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 2026-04-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-10-15 3:39 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 | 0.961087559241536 |
| 1955-07-01 | 0.525474911624180 |
| 1955-10-01 | 1.711730977656760 |
| 1956-01-01 | 2.241268044437540 |
| 1956-04-01 | 1.182418715292740 |
| 1956-07-01 | 0.794089032297873 |
| 1956-10-01 | 0.093676352276195 |
| 1957-01-01 | 1.044457409339450 |
| 1957-04-01 | 1.076943236187320 |
| 1957-07-01 | 0.114893825268836 |
| 1957-10-01 | 0.136946248570524 |
| 1958-01-01 | 1.569283790567510 |
| 1958-04-01 | -0.855411713314702 |
| 1958-07-01 | 0.248467406813546 |
| 1958-10-01 | -0.377610948859175 |
| 1959-01-01 | 0.593491216833053 |
| 1959-04-01 | 0.578090264384090 |
| 1959-07-01 | -0.047362194927436 |
| 1959-10-01 | 0.834496224036374 |
| 1960-01-01 | 0.090571695169750 |
| 1960-04-01 | 1.476051347562410 |
| 1960-07-01 | -0.244603730980231 |
| 1960-10-01 | 1.457069050222710 |
| 1961-01-01 | -0.091108813405849 |
| 1961-04-01 | -1.064585371810880 |
| 1961-07-01 | -0.438348156919377 |
| 1961-10-01 | 0.203658062586509 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.334479003825150 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.662084150525555 |
| 1962-07-01 | -0.998451157274416 |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.264410734232756 |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.308349915666262 |
| 1963-04-01 | 0.135873168810519 |
| 1963-07-01 | -0.722502977892059 |
| 1963-10-01 | 1.098333447979890 |
| 1964-01-01 | -0.374636375392046 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.596875327800195 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.540696981602684 |
| 1964-10-01 | 1.157976676892640 |
| 1965-01-01 | -0.984253896667797 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.807467576284782 |
| 1965-07-01 | -0.868838850298681 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.302707990226048 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.445366921007739 |
| 1966-04-01 | 2.024145237149820 |
| 1966-07-01 | 1.342899819159070 |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.794642614607310 |
| 1967-01-01 | -0.995979648155021 |
| 1967-04-01 | 1.196282040279390 |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.998662483210877 |
| 1967-10-01 | 1.478773852560630 |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.728074649486010 |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.917903371254836 |
| 1968-07-01 | 1.658259004503630 |
| 1968-10-01 | 2.069295927375990 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.342704391696569 |
| 1969-04-01 | 2.283277518347780 |
| 1969-07-01 | 1.988677335815050 |
| 1969-10-01 | 2.180744298211290 |
| 1970-01-01 | 1.732273103322140 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.705108152656653 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.364986737627415 |
| 1970-10-01 | 1.401608745913970 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.175683619124611 |
| 1971-04-01 | 1.283577031484830 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.449847030724615 |
| 1971-10-01 | 1.764343710482530 |
| 1972-01-01 | 1.915655617064700 |
| 1972-04-01 | -0.551768005776365 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.829360319812356 |
| 1972-10-01 | 1.343596784863090 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.919360939895442 |
| 1973-04-01 | 1.168632593827380 |
| 1973-07-01 | 2.740464537731090 |
| 1973-10-01 | 1.413343353414790 |
| 1974-01-01 | 2.886638156832590 |
| 1974-04-01 | 2.206619957076010 |
| 1974-07-01 | 3.424192228371760 |
| 1974-10-01 | 1.808808252053120 |
| 1975-01-01 | 1.917919561112180 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.658082048466002 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.801197833957823 |
| 1975-10-01 | 1.592959357650780 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.688149121842918 |
| 1976-04-01 | 1.126866798638890 |
| 1976-07-01 | 1.544016104566690 |
| 1976-10-01 | 1.762719751133980 |
| 1977-01-01 | 1.517456174399490 |
| 1977-04-01 | 1.489846250655180 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.809367653730453 |
| 1977-10-01 | 2.892865651119080 |
| 1978-01-01 | 2.608252715294280 |
| 1978-04-01 | -0.114435368644394 |
| 1978-07-01 | 1.742676806916730 |
| 1978-10-01 | 1.820342539159610 |
| 1979-01-01 | 3.019450887624140 |
| 1979-04-01 | 2.148444830500670 |
| 1979-07-01 | 2.307653517755950 |
| 1979-10-01 | 2.155595779969380 |
| 1980-01-01 | 2.270912254867090 |
| 1980-04-01 | 3.780845749036920 |
| 1980-07-01 | 2.118554047322620 |
| 1980-10-01 | 1.791446972641260 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.978856425069652 |
| 1981-04-01 | 2.638818547494060 |
| 1981-07-01 | 1.109519014564710 |
| 1981-10-01 | 2.632415656002050 |
| 1982-01-01 | 3.023747304472680 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.754894012820673 |
| 1982-07-01 | 1.389048496380090 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.722408330888125 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.240560739447893 |
| 1983-04-01 | -0.197331810131107 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.036748896388938 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.783475669511802 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.667844989045152 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.568184837298413 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.977742801341019 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.825670070408857 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.783558090499681 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.758847888822012 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.200643559092240 |
| 1985-10-01 | 1.279147470203680 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.304266236708139 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.637535393198618 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.702206658799054 |
| 1986-10-01 | 1.412586897922270 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.798304681324002 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.683540983518283 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.818308298292325 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.797434443247713 |
| 1988-01-01 | 1.092254785699760 |
| 1988-04-01 | 1.317412222963040 |
| 1988-07-01 | 1.001121849049370 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.681787194962147 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.334568065184748 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.350958832439141 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.587458278917374 |
| 1989-10-01 | 1.485086436522650 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.693388533675976 |
| 1990-04-01 | 1.662878822379520 |
| 1990-07-01 | 1.053235858009690 |
| 1990-10-01 | 1.324020442619770 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.672467282050415 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.554491549673175 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.692180897828587 |
