased 2.7 percent in manufacturing in the first quarter 
of 2007, as output increased 1.5 percent and hours of all persons fell 1.1 
percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates).  After revisions, manufacturing 
productivity increased 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006, as output 
and hours decreased 2.1 percent and 3.9 percent, respectively.  A 2.7-percent 
increase in durable goods manufacturing productivity in the first quarter was 
the smallest since a 1.1- percent rise in the third quarter of 2004.  Output 
edged up 0.4 percent and hours fell 2.3 percent in the durable goods 
industries during the first quarter of 2007.  Productivity in nondurable 
goods manufacturing posted a 2.0-percent gain in the first quarter, as output 
increased 2.9 percent and hours of all persons rose 0.8 percent.

   The hourly compensation of all manufacturing workers increased 5.5 
percent during the first quarter of 2007, and real hourly compensation rose 
1.6 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates).  The 5.5-percent hourly 
compensation increase reflected a 6.6-percent jump in durable goods hourly 
compensation and a 3.6 percent gain in compensation per hour in nondurable 
goods industries.

   Because hourly compensation of manufacturing workers rose more rapidly 
than productivity, unit labor costs increased in the first quarter, by 2.7 
percent.  Unit labor costs increased 3.8 percent in durable goods 
manufacturing; more than in the nondurable goods subsector, where these costs 
rose 1.6 percent.


Fourth-quarter and annual measures for nonfinancial corporations

   Fourth-quarter and annual 2006 measures of productivity and costs also 
were announced today for the nonfinancial corporate sector (tables B, C, and 
6).  Output per all-employee hour grew 1.0 percent from the third to the 
fourth quarter of 2006, as output rose 2.1 percent and employee hours 
increased 1.1 percent.  The nonfinancial corporate sector includes all 
corporations doing business in the United States, except those classified as 
depository institutions, nondepository institutions, security and commodity 
brokers, insurance carriers, regulated investment offices, small business 
investment offices, and real estate investment trusts.


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Table B.  Nonfinancial corporations: Fourth-quarter 2006 productivity and  
and cost measures
(Seasonally adjusted annual rates)
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                                             Real
                                    Hourly   hourly   Unit           Implicit
            Produc-                 compen-  compen-  labor  Unit    price
Period      tivity   Output  Hours  sation   sation   costs  profits deflator
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                        Percent change from preceding quarter
                        
2006 IV      1.0      2.1     1.1     8.2     10.5     7.1    -25.6     0.9
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                        Percent change from same quarter a year ago
                        
2006 IV      2.6      4.4     1.8     4.9      2.9     2.2      4.6     1.8
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   For the fourth quarter of 2006 hourly compensation in the nonfinancial 
corporate sector increased 8.2 percent, leading to an increase of 7.1 percent 
in unit labor costs.  When consumer prices are taken into account, real 
hourly compensation jumped 10.5 percent.  Unit profits fell 25.6 percent in 
the fourth quarter of 2006 after posting an increase of 31.8 percent in the 
previous quarter.  The implicit price deflator grew 0.9 percent during the 
fourth quarter of 2006 after rising 0.5 percent in the third quarter.
   
   When the annual average for 2006 was compared with that for 2005, labor 
productivity increased 2.5 percent in the nonfinancial corporate sector.  
From 2000 through 2005, output per hour had increased 3.0 percent per year on 
average.  Output increased 4.8 percent in 2006, up from 4.0 percent in 2005, 
and hours rose 2.2 percent, compared with 1.6 percent during the previous 
year.  (See table C.)


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Table C. Nonfinancial corporations: Annual changes in productivity and 
related measures, 1997-2006
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Measure            1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006
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Productivity       2.6   3.4   3.7   3.9   1.8   4.0   3.8   3.1   2.3   2.5

Output             6.5   5.7   6.0   5.2  -0.9   0.9   2.2   4.5   4.0   4.8

Hours              3.8   2.2   2.3   1.3  -2.7  -3.0  -1.5   1.4   1.6   2.2

Hourly
compensation       3.0   5.9   4.9   7.1   4.3   3.6   4.1   3.2   4.1   4.7

Real hourly 
compensation       0.8   4.5   2.7   3.7   1.4   1.9   1.8   0.5   0.8   1.4

Unit labor costs   0.4   2.4   1.2   3.1   2.4  -0.4   0.3   0.1   1.8   2.2

Unit nonlabor
costs             -0.2  -0.2   0.9   3.8   8.1  -1.6   0.2  -1.2   3.0  -0.5

Total unit costs   0.2   1.7   1.1   3.3   3.9  -0.7   0.3  -0.3   2.1   1.5

Unit profits       2.9 -11.2  -5.8 -15.8 -24.3  19.2  12.1  26.9  12.6  12.2

Implicit price
deflator           0.6   0.0   0.3   1.2   1.3   0.6   1.2   2.1   3.3   2.7
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   Hourly compensation grew 4.7 percent in 2006, and real hourly 
compensation increased 1.4 percent.  The increase in hourly compensation was 
the largest in the series since 2000, when it had increased 7.1 percent. 
Total unit costs rose 1.5 percent, reflecting a 2.2-percent increase in unit 
labor costs and a 0.5-percent drop in unit nonlabor costs.  Unit profits rose 
12.2 percent in 2006, similar to the 12.6-percent gain one year earlier.  The 
implicit price deflator, which reflects both the unit costs and unit profits 
measures, rose 2.7 percent in 2006.


