Percent change in productivity

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Percent change in productivity
Industry	Productivity 1-year percent change, 2024	Productivity annual percent change, 1987-2024
Mining	5.4	1.9
Oil and gas extraction	1.6	3.4
Mining, except oil and gas	-5.2	0.8
Coal mining	-5.9	1.1
Metal ore mining	-10.8	-0.5
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	-2.2	1.0
Support activities for mining	-5.1	1.6
Support activities for mining	-5.1	1.6
Food	-5.1	0.4
Animal food	-2.9	1.2
Grain and oilseed milling	-12.3	1.5
Sugar and confectionery products	-6.6	0.6
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty	-7.7	0.5
Dairy products	-6.3	0.8
Animal slaughtering and processing	-3.8	0.4
Seafood product preparation and packaging	-12.6	0.6
Bakeries and tortilla products	-0.9	-0.1
Other food products	-5.8	-0.5
Beverages and tobacco products	-2.1	-1.2
Beverages	0.2	-0.5
Tobacco	-18.8	1.5
Textile mills	1.8	1.8
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills	6.7	1.5
Fabric mills	3.9	2.3
Textile and fabric finishing mills	-6.6	0.1
Textile product mills	0.3	0.4
Textile furnishings mills	-1.2	0.4
Other textile product mills	2.3	0.8
Apparel	-3.0	0.0
Apparel knitting mills	1.7	0.8
Cut and sew apparel	-2.2	0.2
Accessories and other apparel	-8.0	-3.0
Leather and allied products	3.1	1.0
Leather and hide tanning and finishing	3.7	0.9
Footwear	0.4	0.8
Other leather products	5.5	0.9
Paper	-2.0	0.9
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	-0.4	1.6
Converted paper products	-2.7	0.4
Printing and related support activities	1.1	0.8
Printing and related support activities	1.1	0.8
Petroleum and coal products	-0.7	1.9
Petroleum and coal products	-0.7	1.9
Chemicals	2.1	0.8
Basic chemicals	1.5	1.7
Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers	1.3	1.5
Agricultural chemicals	-5.7	1.4
Pharmaceuticals and medicines	3.3	-0.8
Paints, coatings, and adhesives	-1.1	-0.2
Soaps, cleaning compounds, and toiletries	7.7	0.3
Other chemical products and preparations	-0.7	1.6
Plastics and rubber products	1.4	1.0
Plastics products	1.2	0.8
Rubber products	2.0	1.4
Wood products	0.8	0.8
Sawmills and wood preservation	3.0	1.6
Plywood and engineered wood products	-0.2	0.5
Other wood products	0.4	0.5
Nonmetallic mineral products	-7.7	0.3
Clay products and refractories	-11.9	0.7
Glass and glass products	1.9	1.4
Cement and concrete products	-13.8	-0.5
Lime and gypsum products	-3.1	0.6
Other nonmetallic mineral products	-1.7	0.3
Primary metals	1.8	1.4
Iron and steel mills and ferroalloys	-0.5	1.8
Steel products from purchased steel	1.1	0.7
Alumina and aluminum production	3.1	1.2
Other nonferrous metal production	-0.5	0.7
Foundries	5.5	1.1
Fabricated metal products	-3.3	0.6
Forging and stamping	-3.0	1.3
Cutlery and handtools	2.0	0.7
Architectural and structural metals	-0.1	0.4
Boilers, tanks, and shipping containers	-3.1	0.2
Hardware	-6.4	0.1
Spring and wire products	-10.4	0.5
Machine shops and threaded products	-3.0	1.4
Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals	-6.7	1.3
Other fabricated metal products	-8.9	-0.1
Machinery	-4.3	1.1
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery	-9.0	1.1
Industrial machinery	-2.5	0.5
Commercial and service industry machinery	3.6	1.3
HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment	-2.9	0.5
Metalworking machinery	-0.6	1.5
Turbine and power transmission equipment	-7.1	1.1
Other general purpose machinery	-3.8	1.0
Computer and electronic products	1.0	7.4
Computer and peripheral equipment	4.9	13.3
Communications equipment	2.4	4.6
Audio and video equipment	-6.4	2.4
Semiconductors and electronic components	1.1	10.4
Electronic instruments	1.0	2.6
Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing	1.6	-0.5
Electrical equipment and appliances	1.0	1.2
Electric lighting equipment	-2.9	1.1
Household appliances	17.8	2.5
Electrical equipment	-5.5	1.0
Other electrical equipment and components	1.2	0.7
Transportation equipment	-2.5	2.0
Motor vehicles	-4.4	2.1
Motor vehicle bodies and trailers	-2.0	0.9
Motor vehicle parts	1.8	2.4
Aerospace products and parts	-5.8	1.0
Railroad rolling stock	-1.3	2.0
Ship and boat building	-1.8	1.5
Other transportation equipment	8.4	2.5
Furniture and related products	0.8	0.9
Household and institutional furniture	1.0	1.0
Office furniture and fixtures	-1.9	0.5
Other furniture related products	11.0	1.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing	-3.0	1.1
Medical equipment and supplies	-5.8	1.5
Other miscellaneous manufacturing	0.1	0.5