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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 2024
Quarter Output Hours worked Labor productivity (output per hour)

Q1 2017

99.609 99.164 100.449

Q2 2017

100.142 99.347 100.800

Q3 2017

99.554 100.391 99.166

Q4 2017

100.695 101.106 99.593

Q1 2018

101.143 101.200 99.944

Q2 2018

102.041 101.325 100.707

Q3 2018

102.576 102.165 100.402

Q4 2018

102.140 102.337 99.807

Q1 2019

100.847 101.923 98.944

Q2 2019

99.933 101.993 97.980

Q3 2019

99.703 102.204 97.553

Q4 2019

99.121 101.598 97.562

Q1 2020

97.660 99.840 97.817

Q2 2020

84.535 87.955 96.112

Q3 2020

94.075 94.087 99.987

Q4 2020

95.742 96.103 99.624

Q1 2021

95.784 96.397 99.364

Q2 2021

97.223 96.666 100.576

Q3 2021

98.010 97.811 100.203

Q4 2021

99.175 99.422 99.752

Q1 2022

99.936 100.778 99.165

Q2 2022

100.675 101.298 99.385

Q3 2022

100.774 102.216 98.589

Q4 2022

99.843 101.974 97.911

Q1 2023

99.738 102.165 97.624

Q2 2023

100.006 101.552 98.478

Q3 2023

99.851 101.712 98.171

Q4 2023

99.578 100.856 98.733

Q1 2024

99.523 100.793 98.740