Revised measures

   Current and previous measures for the fourth quarter and annual average 
of 2006 in the business, nonfarm business, and manufacturing sectors are 
compared in table D.  In the business and nonfarm business sectors, 
productivity was revised up in the fourth quarter, primarily due to upward 
revisions to output.  Hourly compensation was also revised up, which led to 
slightly larger increases in real hourly compensation than were reported 
March 6.  Productivity was revised up more than hourly compensation, 
resulting in downward revisions to unit labor costs in the business and 
nonfarm business sectors.


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Table D. Previous and revised productivity and related measures
Quarterly percent change at seasonally adjusted annual rate
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                                                            Real
                                                   Hourly   hourly      Unit
                        Produc-                    compen-  compen-     labor
Sector                  tivity   Output   Hours    sation   sation      costs 
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                                    Fourth quarter 2006
Business:                  
  Previous               1.0      2.5      1.5      7.5       9.8        6.5
  Revised                1.5      2.9      1.4      7.7      10.0        6.2
Nonfarm business:                
  Previous               1.6      2.5      0.9      8.2      10.5        6.6
  Revised                2.1      2.9      0.8      8.5      10.8        6.2
Manufacturing:                
  Previous               2.2     -2.1     -4.2      7.1       9.3        4.7
  Revised                1.9     -2.1     -3.9      6.6       8.9        4.6
  
                                    Annual average 2006
Business:                  
  Previous               1.7      3.8      2.1      4.8       1.5        3.1
  Revised                1.7      3.8      2.1      4.8       1.5        3.1
Nonfarm business:                
  Previous               1.6      3.8      2.2      4.8       1.5        3.2
  Revised                1.6      3.8      2.1      4.8       1.5        3.1
Manufacturing:                
  Previous               4.0      5.0      1.0      3.8       0.5       -0.2
  Revised                4.0      5.0      1.0      3.7       0.4       -0.2
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   Fourth-quarter productivity growth in the manufacturing sector was lower 
than reported March 6.  Because hours fell less than reported in March, there 
were downward revisions to hourly compensation, real hourly compensation, and 
unit labor costs.
        
   All of the 2006 annual average productivity and cost measures reported 
for the business and nonfarm business sectors and for manufacturing are 
similar to those reported in March.  
        
   With this release, a revised seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index 
Research Series prepared by the BLS Office of Prices and Living Conditions 
for the period 1978 to 2006 has been incorporated into our consumer price 
series.  As a result, measures of real hourly compensation for all sectors 
were revised for all years.  Annual data appear in appendix table 1.  
Complete quarterly series are available on the BLS website.


                              Next release date

   The next release of Productivity and Costs is scheduled for 8:30 AM EDT, 
Wednesday, June 6, 2007.  First-quarter measures for nonfinancial 
corporations and revised first quarter measures for business, nonfarm 
business, and manufacturing will be released at that time.




				TECHNICAL NOTES

Labor Hours: Hours data for the labor productivity and cost measures include 
hours for all persons working in the sector-wage and salary workers, the 
self-employed and unpaid family workers.  The primary source of hours and em-
ployment data is the BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, which 
provides monthly survey data on the number of jobs held by wage and salary 
workers in nonfarm establishments.  The CES also provides average weekly paid 
hours of production and nonsupervisory workers in these establishments.  
Weekly paid hours are adjusted to hours at work using data from the National 
Compensation Survey (NCS).  The BLS Hours at Work survey, conducted for this 
purpose, was used for earlier years.  The Office of Productivity and 
Technology estimates average weekly hours at work for nonproduction and 
supervisory workers using information from the Current Population Survey 
(CPS), the CES, and the NCS.
      Data from the CPS are used for farm labor, nonfarm proprietors, and 
nonfarm unpaid family workers.  Estimates of labor input for government 
enterprises are derived from the CPS, the CES, and the National Income and 
Product Accounts (NIPA) prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of 
the Department of Commerce.
      The CES measures jobs, counting a person who is employed by two or more 
establishments at each place of employment. In contrast, the CPS features 
measures of employment that count each person only once and classify each 
person according to his or her primary job; hours worked at all jobs by that 
person accrue to his or her primary job.  However, the CPS also collects more 
detailed information on employment and hours worked at primary jobs and all 
other jobs, separately.  The BLS productivity measures use the more detailed 
information on employment and hours to assign all hours worked to the correct 
industrial sector and avoid duplicating hours data from the CES.

