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v~ ~ .. lI1n,ton. D.C. 20212 L.J. hleo (2Ol2) 961·4~97 ~.D. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 111£11 Of lIlIIlTITlSTICS USlll-74 - 26~ fOR JlEl.E.'.S!, 11:00 A. i'!. Ko11. ('1l2) 961-2911 Tburlday, H.... ' {lOll 333- 138' ~ 23 . 1914 Pr<>ductivlty In nooHo.nebl corporatlOnl f.il 6 . 2 perc"nt at .. uuondly IdJunod Inn""l UU In thl tlUt quu,er of 1914, f"U""lnt ~ 3.3 perclnt decline in tb. p •••• din. q",,'Ur, th Inr. . n of La!>or Statlltlcl of 'he U.S. 2.1 p_r._ .. e -- It .nnu.l ra, •. no . . . . heel productivity _U"ru for cia total prlvou Ind n""fa .... quorur at annual •• ,... ""to .. l"h ... d"""",ord tevl.lon. In th ou,put par "", .. -hour Tabl. " . Parco~< o..nl~ at Annual RatU In Productivity (S".onally AdJu.tod) ." •• ", quortor 1973 ""art.. 19H .,,4 eo... ,,, Quarur ". •• ~rtU NonHunoi&l Co rp o ... tio~. (Pulho1n..-.,j Output po .. .., ~n - hour -6.2 Compon.o.ion por ~-hout UIlI< labor COOto Real campan •• tion ~r ~-hour 0 .8 -1.1 .., >.0 Ou'put -4.3 - 8 .1 llan-bou " -2.1 -2. S U U Output po.. =on- hour Compon.ation po r =on-hOur l!nlt I.bor eoat. Real ccapo" •• tion por . .n-hour Output -6. 4 -2. I llan- houn U 12.0 - 6.0 -1.1 -0.7 ...••• -2.9 0 .0 ,., Nonfarm Soctor (Ilevlud) ""'put por . .,,- hour eo=po"o.tion per ..,,-hour - 4. S Unit labo,. co. . . a.ol ccapono.tion po r .an- hour Outpu' llan-houro 11 .8 ••• - 4 .2 - 6.7 -2 .4 - 1.4 U ••• -2.5 o. , ,., !1&nu!ac'urln g ( Roviud) Output po,. man- hou r eo.ponution pOT 1I.lIn- hour Unit labor COOto Re.l ccapo" •• tloo por man- hour Output !!an-ho u ' " ,., •• - 1.5 0.' , .0 - S.8 -2.6 - 6.5 - 5.1 0. ' '.0 .., 1973 19)4 m • • hHp out put d.dl"o for eonout!"",o do!o. ~u.lne .. n~nHn.nciol corJ><ln<lon. -- "Meh !ndud• • 11 In tho U.S, ,",,<opt bank • • credit .,onol ... I<ook a nd e<l<lll:l<>dlty broke .. and Inauuneo "o~an! .. -- rlu rl", tho ~u ..... " . . . h. l.rg . . . quu ...-to-quu, &< d.cr .... ,Inc. the louetlt quu , , , 01 1970. Abo. tho -.on- hour> dodln. o f 2.7 p•• unt In ,h. nut q... "tor """ ,"u t d .. lth tho J.9 poron. Incroaso which o«u « .d On' quutU oHllor, _loy.o~: mh donca •• (0 . 9 p. . ~.n.) ."" • docll •• In .v~ug. n fl o~"d " .. 10.1, both. docHne I. hours (1.8 po ...... ) . Frooo ,b. flu, q .... Ut of 1971 '0 ,ho fiu, quorto< of 197'. p....... - hou. f .U 1.1 porOOnt. l~ . . . han oU'put ,ho 2.1 pcrcent In tho '0,.1 p<iv. . . ooo'or .nd .t.. 1. 