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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), 4th quarter 2024
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 96.156 99.001

Q1 2021

95.253 96.333 98.879

Q2 2021

96.705 96.544 100.167

Q3 2021

97.396 97.708 99.681

Q4 2021

98.674 99.463 99.207

Q1 2022

99.321 100.733 98.599

Q2 2022

99.984 101.195 98.803

Q3 2022

100.042 101.987 98.093

Q4 2022

99.239 102.034 97.261

Q1 2023

99.358 102.112 97.303

Q2 2023

99.424 101.222 98.223

Q3 2023

99.327 101.254 98.097

Q4 2023

98.990 100.498 98.500

Q1 2024

98.773 100.313 98.464

Q2 2024

99.120 100.525 98.602

Q3 2024

98.941 100.172 98.771

Q4 2024

98.610 99.757 98.850