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Two programs develop Productivity and Costs data for elements of the U.S. economy. The Major Sector Productivity and Costs program produces quarterly and annual output per hour and unit labor costs for the U.S. business, nonfarm business, and manufacturing sectors. These are the productivity statistics most often cited by the national media.
The Industry Productivity and Costs program produces annual measures of output per hour and unit labor costs for 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries in the U.S., featuring complete coverage in manufacturing, retail trade, and in wholesale trade. There is also nearly complete coverage in mining and accommodations and food services, as well as additional coverage in other sectors.
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- Most Requested Statistics--Select from lists of the most popular Productivity statistics.
- Create Customized Tables (one screen)--this application (previously called "Public Data Query") requires a Java-enabled browser. Choose the data you want from BLS databases on a simple, one-screen form.
- Create Customized Tables (multiple screens)--a form-based query application which allows you to obtain BLS time series data based on choices you make (previously called "Selective Access").
- Series Report--Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.
- Flat files (FTP)--For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.
- Superseded historical SIC measures for manufacturing, durable manufacturing, and nondurable manufacturing sectors, 1949-2003.
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- "Productivity Measures: Business Sector and Major Subsectors," Chapter 10 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, BLS Bulletin 2490, April 1997, pp. 89-102.
- "Industry Productivity Measures," Chapter 11 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, BLS Bulletin 2490, April 1997, pp. 103-109.
- NEW "Construction of average weekly hours for supervisory and nonproduction wage and salary workers in private nonfarm establishments" (PDF 46K), October 2004.
- "Alternative measures of supervisory employee hours and productivity growth" (PDF 273K), by Lucy P. Eldridge, Marilyn E. Manser, and Phyllis Flohr Otto, Monthly Labor Review, April 2004.
- "The Effect of Outsourcing and Offshoring on BLS Productivity Measures" (PDF 32K), March 26, 2004.
- "The BLS Productivity Measurement Program," (PDF 95K), by Edwin R. Dean and Michael J. Harper, Discussion Paper presented at the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth: New Directions in Productivity Research, March 20-21, 1998.
- "Improvements to the Quarterly Productivity Measures" (PDF 53K), by Edwin R. Dean, Michael J. Harper, and Phyllis Flohr Otto, Monthly Labor Review, October 1995.
- "Hours at work ratios derived from the Employment Cost Index, 2001-2003" (PDF 689KB), Brief description of the Bureau of Labor Statistics new ratios of hours at work to hours paid and reasons for the discontinuation of the Hours at Work Survey.
- NEW "New Service Industry Productivity Measures," (PDF 30K) Report 979, September 2004.
- " New Transportation and Service Productivity Measures", Report 964, January 2003.
- "Unit Labor Costs for Selected Industries, 1987-97," (PDF 86K) Report 939, November 1999.
- "BLS completes major expansion of industry productivity series," (PDF 300K) by John Duke and Lisa Usher, Monthly Labor Review, September 1998, pp. 35-51.
- Archive of MLR Articles on Productivity and Technology.
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Nonfarm Business Sector:
Output per Hour
 +2.5% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Hourly Compensation
+4.3% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Unit Labor Costs
+1.8% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Output
+3.5% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Hours of All Persons
+1.0% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Manufacturing Sector:
Output per Hour
+6.9% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Hourly Compensation
+3.2% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Unit Labor Costs
-3.5% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Output
+6.2% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Hours of All Persons
-0.6% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
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