| 1991-10-01 | 1.013412230695640 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.651231351851833 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.401692203823778 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.102331806639477 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.287465431497158 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.201794714888770 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.919644353377524 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.298379452226638 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.024442826207571 |
| 1994-01-01 | -0.088007537559953 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.480756727421427 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.383465685827877 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.081888640110694 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.745120847855585 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.447281437517488 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.352541111112115 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.319323213196432 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.495489349209888 |
| 1996-04-01 | -0.142543431887865 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.485348189500057 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.455436678772148 |
| 1997-01-01 | 1.161540134952130 |
| 1997-04-01 | -0.398450519786364 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.242529208574127 |
| 1997-10-01 | 1.342413211199140 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.807541565420422 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.943651178471705 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.365474181292624 |
| 1998-10-01 | -0.056710681726579 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.610314160466374 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.273639798621095 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.095188719219586 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.603671027428065 |
| 2000-01-01 | 3.288065981200840 |
| 2000-04-01 | -1.107262564618340 |
| 2000-07-01 | 1.746660930746960 |
| 2000-10-01 | -0.123024651883952 |
| 2001-01-01 | 2.331053399515140 |
| 2001-04-01 | -0.805822857351168 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.032683587248594 |
| 2001-10-01 | -0.083623972192670 |
| 2002-01-01 | -0.658949057809000 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.590435440905734 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.093387952111002 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.783079929200503 |
| 2003-01-01 | -0.317094447380317 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.583091067621422 |
| 2003-07-01 | -0.131236864309159 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.546466409081137 |
| 2004-01-01 | -0.073589190214940 |
| 2004-04-01 | 1.127078085982250 |
| 2004-07-01 | 1.214172500017070 |
| 2004-10-01 | -0.114062696080597 |
| 2005-01-01 | -0.180122723802190 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.589605013018724 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.558086582429396 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.716263214872548 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1.164945025896770 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.275642259264641 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.510253297738217 |
| 2006-10-01 | 1.148745447869780 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1.965798271023880 |
| 2007-04-01 | -0.143027122729222 |
| 2007-07-01 | -0.265223495958555 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.453971015671151 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1.448750011540100 |
| 2008-04-01 | -0.568671885107497 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.677713215677533 |
| 2008-10-01 | 1.629942116219630 |
| 2009-01-01 | -2.594256369811490 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.657597513862473 |
| 2009-07-01 | -0.562597940875242 |
| 2009-10-01 | -0.443559638336655 |
| 2010-01-01 | -0.857786475169908 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.904726378578391 |
| 2010-07-01 | -0.030947023477279 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.178673098983295 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1.851814369973880 |
| 2011-04-01 | -0.309648213334912 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.849182770573242 |
| 2011-10-01 | -1.659900895474600 |
| 2012-01-01 | 1.722357384107580 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.159457713683686 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.415837032808408 |
| 2012-10-01 | 2.376193828095150 |
| 2013-01-01 | -1.445523172717240 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.733717725937466 |
| 2013-07-01 | -0.544554906900285 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.008614548607322 |
| 2014-01-01 | 2.376329765686710 |
| 2014-04-01 | -0.854166217138597 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.025333657823712 |
| 2014-10-01 | 1.251608538410600 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.447611911733836 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.562434181925386 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.333115497870695 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.286105109955770 |
| 2016-01-01 | -0.032659535747104 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.284604699449575 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.063772176690335 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.487949060815662 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.657839763836421 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.481983809289233 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.481950957093891 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.739563254427256 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.397430291740508 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.413763698321312 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.726087609913706 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.452557597334113 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1.248445201490210 |
| 2019-04-01 | -0.477739233955699 |
| 2019-07-01 | -0.480136067062187 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.705569689491492 |
| 2020-01-01 | 2.771656237070320 |
| 2020-04-01 | 2.093569335298780 |
| 2020-07-01 | -2.766440434905150 |
| 2020-10-01 | 2.375886495300760 |
| 2021-01-01 | -0.324744392636422 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.911327833148090 |
| 2021-07-01 | 1.704957217004210 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.665738474219779 |
| 2022-01-01 | 1.346258915841920 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.651328434626919 |
| 2022-07-01 | 1.444250584698680 |
| 2022-10-01 | -0.152882911151031 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.908837412281094 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.552077675457330 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.500753045974278 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.423189533430302 |
| 2024-01-01 | 1.657755949555770 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.368780597186036 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.328315906115639 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.677535780980487 |
| 2025-01-01 | 1.507710486765260 |
| 2025-04-01 | -0.290649913158025 |
| 2025-07-01 | 0.272460847731271 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.535538771854371 |
| 2026-01-01 | 0.256670827602834 |
| 2026-04-01 | 0.469828703337427 |