4 poreut In ' h .ontonl u«oc . -.on-h~u. ~o'lJOu" In ... rtufo«urln •• ""tpu' PO' Increased 0.9 porcoo, oyer ,hO"""" f our- qua««' period. ",,,,,.,,oa,loo por "an-hou. (~hloh irtolud.. both " a, . . and .upple... nta l poy*nto) In ,ho n"tlflnoncld eorpouu noto . <coo It .. , qua" ... ~OIRp.ud to • 6.0 porun, at .n .nnuol rate of 6.7 pore.", In ' he I~nu .. in 'he p"eodlnl q........ "<-.pORnt1on po . .... ,,-hou. (.o""onntlon por ... n-hour adJu~,ed Reol lor cho"'" In tho Cons,...." Pcieo Indnl docru . .d 4.) pe r con, I" ,ho fir .. q ... .,et . . . . rkln,.h fourth c<><I.,*cu,lve qu""er of .Hellno !o Ibis ""U'u". ,.. a ....,1, of ,h... docUnu. ro'" c"*I'on. . ,I<><I. po. ... n- hou. !n tho Hu. qu."" .. 004 It Ito I"" ... lovol In 2 yea r •. Unit lobor co... . which u!loot bo.h oh.n~ .. In compe" .. ,lon por un-hour and productivity . Irtc<e ... d a, On onnuol .... of U.S porc.". in tho fi ... eespond "lth a 9.7 PorCOM <I . . en. q ... nor ucllo r. .o.. a "'.. olso tho lor,.. , durin. ,h. _uuro_nt Qu~r t ... th. Inor .... in unit lobor p. . lod . 1;nlt nonlabor co. . . . "hlol> l""lude dopreciatlon. no' In .. . . ot. and Indi r ect bu'ln. . . t n . . . I~cr . . . ed U.5 poree'" I~ 'ho H ,., qu ..... of 19)4 • • _ on 8.~ po<cc~' locr u . . ,ho q .. a .... I>ofo... .... ure dnce the lo.,rth qUlrtU of 1970. .. od ,,\,1. Thl. " •• ,h. I ..... ' lnc""o In ,hi • total unit co"" (hbor and """Iabo . co... c"";'l""d) In«....d 14.2 perc,", . coap, .. d vUh. 9.' po . oo.. Incro .. o In n.. dul1ne in pTofiu "U 'hi lu,u, .Inu th four,h quntu o f 1970. Tab l . B. [" lllJ>liclt hlo. Dofla'oT . eo. •• and Profit. In the Sonfln.nolal Corpo r at. See , oT (1967 • 100) Indue. of Prlo ••• .. .. ["" [" ~~ [<on [,," 102. ~ lOS. 110.0 Ill . ~ 116. 0 118. 2 \19 . 6 120.7 ..... . . . . 103 . 0 108. 116 . 8 l!9 . l m , lZJ . O 124 . 4 lH .' Unit Labo r Co" . 102 . 8 108 . 1 114 . 9 116 .7 UO 0 122 .0 123.7 lH . 9 , co.t ... ... . . . 10 J. 9 109. 122.9 127 . 2 1l6 . 7 IH . 9 126 . S 126 . 7 129 . .. . 99.7 11 . 3 80 . ! M.8 91. 4 92 . 7 94.8 10ul ~nlt COlt l H. ) 12 S.1 l3 1 .~ 131. 0 Un i t KonhbQT ~nlt P.~f!," .0.0 I J' . 0 8~ . 6 Tabl. L Total Privata _.ono-" Ou~put per Man-hou r Hourly eo.pen.atton , Unit Coet , aod 'ric .. , Sau""aUr Adjuatad Year and Qulrter Output per Han-hour Output HAn-haun Ind .."u , 1~73 U m " 1974 , AnnUli Ava. , , m " 19H , ,".. footncteo • rnlud M -2.1r follow i08 t"bll P • prellol1n.rr 122.3 128.3 159.5r 112.8. 139.9r 129.4. lJS.llr 109.0. LO .......ual Aya· 132.2 la.3r ,.,.,.,,, U llS.4 114.0r -6.4 . 1973 153 . 5 108.0 ,., Annual Avg. 1974 125.9 125.5 L> -7.1. ,,., ,., 11.3 ,. , , .....,.. , .. -0.7. 4.8r .... .. , ,., ,,., ..,, ,.. 0.0. 2.1. 6.6. •• , .. ••• '-' L> .., ••• ,.,.,, ,. , ••• ,.. - 6.0r 12.0. 11. 7. 