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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 (2012 = 100), 1st quarter 2023
Quarter Output Hours worked Labor productivity (output per hour)

Q1 2012

99.322 99.319 100.003

Q2 2012

99.964 99.491 100.475

Q3 2012

100.262 100.009 100.253

Q4 2012

100.452 100.586 99.867

Q1 2013

101.398 101.020 100.374

Q2 2013

101.461 101.435 100.026

Q3 2013

102.522 101.964 100.547

Q4 2013

103.578 102.240 101.309

Q1 2014

103.021 102.754 100.260

Q2 2014

104.734 103.568 101.126

Q3 2014

106.374 104.337 101.952

Q4 2014

106.991 105.506 101.408

Q1 2015

108.037 105.802 102.113

Q2 2015

108.833 106.209 102.470

Q3 2015

109.185 106.224 102.788

Q4 2015

109.283 106.910 102.220

Q1 2016

110.009 107.325 102.501

Q2 2016

110.343 107.648 102.503

Q3 2016

111.111 107.919 102.958

Q4 2016

111.872 108.015 103.571

Q1 2017

112.346 108.408 103.633

Q2 2017

113.032 109.172 103.536

Q3 2017

114.268 109.279 104.565

Q4 2017

115.686 110.147 105.028

Q1 2018

116.596 110.715 105.312

Q2 2018

117.487 111.121 105.729

Q3 2018

118.521 111.693 106.113

Q4 2018

118.746 112.093 105.935

Q1 2019

119.638 112.004 106.816

Q2 2019

120.484 112.093 107.485

Q3 2019

121.767 112.647 108.096

Q4 2019

122.297 112.484 108.724

Q1 2020

120.194 110.675 108.601

Q2 2020

107.928 95.491 113.024

Q3 2020

118.873 103.536 114.813

Q4 2020

120.423 105.833 113.786

Q1 2021

122.893 107.107 114.739

Q2 2021

125.542 108.783 115.405

Q3 2021

126.385 110.349 114.532

Q4 2021

129.169 111.948 115.383

Q1 2022

128.365 112.996 113.601

Q2 2022

127.964 113.715 112.530

Q3 2022

129.113 114.397 112.864

Q4 2022

130.035 114.761 113.310

Q1 2023

130.085 115.607 112.523