Nonfarm Business Sector: Unit Labor Costs 1992=10 "0, Seasonally Adjusted" Source: "U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics" Secondary Source: Theshortrun.com DATE ULCNFB Percentage Change From Year Ago 1947.1 19.6 1947.2 19.4 1947.3 20.4 1947.4 20.1 1948.1 20.6 0.051020408 1948.2 20.9 0.077319588 1948.3 21.3 0.044117647 1948.4 21.4 0.064676617 1949.1 21.3 0.033980583 1949.2 21.1 0.009569378 1949.3 20.6 -0.03286385 1949.4 20.8 -0.028037383 1950.1 20.6 -0.03286385 1950.2 20.7 -0.018957346 1950.3 20.7 0.004854369 1950.4 21.3 0.024038462 1951.1 21.7 0.053398058 1951.2 22.2 0.072463768 1951.3 22 0.062801932 1951.4 22.3 0.046948357 1952.1 22.6 0.041474654 1952.2 22.7 0.022522523 1952.3 23 0.045454545 1952.4 23.1 0.035874439 1953.1 23.3 0.030973451 1953.2 23.5 0.035242291 1953.3 23.6 0.026086957 1953.4 24 0.038961039 1954.1 24.1 0.034334764 1954.2 23.9 0.017021277 1954.3 23.8 0.008474576 1954.4 23.8 -0.008333333 1955.1 23.5 -0.024896266 1955.2 23.6 -0.012552301 1955.3 23.8 0 1955.4 24.2 0.016806723 1956.1 24.9 0.059574468 1956.2 25.3 0.072033898 1956.3 25.7 0.079831933 1956.4 25.9 0.070247934 1957.1 25.9 0.040160643 1957.2 26.3 0.039525692 1957.3 26.3 0.023346304 1957.4 26.5 0.023166023 1958.1 27 0.042471042 1958.2 26.7 0.015209125 1958.3 26.6 0.011406844 1958.4 26.5 0 1959.1 26.6 -0.014814815 1959.2 26.5 -0.007490637 1959.3 26.7 0.003759398 1959.4 27 0.018867925 1960.1 26.9 0.011278195 1960.2 27.5 0.037735849 1960.3 27.6 0.033707865 1960.4 28.1 0.040740741 1961.1 28 0.040892193 1961.2 27.6 0.003636364 1961.3 27.4 -0.007246377 1961.4 27.4 -0.024911032 1962.1 27.3 -0.025 1962.2 27.6 0 1962.3 27.4 0 1962.4 27.5 0.003649635 1963.1 27.6 0.010989011 1963.2 27.5 -0.003623188 1963.3 27.2 -0.00729927 1963.4 27.5 0 1964.1 27.3 -0.010869565 1964.2 27.4 -0.003636364 1964.3 27.5 0.011029412 1964.4 28 0.018181818 1965.1 27.7 0.014652015 1965.2 27.7 0.010948905 1965.3 27.5 0 1965.4 27.4 -0.021428571 1966.1 27.5 -0.007220217 1966.2 28.1 0.014440433 1966.3 28.5 0.036363636 1966.4 28.7 0.047445255 1967.1 28.9 0.050909091 1967.2 29.2 0.039145907 1967.3 29.5 0.035087719 1967.4 29.8 0.038327526 1968.1 30 0.038062284 1968.2 30.2 0.034246575 1968.3 30.7 0.040677966 1968.4 31.4 0.053691275 1969.1 31.6 0.053333333 1969.2 32.3 0.069536424 1969.3 32.9 0.071661238 1969.4 33.7 0.073248408 1970.1 34.2 0.082278481 1970.2 34.3 0.061919505 1970.3 34.3 0.042553191 1970.4 35 0.038575668 1971.1 34.6 0.011695906 1971.2 35 0.020408163 1971.3 35.3 0.029154519 1971.4 35.8 0.022857143 1972.1 36.1 0.043352601 1972.2 35.9 0.025714286 1972.3 36.2 0.025495751 1972.4 36.6 0.022346369 1973.1 