Output: Business sector output is an annual-weighted index constructed after 
excluding from gross domestic product (GDP) the following outputs: general 
government, nonprofit institutions, and private households (including owner-
occupied housing). Corresponding exclusions also are made in labor inputs. 
Business output accounted for about 78 percent of the value of GDP in 2000. 
Nonfarm business, which also excludes farming, accounted for about 77 percent 
of GDP in 2000.
      Annual indexes for manufacturing and its durable and nondurable goods 
components are constructed by deflating current-dollar industry value of 
production data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census with deflators from the 
BLS.  These deflators are based on data from the BLS producer price program 
and other sources.  The industry shipments are aggregated using annual 
weights, and intrasector transactions are removed.  Quarterly manufacturing 
output measures are based on the index of industrial production prepared 
monthly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, adjusted to 
be consistent with annual indexes of manufacturing sector output prepared by 
BLS.  Durables include the following 3-digit NAICS industries: wood product 
manufacturing; nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing; primary metal 
manufacturing; fabricated metal product manufacturing; machinery manufac-
turing; computer and electronic product manufacturing; electrical equipment 
and appliance manufacturing; transportation equipment manufacturing; 
furniture and related product manufacturing; and miscellaneous manufacturing. 
Nondurables include: food manufacturing; beverage and tobacco product 
manufacturing; textile mills; textile product mills; apparel manufacturing; 
leather and allied product manufacturing; paper manufacturing; printing and 
related support activities; petroleum and coal products manufacturing; 
chemical manufacturing; and plastics and rubber products manufacturing.
      Nonfinancial corporate output is an annual-weighted index calculated on 
the basis of the costs incurred and the incomes earned from production.  The 
output measure excludes the following outputs from GDP: general government; 
nonprofit institutions; private households; unincorporated business; and 
those corporations classified as offices of bank holding companies, offices 
of other holding companies, or offices in the finance and insurance sector. 
Nonfinancial corporations accounted for about 54 percent of the value of GDP 
in 2000.
      
Productivity: These productivity measures describe the relationship between 
real output and the labor time involved in its production. They show the 
changes from period to period in the amount of goods and services produced 
per hour. Although these measures relate output to hours at work of all 
persons engaged in a sector, they do not measure the specific contribution of 
labor, capital, or any other factor of production. Rather, they reflect the 
joint effects of many influences, including changes in technology; capital 
investment; level of output; utilization of capacity, energy, and materials; 
the organization of production; managerial skill; and the characteristics and 
effort of the work force.

Labor Compensation: Estimates of labor compensation by major sector, required 
for measures of hourly compensation and unit labor costs, are based primarily 
on employee compensation data from the NIPA, prepared by the BEA.   The 
compensation of employees in general government, nonprofit institutions and 
private households are subtracted from compensation of domestic employees to 
derive employee compensation for the business sector. The labor compensation 
of proprietors cannot be explicitly identified and must be estimated.   This 
is done by assuming that proprietors have the same hourly compensation as 
employees in the same sector.  The quarterly labor productivity and cost 
measures do not contain estimates of compensation for unpaid family workers.  
        
Unit Labor Costs:  The measures of unit labor costs in this release describe 
the relationship between compensation per hour and productivity, or real 
output per hour, and can be used as an indicator of inflationary pressure on 
producers.  Increases in hourly compensation increase unit labor costs; labor 
productivity increases offset compensation increases and lower unit labor 
costs. 

Presentation of the data:  The quarterly data in this release are presented 
in three ways; as index number series where 1992=100, as percent changes from 
the corresponding quarter of the previous year, and as percent changes from 
the previous quarter presented at a compound annual rate.  Annual data are 
presented both as index number series and percent changes from the previous 
year.  
	The index numbers and rates of change reported in the productivity and 
costs news release are rounded to one decimal place.  All percent changes in 
this release and on the BLS web site are calculated using index numbers to 
three decimal places.  These index numbers are available at the BLS web site, 
http://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm, or by contacting the BLS Division of Major 
Sector Productivity.  (Telephone 202-691-5606 or email DPRWEB@BLS.GOV)
        
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Table 1. Business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
                                                           Real
   Year       Output per             Hours     Compensa-   compensa-   Unit     Unit non-   Implicit
   and        hour of                of all    tion per    tion per    labor    labor pay-  price
   quarter    all persons  Output    persons   hour (1)    hour (2)    costs    ments (3)   deflator (4)
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                                           Indexes 1992=100

2005       I     134.6      157.4     117.0     161.7      r120.5      120.1       127.9      123.0
          II     134.8      159.0     118.0     161.8      r119.4      120.0       129.9      123.7
         III     136.2      160.9     118.2     164.7      r119.9      120.9       131.2      124.7
          IV     136.1      161.7     118.8     165.7      r119.7      121.8       132.4      125.7

      ANNUAL     135.4      159.8     118.0     163.5      r119.9      120.7       130.4      124.3

2006       I     137.4      164.3     119.6     170.8      r122.8      124.4       130.2      126.6
          II     137.7      165.4     120.1     170.2      r120.8      123.6       134.2      127.5
         III     137.6      166.2     120.8     170.5      r120.2      123.9       134.6      127.9
          IV    r138.1     r167.4    r121.2    r173.7      r123.1     r125.8      r132.2     r128.2