11.9. ,., -2.1 -1.7 -1.6 P..cent o.ln," ,"U Puvioul "f .... r ( 6l ,., ,. , ,., ,., .., ,..,, 123.4 Pucaot Chang" Ov.. 'ravlo... Qul.te . at Annual b . . (5) ..... l.pUcit Prl"" Deflator 124 . 8 127 . 1 129.3 132.0 116.2 -0 . 8 CoatI Par unit KonLabor .. ntl (3 1111. ') 121.1 149.6 151.9 154.6 157 . 7 -1.2 ~" Labor 128.5 DO.9 133.1 136.0 106.7 101.7 108.6 109 .2 ...,...., .., '" Co.p.....tlon per HAn-hour III 116.2 115. 6 IB.l 114.6 124 . 2 125.0 126.1 116.6 , ,.. U 1967 • 116 . • U6 . 1 1l6.2 llS. '} .. , '"" 1913 .... Co.penutloo pe r 1Ian-lIour (1) .... ,., ...... .. , -0.2 -2.9. ,., •••••• .. ,.., ...., ,..,...,, ,...., ,. , .., 8.8r .. , ••• .., ••• ...,.. 8.8. 8.8r SOURCE , Bureau of Labor Stathtlc. HAy 23, 1974 ", Tabl .. 2. Private No n far m Econo~' Output per Man-hour Hourly eompenaation, Unit Cost, Prlc", Seasonally Adjusted ""' Yea< ancl Quaner Output pe r Man-hour Kan-houTO Output Cooopenoalion p er Man-hour Indexes 1967 , 1973 n m " Mnu a l Ava· , 115 . 6 115.3 115.9 ~., ", . '"' eo.penutlon PH lian-hou. 12) 127 . 9 155.8 1110.9 113.9 113.6 113.2 109 . 6 151. 6 Il3.9 110.0r IS8.4r 112.0r 108.2 109.5 110.2 110.7 147.9 149.8 H2.7 US. ) 125 . 1 126.3 127.6 127.6 115.6 121•• 6 114.0. 125.4t 1914 , 1973 n m " Annual Avg. 1974 , , 1973 n m " , Annual Avg. 1974 footnot ... ,See. • revised p • prdl.l na ry .... ... ,., -0 . 1 ,., ••• -4.5t .. .. '.0 ,••• ,'" -6 . 7r -2.4r ••• ,., ••• .., ,,,..., ,. , "'., Previous Quan or ,., 10.7 "' .. '" L' ,. , -1. 4r tablo .. ••• ,.. 0.3. 1.7c ,. 135. 1 11l . 2 l.lS.2 126 . 3 122.7r 132 . 8r 138.9. ! 5) -). ) -1.1 -1. 3 10.5 ". L' ••• 6 . 8. -4 . 2. 11.8r '.0 ••• ,,.. ,, .., '" ". 7 . It ,. , LO 0.' -0 . 3 '" -2.5r ...,ot . 0> l",!,l1eH Price D<oflator 123.6 125.4 126.8 129.2 131.6 ~ Unll ~oo].abor Pay- 116 . 4 118.0 118 . 6 119 . 6 129.8 .. ,..,.. ... .. , Annual Pe<cent CIlange (}ver Previous Year !6) ,'" fullowlng Percent Olanse ,, -0 . 8 LO -1. 9 Unit Labor CoOl. '" ,..,. '" 10 . 7 . 11 . 4r '" '" ,'". ... ,,..., ,., '" ,.. 8.6r 5.3r ,'".. ••• , .0 SOURCE' Buua" of Labor Statlstica May 23, 1974 ,. .., ,. , '" ••• .., U 7. Or 'OJ Table J . ~nu f a ctu< jng Sect o. , Output pet Man-hour, Hourly C,,_pensation, Uni t Labor Costs, Seasonally Adjusted Yur and !l!!aner Output pet • a n-hour Output (7) Han-hours lndeK e• , 1967 Coapenaatloll per .an-ho u• Pi Rea l Compensation ~er ""n-hou< \2) UnIt Labot ~" 113. 1 • 100 1973 n m " , Annual Av g. 1974 126 . 1 127.3 128.9 127.8 127.5 129.9 131.5 131.9 102.0 102.0 103 . 2 U5.6 L48.5 151.8 153.8 112.9 113 . 0 111.8 115 . 4 116.6 11 7 . 8 120.4 127.6< lJO.2 102 .1 150.0. 112.7 117.6 127.3< 129 . 