Department of Labor Logo United States Department of Labor
Dot gov

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Economic News Release
PRINT:Print

Table 3: Private nonfarm business sector: indexes of productivity and related measures, 1987-2020

Table 3. Private nonfarm business sector: indexes of productivity and related
measures, 1987-2020 period1

Indexes 2012=100

                                                                              
               Output                                  Combined               
               per                                     units of               
               unit of Multi-                          labor and              
       Labor   capital factor   Value-         Capital capital                
       produc- servic- Product- added          Servic- servic-   Capital      
Year   tivity2 es      ivity3   Output4 Labor5 es6     es7       Intensity8   

1987    58.1    118.6   79.8    48.5    74.4    40.9    60.8      49.0
1988    59.0    119.5   80.7    50.8    76.8    42.5    62.9      49.4
1989    59.5    119.0   80.8    52.6    79.3    44.2    65.1      50.0

1990    60.6    116.8   80.9    53.4    79.6    45.7    66.0      51.9
1991    61.7    112.6   80.5    53.1    78.3    47.2    66.0      54.7
1992    64.4    114.3   82.8    55.3    78.7    48.4    66.7      56.4
1993    64.5    113.9   82.5    57.0    81.6    50.0    69.1      56.6
1994    65.0    114.7   82.8    59.6    85.1    52.0    72.0      56.6

1995    65.7    113.6   83.0    61.7    87.3    54.3    74.4      57.9
1996    67.1    113.3   83.8    64.5    89.8    56.9    77.0      59.3
1997    68.4    113.0   84.6    67.8    93.0    60.0    80.2      60.5
1998    70.5    112.2   85.9    71.5    95.5    63.7    83.2      62.8
1999    73.2    111.4   87.7    75.5    97.5    67.8    86.1      65.7

2000    75.6    109.5   89.0    79.1    99.1    72.2    88.9      69.0
2001    77.8    105.3   89.4    79.8    97.5    75.8    89.3      73.9
2002    81.3    103.6   91.2    81.2    95.5    78.4    89.0      78.5
2003    84.4    104.0   93.4    83.9    95.5    80.7    89.8      81.2
2004    86.8    105.5   95.4    87.4    97.0    82.9    91.6      82.3

2005    88.7    106.0   96.8    90.9    98.8    85.7    93.8      83.7
2006    89.7    105.8   97.3    94.1   101.4    88.9    96.7      84.8
2007    91.4    104.9   97.8    96.4   102.7    91.9    98.6      87.1
2008    92.4    100.9   96.7    95.4   101.2    94.6    98.7      91.6
2009    96.0     96.1   96.8    92.0    94.6    95.7    95.0      99.8

2010    99.3     98.6   99.4    95.0    95.0    96.4    95.6     100.7
2011    99.2     98.8   99.3    96.9    97.3    98.1    97.6     100.4
2012   100.0    100.0  100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0     100.0
2013   100.5     99.8  100.1   102.3   102.0   102.5   102.2     100.8
2014   101.4    100.1  100.6   105.5   104.6   105.4   104.9     101.2

2015   103.0    100.8  101.8   109.5   107.1   108.6   107.7     102.1
2016   103.4     99.6  101.4   111.5   108.9   111.9   110.1     103.7
2017   104.6     99.7  101.9   114.6   111.0   115.0   112.5     104.9
2018   106.1    100.3  102.8   118.6   113.6   118.3   115.4     105.8
2019   108.0     99.8  103.6   121.6   114.8   121.9   117.4     108.3

2020   110.7     93.4  101.8   116.5   108.8   124.8   114.5     118.6

See footnotes following table 4.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics


Table of Contents

Last Modified Date: March 23, 2021