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 ULQEUL01JPQ659S
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 same period previous year
Date Range 1981-01-01 to 2025-07-01
Last Updated 2025-12-15 3:05 PM CST
Notes OECD Data Filters:
REF_AREA: JPN
MEASURE: ULC
UNIT_MEASURE: GR
ACTIVITY: _T
ADJUSTMENT: Y
TRANSFORMATION: GY
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
1981-01-01 2.9045000973816230
1981-04-01 1.5756871285931120
1981-07-01 2.9826094355242550
1981-10-01 4.9947928254932380
1982-01-01 2.8311535065757307
1982-04-01 2.3631430176734627
1982-07-01 1.7844766958211980
1982-10-01 0.1933881088924183
1983-01-01 3.0579127632088460
1983-04-01 1.8688650032869187
1983-07-01 -0.2339011300868693
1983-10-01 0.0162042920583659
1984-01-01 -1.2014431393318640
1984-04-01 -0.1733354974356329
1984-07-01 -0.0720274040834225
1984-10-01 1.4777479573657480
1985-01-01 -0.6959876313692286
1985-04-01 -1.9915507429455040
1985-07-01 -1.0446702141298931
1985-10-01 -3.6690910251319620
1986-01-01 -0.2052747686271146
1986-04-01 0.4907039378029263
1986-07-01 0.8840744052445721
1986-10-01 1.7255597547525420
1987-01-01 1.6758599687660078
1987-04-01 0.0572305902254054
1987-07-01 -1.7958185292634277
1987-10-01 -3.1637771235484440
1988-01-01 -4.8740741496907960
1988-04-01 -2.0658775025960390
1988-07-01 -1.6904938764973048
1988-10-01 -0.1430394941961224
1989-01-01 -1.2251914453135946
1989-04-01 1.2248894820884544
1989-07-01 1.7978708751996089
1989-10-01 0.3814698798346299
1990-01-01 3.9038404925500360
1990-04-01 -1.0969318501136080
1990-07-01 -1.2173488989870320
1990-10-01 2.6463986850552623
1991-01-01 0.9384105067984588
1991-04-01 3.1180704744430250
1991-07-01 5.1023433497118630
1991-10-01 3.1489985980885640
1992-01-01 2.5825550545018765
1992-04-01 1.5280207063619866
1992-07-01 0.1663831032147111
1992-10-01 0.7747734009328507
1993-01-01 -0.4967279198573538
1993-04-01 0.5377842465508708
1993-07-01 2.5067025975092574
1993-10-01 0.4536351709513019
1994-01-01 2.0797295400744600
1994-04-01 4.0526799493876450
1994-07-01 -0.7752264084694319
1994-10-01 2.0598998108913125
1995-01-01 0.9218612299736586
1995-04-01 -2.4715536675839327
1995-07-01 -0.3614307865416392
1995-10-01 -2.2120157952682120
1996-01-01 -2.7560193498523984
1996-04-01 -2.4403975814928040
1996-07-01 -0.8435280863002084
1996-10-01 -1.7872417631965880
1997-01-01 0.3729653309816359
1997-04-01 2.2376322623286420
1997-07-01 1.3621316597316960
1997-10-01 1.8845348683190168
1998-01-01 2.2454571999816277
1998-04-01 0.9441343823787396
1998-07-01 -0.5824688476861433
1998-10-01 -1.6652031834801433
1999-01-01 -1.7621055115286892
1999-04-01 -2.7695064883475338
1999-07-01 -2.0507718936510417
1999-10-01 -0.7516708058625602
2000-01-01 -3.4749636295534850
2000-04-01 -3.5818944492986970
2000-07-01 -2.9732582610658580
2000-10-01 -3.5404923299957840
2001-01-01 -1.9697847027720170
2001-04-01 -2.0689143212288057
2001-07-01 -1.8693966767928731
2001-10-01 -2.4748174242425853