7r 101.9. 155.7. 110 . 1< 122.3. ,., , 1973 n Percent Cbange Over Previous Qua rter '-' ' .0 m -3 . 4< " , Ann ual Avg. 1974 .., -1. 5r .., ,., ,,.,.. , 1973 n m " , Annual Avg . 197 4 ". ,• • LOLl '-' '-' 10 . 3 '-' '.0 '-' -0.0 10 . 8. '-' ••• -6.5r -5.1< Perceot Change .. ~ O< " Annual ~" (5) .., 10.8 '-' 5.3r ,., 5.1< Puviou. YUr .. , '-' .., '-' , .. ••• ••• ,., 0.9t 1. 7< 0.8. 7.0< ".otnot". following t"bL~ prell_iouy • r evl... d '.0 '. J.7. ••• '-' '-' ' .0 L. ,. , -5 . 8r 6.6< ( 5) , ,., .., 12 . 6 10.9 .., -0.7 O. , -4. I ... ... -0.0 '.0 ' .0 -2.6< 6 . 0r '-' '"0 '-' SIOORC'. : "ure a u of LabOr Sti t UtiCS ~, n. 19H O. , '-' ,., Table 4. Nonfinancial Corporations: Output pe, )\',!]+hour , Ii"" riy C",",, ~n aat Ion tlnh !.abor Costs, Ihlit ProfHs and Prlcu, Seuondly Mjuoted Yeu lind Output 0 H b M."Ul-l,,,,," ~'~____':":'~":'_____':"_-__ ',::~::__ .__~!":':' Quarl~r , lJnit ' O:":"___ ::5~;';';'".:'""~ l,.~bor penaa- [<opllcH Prl.C8 oeLlator "<>nhbo~ con 197) '" ~nn~41 ~"8. , I 2~. 7 94.8 129 . 3 128.~ ~0 . 9 ll8.2 119.6 120. 1 122.6 124 _6 127.2 125.2 n .5 120.3 132.0" 13 4 .Op 132.50 8.'> . 6" In.)p U5.l 111•. 5 llli . 4 122.0 121.7 124, q LOS.7 113.4 ~27.11 131. 2 107.5 152. I 114.2 129.1p 108.0p 158.6p 112.2p 107.3 1:12. 7 122.0 120.1p 121.7 123.1 122.1 12).0 124.4 IH.4 1411_2 150.5 153.S 156. t 106.2 129.0 130.6 132.5 121.4 n m 107.7 125 . 9 126 . 5 91.4 92.7 1974 ,. , ", , 197) ... n m +3.3 '" , ,., ,. , '" Mnual 11"11' 1974 +6.2p -8.7" n m '" M nual IIvg. 19 74 , -Lip 0.5p See foo.note8 a t end of table 4. t - revh~d p - proU.lnary ••• '.0 ,., -2.7p .., ,., ,., ,. , ,., , 1973 ,., 12. I 11.6 1. 6p .. +2. 1 +0. 2 ' .0 -3.4 6.7p -4.3p , ,., ,. , .., '" .. ,..'".., .. -2.0 ,., 13.8p ,, ,., '" ,., ,., 11. 6 -15 .6 ,., ,., 9.2p 14.2p -25.0" ,., "" ,., ,., 10 . 2 ,., ,., 7.8p -7. 5p 6.0" Pe r cent Ch a ngo Ova. ProvloUl Year (6) .., ....,.,,, ". '" U -0.0 ).4 ,. , -0 . 3 ,. , -0.6 U ,., 6. I.p Bureau of Labor StBthllc. Hay 23, 197 4 -2.5p SOURC£' '" ,., '" 1I.2p 12. ) IL6 U FOOTNOTES, TABLES I TO ~ Sourc~: Output data from the Bureau of Economic Ana lysis, U.S. Department of Commerce and the Federal Reserve Board . Compensation and Man-hours data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. (1) Wages and salaries of employees plus employers' contributions for social insurance and privat e benefit plans. Except for nonfinancial corporations, "here ther e are no self-employ~d. data a ho include~ an e~timate of wages, salaries and suppl~ntal paymenta for the self-employed. (2) Cocpensation pur man-hour adjusted for changes in the Consumer