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 | ULQEUL01USQ659S |
| 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 | 1956-01-01 to 2025-07-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-04-15 3:30 PM CDT |
| Notes | OECD Data Filters: REF_AREA: USA 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 |
|---|---|
| 1956-01-01 | 5.5425140881 |
| 1956-04-01 | 5.7738883483 |
| 1956-07-01 | 6.0564915997 |
| 1956-10-01 | 4.3692870923 |
| 1957-01-01 | 3.1476650407 |
| 1957-04-01 | 3.0401081647 |
| 1957-07-01 | 2.3457790086 |
| 1957-10-01 | 2.3900206815 |
| 1958-01-01 | 2.9218678095 |
| 1958-04-01 | 0.9542737173 |
| 1958-07-01 | 1.0889666321 |
| 1958-10-01 | 0.5695180871 |
| 1959-01-01 | -0.3967020777 |
| 1959-04-01 | 1.0433727279 |
| 1959-07-01 | 0.7452560182 |
| 1959-10-01 | 1.9709954912 |
| 1960-01-01 | 1.4611875888 |
| 1960-04-01 | 2.3670057698 |
| 1960-07-01 | 2.1650278516 |
| 1960-10-01 | 2.7957571210 |
| 1961-01-01 | 2.6091669010 |
| 1961-04-01 | 0.0403028507 |
| 1961-07-01 | -0.1541084334 |
| 1961-10-01 | -1.3875032806 |
| 1962-01-01 | -0.9675196727 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.7608401434 |
| 1962-07-01 | 0.1939926108 |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.2547383453 |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.2286063360 |
| 1963-04-01 | -0.2953654922 |
| 1963-07-01 | -0.0174308044 |
| 1963-10-01 | 0.8141217467 |
| 1964-01-01 | 0.1278180895 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.5887326209 |
| 1964-07-01 | 1.8685682209 |
| 1964-10-01 | 1.9286658525 |
| 1965-01-01 | 1.3049290614 |
| 1965-04-01 | 1.5170744343 |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.0938524502 |
| 1965-10-01 | -0.7524403704 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.6805467871 |
| 1966-04-01 | 1.8956032094 |
| 1966-07-01 | 4.1690670734 |
| 1966-10-01 | 4.6800517619 |
| 1967-01-01 | 3.1778521162 |
| 1967-04-01 | 2.3406704525 |
| 1967-07-01 | 1.9930644986 |
| 1967-10-01 | 2.6852864118 |
| 1968-01-01 | 4.4734888664 |
| 1968-04-01 | 4.1860945888 |
| 1968-07-01 | 4.8664453281 |
| 1968-10-01 | 5.4766798726 |
| 1969-01-01 | 5.0731625830 |
| 1969-04-01 | 6.4945711396 |
| 1969-07-01 | 6.8407352850 |
| 1969-10-01 | 6.9577300329 |
| 1970-01-01 | 8.4390579343 |
| 1970-04-01 | 6.7660908446 |
| 1970-07-01 | 5.0662050922 |
| 1970-10-01 | 4.2645342279 |
| 1971-01-01 | 2.6690159494 |
| 1971-04-01 | 3.2586122921 |
| 1971-07-01 | 3.3462442624 |
| 1971-10-01 | 3.7164240248 |
| 1972-01-01 | 5.5179226233 |
| 1972-04-01 | 3.6055142844 |
| 1972-07-01 | 3.9969177898 |
| 1972-10-01 | 3.5669452274 |
| 1973-01-01 | 2.5543611631 |
| 1973-04-01 | 4.3289529277 |
| 1973-07-01 | 6.3061600494 |
| 1973-10-01 | 6.3792230094 |
| 1974-01-01 | 8.4528044666 |
| 1974-04-01 | 9.5657087820 |
| 1974-07-01 | 10.2950422541 |
| 1974-10-01 | 10.7247052571 |
| 1975-01-01 | 9.6825679919 |
| 1975-04-01 | 8.0207173813 |
| 1975-07-01 | 5.2807158975 |
| 1975-10-01 | 5.0580288325 |
| 1976-01-01 | 3.7901122252 |
| 1976-04-01 | 4.2732894608 |
| 1976-07-01 | 5.0420975472 |
| 1976-10-01 | 5.2174265507 |
| 1977-01-01 | 6.0839774231 |
| 1977-04-01 | 6.4648400556 |
| 1977-07-01 | 5.6947502049 |
| 1977-10-01 | 6.8683261517 |
| 1978-01-01 | 8.0170198918 |
| 1978-04-01 | 6.3095674675 |
| 1978-07-01 | 7.2935465290 |
