Table 2. Manufacturing Sector: Productivity and related measures, 1987-2006
Indexes (2000=100)
Productivity Inputs
Output Output Purc- Comb-
per per Multi- Sect- Cap- hased ined
hour unit factor oral ital busi- units
of all of Product- out- Serv- Mater- ness of all
Year persons capital ivity1 put Hours2 ices4 Energy ials services inputs3
1987 64.1 96.4 85.0 64.1 100.0 66.5 99.1 63.2 65.2 75.4
1988 65.4 99.7 86.4 67.4 103.1 67.6 103.1 64.1 71.0 78.0
1989 66.1 99.1 86.0 68.5 103.7 69.2 102.9 65.3 75.2 79.7
1990 67.5 96.1 85.4 68.3 101.1 71.1 105.1 66.2 76.6 80.0
1991 69.3 92.2 85.1 67.1 96.9 72.8 104.7 65.8 76.0 78.9
1992 71.9 93.0 84.6 69.3 96.4 74.5 103.7 71.5 81.5 82.0
1993 73.8 94.3 86.8 72.0 97.7 76.4 107.1 72.1 81.6 83.0
1994 76.4 97.2 89.2 76.3 100.0 78.5 110.4 74.9 84.7 85.6
1995 79.8 98.7 90.8 80.3 100.6 81.4 113.7 78.9 88.8 88.5
1996 82.7 98.0 91.2 83.1 100.4 84.8 110.4 86.0 88.5 91.1
1997 87.3 100.6 93.8 89.2 102.2 88.7 108.2 92.9 92.1 95.1
1998 92.0 100.7 95.9 93.8 101.9 93.2 105.4 97.7 95.0 97.8
1999 96.1 100.4 96.7 97.4 101.3 97.0 105.5 102.6 100.0 100.7
2000 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2001 101.6 93.5 98.7 94.9 93.5 101.5 90.6 93.3 100.7 96.2
2002 108.6 92.3 102.4 94.3 86.8 102.1 89.3 88.4 98.2 92.1
2003 115.3 93.2 105.2 95.2 82.6 102.1 84.4 87.7 99.1 90.5
2004 117.9 95.4 108.0 96.9 82.2 101.6 84.0 87.3 97.0 89.7
2005 123.5 98.9 108.4 100.4 81.3 101.5 91.6 92.4 104.5 92.7
2006 125.0 100.2 110.1 102.3 81.8 102.0 86.6 91.5 106.6 92.9
1. Sectoral output per unit of combined inputs.
2. Hours at work of all persons.
3. Combined units of capital services, hours, energy, non-energy materials,
and purchased business services, superlative chain index.
Source: Output data are from the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of
Commerce, and modified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),
U.S. Department of Labor. Compensation and hours data are from BLS.
Capital measures are based on data supplied by BEA. See also
Summary of Methods in this release.