      ANNUAL    r137.7     r165.8    r120.4    r171.3      r121.7     r124.4      r132.8     r127.5

2007       I     138.6      167.9     121.2     174.6       122.5      126.0       135.0      129.4
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                       Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2005       I       3.4        4.2       0.8       4.2        r2.2        0.8         6.6        3.0
          II       0.5        4.1       3.6       0.2       r-3.6       -0.3         6.5        2.3
         III       4.3        4.9       0.6       7.3        r1.7        2.9         4.1        3.3
          IV      -0.2        1.8       2.1       2.7       r-0.8        2.9         3.5        3.2

      ANNUAL       2.1        3.7       1.6       4.2         0.8        2.0         4.2        2.9

2006       I       3.8        6.7       2.8      12.9       r10.7        8.8        -6.3        2.7
          II       1.0        2.7       1.7      -1.6       r-6.2       -2.6        12.6        3.1
         III      -0.3        1.9       2.2       0.9       r-2.2        1.2         1.2        1.2
          IV      r1.5       r2.9      r1.4      r7.7       r10.0       r6.2       r-6.7        1.0

      ANNUAL       1.7        3.8       2.1       4.8         1.5        3.1        r1.9        2.6

2007       I       1.3        1.2       0.0       1.9        -1.9        0.7         8.7        3.7
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                      Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2005       I       2.5        3.8       1.3       4.7         1.7        2.2         4.0        2.9
          II       1.5        3.6       2.0       3.9         0.9        2.3         3.0        2.6
         III       2.4        3.9       1.5       4.5        r0.8        2.1         4.5        3.0
          IV       2.0        3.7       1.7       3.6       r-0.1        1.6         5.2        3.0

      ANNUAL       2.1        3.7       1.6       4.2         0.8        2.0         4.2        2.9

2006       I       2.1        4.4       2.3       5.7        r1.9        3.5         1.8        2.9
          II       2.2        4.0       1.8       5.2         1.2        2.9         3.3        3.1
         III       1.1        3.3       2.2       3.6        r0.2        2.5         2.5        2.5
          IV      r1.5       r3.5      r2.0       4.8         2.8       r3.3       r-0.1        2.0

      ANNUAL       1.7        3.8       2.1       4.8         1.5        3.1        r1.9        2.6

2007       I       0.9        2.2       1.3       2.2        -0.3        1.3         3.7        2.2
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                       May 3, 2007
r=revised                                                              Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics




Table 2. Nonfarm business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
                                                           Real
   Year       Output per             Hours     Compensa-   compensa-   Unit     Unit non-   Implicit
   and        hour of                of all    tion per    tion per    labor    labor pay-  price
   quarter    all persons  Output    persons   hour (1)    hour (2)    costs    ments (3)   deflator (4)
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                                           Indexes 1992=100

2005       I     133.6      157.6     118.0     160.5      r119.6      120.1       129.4      123.5
          II     134.1      159.4     118.8     160.8      r118.7      119.9       131.8      124.3
         III     135.4      161.3     119.1     163.5      r119.1      120.8       133.2      125.3
          IV     135.2      162.0     119.8     164.5      r118.8      121.7       134.4      126.4

      ANNUAL     134.6      160.0     118.9     162.3      r119.1      120.6       132.2      124.9

2006       I     136.3      164.6     120.7     169.6      r121.9      124.4       132.2      127.3
          II     136.7      165.7     121.2     169.0      r120.0      123.6       136.5      128.3
         III     136.6      166.5     121.9     169.2      r119.2      123.9       136.7      128.6
          IV    r137.3     r167.7    r122.1    r172.7      r122.3     r125.8      r133.9     r128.8

      ANNUAL    r136.7     r166.1    r121.5    r170.1      r120.8     r124.4      r134.8      128.2

2007       I     137.9      168.3     122.0     173.7       121.8      126.0       136.4      129.8
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                       Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2005       I       4.0        4.2       0.3       4.7        r2.7        0.7         7.7        3.3
          II       1.5        4.4       2.9       0.9       r-2.9       -0.6         7.7        2.5
         III       3.7        4.9       1.1       6.8        r1.2        3.0         4.2        3.5
          IV      -0.6        1.8       2.3       2.4       r-1.0        3.0         3.7        3.3

      ANNUAL       2.1        3.8       1.6       4.1         0.8        2.0         4.9        3.1

2006       I       3.5        6.7       3.0      12.9       r10.7        9.1        -6.3        2.9
          II       1.2        2.7       1.5      -1.4        -6.1       -2.5        13.5        3.4
         III      -0.5        1.9       2.4       0.6       r-2.5        1.1         0.5        0.8
          IV      r2.1       r2.9      r0.8      r8.5       r10.8       r6.2       r-7.9        0.5

      ANNUAL       1.6        3.8      r2.1       4.8         1.5       r3.1        r2.0        2.7

2007       I       1.7        1.4      -0.3       2.3        -1.5        0.6         7.6        3.2
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                      Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2005       I       2.4        3.8       1.4       4.6         1.5        2.2         4.7        3.1
          II       1.5        3.6       2.0       3.9         0.9        2.3         4.0        3.0
         III       2.4        4.0       1.6       4.5         0.7        2.0         5.2        3.3
          IV       2.1        3.8       1.6       3.7         0.0        1.5         5.8        3.2

