"Figure 1: Whole economy unit labour costs increased by 2.1% compared with the same quarter a year ago","" "Whole economy unit labour costs, quarter on year growth rates, seasonally adjusted, UK, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2009 to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Labour costs per hour estimates will differ from those in our index of Labour costs per hour bulletin, due to differences in methodology." "Unit","%" "","" "Date","Output per hour (sign reversed)","Labour costs per hour","ULC" "2009 Q3","0.9","3.9","4.8" "2009 Q4","-0.7","5","4.2" "2010 Q1","-1.6","4.8","3.1" "2010 Q2","-1.6","1.5","-0.1" "2010 Q3","-1.1","1.5","0.4" "2010 Q4","-0.8","-0.3","-1.1" "2011 Q1","-0.7","0.9","0.1" "2011 Q2","-1.7","1.9","0.2" "2011 Q3","-0.9","0.2","-0.7" "2011 Q4","-1.2","1.7","0.5" "2012 Q1","-0.6","0.9","0.3" "2012 Q2","1.4","0.2","1.6" "2012 Q3","0.8","2.1","2.9" "2012 Q4","1.4","0.2","1.7" "2013 Q1","1","0.7","1.7" "2013 Q2","0.1","3.5","3.6" "2013 Q3","0.6","1.4","2" "2013 Q4","-0.2","3.3","3.1" "2014 Q1","0","2","2" "2014 Q2","0","-2.1","-2.2" "2014 Q3","-1.1","-0.4","-1.5" "2014 Q4","-1.1","-0.8","-1.9" "2015 Q1","-1.1","-0.1","-1.1" "2015 Q2","-1.8","2.3","0.5" "2015 Q3","-1.5","3.3","1.8" "2015 Q4","0.3","1.6","2" "2016 Q1","-0.4","1.1","0.7" "2016 Q2","0.2","2.7","2.9" "2016 Q3","0.1","2.4","2.4" "2016 Q4","-1.9","3","1" "2017 Q1","-0.9","3.7","2.8" "2017 Q2","-0.4","1.7","1.3" "2017 Q3","-1.5","1.9","0.4" "2017 Q4","-1.2","3.5","2.3" "2018 Q1","-1","3.7","2.7" "2018 Q2","-1.5","3.6","2.1" "2018 Q3","0.2","2.6","2.9" "2018 Q4","0.1","2.9","3.1" "2019 Q1","0.2","1.9","2.1"