Title: Business Sector: Unit Labor Costs for All Workers Series ID: PRS84006111 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Productivity and Costs Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Quarterly Units: Percent Change from Quarter One Year Ago Date Range: 1948-01-01 to 2022-10-01 Last Updated: 2023-03-02 7:36 AM CST Notes: BLS calculates unit labor costs as the ratio of hourly compensation to labor productivity. For more information, please go to https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf Source Indicator PRS84006111 DATE VALUE 1948-01-01 6.4 1948-04-01 3.0 1948-07-01 3.7 1948-10-01 2.9 1949-01-01 2.1 1949-04-01 1.6 1949-07-01 -3.0 1949-10-01 -3.8 1950-01-01 -3.1 1950-04-01 -1.7 1950-07-01 0.0 1950-10-01 0.6 1951-01-01 5.2 1951-04-01 7.7 1951-07-01 6.0 1951-10-01 6.3 1952-01-01 3.0 1952-04-01 1.6 1952-07-01 4.4 1952-10-01 3.5 1953-01-01 3.4 1953-04-01 2.4 1953-07-01 2.5 1953-10-01 2.0 1954-01-01 2.5 1954-04-01 2.5 1954-07-01 -0.4 1954-10-01 -0.6 1955-01-01 -3.2 1955-04-01 -3.0 1955-07-01 -1.0 1955-10-01 0.5 1956-01-01 5.6 1956-04-01 6.8 1956-07-01 7.1 1956-10-01 5.7 1957-01-01 4.0 1957-04-01 3.6 1957-07-01 2.4 1957-10-01 2.9 1958-01-01 2.9 1958-04-01 0.9 1958-07-01 1.9 1958-10-01 0.2 1959-01-01 -0.5 1959-04-01 0.3 1959-07-01 0.0 1959-10-01 2.1 1960-01-01 1.3 1960-04-01 3.4 1960-07-01 2.2 1960-10-01 2.7 1961-01-01 2.6 1961-04-01 -0.1 1961-07-01 -0.1 1961-10-01 -1.6 1962-01-01 -1.4 1962-04-01 0.4 1962-07-01 0.1 1962-10-01 0.2 1963-01-01 0.3 1963-04-01 -0.6 1963-07-01 -0.6 1963-10-01 -0.1 1964-01-01 -0.8 1964-04-01 -0.1 1964-07-01 1.0 1964-10-01 1.5 1965-01-01 1.3 1965-04-01 1.2 1965-07-01 -0.2 1965-10-01 -1.8 1966-01-01 -0.4 1966-04-01 1.4 1966-07-01 4.0 1966-10-01 5.2 1967-01-01 4.5 1967-04-01 3.1 1967-07-01 2.7 1967-10-01 2.8 1968-01-01 3.6 1968-04-01 3.3 1968-07-01 4.2 1968-10-01 5.4 1969-01-01 4.8 1969-04-01 6.9 1969-07-01 7.0 1969-10-01 7.2 1970-01-01 8.6 1970-04-01 5.8 1970-07-01 4.0 1970-10-01 3.4 1971-01-01 0.9 1971-04-01 1.9 1971-07-01 2.5 1971-10-01 2.2 1972-01-01 4.7 1972-04-01 2.3 1972-07-01 2.6 1972-10-01 2.0 1973-01-01 1.5 1973-04-01 3.9 1973-07-01 6.5 1973-10-01 7.1 1974-01-01 9.4 1974-04-01 11.2 1974-07-01 12.1 1974-10-01 12.3 1975-01-01 10.8 1975-04-01 8.3 1975-07-01 4.3 1975-10-01 4.4 1976-01-01 3.2 1976-04-01 3.9 1976-07-01 5.4 1976-10-01 5.5 1977-01-01 6.0 1977-04-01 6.4 1977-07-01 5.4 1977-10-01 6.4 1978-01-01 8.2 1978-04-01 6.3 1978-07-01 7.3 1978-10-01 6.7 1979-01-01 6.9 1979-04-01 9.9 1979-07-01 10.5 1979-10-01 10.9 1980-01-01 10.0 1980-04-01 11.4 1980-07-01 