U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics@bls · official source
Productivity increases 2.8% in Q4 2025; unit labor costs also increase 2.8% (annual rates)
· via BLS
Key points
- From fourth quarter 2024 to fourth quarter 2025, nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 2.8 percent.
- Unit labor costs increased 1.3 percent over the last four quarters.
- Unit labor costs in the total manufacturing sector increased 8.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, reflecting a 6.2-percent increase in hourly compensation and a 1.9-percent decrease in productivity.
- This is the largest increase in manufacturing unit labor costs since the third quarter of 2022, when the measure increased 11.4 percent.
- Unit labor costs were revised up 0.1 percentage point to a decrease of 1.8 percent.
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BLSMar 5, 2026Official release ↗
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