Federal Reserve Economic Data

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 2025-04-01
Last Updated 2025-11-17 12:04 PM CST
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 0.9610875592422548
1955-07-01 0.5254749116243745
1955-10-01 1.7117309776566012
1956-01-01 2.2412680444373920
1956-04-01 1.1824187152924064
1956-07-01 0.7940890322980095
1956-10-01 0.0936763522765106
1957-01-01 1.0444574093391372
1957-04-01 1.0769432361872840
1957-07-01 0.1148938252691914
1957-10-01 0.1369462485698463
1958-01-01 1.5692837905677560
1958-04-01 -0.8554117133146801
1958-07-01 0.2484674068135563
1958-10-01 -0.3776109488583826
1959-01-01 0.5934912168322586
1959-04-01 0.5780902643838770
1959-07-01 -0.0473621949269797
1959-10-01 0.8344962240362536
1960-01-01 0.0905716951698290
1960-04-01 1.4760513475629051
1960-07-01 -0.2446037309807454
1960-10-01 1.4570690502230130
1961-01-01 -0.0911088134061301
1961-04-01 -1.0645853718109015
1961-07-01 -0.4383481569190152
1961-10-01 0.2036580625863852
1962-01-01 0.3344790038253494
1962-04-01 0.6620841505255516
1962-07-01 -0.9984511572742464
1962-10-01 0.2644107342326487
1963-01-01 0.3083499156655770
1963-04-01 0.1358731688111051
1963-07-01 -0.7225029778922578
1963-10-01 1.0983334479795834
1964-01-01 -0.3746363753923009
1964-04-01 0.5968753278002270
1964-07-01 0.5406969816029316
1964-10-01 1.1579766768927808
1965-01-01 -0.9842538966675642
1965-04-01 0.8074675762846208
1965-07-01 -0.8688388502983004
1965-10-01 0.3027079902254998
1966-01-01 0.4453669210078069
1966-04-01 2.0241452371497150
1966-07-01 1.3428998191594440
1966-10-01 0.7946426146070381
1967-01-01 -0.9959796481546790
1967-04-01 1.1962820402790440
1967-07-01 0.9986624832108568
1967-10-01 1.4787738525609990
1968-01-01 0.7280746494854962
1968-04-01 0.9179033712547096
1968-07-01 1.6582590045036576
1968-10-01 2.0692959273765488
1969-01-01 0.3427043916963392
1969-04-01 2.2832775183476730
1969-07-01 1.9886773358150510
1969-10-01 2.1807442982113340
1970-01-01 1.7322731033220110
1970-04-01 0.7051081526570401
1970-07-01 0.3649867376268569
1970-10-01 1.4016087459144602
1971-01-01 0.1756836191245379
1971-04-01 1.2835770314850186
1971-07-01 0.4498470307246339
1971-10-01 1.7643437104822597
1972-01-01 1.9156556170645230
1972-04-01 -0.5517680057763277
1972-07-01 0.8293603198121755
1972-10-01 1.3435967848636730
1973-01-01 0.9193609398950220
1973-04-01 1.1686325938274569
1973-07-01 2.7404645377314365
1973-10-01 1.4133433534146234
1974-01-01 2.8866381568323460
1974-04-01 2.2066199570759952
1974-07-01 3.4241922283720360
1974-10-01 1.8088082520530520
1975-01-01 1.9179195611124031
1975-04-01 0.6580820484657369
1975-07-01 0.8011978339579381
1975-10-01 1.5929593576505412
1976-01-01 0.6881491218429414
1976-04-01 1.1268667986390880
1976-07-01 1.5440161045668068
1976-10-01 1.7627197511338142
1977-01-01 1.5174561743992120
1977-04-01 1.4898462506555008
1977-07-01 0.8093676537301570
1977-10-01 2.8928656511193980
1978-01-01 2.6082527152943370
1978-04-01 -0.1144353686446667
1978-07-01 1.7426768069169690
1978-10-01 1.8203425391595904
1979-01-01 3.0194508876241444
1979-04-01 2.1484448305006880
1979-07-01 2.3076535177556340
1979-10-01 2.1555957799694068
1980-01-01 2.2709122548673800
1980-04-01 3.7808457490367690
1980-07-01 2.1185540473225480
1980-10-01 1.7914469726413746
1981-01-01 0.9788564250696988
1981-04-01 2.6388185474940453
1981-07-01 1.1095190145647915
1981-10-01 2.6324156560019607
1982-01-01 3.0237473044726470
1982-04-01 0.7548940128205545
1982-07-01 1.3890484963802712
1982-10-01 0.7224083308880811
1983-01-01 0.2405607394480050
1983-04-01 -0.1973318101313211
1983-07-01 0.0367488963890155
1983-10-01 0.7834756695118792
1984-01-01 0.6678449890451101
1984-04-01 0.5681848372984389
1984-07-01 0.9777428013409356
1984-10-01 0.8256700704086943
1985-01-01 0.7835580904998065
1985-04-01 0.7588478888221917
1985-07-01 0.2006435590921523
1985-10-01 1.2791474702036707
1986-01-01 0.3042662367080442
1986-04-01 0.6375353931986026
1986-07-01 0.7022066587990087
1986-10-01 1.4125868979224516
1987-01-01 0.7983046813238126
1987-04-01 0.6835409835182860
1987-07-01 0.8183082982922562
1987-10-01 0.7974344432479014
1988-01-01 1.0922547856998202
1988-04-01 1.3174122229630232
1988-07-01 1.0011218490492342
1988-10-01 0.6817871949623144
1989-01-01 0.3345680651847638
1989-04-01 0.3509588324390745
1989-07-01 0.5874582789172369
1989-10-01 1.4850864365226870
