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 2025-07-01
Last Updated 2025-12-15 3:06 PM CST
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 2.3017340690606320
1980-07-01 0.4739815778715368
1980-10-01 -0.3411726005220762
1981-01-01 0.4574121467582513
1981-04-01 0.9807046599300576
1981-07-01 1.8656441887199176
1981-10-01 1.6060672126481754
1982-01-01 -1.6127248662141940
1982-04-01 0.5211160299671809
1982-07-01 1.2897902640742005
1982-10-01 0.0177675116251000
1983-01-01 1.2001630958681029
1983-04-01 -0.6386630169354087
1983-07-01 -0.8010226709374630
1983-10-01 0.2685038464008689
1984-01-01 -0.0318984437812351
1984-04-01 0.3953009710748559
1984-07-01 -0.7003515796436303
1984-10-01 1.8235604812321995
1985-01-01 -2.1732961833361370
1985-04-01 -0.9144995637805696
1985-07-01 0.2590034996400416
1985-10-01 -0.8769294444295035
1986-01-01 1.3443050788802229
1986-04-01 -0.2234670642202262
1986-07-01 0.6514669766229184
1986-10-01 -0.0501328250175776
1987-01-01 1.2947915614759693
1987-04-01 -1.8118600962377480
1987-07-01 -1.2125873366543756
1987-10-01 -1.4424083651421682
1988-01-01 -0.4942515840041601
1988-04-01 1.0867356629889130
1988-07-01 -0.8339330307513262
1988-10-01 0.1089510414732414
1989-01-01 -1.5725974424234700
1989-04-01 3.5941632822902400
1989-07-01 -0.2726055598880619
1989-10-01 -1.2839505652206875
1990-01-01 1.8812052431692412
1990-04-01 -1.3917046524046580
1990-07-01 -0.3940262473849845
1990-10-01 2.5771919862158272
1991-01-01 0.1859495267383122
1991-04-01 0.7376389024192935
1991-07-01 1.5226643095920165
1991-10-01 0.6707775979482457
1992-01-01 -0.3642224093814271
1992-04-01 -0.2979299651788462
1992-07-01 0.1610985434726728
1992-10-01 1.2822314855386692
1993-01-01 -1.6213527261166060
1993-04-01 0.7386490569063087
1993-07-01 2.1226399326361234
1993-10-01 -0.7463114788032018
1994-01-01 -0.0288472473275678
1994-04-01 2.6856796748945200
1994-07-01 -2.6157151280095260
1994-10-01 2.0896409200715937
1995-01-01 -1.1435948516477934
1995-04-01 -0.7670421727592679
1995-07-01 -0.5087113205057534
1995-10-01 0.1935322091142630
1996-01-01 -1.6935421302574680
1996-04-01 -0.4449648429380394
1996-07-01 1.1197762910791216
1996-10-01 -0.7600516050072553
1997-01-01 0.4687259040209100
1997-04-01 1.4045070870215943
1997-07-01 0.2538483238688636
1997-10-01 -0.2485857684794686
1998-01-01 0.8246327829139347
1998-04-01 0.1138874106675173
1998-07-01 -1.2623155385890008
1998-10-01 -1.3349563510179574
1999-01-01 0.7252768889923362
1999-04-01 -0.9127513268155430
1999-07-01 -0.5324396831904319
1999-10-01 -0.0263613982131952
2000-01-01 -2.0385421691553680
2000-04-01 -1.0225205755548816
2000-07-01 0.0954460901118481
2000-10-01 -0.6108235041592501
2001-01-01 -0.4433773927057021
2001-04-01 -1.1226080816509470
2001-07-01 0.2993732444392312
2001-10-01 -1.2240090699744046
2002-01-01 -0.1812006710184747
2002-04-01 -3.6773633482103647
2002-07-01 0.0552908178051790
2002-10-01 -0.8218493918443391
2003-01-01 1.6077084303397833
2003-04-01 -2.3091223020237670
2003-07-01 -1.5692497073146547
2003-10-01 -0.7427658274768694
2004-01-01 -0.4697122851752457
2004-04-01 0.8643906624580341
2004-07-01 -0.2387295981170154
2004-10-01 0.2687727326619412
2005-01-01 -0.0227038304892658
2005-04-01 -0.5834694357294823
2005-07-01 -0.2370131468823713
2005-10-01 -0.0863385420474161
2006-01-01 -0.4914039872006525
2006-04-01 0.0395189257851519
2006-07-01 0.5747307906804175
2006-10-01 -0.6406078611639454
2007-01-01 -1.8442954061808696
2007-04-01 0.5455652384948657
2007-07-01 0.2438719569391617
2007-10-01 -0.0463541509371903
2008-01-01 -0.1980483343673378
2008-04-01 0.8604493328942229
2008-07-01 -0.3378560953103284
2008-10-01 1.7691437512222394
2009-01-01 2.8050316106594755
2009-04-01 -4.0301865131078480
2009-07-01 0.3537475487523620
2009-10-01 -2.0350139721550190
2010-01-01 -0.9269971193198940
2010-04-01 -1.6861338494447755
2010-07-01 -2.0478252668773140
2010-10-01 0.2278490491624196
2011-01-01 1.8425795933491125
2011-04-01 0.7979578285401214
2011-07-01 -2.3920468977897060
2011-10-01 0.1287975651928991
2012-01-01 -1.1674751076842231
2012-04-01 0.1381634154499283
2012-07-01 0.5378657042302505
2012-10-01 -0.3621350907869159
2013-01-01 -0.6270904297307945
2013-04-01 -0.6288468912546531
2013-07-01 -1.5784757752738825
2013-10-01 1.0026432342884313
2014-01-01 -0.9230446339297328
2014-04-01 2.8086596066699820
2014-07-01 -0.2461345533402343
2014-10-01 -0.5663606865173666
2015-01-01 -1.6037624975811446
2015-04-01 -0.0717525977519806
2015-07-01 0.3484871262710844
2015-10-01 0.4057035704767004
2016-01-01 -0.3503044669020956
2016-04-01 0.4057574963417336
2016-07-01 0.8124854902829978
2016-10-01 0.1726832646534452
2017-01-01 -0.6844309081327136
2017-04-01 -0.1260848965406401
2017-07-01 -0.2336181217893091
2017-10-01 -0.0688002523466866
2018-01-01 1.9775351105940409
2018-04-01 0.3430509756298703
2018-07-01 0.4281079231852642
2018-10-01 0.6105996446089904
2019-01-01 -0.3955847472954035
2019-04-01 0.6886281772217405
2019-07-01 -0.0425359409720697
2019-10-01 4.0517993840575480
2020-01-01 -1.1388519811350677
2020-04-01 4.6858358930846020
2020-07-01 -4.0468194168167410
2020-10-01 -1.0574316654472310
2021-01-01 1.0344393833691858
2021-04-01 -1.2285397908466482
2021-07-01 0.8848215635416911
2021-10-01 -1.4136772074091980
2022-01-01 2.2852061433349080
2022-04-01 -1.3162884522192413
2022-07-01 1.3146662898178930
2022-10-01 0.2376125476122641
2023-01-01 -0.2592904192009378
2023-04-01 -0.1661242228909418
2023-07-01 1.3132782645887846
2023-10-01 0.1159525054154866
2024-01-01 1.6557109215150120
2024-04-01 1.2297953338706022
2024-07-01 0.1868691018871182
2024-10-01 0.5138739773492292
2025-01-01 0.0892182198796475
2025-04-01 0.7671302531722124
2025-07-01 1.1309680306799980

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