      ANNUAL       2.1        3.8       1.6       4.1         0.8        2.0         4.9        3.1

2006       I       2.0        4.4       2.3       5.7        r1.9        3.6         2.2        3.0
          II       1.9        4.0       2.0       5.1        r1.0        3.1         3.6        3.3
         III       0.9        3.2       2.3       3.5        r0.1        2.6         2.6        2.6
          IV      r1.6       r3.5      r1.9      r5.0        r2.9        3.4       r-0.4        1.9

      ANNUAL       1.6        3.8      r2.1       4.8         1.5       r3.1        r2.0        2.7

2007       I       1.1        2.2       1.1       2.4         0.0        1.3         3.1        2.0
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                       May 3, 2007
r=revised                                                              Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics




Table 3. 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

2005       I            168.7        142.2         84.3        166.2         r123.9          98.5
          II            171.2        143.4         83.8        167.8         r123.9          98.0
         III            172.6        144.2         83.5        170.7         r124.4          98.9
          IV            173.9        147.0         84.5        170.9         r123.4          98.2

      ANNUAL            171.6        144.2         84.0        168.9         r123.9          98.4

2006       I            175.7        149.1         84.9        176.4         r126.8         100.4
          II            177.3        151.2         85.3        173.9         r123.5          98.1
         III            179.9        153.0         85.1        173.9         r122.5          96.7
          IV           r180.7       r152.2        r84.2       r176.7         r125.1         r97.8

      ANNUAL           r178.4        151.4        r84.9       r175.2         r124.4         r98.2

2007       I            181.9        152.8         84.0        179.0          125.6          98.4
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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2005       I              6.0          4.9         -1.1          2.0           r0.0          -3.8
          II              5.9          3.3         -2.4          3.9           r0.0          -1.9
         III              3.4          2.2         -1.2          7.2           r1.6           3.7
          IV              3.1          7.9          4.7          0.4          r-3.0          -2.6

      ANNUAL              4.8          3.6         -1.1          4.7            1.3          -0.1

2006       I              4.1          6.0          1.9         13.5          r11.3           9.0
          II              3.8          5.7          1.9         -5.4           -9.9          -8.8
         III              5.9          4.8         -1.1         -0.2          r-3.3          -5.8
          IV             r1.9         -2.1        r-3.9         r6.6           r8.9          r4.6

      ANNUAL              4.0          5.0          1.0         r3.7           r0.4          -0.2

2007       I              2.7          1.5         -1.1          5.5            1.6           2.7
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2005       I              4.4          3.0         -1.3          5.5            2.5           1.1
          II              5.0          3.4         -1.5          5.0            2.0           0.0
         III              5.2          3.5         -1.6          4.8            1.0          -0.4
          IV              4.6          4.6          0.0          3.4           -0.4          -1.2

      ANNUAL              4.8          3.6         -1.1          4.7            1.3          -0.1

2006       I              4.1          4.9          0.7          6.1           r2.3           2.0
          II              3.6          5.5          1.8          3.7          r-0.3           0.1
         III              4.2          6.1          1.8          1.8          r-1.5          -2.3
          IV             r3.9          3.6        r-0.3         r3.4           r1.4          -0.5

      ANNUAL              4.0          5.0          1.0         r3.7           r0.4          -0.2

2007       I              3.6          2.4         -1.1          1.5           -0.9          -2.0
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                May 3, 2007
r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics




Table 4. Durable 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

2005       I            190.7        169.5         88.9        161.7         r120.5          84.8
          II            193.6        171.5         88.6        162.8         r120.2          84.1
         III            196.8        174.4         88.6        165.9         r120.9          84.3
          IV            200.9        180.4         89.8        165.7         r119.7          82.5

      ANNUAL            195.5        174.0         89.0        164.0         r120.3          83.9

2006       I            203.0        182.9         90.1        171.9         r123.5          84.7
          II            205.9        187.0         90.9        169.7         r120.5          82.4
         III            209.9        189.6         90.3        169.7         r119.6          80.8
          IV           r211.5       r188.9        r89.3       r172.8         r122.4         r81.7

      ANNUAL           r207.5       r187.1        r90.1       r171.0         r121.4         r82.4

2007       I            212.9        189.1         88.8        175.6          123.2          82.5
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                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2005       I              6.0          5.8         -0.2          0.3          r-1.6          -5.4
          II              6.2          4.8         -1.4          2.7          r-1.2          -3.3
         III              6.8          6.9          0.1          7.9           r2.2           1.0
          IV              8.7         14.6          5.4         -0.6          r-3.9          -8.5

      ANNUAL              5.1          4.9         -0.2          3.9            0.6          -1.1

2006       I              4.1          5.5          1.4         15.9          r13.6          11.3
          II              5.9          9.4          3.3         -5.1           -9.6         -10.4
         III              8.1          5.5         -2.4          0.1          r-2.9          -7.4
          IV             r3.0        r-1.4        r-4.3          7.4            9.7          r4.3

