Chart 8a. Index of productivity in the nonfarm business 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

99.8 99.7

Q4 2006

100.5 100.5

Q1 2007

100.6 100.8

Q2 2007

100.9 101.1

Q3 2007

101.9 102.1

Q4 2007

102.8 102.9

Q1 2008

102.1 102.2

Q2 2008

103.2 103.3

Q3 2008

103.5 103.6

Q4 2008

103.2 103.0

Q1 2009

104.1 103.9

Q2 2009

106.4 106.1

Q3 2009

108.0 107.5

Q4 2009

109.6 109.2

Q1 2010

109.9 109.8

Q2 2010

110.1 110.0

Q3 2010

110.9 110.6

Q4 2010

111.2 111.0

Q1 2011

110.4 110.3

Q2 2011

110.4 110.4

Q3 2011

110.1 110.1

Q4 2011

110.8 110.8

Q1 2012

111.2 111.3

Q2 2012

111.7 111.8

Q3 2012

111.5 111.7

Q4 2012

111.1 111.3

Q1 2013

111.6 111.9

Q2 2013

111.2 111.5

Q3 2013

111.8 112.0

Q4 2013

112.7 112.8

Q1 2014

111.5 111.7

Q2 2014

112.5 112.7

Q3 2014

113.4 113.7

Q4 2014

112.7 113.1

Q1 2015

113.5 114.0

Q2 2015

113.9 114.3

Q3 2015

114.3 114.3

Q4 2015

113.7 113.8

Q1 2016

114.0 114.2

Q2 2016

114.0 114.1

Q3 2016

114.5 114.5

Q4 2016

115.2 115.2

Q1 2017

115.3 115.3

Q2 2017

115.3 115.1

Q3 2017

116.3 116.1

Q4 2017

116.7 116.6

Q1 2018

117.1 117.0

Q2 2018

117.7 117.4

Q3 2018

117.8 117.8

Q4 2018

117.8 117.8

Q1 2019

118.8 118.8

Q2 2019

119.7 119.9

Q3 2019

120.0 120.3

Q4 2019

120.8 120.7

Q1 2020

120.3 119.9

Q2 2020

124.3 122.9

Q3 2020

126.0 124.7

Q4 2020

125.0 123.9

Q1 2021

125.9 124.5

Q2 2021

126.6 125.5

Q3 2021

125.7 124.3

Q4 2021

127.0 126.2

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.