Table 1. Manufacturing Sector: Productivity and related measures, 1987-2006
Table 1. Manufacturing Sector: Productivity and related measures, 1988-2006
Percent change from previous year
Productivity Inputs
Output Output Purc- Comb-
per per Multi- Sect- Cap- hased ined
hour unit factor oral ital busi- units
of all of Product- out- Serv- Mater- ness of all
Year persons capital ivity1 put Hours2 ices Energy ials services inputs3
1988 2.1 3.4 1.7 5.2 3.0 1.7 4.0 1.4 8.9 3.4
1989 1.0 -0.6 -0.5 1.6 0.6 2.2 -0.2 1.9 6.0 2.2
1990 2.2 -3.0 -0.7 -0.3 -2.5 2.8 2.1 1.4 1.8 0.4
1991 2.6 -4.0 -0.3 -1.7 -4.2 2.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.7 -1.4
1992 3.8 0.8 -0.6 3.3 -0.5 2.4 -0.9 8.6 7.1 3.9
1993 2.5 1.3 2.7 3.9 1.3 2.5 3.2 0.9 0.2 1.2
1994 3.5 3.1 2.7 6.0 2.4 2.8 3.1 3.9 3.7 3.1
1995 4.5 1.5 1.8 5.3 0.7 3.7 3.0 5.3 4.9 3.4
1996 3.6 -0.7 0.5 3.4 -0.2 4.1 -2.9 9.0 -0.4 2.9
1997 5.5 2.6 2.8 7.4 1.7 4.6 -1.9 8.0 4.1 4.4
1998 5.4 0.1 2.3 5.2 -0.2 5.0 -2.6 5.2 3.2 2.9
1999 4.5 -0.3 0.8 3.8 -0.7 4.1 0.1 5.0 5.3 3.0
2000 4.0 -0.4 3.5 2.7 -1.3 3.1 -5.2 -2.6 0.0 -0.7
2001 1.6 -6.5 -1.3 -5.1 -6.5 1.5 -9.4 -6.7 0.7 -3.8
2002 6.9 -1.2 3.7 -0.7 -7.1 0.6 -1.5 -5.3 -2.5 -4.2
2003 6.2 1.0 2.8 1.0 -4.9 0.0 -5.5 -0.8 0.9 -1.8
2004 2.3 2.3 2.6 1.7 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -2.1 -0.9
2005 4.8 3.7 0.4 3.7 -1.1 0.0 9.1 5.9 7.8 3.3
2006 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.8 0.6 0.5 -5.5 -1.0 2.0 0.3
1. Sectoral output per unit of combined inputs.
2. Hours at work of all persons.
3. Combined units of capital services, hours, energy, non-energy materials,
and purchased business services, superlative chain index.
Source: Output data are from the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of
Commerce, and modified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),
U.S. Department of Labor. Compensation and hours data are from BLS.
Capital measures are based on data supplied by BEA. See also
Summary of Methods in this release.
Last Modified Date: May 01, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
