Chart 8c. Index of productivity in the nondurable goods manufacturing sector, new and old hours calculation methods, seasonally adjusted, second quarter 2006 to fourth quarter 2021 (Q2 2006 = 100)
Quarter Productivity, new Productivity, old

Q2 2006

100.0 100.0

Q3 2006

100.8 100.5

Q4 2006

102.6 102.4

Q1 2007

103.6 103.2

Q2 2007

103.3 103.1

Q3 2007

103.5 104.2

Q4 2007

103.5 104.2

Q1 2008

103.8 104.5

Q2 2008

102.5 103.2

Q3 2008

101.1 100.9

Q4 2008

101.7 102.0

Q1 2009

102.3 102.6

Q2 2009

104.2 104.2

Q3 2009

105.5 105.7

Q4 2009

106.9 107.3

Q1 2010

107.4 108.1

Q2 2010

108.0 108.8

Q3 2010

108.8 108.9

Q4 2010

109.4 109.8

Q1 2011

109.6 110.2

Q2 2011

109.2 110.2

Q3 2011

110.0 110.5

Q4 2011

109.7 110.2

Q1 2012

109.3 109.4

Q2 2012

109.0 108.8

Q3 2012

107.9 108.8

Q4 2012

108.8 109.4

Q1 2013

110.1 110.5

Q2 2013

111.0 111.5

Q3 2013

110.4 111.0

Q4 2013

110.4 110.3

Q1 2014

110.3 110.3

Q2 2014

110.9 111.1

Q3 2014

111.3 111.5

Q4 2014

109.4 109.5

Q1 2015

109.0 109.1

Q2 2015

109.1 108.9

Q3 2015

108.8 109.7

Q4 2015

109.3 109.5

Q1 2016

110.9 111.0

Q2 2016

109.4 109.9

Q3 2016

108.1 109.1

Q4 2016

109.0 108.8

Q1 2017

108.0 108.1

Q2 2017

107.8 107.6

Q3 2017

105.3 105.8

Q4 2017

106.2 106.1

Q1 2018

106.6 106.1

Q2 2018

107.8 107.0

Q3 2018

107.1 106.7

Q4 2018

106.2 106.9

Q1 2019

107.1 107.7

Q2 2019

106.1 106.7

Q3 2019

105.8 106.2

Q4 2019

106.1 105.5

Q1 2020

106.8 106.8

Q2 2020

105.8 105.9

Q3 2020

105.9 105.9

Q4 2020

105.4 105.8

Q1 2021

105.8 105.2

Q2 2021

108.3 108.1

Q3 2021

107.5 107.1

Q4 2021

106.2 106.0

Note: "Productivity, new" uses all-employee hours paid with a paid-time-off and off-the-clock hours adjustment; "Productivity, old" uses employee hours calculated with the old (2004) method. Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.