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• Multifactor Productivity Trends--Published Data for Major Sectors. (HTML) (PDF)
• Multifactor Productivity Trends in Manufacturing--Published Data for 20 SIC 2-digit Manufacturing Industries.

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Data on major sectors and 20 SIC 2-digit manufacturing industries

• Most Requested Statistics--Select from lists of the most popular MFP 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.
• Download comprehensive tables of multifactor productivity and related capital data for private business, private nonfarm business and manufacturing.
• Multifactor productivity data table for utility services.
• Contributions of Manufacturing Industries to private nonfarm business multifactor productivity (PDF 50K)

Data for 3-digit SIC manufacturing, railroad transportation, and air transportation

• Multifactor productivity indexes for 3-digit manufacturing industries and railroad transportation for 1987-99 incorporate the revisions to industry output and labor input measures published on April 23, 2002.
• Important Information Regarding Industry Multifactor Productivity Data Table
• Industry Multifactor Productivity Data Table By Industry, 1987-99
• NEW Multifactor Productivity Data Now Available For Air Transportation
• Industry Multifactor Productivity Data Table By Data Series, 1987-99
• Industry Multifactor Productivity Data Table, Historical Data to 1987

• Revisions to Capital Inputs for the BLS Multifactor Productivity Measures
• Changes in the Composition of Labor, 2002 (PDF 136K) BLS Multifactor Productivity (MFP) measures for 2002 are not yet available and a publication date has not been scheduled. When updated to 2002, the MFP measures will be based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Until source data from other statistical agencies become available, the conversion of the MFP measures to NAICS cannot be completed.
• Changes in the Composition of Labor, 2001 (PDF 331K).
• "Multifactor productivity trends in manufacturing industries, 1987-96," PDF (91k), by Ziaul Z. Ahmed and Patricia S. Wilder, Monthly Labor Review, June 2001, pp.3-11.
• Multifactor Productivity Measures for Three-digit SIC Manufacturing Industries, 1990-99," (PDF 150K) Report 956, January 2002.
• Archive of MLR Articles on Productivity and Technology.
• BLS Handbook of Methods, Bulletin 2490, April 1997.
• "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.
• "Foreign Labor Statistics," Chapter 12 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, BLS Bulletin 2490, April 1997, pp. 110-121.
• "Data sources and methods for measuring multifactor productivity in the utility services industries," (PDF 219K).
• "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.
• "Hours at Work Survey, 2000," (PDF 27K), Brief description of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Hours at Work Survey for 2000.
• "Productivity Measurement with Changing-Weight Indexes of Outputs and Inputs," (PDF 131K), by Edwin R. Dean, Michael J. Harper, and Mark K. Sherwood. Discussion paper presented at the OECD Expert Workshop on Productivity: International Comparison and Measurement Issues, May 2-3, 1996.
• "Measurement of Productivity Growth in U.S. Manufacturing," (PDF 123K), by William Gullickson, Monthly Labor Review, July 1995, pp. 13-27.
• "Difficulties in the Measurement of Service Outputs," (PDF 1,417K) by Mark Sherwood, Monthly Labor Review, March 1994, pp. 11-19.
• "Hours at Work: A New Base for BLS Productivity Statistics," PDF (874K) by Mary Jablonski, Kent Kunze, and Phyllis Flohr Otto, Monthly Labor Review, February 1990, pp. 17-24.

Labor Composition and U. S. Productivity Growth, 1948-90, BLS Bulletin 2426, December 1993. Changes in the educational attainment of the work force and their impact on MFP are measured.

The Impact of Research and Development on Productivity Growth, BLS Bulletin 2331, 1989. Presents annual measures of the stock of research and development and its contribution to productivity growth in the nonfarm business sector.

Trends in Multifactor Productivity, 1948-81, BLS Bulletin 2178, 1983. Presents BLS annual indexes of MFP and output per unit of capital services for private business, private nonfarm business, and manufacturing.

Other BLS Programs

• Productivity and Costs----labor productivity and costs for major sectors of the economy (business, nonfarm business, and manufacturing) and for 3- and 4-digit industries.
• Foreign Labor Statistics --comparative information by country on productivity and unit labor costs; compensation; labor force, employment, and unemployment; and consumer prices.
• International Technical Cooperation --conducts training in labor statistics for international participants and coordinates international requests for BLS services including technical experts and short-term visits to BLS.
• Government Productivity Archive
• Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)--monthly national data by detailed industry on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on the payrolls of nonfarm establishments.
• Producer Price Indexes--monthly data on changes in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.

Other Useful Links

• Bureau of the Census
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)