Price lnde" . (3) Nonlabor payments include profits, depredation, interest, rental income and indir~ct taxes. (4) Current dollar gross product divided by cOnStant dollar gross product. (5) Percent change compounded at annual rat e from original dats rather than index numbers. (6) Current quarter divided by cocparable quarter a y~ar ago. (7) Quarterly measures adjusted to annual estimates of output (gross product origin.ting) from th e Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of COClllerce. (8) Unit nonlabor costs include depreciation, interest and indirect taxes. (9) Total unit cOsts is the sum of labor .nd non- labor costs. (10) Unit profits include corporate profits and inventory valuation .djust.... nt. CHART I . PROOUCTIVITY . HOURLY COMPENSA1ION UNIT COSTS ANO PRICES TOTAL PR I VA TE ECONOMY (PERCENT CHANGE FROM PRECEOING QUARTER AT ANNUAL RATE) ,, i ,,, , , , -_.,,, ~,.,,_;C',-- .. ------_r------.------ ,, ,, ,, '' ,, ,, , ---------···-t-----·-------{--------------T-------------\·----···-----t-------------;,, , , , , ,, ,, , , ,, ,, i . COMPENSP.TION PER MP.tlHOUR i, -5, i, ,, " ~~' , , ., " .., ", , '1 " j, , ,, , . ,, ,, I U: .0 Utl lT lP.60R COSTS ---- -;,.... ,, , ,, ,, ,,: ,, ,, ~ I -------------;--_ .. _-------,-_._-------- i ", ,, , OUTPUT PER M :, ; ' -----------.-------------.-----,, '' !C ,, , ,, ,, _-- ------,---- -------. -- -r, --- -----. . --,, , J " 1) .7 UtllT -.,--------- - -- ~ , , -- - -· · · -- ···--·-i-------------~----, , ,, , ,, ,, .., : • , , ,,, , ,, ..., ., .... - - - - - I 1 ." ---.----_._.- ,, --_._._-_ ...•,,-.... _._._----.------_._-_.-.-._--------_ --_._-------_.-_--_. __I._---,, ,, , , i , i, IMPLICIT PRICE OEflP.TOR -_. __ . _. _... -,... 1966 , 1969 1970 197 1 1972 : ,, -----------~--.--------,, ,, 1973 0 j ", , ., ", , 1974 MP.l 23. 1974 • • CHA RT 2 . FRO DUCTIV I TY , HOU RLY COMP EN SRTJON UNIT COS TS AND FRIC ES PRI VRT E NONFRRM SECTOR (PERCENT CHRNGE FROM FRECEDI NG QURR TER RT RN NURL RRTEJ . -_. -_.- ,, ,, OUTPUT P R f1 ,,, ,, .-.--------... ...... -_ ,,, ,, ,, .. ,, ,, , , .. : ," , -............1............· j------ ,, ,, ,, ,, V' .....~ --Lf -- =--n----.----.1...---------: -4 . S , .... -·t .... ·· ...... ·t ............ -1.... ·-.... ··· t-- .---------. , , , ' " ' ' " "i ,, "" " i CO MPENSIHI ON PER HANHOUR , -.------- ..... _,----_ ... _--,, , . __ ..... ... , , i, I , ., " '" --.--.. ,-----------.-.r-.--".--.-" , , , I ! ! .8 UNIT LABOR COS TS ,, , -- ---;, ----. -... .. ~---, :, : ,, ,, ,, UN IT ,, ,, ,, -- -- ---- . ;, .... , --1.