Labor productivity, output, and hours worked indexes, nonfarm business

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Labor productivity (output per hour), output, and hours worked indexes, nonfarm business (2017 = 100), 3rd quarter 2025
Quarter	Output	Hours worked	Labor productivity (output per hour)
Q1 2017	98.631	99.195	99.432
Q2 2017	99.309	99.823	99.485
Q3 2017	100.344	100.050	100.294
Q4 2017	101.716	100.678	101.031
Q1 2018	102.641	101.265	101.359
Q2 2018	103.158	101.761	101.372
Q3 2018	103.911	102.206	101.668
Q4 2018	104.053	102.529	101.486
Q1 2019	104.960	102.560	102.341
Q2 2019	105.937	102.882	102.970
Q3 2019	107.435	103.176	104.128
Q4 2019	108.191	102.939	105.102
Q1 2020	106.172	101.426	104.679
Q2 2020	96.107	87.551	109.773
Q3 2020	105.656	94.766	111.492
Q4 2020	107.095	96.832	110.598
Q1 2021	108.985	97.816	111.418
Q2 2021	111.152	99.603	111.595
Q3 2021	112.129	101.020	110.997
Q4 2021	114.456	102.515	111.648
Q1 2022	113.815	103.278	110.202
Q2 2022	113.796	104.055	109.361
Q3 2022	114.617	104.728	109.443
Q4 2022	115.488	104.978	110.012
Q1 2023	116.306	105.437	110.309
Q2 2023	117.151	105.182	111.380
Q3 2023	118.721	105.247	112.802
Q4 2023	119.801	105.221	113.857
Q1 2024	119.862	105.137	114.006
Q2 2024	121.038	105.383	114.855
Q3 2024	122.190	105.573	115.740
Q4 2024	122.712	105.792	115.993
Q1 2025	122.436	106.112	115.384
Q2 2025	123.993	106.383	116.554
Q3 2025	125.637	106.503	117.966