Table Data - Unit Labor Costs: Early Estimate of Quarterly Unit Labor Costs (ULC) Indicators: Unit Labor Costs: Total for Japan

Title Unit Labor Costs: Early Estimate of Quarterly Unit Labor Costs (ULC) Indicators: Unit Labor Costs: Total for Japan
Series ID ULQEUL01JPQ657S
Source Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Release Main Economic Indicators (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Growth rate previous period
Date Range 1980-04-01 to 2026-04-01
Last Updated 2026-10-15 3:39 PM CDT
Notes OECD Data Filters:
REF_AREA: JPN
MEASURE: ULC
UNIT_MEASURE: GR
ACTIVITY: _T
ADJUSTMENT: Y
TRANSFORMATION: G1
FREQ: Q

All OECD data should be cited as follows: OECD (year), (dataset name), (data source) DOI or https://data-explorer.oecd.org/. (accessed on (date)).
DATE VALUE
1980-04-01 2.301734082946490
1980-07-01 0.473981586293903
1980-10-01 -0.341172629171538
1981-01-01 0.457412146283276
1981-04-01 0.980704732264792
1981-07-01 1.865644142113450
1981-10-01 1.606067235608370
1982-01-01 -1.612724887081220
1982-04-01 0.521116009046785
1982-07-01 1.289790252164910
1982-10-01 0.017767551540171
1983-01-01 1.200163092452010
1983-04-01 -0.638663017207297
1983-07-01 -0.801022722548017
1983-10-01 0.268503905978634
1984-01-01 -0.031898449071099
1984-04-01 0.395300984844882
1984-07-01 -0.700351555677392
1984-10-01 1.823560425998360
1985-01-01 -2.173296149532760
1985-04-01 -0.914499549658265
1985-07-01 0.259003439517458
1985-10-01 -0.876929382945280
1986-01-01 1.344305027791170
1986-04-01 -0.223467042316527
1986-07-01 0.651466980027338
1986-10-01 -0.050132858940744
1987-01-01 1.294791539709820
1987-04-01 -1.811860044079460
1987-07-01 -1.212587360123840
1987-10-01 -1.442408360198010
1988-01-01 -0.494251582736560
1988-04-01 1.086735684662890
1988-07-01 -0.833933042394741
1988-10-01 0.108951038714067
1989-01-01 -1.572597421131220
1989-04-01 3.594163252636570
1989-07-01 -0.272605566740824
1989-10-01 -1.283950547732520
1990-01-01 1.881205204765670
1990-04-01 -1.391704620118340
1990-07-01 -0.394026261274749
1990-10-01 2.577192051753930
1991-01-01 0.185949469616054
1991-04-01 0.737638929248718
1991-07-01 1.522664333314610
1991-10-01 0.670777567892733
1992-01-01 -0.364222408392811
1992-04-01 -0.297929988387913
1992-07-01 0.161098546718375
1992-10-01 1.282231525671620
1993-01-01 -1.621352743758160
1993-04-01 0.738649046004358
1993-07-01 2.122639939116190
1993-10-01 -0.746311453047033
1994-01-01 -0.028847288076794
1994-04-01 2.685288768770300
1994-07-01 -2.614212684299090
1994-10-01 2.089705251494860
1995-01-01 -1.144793112165540
1995-04-01 -0.767636286927365
1995-07-01 -0.506836503519992
1995-10-01 0.193449421087166
1996-01-01 -1.693883833063110
1996-04-01 -0.446441857779334
1996-07-01 1.121739321207490
1996-10-01 -0.760208962383457
1997-01-01 0.467600960500114
1997-04-01 1.404004725256950
1997-07-01 0.255528608051026
1997-10-01 -0.248746748059459
1998-01-01 0.823653785961898
1998-04-01 0.113590486143034
1998-07-01 -1.260993218732310
1998-10-01 -1.335133620074850
1999-01-01 0.724454581220324
1999-04-01 -0.912866524592193
1999-07-01 -0.531494266137711
1999-10-01 -0.026525602964866
2000-01-01 -2.038291686684100