      ANNUAL              6.2         r7.5          1.3          4.3           r0.9          -1.8

2007       I              2.7          0.4         -2.3          6.6            2.6           3.8
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2005       I              3.2          2.7         -0.4          5.3           r2.3           2.1
          II              4.4          4.0         -0.4          4.1            1.1          -0.3
         III              5.9          5.1         -0.7          3.8            0.0          -2.0
          IV              6.9          8.0          0.9          2.5           -1.1          -4.1

      ANNUAL              5.1          4.9         -0.2          3.9            0.6          -1.1

2006       I              6.4          7.9          1.4          6.3           r2.5          -0.1
          II              6.4          9.1          2.5          4.2           r0.2          -2.0
         III              6.7          8.7          1.9          2.3          r-1.1          -4.1
          IV             r5.2         r4.7         -0.5          4.3            2.3         r-0.9

      ANNUAL              6.2         r7.5          1.3          4.3           r0.9          -1.8

2007       I              4.9          3.4         -1.4          2.1           -0.3          -2.6
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                May 3, 2007
r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics




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

2005       I            147.1        113.9         77.4        172.5         r128.6         117.2
          II            149.3        114.3         76.6        175.0         r129.2         117.2
         III            149.5        113.5         75.9        177.5         r129.3         118.7
          IV            148.6        113.8         76.6        178.4         r128.9         120.1

      ANNUAL            148.6        113.9         76.6        175.9         r129.0         118.3

2006       I            150.0        115.6         77.1        182.4         r131.1         121.6
          II            150.8        116.1         77.0        179.4         r127.4         119.0
         III            151.8        117.3         77.2        179.2         r126.2         118.0
          IV           r151.9       r116.4        r76.6       r181.4         r128.5        r119.4

      ANNUAL           r151.1       r116.3        r77.0       r180.6         r128.3        r119.5

2007       I            152.7        117.2         76.8        183.1          128.4         119.9
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2005       I              6.4          3.8         -2.5          5.1           r3.0          -1.2
          II              6.1          1.6         -4.2          6.1           r2.1          -0.1
         III              0.6         -2.8         -3.4          5.8           r0.2           5.1
          IV             -2.5          0.9          3.5          2.1          r-1.3           4.7

      ANNUAL              5.0          2.1         -2.7          5.9            2.5           0.9

2006       I              3.8          6.6          2.7          9.2           r7.1           5.2
          II              2.2          1.7         -0.6         -6.3          -10.8          -8.4
         III              2.7          4.1          1.4         -0.5          r-3.6          -3.1
          IV             r0.3        r-2.9        r-3.2         r5.1           r7.3          r4.8

      ANNUAL              1.7         r2.2         r0.5         r2.7          r-0.6           1.0

2007       I              2.0          2.9          0.8          3.6           -0.2           1.6
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2005       I              6.3          3.4         -2.7          5.8            2.7          -0.4
          II              6.2          2.8         -3.2          6.6            3.6           0.4
         III              4.9          1.5         -3.2          6.4            2.6           1.4
          IV              2.6          0.9         -1.7          4.7            1.0           2.1

      ANNUAL              5.0          2.1         -2.7          5.9            2.5           0.9

2006       I              1.9          1.5         -0.4          5.7           r1.9           3.7
          II              1.0          1.5          0.5          2.5          r-1.4           1.5
         III              1.5          3.3          1.8          0.9          r-2.4          -0.6
          IV             r2.2         r2.3         r0.1         r1.7          r-0.3         r-0.5

      ANNUAL              1.7         r2.2         r0.5         r2.7          r-0.6           1.0

2007       I              1.8          1.4         -0.4          0.4           -2.0          -1.4
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                May 3, 2007
r=revised                                                       Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics




Table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, unit profits,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
              Output                      Hourly    Real                Unit     Total    Unit   Implicit
    Year      per all-                    compen-   hourly     Unit     non-     unit     pro-   price
    and       employee          Employee  sation    compen-    labor    labor    costs    fits   deflator
    quarter   hour      Output  hours      (1)      sation(2)  costs    costs(6) (7)      (8)      (4)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Indexes 1992=100

2004       I    137.4    159.5     116.0    151.8    r116.5     110.5    109.2    110.1    131.3    112.0
          II    138.2    160.6     116.2    153.2    r116.4     110.8    109.7    110.5    139.7    113.1
         III    139.7    163.2     116.8    154.9    r117.1     110.9    109.8    110.6    143.1    113.5
          IV    139.8    164.0     117.3    157.0    r117.6     112.3    110.2    111.7    143.6    114.6

      ANNUAL    138.8    161.8     116.6    154.2    r116.9     111.1    109.7    110.7    139.5    113.3

2005       I    141.2    165.6     117.3    158.7    r118.3     112.4    111.5    112.2    150.2    115.6
          II    142.1    168.0     118.2    159.1    r117.4     111.9    111.9    111.9    161.4    116.4
         III    142.2    168.9     118.8    161.8    r117.9     113.8    114.9    114.1    152.9    117.6
          IV    142.3    170.4     119.7    162.8    r117.6     114.4    113.3    114.1    163.7    118.5

