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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), 3rd quarter 2025
Quarter Output Hours worked Labor productivity (output per hour)

Q1 2017

99.447 99.197 100.252

Q2 2017

100.156 99.404 100.756

Q3 2017

99.635 100.313 99.324

Q4 2017

100.762 101.066 99.699

Q1 2018

101.125 101.195 99.931

Q2 2018

102.013 101.317 100.687

Q3 2018

102.552 102.155 100.389

Q4 2018

102.238 102.323 99.916

Q1 2019

100.952 101.900 99.069

Q2 2019

99.951 101.959 98.030

Q3 2019

99.491 102.179 97.370

Q4 2019

98.706 101.567 97.183

Q1 2020

96.924 99.749 97.168

Q2 2020

83.932 87.873 95.515

Q3 2020

93.446 94.103 99.302

Q4 2020

95.281 96.152 99.094

Q1 2021

95.198 96.329 98.826

Q2 2021

96.764 96.540 100.232

Q3 2021

97.430 97.708 99.716

Q4 2021

98.537 99.467 99.065

Q1 2022

98.809 100.752 98.071

Q2 2022

99.197 101.222 97.999

Q3 2022

99.037 102.018 97.078

Q4 2022

98.313 102.065 96.324

Q1 2023

98.421 102.147 96.352

Q2 2023

98.597 101.258 97.372

Q3 2023

98.457 101.289 97.204

Q4 2023

98.255 100.545 97.723

Q1 2024

97.753 100.372 97.390

Q2 2024

98.025 100.592 97.448

Q3 2024

97.445 100.239 97.213

Q4 2024

96.921 99.847 97.069

Q1 2025

97.862 99.945 97.916

Q2 2025

98.552 99.933 98.618

Q3 2025

99.182 99.761 99.420