- ------------- o " , o I PAYME NTS 10 .7 " , _--------,-_.,, ,, ,, , , " , .. ____ __ ____ .!. .. __ ........." __ ........... :_ ____ .• _. __ : ____ ._ .. _____ • ____ .. __ .. ___ .!. ___ . __ l.Lci . , , , , , ., ' " . ~._. ., ~~:t:';::;::::±'::;:::;::±=2::f' ~±';::;:::::±'::;:::;::d j ": : ------... 19SB I" /'LIC IT PIC E OEfLA TOR : : : -----·-t-------------l.-o>",,-< ... -i.-.........-.. , 1S69 \970 IS7l 19 72 1973 197 4 MA Y 2 3 . 1914 PRODUCTIVITY . HOURLY CHRRT 3 COMPENSRT I ON UN I T COSTS RND PRICES NONFINRNCIRL CORPORRTIONS [PERCENT CHRNGE FROM SRM E QURRTER R YERR RGOJ OUTPUT rE ~ , ~~N~OUR , , · • 'I ~ , "i-, - 1•1 . .. . ·~ .. ·~· . " .• ········~ .• .• .: • : : , ,, ,, ,, , :, ,, , ., . UNIT LRBOR COSTS I .., ···l............ ·~··· ........·r·······...... ~ ........·· - .. ------ ....•. ... ., . ·i• UNI; NONLASO R PAY ME NTS : : : ,r~~~~_., ' :/ .• •• • PR IMP LICI T ,, ., CE f i .• • ,,•• OEf LATOR ., .... ·· .... m . , , _--_. _..... _ ....................................... - - -•....... _._...•... .. _.......•. _, ............. • 1 ······ ·· ·· - ·· 1· ____ ······· ·,········· · 1968 .:.-- 1969 1910 i ~j I 91 I ,,•• , I . ,,' ......mm ;m ~ 1912 , , 1913 ", , " ", , ···1···-··;;1·.......-~.... . -····;·-···········~········i·: ............ ·1···· ·..·.. ~ . , ............. ------,"'-i'--"''''-.-.-.---i'---.-.'''_.__.J____~ ··"··· ...... -.. ·;·· - -- . --.-.. , --- . -. -.- - ..:.- - - -. . .... -. . . , ··• , ,, •...... · .... · ..•f·· .......... • ............ l•.. · ...... .... -;-··· • -........ . • • • • • , CO~rENS~T10N PE R ~RNHOUR I , ............ ·l•.. · .. · ...... • , -1 .. · -- - -.. -.. ·l .. · .. 1- ......... .............+.............\ """""" "'" '" """,',,""'" '''7" :, : ., , ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, , ISH MRr 23 . 1974 " ", , CHART 4. UNIT COSTS. UNIT PROFITS. RNO PRICES NONFINRNCIRL CORPORRTIONS {PERCENT CHRNGE FROM SRME QURRTER R YEAR RGO) ,, , ,, I ", .----. --- •• --1-- - , " ", , " ", , , ,,, ,, i ,, , , ,, ,,, iOTAl Uti !T COST ,, ,,, ,, .. , .. ............ . .... --. --·- -f., ·-·--· ____.J,_ •••••••••• , ,, ,, , , : l '. --- --- ---- ---j--, -------'\7-----. ------j--------r7 , , ., ,, ,: .......... _..• ..- .., ,, i .. " '1--'1-+-----.,, ", , ., · . : :,-7.5 · . . ..... _.......... - · :-.-- -·'···'-r'" ··------1·····-----··-········-----1- ." ,, i ! - ." UNTPROFlT ,. -. - , 20 ,, , : : +, ............ - ,, ,, , , 1, , , , , ,, , i U'IPLICIT PRICE OEflATOR:,, ,: 6I . 0 ~---=---~---=---±i=---::;----=---~--rtm;-=--;--~-2±~;---;---~----j--~E---=---;:---~ ----±:--~---;---;---"'~i=---=---;---:d---- 1968 1969 19iO 1971 1972 j ", I- 1973 1914 MAY 23 . 1914 ·20 ,