      ANNUAL    142.0    168.2     118.5    160.6    r117.8     113.1    112.9    113.1    157.1    117.0

2006       I    145.9    175.6     120.4    167.4    r120.3     114.7    111.1    113.8    177.3    119.4
          II    144.3    174.4     120.9    167.1    r118.6     115.8    113.7    115.2    172.1    120.3
         III    145.7    177.0     121.5    167.5    r118.0     114.9    112.1    114.2    184.4    120.4
          IV    146.1    177.9     121.8    170.8     121.0     116.9    112.6    115.8    171.2    120.7

      ANNUAL    145.5    176.2     121.1    168.2     119.4     115.6    112.4    114.7    176.3    120.2
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                             Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2004       I      2.3      5.0       2.6     -0.4     r-3.8      -2.7     -3.0     -2.8     54.5      1.8
          II      2.3      2.8       0.6      3.7     r-0.5       1.4      1.8      1.5     28.0      4.1
         III      4.3      6.6       2.2      4.5      r2.2       0.2      0.4      0.2     10.2      1.3
          IV      0.4      2.0       1.5      5.6       2.0       5.2      1.5      4.2      1.3      3.8

      ANNUAL      3.1      4.5       1.4      3.2       0.5       0.1     -1.2     -0.3     26.9      2.1

2005       I      4.0      4.1       0.1      4.4      r2.4       0.4      5.0      1.6     19.7      3.5
          II      2.6      5.7       3.1      0.9     r-2.9      -1.6      1.5     -0.8     33.6      2.8
         III      0.1      2.2       2.0      7.1       1.5       7.0     11.1      8.1    -19.6      4.3
          IV      0.5      3.6       3.1      2.5     r-0.9       2.0     -5.4      0.0     31.2      3.3

      ANNUAL      2.3      4.0       1.6      4.1       0.8       1.8      3.0      2.1     12.6      3.3

2006       I     10.4     13.0       2.3     11.8      r9.6       1.2     -7.7     -1.2     37.9      3.1
          II     -4.4     -2.7       1.7     -0.8     r-5.5       3.7      9.6      5.3    -11.4      2.9
         III      4.1      6.1       1.9      1.1     r-2.1      -2.9     -5.4     -3.6     31.8      0.5
          IV      1.0      2.1       1.1      8.2      10.5       7.1      1.9      5.7    -25.6      0.9

      ANNUAL      2.5      4.8       2.2      4.7       1.4       2.2     -0.5      1.5     12.2      2.7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2004       I      4.0      4.7       0.7      3.8      r2.0      -0.2     -3.1     -1.0     27.5      1.4
          II      3.3      4.5       1.2      2.9       0.1      -0.3     -1.2     -0.6     32.1      2.2
         III      2.8      4.7       1.8      2.7       0.0      -0.1     -0.8     -0.3     26.9      2.2
          IV      2.3      4.1       1.7      3.3     r-0.1       1.0      0.2      0.8     21.9      2.8

      ANNUAL      3.1      4.5       1.4      3.2       0.5       0.1     -1.2     -0.3     26.9      2.1

2005       I      2.8      3.9       1.1      4.5       1.5       1.7      2.2      1.9     14.4      3.2
          II      2.8      4.6       1.7      3.8       0.9       1.0      2.1      1.3     15.6      2.9
         III      1.8      3.5       1.7      4.5       0.7       2.7      4.7      3.2      6.8      3.6
          IV      1.8      3.9       2.1      3.7       0.0       1.9      2.9      2.1     14.0      3.5

      ANNUAL      2.3      4.0       1.6      4.1       0.8       1.8      3.0      2.1     12.6      3.3

2006       I      3.3      6.0       2.6      5.5      r1.7       2.1     -0.4      1.4     18.1      3.4
          II      1.5      3.8       2.3      5.0      r1.0       3.5      1.5      2.9      6.6      3.4
         III      2.5      4.8       2.2      3.5      r0.1       1.0     -2.5      0.0     20.6      2.4
          IV      2.6      4.4       1.8      4.9       2.9       2.2     -0.6      1.5      4.6      1.8

      ANNUAL      2.5      4.8       2.2      4.7       1.4       2.2     -0.5      1.5     12.2      2.7
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                        May 3, 2007
r=revised                                                               Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics




SOURCES:  Output data are from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census 
Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce; the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
U.S. Department of Labor; and the Federal Reserve Board.  Compensation and 
hours data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic 
Analysis.

RELIABILITY:  Productivity and cost measures are regularly revised as more 
complete information becomes available.  The measures are first published 
within 40 days of the close of the reference period; revisions appear 30 days 
later, and second revisions after an additional 60 days.  In the business 
sector, the third publication (second revision) of a quarterly index of 
output per hour of all persons has differed from the initial value by between 
-1.4 and +1.3 index points approximately 95 percent of the time.  This 
interval is based on the performance of this measure between the fourth 
quarter of 1995 and the fourth quarter of 2006.

