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), 3rd quarter 2024
Quarter
Output
Hours worked
Labor productivity (output per hour)
Q1 2017
99.550 99.164 100.390
Q2 2017
100.153 99.347 100.811
Q3 2017
99.564 100.391 99.176
Q4 2017
100.734 101.106 99.632
Q1 2018
101.153 101.200 99.954
Q2 2018
102.042 101.325 100.708
Q3 2018
102.568 102.165 100.394
Q4 2018
102.149 102.337 99.816
Q1 2019
100.842 101.923 98.940
Q2 2019
99.898 101.993 97.946
Q3 2019
99.524 102.204 97.378
Q4 2019
98.808 101.598 97.253
Q1 2020
97.065 99.840 97.221
Q2 2020
83.990 87.955 95.492
Q3 2020
93.413 94.087 99.284
Q4 2020
95.196 96.103 99.056
Q1 2021
95.253 96.397 98.814
Q2 2021
96.705 96.666 100.040
Q3 2021
97.396 97.811 99.575
Q4 2021
98.674 99.422 99.248
Q1 2022
99.321 100.778 98.555
Q2 2022
99.984 101.298 98.703
Q3 2022
100.042 102.216 97.873
Q4 2022
99.239 101.974 97.318
Q1 2023
99.358 102.165 97.252
Q2 2023
99.424 101.552 97.905
Q3 2023
99.327 101.712 97.655
Q4 2023
98.990 100.856 98.150
Q1 2024
98.773 100.813 97.977
Q2 2024
99.122 101.118 98.026
Q3 2024
99.018 100.793 98.239
United States Department of Labor
