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	4.9	1.9
Oil and gas extraction	0.2	3.3
Mining, except oil and gas	-5.7	0.8
Coal mining	-6.6	1.0
Metal ore mining	-10.6	-0.5
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	-2.8	1.0
Support activities for mining	-5.2	1.6
Support activities for mining	-5.2	1.6
Food	-4.6	0.4
Animal food	-3.1	1.0
Grain and oilseed milling	-11.3	1.4
Sugar and confectionery products	-5.0	0.6
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty	-7.8	0.7
Dairy products	-6.7	0.7
Animal slaughtering and processing	-3.7	0.4
Seafood product preparation and packaging	-7.1	0.9
Bakeries and tortilla products	-1.4	-0.1
Other food products	-4.0	-0.5
Beverages and tobacco products	-4.2	-1.1
Beverages	-2.1	-0.2
Tobacco	-19.5	1.1
Textile mills	1.4	1.7
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills	12.5	1.5
Fabric mills	1.7	2.2
Textile and fabric finishing mills	-7.0	0.3
Textile product mills	-3.0	0.2
Textile furnishings mills	-1.9	0.2
Other textile product mills	-3.5	0.7
Apparel	-3.4	0.0
Apparel knitting mills	7.0	0.9
Cut and sew apparel	-3.8	0.3
Accessories and other apparel	-5.4	-3.0
Leather and allied products	2.1	1.2
Leather and hide tanning and finishing	2.2	1.4
Footwear	-0.4	0.7
Other leather products	4.6	1.0
Paper	-1.8	0.9
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	-0.2	1.6
Converted paper products	-2.6	0.3
Printing and related support activities	2.0	0.9
Printing and related support activities	2.0	0.9
Petroleum and coal products	-0.2	1.9
Petroleum and coal products	-0.2	1.9
Chemicals	0.7	0.7
Basic chemicals	-2.5	1.6
Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers	0.2	1.4
Agricultural chemicals	-6.5	0.8
Pharmaceuticals and medicines	2.4	-0.9
Paints, coatings, and adhesives	-3.6	-0.1
Soaps, cleaning compounds, and toiletries	9.1	0.6
Other chemical products and preparations	2.5	1.6
Plastics and rubber products	-0.2	1.0
Plastics products	-0.6	0.9
Rubber products	1.6	1.5
Wood products	1.0	0.7
Sawmills and wood preservation	1.4	1.6
Plywood and engineered wood products	-0.7	0.1
Other wood products	1.5	0.5
Nonmetallic mineral products	-7.2	0.4
Clay products and refractories	-8.6	0.5
Glass and glass products	2.5	1.7
Cement and concrete products	-12.8	-0.5
Lime and gypsum products	-5.0	0.5
Other nonmetallic mineral products	-3.2	0.4
Primary metals	2.0	1.4
Iron and steel mills and ferroalloys	-1.2	1.8
Steel products from purchased steel	0.0	0.6
Alumina and aluminum production	4.3	1.4
Other nonferrous metal production	3.5	1.0
Foundries	4.4	1.1
Fabricated metal products	-1.4	0.7
Forging and stamping	-3.6	1.1
Cutlery and handtools	3.0	0.8
Architectural and structural metals	1.9	0.5
Boilers, tanks, and shipping containers	-2.7	0.1
Hardware	-4.9	0.2
Spring and wire products	-6.7	1.0
Machine shops and threaded products	-2.4	1.5
Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals	-4.7	1.5
Other fabricated metal products	-5.1	0.1
Machinery	-2.9	1.1
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery	-6.5	1.1
Industrial machinery	-3.7	0.4
Commercial and service industry machinery	5.3	1.4
HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment	-2.1	0.4
Metalworking machinery	-0.3	1.4
Turbine and power transmission equipment	-5.4	1.1
Other general purpose machinery	-2.6	1.1
Computer and electronic products	2.2	7.4
Computer and peripheral equipment	1.4	12.9
Communications equipment	3.5	5.0
Audio and video equipment	-1.1	2.9
Semiconductors and electronic components	1.6	10.4
Electronic instruments	2.8	2.4
Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing	3.5	-0.2
Electrical equipment and appliances	2.3	1.5
Electric lighting equipment	5.9	1.7
Household appliances	17.2	2.5
Electrical equipment	-1.9	0.9
Other electrical equipment and components	0.1	1.1
Transportation equipment	-2.5	1.9
Motor vehicles	-5.0	1.8
Motor vehicle bodies and trailers	-2.8	1.0
Motor vehicle parts	2.4	2.5
Aerospace products and parts	-7.0	0.7
Railroad rolling stock	-3.5	1.9
Ship and boat building	-1.0	1.5
Other transportation equipment	6.7	2.2
Furniture and related products	1.0	0.9
Household and institutional furniture	1.2	0.9
Office furniture and fixtures	-2.2	0.4
Other furniture related products	13.3	1.9
Miscellaneous manufacturing	-1.9	1.1
Medical equipment and supplies	-4.9	1.5
Other miscellaneous manufacturing	1.6	0.6