Table Data - Unit Labor Costs: Early Estimate of Quarterly Unit Labor Costs (ULC) Indicators: Unit Labor Costs: Total for United States
| Title | Unit Labor Costs: Early Estimate of Quarterly Unit Labor Costs (ULC) Indicators: Unit Labor Costs: Total for United States |
|---|---|
| Series ID | ULQEUL01USQ657S |
| 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 | 1955-04-01 to 2025-07-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-04-15 3:29 PM CDT |
| Notes | OECD Data Filters: REF_AREA: USA 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 |
|---|---|
| 1955-04-01 | 0.9610885656 |
| 1955-07-01 | 0.5255081070 |
| 1955-10-01 | 1.7117636468 |
| 1956-01-01 | 2.2412025118 |
| 1956-04-01 | 1.1824192528 |
| 1956-07-01 | 0.7940889060 |
| 1956-10-01 | 0.0936774411 |
| 1957-01-01 | 1.0444892731 |
| 1957-04-01 | 1.0769116302 |
| 1957-07-01 | 0.1148944066 |
| 1957-10-01 | 0.1369455834 |
| 1958-01-01 | 1.5693472725 |
| 1958-04-01 | -0.8554117761 |
| 1958-07-01 | 0.2484674239 |
| 1958-10-01 | -0.3776109743 |
| 1959-01-01 | 0.5935212635 |
| 1959-04-01 | 0.5780309573 |
| 1959-07-01 | -0.0473040102 |
| 1959-10-01 | 0.8344668887 |
| 1960-01-01 | 0.0906000963 |
| 1960-04-01 | 1.4759645535 |
| 1960-07-01 | -0.2445183108 |
| 1960-10-01 | 1.4569817646 |
| 1961-01-01 | -0.0910798447 |
| 1961-04-01 | -1.0645292951 |
| 1961-07-01 | -0.4383760935 |
| 1961-10-01 | 0.2036851436 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.3344251383 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.6621374651 |
| 1962-07-01 | -0.9984772277 |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.2644367545 |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.3082723582 |
| 1963-04-01 | 0.1358992370 |
| 1963-07-01 | -0.7225025204 |
| 1963-10-01 | 1.0983335912 |
| 1964-01-01 | -0.3745876715 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.5968509680 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.5406496462 |
| 1964-10-01 | 1.1579768208 |
| 1965-01-01 | -0.9842300570 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.8075135356 |
| 1965-07-01 | -0.8688833183 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.3026868361 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.4454104022 |
| 1966-04-01 | 2.0241022475 |
| 1966-07-01 | 1.3429001588 |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.7947056151 |
| 1967-01-01 | -0.9960204853 |
| 1967-04-01 | 1.1962820719 |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.9986831890 |
| 1967-10-01 | 1.4787943255 |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.7280742256 |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.9179030047 |
| 1968-07-01 | 1.6582196563 |
| 1968-10-01 | 2.0693155893 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.3427234584 |
| 1969-04-01 | 2.2831000477 |
| 1969-07-01 | 1.9886630804 |
| 1969-10-01 | 2.1810854476 |
| 1970-01-01 | 1.7324357861 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.7051053336 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.3648415665 |
| 1970-10-01 | 1.4014284777 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.1756651928 |
| 1971-04-01 | 1.2834235463 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.4500176948 |
| 1971-10-01 | 1.7646420320 |
| 1972-01-01 | 1.9156627115 |
| 1972-04-01 | -0.5522386707 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.8295002861 |
| 1972-10-01 | 1.3438987559 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.9192233964 |
| 1973-04-01 | 1.1685967600 |
| 1973-07-01 | 2.7403869619 |
| 1973-10-01 | 1.4135512127 |
| 1974-01-01 | 2.8863766091 |
| 1974-04-01 | 2.2067531127 |
| 1974-07-01 | 3.4242870980 |
| 1974-10-01 | 1.8086156695 |
| 1975-01-01 | 1.9180134340 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.6581719828 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.8008764507 |
| 1975-10-01 | 1.5932727017 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.6879928135 |
| 1976-04-01 | 1.1267690026 |
| 1976-07-01 | 1.5440823986 |
| 1976-10-01 | 1.7628451653 |
| 1977-01-01 | 1.5172401243 |
| 1977-04-01 | 1.4898342684 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.8095857590 |
| 1977-10-01 | 2.8927634170 |
| 1978-01-01 | 2.6084167380 |
| 1978-04-01 | -0.1144412776 |
| 1978-07-01 | 1.7426581432 |
| 1978-10-01 | 1.8201025618 |
| 1979-01-01 | 3.0196121589 |
| 1979-04-01 | 2.1483589748 |
| 1979-07-01 | 2.3077641077 |
| 1979-10-01 | 2.1556326614 |
| 1980-01-01 | 2.2708069839 |
| 1980-04-01 | 3.7808460055 |
| 1980-07-01 | 2.1184629231 |
| 1980-10-01 | 1.7914772164 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.9788754620 |
| 1981-04-01 | 2.6389754941 |
| 1981-07-01 | 1.1093492781 |
| 1981-10-01 | 2.6324584908 |
| 1982-01-01 | 3.0236779552 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.7550687531 |
| 1982-07-01 | 1.3888876456 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.7224224739 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.2406751166 |
| 1983-04-01 | -0.1973570387 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.0366233421 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.7836224369 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.6677145713 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.5681738576 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.9777806570 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.8256907149 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.7836135829 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.7588778909 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.2005706152 |
| 1985-10-01 | 1.2791062414 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.3042955845 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.6376268188 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.7021380240 |
| 1986-10-01 | 1.4126257650 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.7982054302 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.6836275843 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.8183076465 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.7973976664 |
| 1988-01-01 | 1.0921978489 |
| 1988-04-01 | 1.3175172657 |
| 1988-07-01 | 1.0011207507 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.6817841967 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.3346000628 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.3509579946 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.5874153824 |
| 1989-10-01 | 1.4850756380 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.6933165789 |
| 1990-04-01 | 1.6628895139 |
| 1990-07-01 | 1.0533161534 |
| 1990-10-01 | 1.3240402612 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.6724077541 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.5544421820 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.6922203733 |
