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Labor productivity, output, and hours worked indexes, manufacturing

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Labor productivity (output per hour), output, and hours worked indexes, manufacturing (2017 = 100), 1st quarter 2025
Quarter Output Hours worked Labor productivity (output per hour)

Q1 2017

99.550 99.197 100.356

Q2 2017

100.153 99.404 100.753

Q3 2017

99.564 100.313 99.253

Q4 2017

100.734 101.066 99.672

Q1 2018

101.153 101.195 99.958

Q2 2018

102.042 101.317 100.716

Q3 2018

102.568 102.155 100.404

Q4 2018

102.149 102.323 99.829

Q1 2019

100.842 101.900 98.961

Q2 2019

99.898 101.959 97.979

Q3 2019

99.524 102.179 97.402

Q4 2019

98.808 101.567 97.283

Q1 2020

97.065 99.749 97.309

Q2 2020

83.990 87.873 95.581

Q3 2020

93.413 94.103 99.267

Q4 2020

95.196 96.152 99.005

Q1 2021

95.253 96.329 98.883

Q2 2021

96.705 96.540 100.171

Q3 2021

97.396 97.708 99.681

Q4 2021

98.674 99.467 99.203

Q1 2022

99.321 100.752 98.579

Q2 2022

99.984 101.222 98.776

Q3 2022

100.042 102.018 98.063

Q4 2022

99.239 102.065 97.231

Q1 2023

99.358 102.147 97.269

Q2 2023

99.424 101.258 98.189

Q3 2023

99.327 101.289 98.063

Q4 2023

98.990 100.545 98.454

Q1 2024

98.773 100.372 98.407

Q2 2024

99.120 100.592 98.537

Q3 2024

98.952 100.239 98.716

Q4 2024

98.632 99.847 98.783

Q1 2025

99.856 99.976 99.879