1990-01-01 0.6933885336760649
1990-04-01 1.6628788223793751
1990-07-01 1.0532358580097607
1990-10-01 1.3240204426198985
1991-01-01 0.6724672820503856
1991-04-01 0.5544915496732408
1991-07-01 0.6921808978285345
1991-10-01 1.0134122306956840
1992-01-01 0.6512313518516983
1992-04-01 0.4016922038238479
1992-07-01 0.1023318066394385
1992-10-01 0.2874654314970108
1993-01-01 0.2017947148889890
1993-04-01 0.9196443533774732
1993-07-01 0.2983794522265997
1993-10-01 0.0244428262075708
1994-01-01 -0.0880075375600709
1994-04-01 0.4807567274215393
1994-07-01 0.3834656858278972
1994-10-01 0.0818886401106869
1995-01-01 0.7451208478556435
1995-04-01 0.4472814375173736
1995-07-01 0.3525411111122306
1995-10-01 0.3193232131963983
1996-01-01 0.4954893492097288
1996-04-01 -0.1425434318878068
1996-07-01 0.4853481895002314
1996-10-01 0.4554366787720129
1997-01-01 1.1615401349520995
1997-04-01 -0.3984505197863733
1997-07-01 0.2425292085743101
1997-10-01 1.3424132111989170
1998-01-01 0.8075415654206395
1998-04-01 0.9436511784715964
1998-07-01 0.3654741812926567
1998-10-01 -0.0567106817265944
1999-01-01 0.6103141604663276
1999-04-01 0.2736397986212467
1999-07-01 0.0951887192194438
1999-10-01 0.6036710274280241
2000-01-01 3.2880659812010190
2000-04-01 -1.1072625646185064
2000-07-01 1.7466609307470924
2000-10-01 -0.1230246518839907
2001-01-01 2.3310533995152416
2001-04-01 -0.8058228573513068
2001-07-01 0.0326835872487398
2001-10-01 -0.0836239721927884
2002-01-01 -0.6589490578090325
2002-04-01 0.5904354409057010
2002-07-01 0.0933879521111165
2002-10-01 0.7830799292005651
2003-01-01 -0.3170944473805199
2003-04-01 0.5830910676216129
2003-07-01 -0.1312368643091992
2003-10-01 0.5464664090811171
2004-01-01 -0.0735891902149419
2004-04-01 1.1270780859821854
2004-07-01 1.2141725000171680
2004-10-01 -0.1140626960806802
2005-01-01 -0.1801227238021142
2005-04-01 0.5896050130186277
2005-07-01 0.5580865824295212
2005-10-01 0.7162632148723801
2006-01-01 1.1649450258968137
2006-04-01 0.2756422592648068
2006-07-01 0.5102532977381133
2006-10-01 1.1487454478698715
2007-01-01 1.9657982710237616
2007-04-01 -0.1430271227290957
2007-07-01 -0.2652234959586420
2007-10-01 0.4539710156712069
2008-01-01 1.4487500115399534
2008-04-01 -0.5686718851073261
2008-07-01 0.6777132156774597
2008-10-01 1.6299421162195890
2009-01-01 -2.5942563698114930
2009-04-01 0.6575975138625302
2009-07-01 -0.5625979408752623
2009-10-01 -0.4435596383366996
2010-01-01 -0.8577864751698822
2010-04-01 0.9047263785784212
2010-07-01 -0.0309470234772535
2010-10-01 0.1786730989831701
2011-01-01 1.8518143699738832
2011-04-01 -0.3096482133349168
2011-07-01 0.8491827705733420
2011-10-01 -1.6599008954745744
2012-01-01 1.7223573841075075
2012-04-01 0.1594577136837019
2012-07-01 0.4158370328083792
2012-10-01 2.3761938280952010
2013-01-01 -1.4455231727173223
2013-04-01 0.7337177259376116
2013-07-01 -0.5445549069003291
2013-10-01 0.0086145486073653
2014-01-01 2.3763297656865654
2014-04-01 -0.8541662171385409
2014-07-01 0.0253336578236466
2014-10-01 1.2516085384105873
2015-01-01 0.4476119117339046
2015-04-01 0.5624341819253241
2015-07-01 0.3331154978707796
2015-10-01 0.2861051099557667
2016-01-01 -0.0326595357470260
2016-04-01 0.2846046994494584
2016-07-01 0.0637721766903453
2016-10-01 0.4879490608156588
2017-01-01 0.6578397638364796
2017-04-01 0.4819838092892708
2017-07-01 0.4819509570938792
2017-10-01 0.7395632544271352
2018-01-01 0.3974302917405221
2018-04-01 0.4137636983214575
2018-07-01 0.7260876099136858
2018-10-01 0.4525575973341419
2019-01-01 1.2484452014901570
2019-04-01 -0.4777392339557499
2019-07-01 -0.4801360670621127
2019-10-01 0.7055696894915300
2020-01-01 2.7716562370702650
2020-04-01 2.0935693352987204
2020-07-01 -2.7664404349050770
2020-10-01 2.3758864953006493
2021-01-01 -0.3457181374527504
2021-04-01 0.9481470334391640
2021-07-01 1.6931003655841820
2021-10-01 0.6724312327196875
2022-01-01 1.3062666508961782
2022-04-01 0.6939240215880891
2022-07-01 1.4316648228254510
2022-10-01 -0.1371504021169328
2023-01-01 0.8626433943734045
2023-04-01 0.5973356685215343
2023-07-01 0.4821862475568993
2023-10-01 0.4412672707513324
2024-01-01 1.6103376354009504
2024-04-01 0.4217287701059227
2024-07-01 0.3067616669590244
2024-10-01 0.6924786828663991
2025-01-01 1.4488964904235726
2025-04-01 0.3281556251236472

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