| 1991-10-01 | 1.0134322532 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.6512674625 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.4016559240 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.1023859245 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.2873747052 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.2018120223 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.9196709311 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.2983175871 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.0244527503 |
| 1994-01-01 | -0.0879726806 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.4807909575 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.3834563635 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.0818638380 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.7450875892 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.4473715667 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.3524429127 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.3194027613 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.4954336757 |
| 1996-04-01 | -0.1425262099 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.4853397821 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.4554145020 |
| 1997-01-01 | 1.1615929392 |
| 1997-04-01 | -0.3984427206 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.2425257242 |
| 1997-10-01 | 1.3423787273 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.8075744841 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.9436183040 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.3654624754 |
| 1998-10-01 | -0.0567063635 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.6103749515 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.2735757149 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.0952185087 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.6036780019 |
| 2000-01-01 | 3.2880219931 |
| 2000-04-01 | -1.1072382916 |
| 2000-07-01 | 1.7466437148 |
| 2000-10-01 | -0.1229839095 |
| 2001-01-01 | 2.3310120405 |
| 2001-04-01 | -0.8057875024 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.0326976618 |
| 2001-10-01 | -0.0836711135 |
| 2002-01-01 | -0.6589281915 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.5904284297 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.0934111535 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.7830565534 |
| 2003-01-01 | -0.3171036650 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.5831094321 |
| 2003-07-01 | -0.1312748262 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.5464800995 |
| 2004-01-01 | -0.0735585700 |
| 2004-04-01 | 1.1270645877 |
| 2004-07-01 | 1.2141640439 |
| 2004-10-01 | -0.1140272426 |
| 2005-01-01 | -0.1801436184 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.5895985416 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.5581068070 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.7162426928 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1.1649648035 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.2756016894 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.5102472374 |
| 2006-10-01 | 1.1487458558 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1.9658246818 |
| 2007-04-01 | -0.1430143950 |
| 2007-07-01 | -0.2652555744 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.4539837863 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1.4487499893 |
| 2008-04-01 | -0.5686594613 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.6777255377 |
| 2008-10-01 | 1.6298980249 |
| 2009-01-01 | -2.5942569359 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.6576161060 |
| 2009-07-01 | -0.5625595558 |
| 2009-10-01 | -0.4436034544 |
| 2010-01-01 | -0.8577863988 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.9047264503 |
| 2010-07-01 | -0.0309344003 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.1786973250 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1.8518015294 |
| 2011-04-01 | -0.3096721425 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.8491884432 |
| 2011-10-01 | -1.6599005745 |
| 2012-01-01 | 1.7223395432 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.1594986450 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.4158314221 |
| 2012-10-01 | 2.3762049604 |
| 2013-01-01 | -1.4455568620 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.7337463652 |
| 2013-07-01 | -0.5445830144 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.0086202252 |
| 2014-01-01 | 2.3763128250 |
| 2014-04-01 | -0.8541389588 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.0253444579 |
| 2014-10-01 | 1.2515973722 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.4476225628 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.5624025705 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.3331102939 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.2861154095 |
| 2016-01-01 | -0.0326493465 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.2846002441 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.0637665669 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.4879694911 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.6578442762 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.4819647945 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.4819548570 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.7395639119 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.3974352996 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.4137771099 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.7260774074 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.4525575034 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1.2484329361 |
| 2019-04-01 | -0.4777487738 |
| 2019-07-01 | -0.4801408050 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.7055968348 |
| 2020-01-01 | 2.7716648666 |
| 2020-04-01 | 2.0935519751 |
| 2020-07-01 | -2.7664451619 |
| 2020-10-01 | 2.3758878632 |
| 2021-01-01 | -0.3247503506 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.9113340343 |
| 2021-07-01 | 1.7049606290 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.6657353363 |
| 2022-01-01 | 1.3462451828 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.6513422218 |
| 2022-07-01 | 1.4442656311 |
| 2022-10-01 | -0.1528756726 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.9088063750 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.5520920226 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.5007618158 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.4231850057 |
| 2024-01-01 | 1.6577377334 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.3688051050 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.3283005949 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.6775357428 |
| 2025-01-01 | 1.5076973350 |
| 2025-04-01 | -0.2906286619 |
| 2025-07-01 | 0.2724397597 |