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Productivity increases 5.4% in Q1 2021; unit labor costs increase 1.7% (annual rates)
06/03/2021
Productivity increased 5.4 percent in the nonfarm business sector in the first quarter of 2021; unit labor costs increased 1.7 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In manufacturing, productivity decreased 1.7 percent and unit labor costs increased 10.7 percent. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts
Productivity falls in 13 of 29 selected service-providing industries in 2020
06/11/2021
Labor productivity fell in 13 of 29 service-providing industries in 2020. Output decreased in 21 industries in 2020 while hours worked decreased in 24 industries. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts
Productivity rises in 45 states and the District of Columbia in 2020
05/27/2021
Labor productivity increased in 45 states and the District of Columbia in 2020. Output decreased in all 50 states and the District and hours worked decreased in all but 1 state. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts
Productivity rises in 42 of 90 manufacturing and mining industries in 2020
04/29/2021
Labor productivity increased in 41 of the 86 NAICS 4-digit manufacturing industries and in 1 of the 4 mining industries in 2020. 80 percent of the industries recorded declines in both output and hours worked. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts
Productivity rises in 30 of 46 wholesale and retail trade industries in 2019
07/30/2020
Retail trade productivity increased 5.3 percent in 2019, the largest increase since 1999. Wholesale trade productivity rose 0.4 percent, carried by growth in nondurable goods industries. Unit labor costs fell in retail trade and increased in wholesale trade. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts
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Data for this release were revised in LPC Tables and Charts and LPC Databases on April 29, 2021. See Revisions to LPC and MFP Data for more details.
Multifactor productivity decreases 1.7% in 2020, following a 0.7% increase in 2019
03/23/2021
In 2020 multifactor productivity declined at a 1.7-percent annual rate in both the private nonfarm business and private business sectors. HTML | PDF | RSS
Manufacturing multifactor productivity declines 1.6% in 2019
11/19/2020
In 2019 multifactor productivity declined at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the manufacturing sector. This decline follows a revised 0.7-percent increase in 2018. HTML | PDF | RSS
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Data for this release were revised in MFP Tables and Charts and MFP Databases on May 20, 2021. See Revisions to MFP Data for more details.
Multifactor productivity rose in 44 of 86 4-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2018
08/27/2020
Multifactor productivity rose in 44 of the 86 4-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2018, up from 32 of the industries in 2017. Among transportation industries, multifactor productivity increased in both air transportation and line-haul railroads. HTML | PDF | RSS
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Data for this release were revised in MFP Tables and Charts and MFP Databases on June 11, 2021. See Revisions to MFP Data for more details.
Schedule of Upcoming Releases
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Upcoming Releases: Quarterly Productivity and Costs (NONFARM BUSINESS, BUSINESS, MANUFACTURING, AND NONFINANCIAL CORPORATE SECTOR) – Principal Federal Economic Indicator
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Upcoming Releases: All Productivity Releases
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Archived Productivity and Costs
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Archived Productivity and Costs by Industry