11.5 1980-10-01 10.3 1981-01-01 8.4 1981-04-01 7.3 1981-07-01 5.7 1981-10-01 7.2 1982-01-01 9.9 1982-04-01 7.8 1982-07-01 8.5 1982-10-01 6.0 1983-01-01 2.8 1983-04-01 1.3 1983-07-01 -0.1 1983-10-01 -0.1 1984-01-01 0.4 1984-04-01 1.2 1984-07-01 2.1 1984-10-01 2.3 1985-01-01 2.6 1985-04-01 3.1 1985-07-01 2.2 1985-10-01 3.1 1986-01-01 2.5 1986-04-01 2.4 1986-07-01 3.1 1986-10-01 3.0 1987-01-01 3.6 1987-04-01 3.3 1987-07-01 3.5 1987-10-01 2.3 1988-01-01 2.9 1988-04-01 3.9 1988-07-01 4.0 1988-10-01 4.1 1989-01-01 2.7 1989-04-01 1.7 1989-07-01 1.1 1989-10-01 2.0 1990-01-01 3.0 1990-04-01 4.2 1990-07-01 4.6 1990-10-01 5.0 1991-01-01 4.2 1991-04-01 3.2 1991-07-01 2.8 1991-10-01 1.8 1992-01-01 1.9 1992-04-01 1.7 1992-07-01 1.5 1992-10-01 0.7 1993-01-01 0.5 1993-04-01 1.7 1993-07-01 1.7 1993-10-01 1.6 1994-01-01 0.4 1994-04-01 -0.1 1994-07-01 0.3 1994-10-01 0.0 1995-01-01 1.8 1995-04-01 1.5 1995-07-01 1.5 1995-10-01 2.0 1996-01-01 1.4 1996-04-01 0.9 1996-07-01 0.9 1996-10-01 1.2 1997-01-01 2.1 1997-04-01 1.6 1997-07-01 1.3 1997-10-01 2.2 1998-01-01 1.8 1998-04-01 3.2 1998-07-01 3.1 1998-10-01 1.5 1999-01-01 1.2 1999-04-01 0.5 1999-07-01 0.3 1999-10-01 0.9 2000-01-01 4.2 2000-04-01 2.5 2000-07-01 4.6 2000-10-01 3.6 2001-01-01 2.7 2001-04-01 3.2 2001-07-01 0.8 2001-10-01 0.8 2002-01-01 -3.3 2002-04-01 -1.8 2002-07-01 -1.7 2002-10-01 -0.9 2003-01-01 0.1 2003-04-01 0.0 2003-07-01 -0.3 2003-10-01 -0.1 2004-01-01 0.2 2004-04-01 0.9 2004-07-01 2.8 2004-10-01 2.1 2005-01-01 1.8 2005-04-01 1.5 2005-07-01 0.8 2005-10-01 1.4 2006-01-01 3.1 2006-04-01 2.5 2006-07-01 2.5 2006-10-01 3.0 2007-01-01 3.9 2007-04-01 3.5 2007-07-01 2.4 2007-10-01 1.8 2008-01-01 1.1 2008-04-01 0.5 2008-07-01 1.7 2008-10-01 2.9 2009-01-01 -2.2 2009-04-01 -1.0 2009-07-01 -2.5 2009-10-01 -4.8 2010-01-01 -2.4 2010-04-01 -2.0 2010-07-01 -1.3 2010-10-01 -0.3 2011-01-01 3.3 2011-04-01 1.7 2011-07-01 2.9 2011-10-01 0.8 2012-01-01 0.3 2012-04-01 1.1 2012-07-01 0.3 2012-10-01 5.5 2013-01-01 1.2 2013-04-01 2.0 2013-07-01 1.0 2013-10-01 -2.0 2014-01-01 3.2 2014-04-01 0.9 2014-07-01 1.4 2014-10-01 2.9 2015-01-01 0.4 2015-04-01 2.3 2015-07-01 2.9 2015-10-01 1.7 2016-01-01 1.0 2016-04-01 0.8 2016-07-01 0.4 2016-10-01 0.7 2017-01-01 1.9 2017-04-01 2.3 2017-07-01 2.5 2017-10-01 2.8 2018-01-01 2.3 2018-04-01 1.6 2018-07-01 1.9 2018-10-01 1.5 2019-01-01 2.7 2019-04-01 2.2 2019-07-01 1.1 2019-10-01 1.6 2020-01-01 2.5 2020-04-01 5.0 2020-07-01 2.1 2020-10-01 4.4 2021-01-01 0.9 2021-04-01 0.2 2021-07-01 5.8 2021-10-01 3.3 2022-01-01 6.5 2022-04-01 7.1 2022-07-01 6.5 2022-10-01 6.4