Economic Report of the President

TABLE B-41.—Changes in productivity and related data, business sector, 1948-82[Percent change from preceding period; quarterly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates]YearOutput per houro1 all personssectorKonfarmbusinesssectorsectorOutput 1NonfarmlusirtesssectorHours of allsectorNonfarmbusinesssectorCompensation persectorNofifarmbusinesssectorReal compensationper hour*sectorNonfarmbusinessUnit labor costNonfarmbusinesssectorImplicit pricedeflator^BusinesssectorNonfarmbusinesssector194819495.31.54.32.06.1-1.96.0-1.90.7-3.31.6-3.88.51.68.62.90.72.60.83.93.0.14.1.97.0-1.06.8.9195019511952195319547.92.83.23.21.66.01.72.31.71.49.15.83.34.3-1.89.46.53.44.2-2.01.12.9.11.0-3.33.14.61.02.5-3.47.19.86.46.43.25.88.85.55.63.26.01.74.15.72.84.8.73.24.82.7-.86.93.03.11.6-.26.93.13.91.71.67.41.1.91.01.76.61.82.01.4195519561957195819594.01.02.53.13.23.9.31.72.43.47.92.61.0-1.67.38.22.81.2-1.97.93.81.5-1.5-4.53.94.12.5-.5-4.24.42.56.56.54.44.33.66.05.73.84.02.84.92.91.63.53.94.42.21.03.21.45.53.91.31.0-.35.73.91.4.61.63.33.51.32.02.23.53.6.92.3196019611962196319641.53.33.83.74.3.82.93.63.23.91.61.75.54.36.01.51.85.84.46.4.2-1.51.6.61.6.6-1.12.21.12.44.23.84.63.75.24.33.24.03.54.52.62.73.42.53.82.72.12.82.23.22.7.5.7.03.5.3.4.21.4.61.51.11.01.5.61.51.21.2196519661967196819693.53.12.23.3.23.12.51.93.3-.36.85.52.25.12.96.95.92.15.32.93.22.3.01.72.63.73.4.32.03.23.97.05.37.87.03.46.05.57.56.52.24.02.43.51.51.73.02.63.21.1.33.83.04.46.7.33.53.54.16.81.93.02.74.04.91.62.83.24.04.719701971197219731974.83.63.52.6-2.4.33.33.72.4-2.5-.83.06.66.6-2.0-1.02.96.96.8-2.1-1.6-.53.03.9.4-1.3-.43.14.3.57.36.66.58.09.47.06.66.77.69.41.32.23.11.6-1.41.02.23.31.3-1.46.42.92.95.312,16.63.22.95.012.24.54.43.45.59.54.84.53.03.810.2197519761977197819792.23.32.4.6-.92.03.22.2.6-1.3-2.06.46.65.52.3-2.26.76.75.72.2-4.13.04.14.93.2-4.13.44.45.03.59.68.67.78.69.79.68.17.58.69.3.52.61.2.9=1.4.42.21.0.9-1.77.35.15.18.010.77.54.75.28.010.79.84.75.67.59.010.35.05.77.18.8198019811982 P-.71.8.4-.91.4.2-1.52.5-2.3-1.52.2-2.5-.7.7-2.6-.7.7-2.610.49.67.310.29.77.3-2.8— 71.1-2.9-.71.111.27.76.911.28.17.19.49.55.510.29.75.91980:Iin"'."'.'.";;;;iV.6-4.32.62.0-.4-4.63.43.1-11.42.16.8-.2-11.62.77.8-.4-7.4—54.7.2-7.4-.74.612.510.710.19.411.910.210.49.8-3.9-2.62.5-2.811.815.77.37.212.415.56.86.511.210.810.09.313.212.28.68.91981:itintiv5.6.01.1-2.94.9-1.3-.3-3.57.9-.11.9-6.47.2-.8.3-7.12.1-.1-3.62.2.5.6-3.711.77.59.07.411.87.19.07.3.2.5-2.6-.4.4.1-2.6-.55.77.57.810.66.69.311.211.66.69.38.012.17.110.29.21982:IIIllIV-1.01.43.64.1.6.83.42.7-5.5.61.1-2.5-4.2.6.7-3.8-4.5-.8-2.4-6.4-4.7-.1-2.7-6.37.36.96.16.07.76.16.66.03.92.2-1.43.34.31.4-.93.38.45.52.41.87.15.23.13.23.84.34.43.53.34.04.95.11 Output refers to gross domestic product originating in the sector in 1972 dollars.2 Hours of all persons engaged in the sector, including hours of proprietors and unpaid family workers. Estimates based primarily onestablishment data.3 Wages and salaries of employees plus employers' contributions for social insurance and private benefit plans. Also includes anestimate of wages, salaries, and supplemental payments for the self-employed.* Hourly compensation divided by the consumer price index.5 Current dollar gross domestic product divided by constant dollar gross domestic product.Note.—Data relate to all persons engaged in the sector. Percent changes are based on original data and therefore may differ slightlyfrom percent changes based on indexes in Table B-40.Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.209