Core Insights - The average labor cost in Sichuan's manufacturing sector reached 7,953 yuan/month in Q2, marking a year-on-year increase of 9.79% and a month-on-month increase of 5.37% [1][2] - The average labor productivity was 30,731 yuan/month, with a year-on-year growth of 0.85%, while the labor cost profit margin stood at 123.51%, reflecting a year-on-year decline of 8.93 percentage points [1][2] Group 1: Labor Cost Analysis - The average labor cost levels for large, medium, small, and micro enterprises were 9,433 yuan/month, 9,170 yuan/month, 7,414 yuan/month, and 5,497 yuan/month, with year-on-year increases of 10.01%, 5.00%, 9.97%, and 26.08% respectively [2] - The proportion of labor costs in total costs for monitored manufacturing enterprises was 6.25%, showing a year-on-year decrease of 0.46 percentage points and a month-on-month decrease of 2.13 percentage points [2] Group 2: Industry Performance - In terms of industry performance, the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, general equipment manufacturing, and leather, fur, feather, and footwear industries saw year-on-year declines in average labor costs of 14.44%, 2.52%, and 0.76% respectively [2] - Conversely, the textile industry, beverage and refined tea manufacturing, and non-metallic mineral products industries experienced significant increases in average labor costs, with year-on-year rises of 28.91%, 22.12%, and 19.93% respectively [2] Group 3: Enterprise Size Impact - The labor productivity and labor cost profit margins in the automotive manufacturing and agricultural by-product processing industries showed significant increases, indicating good input-output efficiency [3] - For different enterprise sizes, all categories experienced rising average labor costs, with large and medium enterprises seeing profit margins decline by 3.79 and 14.64 percentage points year-on-year, while small enterprises experienced a year-on-year increase of 6.37 percentage points [3]