2000-04-01 -1.023387934435140
2000-07-01 0.096086025399100
2000-10-01 -0.610953468623765
2001-01-01 -0.443764018923509
2001-04-01 -1.122558927461460
2001-07-01 0.299680550356274
2001-10-01 -1.224050815737270
2002-01-01 -0.181458504777920
2002-04-01 -3.677278240986550
2002-07-01 0.055433370212543
2002-10-01 -0.821866741926713
2003-01-01 1.607525928968730
2003-04-01 -2.309074379168470
2003-07-01 -1.569130633639230
2003-10-01 -0.742755730939526
2004-01-01 -0.469014036439186
2004-04-01 0.863516162333955
2004-07-01 -0.238627624034216
2004-10-01 0.268807169818630
2005-01-01 -0.022582814432648
2005-04-01 -0.583855931790811
2005-07-01 -0.237038932818889
2005-10-01 -0.085867494078462
2006-01-01 -0.491068520374738
2006-04-01 0.038587910225241
2006-07-01 0.574055544843843
2006-10-01 -0.639044349842521
2007-01-01 -1.843359234468280
2007-04-01 0.543235840755996
2007-07-01 0.242442217976069
2007-10-01 -0.043288159827226
2008-01-01 -0.194738809671702
2008-04-01 0.854205738006564
2008-07-01 -0.339108922171749
2008-10-01 1.773241284381390
2009-01-01 2.809215344177910
2009-04-01 -4.035554487739930
2009-07-01 0.349177044306748
2009-10-01 -2.029411077455920
2010-01-01 -0.921015340202413
2010-04-01 -1.693056110437550
2010-07-01 -2.054415320654320
2010-10-01 0.234889697272322
2011-01-01 1.850843500511120
2011-04-01 0.791604981274330
2011-07-01 -2.403533478535140
2011-10-01 0.135096953858937
2012-01-01 -1.147405490745270
2012-04-01 0.119525033525303
2012-07-01 0.527875640224740
2012-10-01 -0.358119076725594
2013-01-01 -0.595582144445106
2013-04-01 -0.660075135854632
2013-07-01 -1.583259985034440
2013-10-01 1.003300804780570
2014-01-01 -0.877824722481202
2014-04-01 2.758340514808210
2014-07-01 -0.244043315993170
2014-10-01 -0.561514838235289
2015-01-01 -1.566424413386000
2015-04-01 -0.115681844353510
2015-07-01 0.351187200718228
2015-10-01 0.413649400035321
2016-01-01 -0.326273137171373
2016-04-01 0.376500005255020
2016-07-01 0.811247908208013
2016-10-01 0.183292707512828
2017-01-01 -0.674764484898538
2017-04-01 -0.138641785793447
2017-07-01 -0.247470653016768
2017-10-01 -0.052889170975490
2018-01-01 1.995107388651850
2018-04-01 0.318560411211810
2018-07-01 0.420579116448816
2018-10-01 0.618039616636290
2019-01-01 -0.358212508677191
2019-04-01 0.656009429225191
2019-07-01 -0.065470842832471
2019-10-01 4.069060555226470
2020-01-01 -1.094311978064910
2020-04-01 4.638967121194780
2020-07-01 -4.068278188023180
2020-10-01 -1.024358166542050
2021-01-01 0.905410492934711
2021-04-01 -1.126417672688100
2021-07-01 0.933090325534947
2021-10-01 -1.389633349767620
2022-01-01 2.386828543725690
2022-04-01 -1.360413564790560
2022-07-01 1.250826568424410
2022-10-01 0.198845102257161
2023-01-01 -0.391023857069683
2023-04-01 -0.119724368857110
2023-07-01 1.277054589306160
2023-10-01 0.172525703686577
2024-01-01 1.239556051271640
2024-04-01 1.285786844846900
2024-07-01 0.190647206052108
2024-10-01 0.575697752868831
2025-01-01 0.044905096298598
2025-04-01 0.669007178367553
2025-07-01 1.233343328731040
2025-10-01 0.717384612252325
2026-01-01 0.349570368737995
2026-04-01 1.766544991590120

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