| 1978-10-01 | 6.1750073475 |
| 1979-01-01 | 6.6004956089 |
| 1979-04-01 | 9.0154155578 |
| 1979-07-01 | 9.6209163642 |
| 1979-10-01 | 9.9821526629 |
| 1980-01-01 | 9.1827397807 |
| 1980-04-01 | 10.9276469771 |
| 1980-07-01 | 10.7223963281 |
| 1980-10-01 | 10.3277028349 |
| 1981-01-01 | 8.9339929265 |
| 1981-04-01 | 7.7354238359 |
| 1981-07-01 | 6.6708045386 |
| 1981-10-01 | 7.5520978610 |
| 1982-01-01 | 9.7300068231 |
| 1982-04-01 | 7.7159463890 |
| 1982-07-01 | 8.0137501037 |
| 1982-10-01 | 6.0035658398 |
| 1983-01-01 | 3.1400665891 |
| 1983-04-01 | 2.1650956938 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.8024787919 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.8637273979 |
| 1984-01-01 | 1.2934211434 |
| 1984-04-01 | 2.0703869750 |
| 1984-07-01 | 3.0306781976 |
| 1984-10-01 | 3.0736844233 |
| 1985-01-01 | 3.1923534346 |
| 1985-04-01 | 3.3880336110 |
| 1985-07-01 | 2.5922722327 |
| 1985-10-01 | 3.0536321182 |
| 1986-01-01 | 2.5635181113 |
| 1986-04-01 | 2.4400953739 |
| 1986-07-01 | 2.9528730245 |
| 1986-10-01 | 3.0885991291 |
| 1987-01-01 | 3.5962192045 |
| 1987-04-01 | 3.6435723222 |
| 1987-07-01 | 3.7631351727 |
| 1987-10-01 | 3.1336475139 |
| 1988-01-01 | 3.4344515843 |
| 1988-04-01 | 4.0856600591 |
| 1988-07-01 | 4.2743978297 |
| 1988-10-01 | 4.1547962803 |
| 1989-01-01 | 3.3742469921 |
| 1989-04-01 | 2.3880667193 |
| 1989-07-01 | 1.9686803547 |
| 1989-10-01 | 2.7822393204 |
| 1990-01-01 | 3.1497066425 |
| 1990-04-01 | 4.4982274145 |
| 1990-07-01 | 4.9822422839 |
| 1990-10-01 | 4.8156576424 |
| 1991-01-01 | 4.7938928193 |
| 1991-04-01 | 3.6513076396 |
| 1991-07-01 | 3.2809284060 |
| 1991-10-01 | 2.9643215735 |
| 1992-01-01 | 2.9427000008 |
| 1992-04-01 | 2.7862849327 |
| 1992-07-01 | 2.1841838816 |
| 1992-10-01 | 1.4497112838 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.9966904149 |
| 1993-04-01 | 1.5177754590 |
| 1993-07-01 | 1.7164774815 |
| 1993-10-01 | 1.4498088686 |
| 1994-01-01 | 1.1564149455 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.7165054183 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.8019991758 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.8598565523 |
| 1995-01-01 | 1.7008197633 |
| 1995-04-01 | 1.6669945972 |
| 1995-07-01 | 1.6355845974 |
| 1995-10-01 | 1.8768111934 |
| 1996-01-01 | 1.6243527836 |
| 1996-04-01 | 1.0275429436 |
| 1996-07-01 | 1.1613338488 |
| 1996-10-01 | 1.2984870687 |
| 1997-01-01 | 1.9699695737 |
| 1997-04-01 | 1.7086391212 |
| 1997-07-01 | 1.4628690672 |
| 1997-10-01 | 2.3587285438 |
| 1998-01-01 | 2.0005206717 |
| 1998-04-01 | 3.3749060430 |
| 1998-07-01 | 3.5016843241 |
| 1998-10-01 | 2.0727888784 |
| 1999-01-01 | 1.8731143364 |
| 1999-04-01 | 1.1969019474 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.9244192475 |
| 1999-10-01 | 1.5912864892 |
| 2000-01-01 | 4.2950395351 |
| 2000-04-01 | 2.8588480921 |
| 2000-07-01 | 4.5558691581 |
| 2000-10-01 | 3.8006605093 |
| 2001-01-01 | 2.8389007304 |
| 2001-04-01 | 3.1523803749 |
| 2001-07-01 | 1.4147543585 |
| 2001-10-01 | 1.4546724267 |
| 2002-01-01 | -1.5096626342 |
| 2002-04-01 | -0.1233541518 |
| 2002-07-01 | -0.0627353736 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.8041739012 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1.1510328427 |
