Title: Manufacturing Sector: Unit Labor Cost Series ID: ULCMFG Source: U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Productivity and Costs Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Quarterly Units: Index 2005=100 Date Range: 1987-01-01 to 2011-10-01 Last Updated: 2012-02-02 8:01 AM CST Notes: Effective February 5, 2004, Productivity and Cost measures for the manufacturing sector are now reported using the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Because of the reclassification, these measures are not directly comparable with manufacturing measures published on or before Dec. 3, 2003. For further information, please visit the Bureau Of Labor Statistics web site at http://www.bls.gov/lpc/home.htm DATE VALUE 1987-01-01 98.021 1987-04-01 96.751 1987-07-01 96.607 1987-10-01 95.759 1988-01-01 97.271 1988-04-01 97.619 1988-07-01 98.565 1988-10-01 99.200 1989-01-01 98.802 1989-04-01 99.082 1989-07-01 100.717 1989-10-01 101.867 1990-01-01 101.022 1990-04-01 102.637 1990-07-01 102.759 1990-10-01 104.329 1991-01-01 105.779 1991-04-01 106.202 1991-07-01 105.736 1991-10-01 106.346 1992-01-01 107.318 1992-04-01 106.940 1992-07-01 106.785 1992-10-01 106.757 1993-01-01 105.853 1993-04-01 106.508 1993-07-01 107.253 1993-10-01 106.914 1994-01-01 106.690 1994-04-01 105.469 1994-07-01 105.437 1994-10-01 104.857 1995-01-01 102.254 1995-04-01 102.587 1995-07-01 102.882 1995-10-01 102.732 1996-01-01 101.177 1996-04-01 101.038 1996-07-01 100.388 1996-10-01 100.215 1997-01-01 98.529 1997-04-01 98.156 1997-07-01 97.266 1997-10-01 97.416 1998-01-01 97.985 1998-04-01 98.883 1998-07-01 98.783 1998-10-01 98.069 1999-01-01 97.859 1999-04-01 97.478 1999-07-01 98.366 1999-10-01 98.064 2000-01-01 101.086 2000-04-01 99.606 2000-07-01 101.898 2000-10-01 101.559 2001-01-01 102.696 2001-04-01 102.872 2001-07-01 103.091 2001-10-01 102.994 2002-01-01 102.125 2002-04-01 101.539 2002-07-01 100.550 2002-10-01 100.664 2003-01-01 101.998 2003-04-01 102.811 2003-07-01 102.436 2003-10-01 104.248 2004-01-01 99.959 2004-04-01 101.083 2004-07-01 102.680 2004-10-01 101.842 2005-01-01 99.451 2005-04-01 99.761 2005-07-01 100.916 2005-10-01 99.870 2006-01-01 101.283 2006-04-01 100.837 2006-07-01 100.406 2006-10-01 101.868 2007-01-01 101.530 2007-04-01 100.261 2007-07-01 99.624 2007-10-01 100.366 2008-01-01 101.528 2008-04-01 103.435 2008-07-01 106.152 2008-10-01 110.374 2009-01-01 110.905 2009-04-01 111.319 2009-07-01 108.328 2009-10-01 107.260 2010-01-01 105.313 2010-04-01 104.961 2010-07-01 104.841 2010-10-01 104.179 2011-01-01 104.133 2011-04-01 104.131 2011-07-01 102.644 2011-10-01 103.046