2002-01-01 -2.2179903847143580
2002-04-01 -4.7444435930038930
2002-07-01 -4.9762516951495900
2002-10-01 -4.5893690157334670
2003-01-01 -2.8794611899384430
2003-04-01 -1.4998861258954280
2003-07-01 -3.0991761325456872
2003-10-01 -3.0219084834254737
2004-01-01 -5.0046743520776940
2004-04-01 -1.9187270803080476
2004-07-01 -0.5929309691607596
2004-10-01 0.4201345702264978
2005-01-01 0.8711394874654648
2005-04-01 -0.5768174868779847
2005-07-01 -0.5751068526439836
2005-10-01 -0.9272294485546270
2006-01-01 -1.3916891295262228
2006-04-01 -0.7737654334140569
2006-07-01 0.0336110986779379
2006-10-01 -0.5213236390082139
2007-01-01 -1.8738082786566828
2007-04-01 -1.3774404628770998
2007-07-01 -1.7018772749123320
2007-10-01 -1.1139708588174584
2008-01-01 0.5445250644769510
2008-04-01 0.8594059013059432
2008-07-01 0.2741058265920400
2008-10-01 2.0954243710300810
2009-01-01 5.1675158110336710
2009-04-01 0.0680340412981152
2009-07-01 0.7624543526184955
2009-10-01 -3.0040730526723490
2010-01-01 -6.5252196384672160
2010-04-01 -4.2421078981104600
2010-07-01 -6.5336969635031314
2010-10-01 -4.3747476341945700
2011-01-01 -1.7015524710844243
2011-04-01 0.7821496253368466
2011-07-01 0.4279829515962256
2011-10-01 0.3287336826775443
2012-01-01 -2.6365778567209244
2012-04-01 -3.2738907879883525
2012-07-01 -0.3704486265912190
2012-10-01 -0.8589334727013430
2013-01-01 -0.3168617876393019
2013-04-01 -1.0803868195128300
2013-07-01 -3.1626637710272303
2013-10-01 -1.8362453691098752
2014-01-01 -2.1285984461063934
2014-04-01 1.2570277469833595
2014-07-01 2.6277534407832976
2014-10-01 1.0335045936658450
2015-01-01 0.3393440681419852
2015-04-01 -2.4718847947117010
2015-07-01 -1.8905305643465200
2015-10-01 -0.9314114053827872
2016-01-01 0.3306116263302814
2016-04-01 0.8100444298029370
2016-07-01 1.2761769748062093
2016-10-01 1.0411364851520075
2017-01-01 0.7023445282767588
2017-04-01 0.1689311342815460
2017-07-01 -0.8704944901079468
2017-10-01 -1.1094632473465722
2018-01-01 1.5411105832852758
2018-04-01 2.0180777415798623
2018-07-01 2.6947387352826730
2018-10-01 3.3929270397444107
2019-01-01 0.9868695874120283
2019-04-01 1.3346640729316763
2019-07-01 0.8597717458866557
2019-10-01 4.3094939568543510
2020-01-01 3.5311165240886773
2020-04-01 7.6411673341324290
2020-07-01 3.3290756685999390
2020-10-01 -1.7446676481689545
2021-01-01 0.4153059066190404
2021-04-01 -5.2578000917432220
2021-07-01 -0.3883990693162751
2021-10-01 -0.7470534822405662
2022-01-01 0.4816590942900812
2022-04-01 0.3923910905635948
2022-07-01 0.8201376950551036
2022-10-01 2.5088431438418555
2023-01-01 -0.0412167215459036
2023-04-01 1.1238085407882137
2023-07-01 1.1224231303372074
2023-10-01 0.9996891789550996
2024-01-01 2.9388626719299995
2024-04-01 4.3781974712255085
2024-07-01 3.2177122906865767
2024-10-01 3.6279620358720090
2025-01-01 2.0310773675834604
2025-04-01 1.5647500724592958
2025-07-01 2.5218332970983544

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