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), 4th quarter 2023
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
100.847 101.743 99.119
Q2 2019
99.933 101.790 98.176
Q3 2019
99.703 102.052 97.698
Q4 2019
99.121 101.469 97.686
Q1 2020
97.660 99.633 98.020
Q2 2020
84.535 87.349 96.778
Q3 2020
94.075 93.727 100.371
Q4 2020
95.742 95.756 99.986
Q1 2021
95.784 96.072 99.700
Q2 2021
97.223 96.358 100.898
Q3 2021
98.010 97.499 100.524
Q4 2021
99.175 99.042 100.134
Q1 2022
99.936 100.418 99.520
Q2 2022
100.675 100.958 99.720
Q3 2022
100.774 101.864 98.930
Q4 2022
99.843 101.638 98.234
Q1 2023
99.738 101.935 97.845
Q2 2023
100.006 101.309 98.714
Q3 2023
99.824 101.434 98.412
Q4 2023
99.318 100.598 98.728
United States Department of Labor