36.8 0.019390582 1973.2 37.3 0.038997214 1973.3 38.4 0.060773481 1973.4 39.5 0.079234973 1974.1 40.5 0.100543478 1974.2 41.7 0.117962466 1974.3 43.4 0.130208333 1974.4 44.1 0.116455696 1975.1 45 0.111111111 1975.2 45.1 0.081534772 1975.3 45.4 0.046082949 1975.4 46.2 0.047619048 1976.1 46.5 0.033333333 1976.2 47 0.042128603 1976.3 48 0.057268722 1976.4 48.8 0.056277056 1977.1 49.5 0.064516129 1977.2 50.2 0.068085106 1977.3 50.7 0.05625 1977.4 52.3 0.071721311 1978.1 53.8 0.086868687 1978.2 53.7 0.069721116 1978.3 54.7 0.078895464 1978.4 55.7 0.06500956 1979.1 57.7 0.072490706 1979.2 59.2 0.102420857 1979.3 60.6 0.10786106 1979.4 62.2 0.116696589 1980.1 63.7 0.103986135 1980.2 66.2 0.118243243 1980.3 67.7 0.117161716 1980.4 68.7 0.104501608 1981.1 69.5 0.091051805 1981.2 71.7 0.083081571 1981.3 72.6 0.072378139 1981.4 74.6 0.08588064 1982.1 76.9 0.10647482 1982.2 77.5 0.080892608 1982.3 78.6 0.082644628 1982.4 78.9 0.057640751 1983.1 78.7 0.023407022 1983.2 77.4 -0.001290323 1983.3 77.3 -0.01653944 1983.4 77.8 -0.013941698 1984.1 78.5 -0.002541296 1984.2 78.9 0.019379845 1984.3 79.8 0.032341527 1984.4 80.4 0.033419023 1985.1 81.3 0.03566879 1985.2 81.8 0.036755387 1985.3 82 0.027568922 1985.4 82.9 0.031094527 1986.1 83 0.020910209 1986.2 83.1 0.015892421 1986.3 83.6 0.019512195 1986.4 85.2 0.02774427 1987.1 85.8 0.03373494 1987.2 86.1 0.036101083 1987.3 87.1 0.041866029 1987.4 87.4 0.025821596 1988.1 88.2 0.027972028 1988.2 89.2 0.036004646 1988.3 90 0.033295063 1988.4 90.1 0.030892449 1989.1 90.3 0.023809524 1989.2 90.6 0.015695067 1989.3 91.2 0.013333333 1989.4 92.2 0.023307436 1990.1 92.9 0.028792913 1990.2 94.3 0.040838852 1990.3 95.6 0.048245614 1990.4 97.2 0.054229935 1991.1 97.7 0.051668461 1991.2 98.1 0.040296925 1991.3 98.8 0.033472803 1991.4 99.3 0.021604938 1992.1 99.6 0.019447288 1992.2 99.6 0.01529052 1992.3 100.9 0.021255061 1992.4 99.9 0.006042296 1993.1 101.3 0.017068273 1993.2 102 0.024096386 1993.3 102 0.010901883 1993.4 101.4 0.015015015 1994.1 102.6 0.012833169 1994.2 102.2 0.001960784 1994.3 102.6 0.005882353 1994.4 102.5 0.010848126 1995.1 103.1 0.004873294 1995.2 103.5 0.012720157 1995.3 104 0.013645224 1995.4 104 0.014634146 1996.1 103.7 0.005819593 1996.2 103.7 0.001932367 1996.3 104.5 0.004807692 1996.4 104.9 0.008653846 1997.1 105.8 0.020250723 1997.2 105.7 0.019286403 1997.3 106 0.014354067 1997.4 107.3 0.022878932 1998.1 107.4 0.015122873 1998.2 108.6 0.02743614 1998.3 109.4 0.032075472 1998.4 109.5 0.020503262 1999.1 109.9 0.023277467 1999.2 111.1 0.023020258 1999.3 111 0.014625229 1999.4 110.2 0.006392694 2000.1 110.6 0.006369427