| 2003-04-01 | 1.1436730553 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.9166294865 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.6797394857 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.9257200663 |
| 2004-04-01 | 1.4715280660 |
| 2004-07-01 | 2.8385600155 |
| 2004-10-01 | 2.1629956012 |
| 2005-01-01 | 2.0540249656 |
| 2005-04-01 | 1.5116323479 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.8536469596 |
| 2005-10-01 | 1.6919603747 |
| 2006-01-01 | 3.0622960704 |
| 2006-04-01 | 2.7405805351 |
| 2006-07-01 | 2.6916822401 |
| 2006-10-01 | 3.1326684823 |
| 2007-01-01 | 3.9491054423 |
| 2007-04-01 | 3.5151537456 |
| 2007-07-01 | 2.7164660993 |
| 2007-10-01 | 2.0109358037 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1.4936323501 |
| 2008-04-01 | 1.0610110005 |
| 2008-07-01 | 2.0165318182 |
| 2008-10-01 | 3.2107372425 |
| 2009-01-01 | -0.9024896378 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.3196688395 |
| 2009-07-01 | -0.9162052248 |
| 2009-10-01 | -2.9377598955 |
| 2010-01-01 | -1.2074130504 |
| 2010-04-01 | -0.9648812767 |
| 2010-07-01 | -0.4354070650 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.1869449479 |
| 2011-01-01 | 2.9250857129 |
| 2011-04-01 | 1.6863718919 |
| 2011-07-01 | 2.5816138174 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.6989147533 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.5709181806 |
| 2012-04-01 | 1.0442332744 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.6100381300 |
| 2012-10-01 | 4.7393072089 |
| 2013-01-01 | 1.4774546377 |
| 2013-04-01 | 2.0592586380 |
| 2013-07-01 | 1.0831258512 |
| 2013-10-01 | -1.2545547246 |
| 2014-01-01 | 2.5747218865 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.9578169129 |
| 2014-07-01 | 1.5363538609 |
| 2014-10-01 | 2.7983187511 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.8616782248 |
| 2015-04-01 | 2.3027344063 |
| 2015-07-01 | 2.6175074946 |
| 2015-10-01 | 1.6390009316 |
| 2016-01-01 | 1.1530326649 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.8735987306 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.6028040651 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.8052955719 |
| 2017-01-01 | 1.5015770405 |
| 2017-04-01 | 1.7013366553 |
| 2017-07-01 | 2.1263687077 |
| 2017-10-01 | 2.3820652325 |
| 2018-01-01 | 2.1171955741 |
| 2018-04-01 | 2.0478982118 |
| 2018-07-01 | 2.2958252471 |
| 2018-10-01 | 2.0043850594 |
| 2019-01-01 | 2.8690036659 |
| 2019-04-01 | 1.9556790002 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.7347360227 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.9884861599 |
| 2020-01-01 | 2.5078073215 |
| 2020-04-01 | 5.1562442137 |
| 2020-07-01 | 2.7404532223 |
| 2020-10-01 | 4.4444941363 |
| 2021-01-01 | 1.2976781202 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.1246762007 |
| 2021-07-01 | 4.7290337986 |
| 2021-10-01 | 2.9795728118 |
| 2022-01-01 | 4.7059633332 |
| 2022-04-01 | 4.4361948929 |
| 2022-07-01 | 4.1684990653 |
| 2022-10-01 | 3.3214036775 |
| 2023-01-01 | 2.8754395318 |
| 2023-04-01 | 2.7739961965 |
| 2023-07-01 | 1.8181249412 |
| 2023-10-01 | 2.4055571633 |
| 2024-01-01 | 3.1655972013 |
| 2024-04-01 | 2.9775463718 |
| 2024-07-01 | 2.8008349414 |
| 2024-10-01 | 3.0612077641 |
| 2025-01-01 | 2.9090959326 |
| 2025-04-01 | 2.2329721838 |
| 2025-07-01 | 2.1760508646 |