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Labor productivity–defined as output per hour–increased in 13 of the 21 manufacturing industries in 2012. Output increased in 17 industries, and hours fell in 5 industries.
3-digit manufacturing industry | Output per hour | Output | Hours |
---|---|---|---|
Transportation equipment | 5.6 | 12.8 | 6.8 |
Miscellaneous manufacturing | 4.4 | 5.5 | 1.1 |
Furniture and related products | 3.9 | 4.7 | 0.7 |
Machinery | 3.4 | 7.0 | 3.5 |
Computer and electronic products | 2.7 | 1.4 | -1.2 |
Fabricated metal products | 2.0 | 7.2 | 5.1 |
Plastics and rubber products | 1.8 | 3.2 | 1.3 |
Beverage and tobacco products | 1.8 | 1.6 | -0.2 |
Wood products | 1.2 | 4.3 | 3.0 |
Food | 1.1 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
Primary metals | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
Paper and paper products | 0.6 | -2.4 | -3.0 |
Textile mills | 0.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
Printing and related support activities | -0.2 | -2.4 | -2.2 |
Nonmetallic mineral products | -0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
Chemicals | -0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Textile product mills | -0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
Apparel | -1.5 | -3.5 | -2.1 |
Electrical equipment and appliances | -2.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
Leather and allied products | -8.1 | -0.1 | 8.6 |
Petroleum and coal products | -8.7 | 1.0 | 10.6 |
Note: All measures are preliminary and subject to revision. |
Among the 21 manufacturing industries in 2012, productivity rose fastest in transportation equipment (5.6 percent), where output increased much faster than hours (12.8 percent and 6.8 percent, respectively). From 2011 to 2012, 10 of those industries registered greater productivity growth or smaller productivity declines.
These data are from the Labor Productivity and Costs program. The productivity measures reflect data classified according to the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The industry comparisons shown here are at the 3-digit level of the 6-digit NAICS coding structure. All of the measures for 2012 are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing Industries, 2012" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑14‑0492.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Labor productivity in manufacturing industries, 2012 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140402.htm (visited December 04, 2024).