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News Releases
Labor Productivity
Productivity decreases 2.1% in Q1 2023; unit labor costs increase 4.2% (annual rates)
06/01/2023
Productivity decreased 2.1 percent in the nonfarm business sector in the first quarter of 2023;
unit labor costs increased 4.2 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In manufacturing,
productivity decreased 2.5 percent and unit labor costs increased 3.1 percent.
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Productivity falls in 30 of 46 wholesale and retail trade industries in 2022
05/25/2023
Retail trade productivity decreased 0.4 percent in 2022, the first decline since 2008. Wholesale trade productivity fell 1.2 percent with hours worked growing at a higher rate than output. Unit labor costs grew in both retail trade and wholesale trade.
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Productivity increases in 24 of 30 selected service-providing industries in 2021
06/30/2022
Labor productivity rose in 24 of 30 selected service-providing industries in 2021.
Output increased in 27 industries in 2021 while hours worked increased in 18 industries.
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Productivity falls in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022
05/25/2023
Labor productivity declined in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022. Output increased in 43 states and the District and hours worked increased in 48 states and the District.
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Productivity falls in 69 of 91 manufacturing and mining industries in 2022
04/27/2023
Labor productivity decreased in 66 of the 86 NAICS 4-digit manufacturing industries and in 3 of the 5 mining industries in 2022. Output rose in 48 of the 91 manufacturing and mining industries while hours worked rose in 79 industries. Forty-one industries increased both output and hours worked.
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Total Factor Productivity
Total factor productivity decreases 1.2% in 2022, following a 4.0%
increase in 2021
03/23/2023
Total factor productivity decreased 1.2 percent in the private nonfarm
business sector in 2022 as output increased 2.3 percent and combined
inputs increased 3.6 percent.
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Total factor productivity fell in 60 of 86 4-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2020
08/25/2022
Total factor productivity fell in 60 of 86 4-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2020, up from 56 of those industries that fell in 2019.
Among transportation industries, total factor productivity decreased in both air transportation and line-haul railroads.
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Total factor productivity increased in 15 out of 21 major industries in 2021
11/18/2022
In 2021, total factor productivity increased in 15 out of 21 major industries due to output growth outpacing combined inputs growth.
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Schedule of Upcoming Releases
- Upcoming Releases: Quarterly Productivity and Costs (NONFARM BUSINESS, BUSINESS, MANUFACTURING, AND NONFINANCIAL CORPORATE SECTOR) – Principal Federal Economic Indicator (PFEI)
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Archived Releases
Labor Productivity
- Quarterly preliminary and revised releases of the Productivity and Costs PFEI
- Annual releases of Productivity and Costs for Detailed Industries
- Annual releases of State Productivity
Total Factor Productivity
- Annual Total Factor Productivity for Major Sectors back to 1981
- Annual Total Factor Productivity in Major Industries
- Annual Total Factor Productivity for Detailed Industries