			Footnotes, Tables 1-6

(1)  Wages and salaries of employees plus employers' contributions for social 
insurance and private benefit plans.  Except for nonfinancial 
corporations, where there are no self-employed, data also include an 
estimate of wages, salaries, and supplemental payments for the self-
employed.

(2)  The change for recent quarters is based on the Consumer Price Index for 
all urban consumers (CPI-U).  The trend from 1978-2006 is based on the 
Consumer Price Index research series (CPI-U-RS).

(3)  Unit nonlabor payments include profits, consumption of fixed capital, 
taxes on production and imports less subsidies, net interest and 
miscellaneous payments, business current transfer payments, rental 
income of persons, and the current surplus of government enterprises.

(4)  Current dollar output divided by the output index.

(5)  Quarterly changes:  Percent change compounded at annual rate from the 
original data rather than index numbers.  Annual changes:  Percent 
change between annual average levels.

(6)  Unit nonlabor costs include consumption of fixed capital, taxes on 
production and imports less subsidies, net interest and miscellaneous 
payments, and business current transfer payments.

(7)  Total unit costs are the sum of unit labor and nonlabor costs.

(8)  Unit profits include corporate profits before tax with inventory 
valuation and capital consumption adjustments


Appendix table 1.  All sectors: Real hourly compensation 

                                               Total     Durable    Nondurable   
                     Nonfarm    Nonfinancial   Manufac-  Manufac-   Manufac-
Year    Business     Business   Corporate      turing    turing     turing
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                Indexes 1992=100
                                
 1947     r41.1      r43.7          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1948     r41.2      r43.9          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1949     r42.3      r45.8          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1950     r44.7      r47.9          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1951     r45.4      r48.3          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1952     r47.3      r49.9          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1953     r50.0      r52.3          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1954     r51.2      r53.6          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1955     r52.7      r55.8          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1956     r55.3      r58.3          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1957     r57.0      r59.7          N.A.        N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1958     r57.9      r60.4        r67.8         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1959     r59.9      r62.3        r69.9         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1960     r61.3      r63.9        r71.4         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1961     r63.1      r65.3        r73.0         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1962     r65.2      r67.3        r75.1         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1963     r66.6      r68.7        r76.4         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1964     r68.3      r69.9        r76.8         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1965     r69.7      r71.1        r77.8         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1966     r72.3      r73.2        r79.9         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1967     r74.1      r75.2        r81.8         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1968     r76.9      r77.8        r84.5         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1969     r78.0      r78.8        r85.6         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1970     r79.5      r79.8        r86.6         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1971     r80.9      r81.4        r88.1         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1972     r83.3      r84.0        r90.0         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1973     r85.1      r85.5        r91.2         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1974     r84.0      r84.5        r90.0         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1975     r84.8      r85.2        r90.5         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1976     r87.1      r87.4        r92.6         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1977     r88.3      r88.7        r93.8         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1978     r89.7      r90.3        r95.9         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1979     r89.9      r90.2        r95.5         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1980     r89.6      r90.0        r94.7         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1981     r89.6      r90.2        r94.3         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1982     r90.6      r91.1        r94.7         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1983     r90.6      r91.1        r94.3         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1984     r90.7      r91.1        r94.3         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1985     r91.9      r92.1        r95.4         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1986     r94.9      r95.2        r98.3         N.A.       N.A.       N.A. 
 1987     r95.2      r95.5        r98.3       r98.0      r98.0      r97.4
 1988     r96.5      r96.7        r98.8       r97.8      r97.3      r98.0
 1989     r95.0      r95.1        r97.0       r96.6      r95.8      r97.2
 1990     r96.2      r96.0        r96.8       r96.1      r95.0      r97.4
 1991     r97.5      r97.4        r97.9       r98.0      r97.3      r99.0
 1992     100.0      100.0        100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0
 1993     r99.7      r99.5        r99.3       r99.5      r99.4      r99.7
 1994     r99.0      r99.1        r98.9      r100.6     r100.7     r100.1
 1995     r98.7      r98.8        r98.3      r100.1      r99.5     r100.6
 1996     r99.5      r99.5        r98.6       r99.4      r98.2     r100.7
 1997    r100.5     r100.4        r99.4       r99.8      r98.4     r101.5
 1998    r105.2     r104.9       r103.8      r104.2     r102.7     r105.6
 1999    r108.0     r107.5       r106.6      r106.0     r105.2     r106.2
 2000    r112.0     r111.6       r110.6      r112.0     r111.6     r110.8
 2001    r113.5     r112.8       r112.1      r111.5     r110.3     r112.1
 2002    r115.7     r115.1       r114.3      r117.7     r115.5     r120.7
 2003    r117.7     r117.1       r116.3      r123.2     r122.0     r124.1
 2004    r119.0     r118.2       r116.9      r122.3     r119.7     r125.9
 2005    r119.9     r119.1       r117.8      r123.9     r120.3     r129.0
 2006    r121.7     r120.8       r119.4      r124.4     r121.4     r128.3
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See footnotes following Table 6.            May 3, 2007         
r=revised                                   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics