Percent change in productivity

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Percent change in productivity
Industry	Productivity 1-year percent change, 2020	Productivity average annual percent change, 1987-2020
Mining	13.9	1.9
Oil and gas extraction	3.4	3.0
Mining, except oil and gas	-5.0	1.1
Coal mining	-3.8	1.4
Metal ore mining	-6.7	0.1
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	-4.3	1.1
Food	-0.3	0.6
Animal food	-9.6	1.0
Grain and oilseed milling	-1.3	1.6
Sugar and confectionery products	1.6	1.2
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty	4.3	0.9
Dairy products	0.8	1.0
Animal slaughtering and processing	-2.8	0.4
Seafood product preparation and packaging	10.7	1.5
Bakeries and tortilla products	0.4	0.0
Other food products	0.7	0.2
Beverages and tobacco products	1.6	-0.5
Beverages	3.1	0.3
Tobacco	-7.3	2.0
Textile mills	0.2	2.3
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills	7.5	2.2
Fabric mills	3.1	2.6
Textile and fabric finishing mills	-11.0	0.8
Textile product mills	-5.1	0.4
Textile furnishings mills	-6.9	0.0
Other textile product mills	-3.7	1.2
Apparel	10.1	0.2
Apparel knitting mills	3.0	0.0
Cut and sew apparel	12.7	0.5
Accessories and other apparel	-1.5	-2.4
Leather and allied products	3.0	0.8
Leather and hide tanning and finishing	1.6	0.7
Footwear	14.5	1.3
Other leather products	-7.4	-0.3
Paper	-2.1	1.5
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	1.6	2.1
Converted paper products	-3.5	1.3
Printing and related support activities	2.0	1.1
Printing and related support activities	2.0	1.1
Petroleum and coal products	0.8	1.9
Petroleum and coal products	0.8	1.9
Chemicals	-1.2	0.8
Basic chemicals	-2.2	1.6
Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers	-1.6	1.6
Agricultural chemicals	5.3	1.5
Pharmaceuticals and medicines	-3.1	-1.0
Paints, coatings, and adhesives	2.9	0.2
Soaps, cleaning compounds, and toiletries	-3.5	1.2
Other chemical products and preparations	5.0	1.7
Plastics and rubber products	-0.4	1.3
Plastics products	1.7	1.3
Rubber products	-10.1	1.3
Wood products	5.1	0.8
Sawmills and wood preservation	12.2	1.7
Plywood and engineered wood products	-1.2	0.4
Other wood products	3.5	0.5
Nonmetallic mineral products	-0.2	0.6
Clay products and refractories	1.1	0.8
Glass and glass products	0.6	1.9
Cement and concrete products	-1.9	-0.3
Lime and gypsum products	2.2	0.9
Other nonmetallic mineral products	2.4	0.7
Primary metals	-2.2	1.8
Iron and steel mills and ferroalloys	-2.3	2.8
Steel products from purchased steel	-4.1	0.3
Alumina and aluminum production	2.2	1.9
Other nonferrous metal production	-6.5	1.1
Foundries	-0.6	1.4
Fabricated metal products	-1.4	0.8
Forging and stamping	-4.5	1.9
Cutlery and handtools	4.7	1.2
Architectural and structural metals	-1.6	0.4
Boilers, tanks, and shipping containers	6.9	1.1
Hardware	-4.9	0.5
Spring and wire products	0.3	1.7
Machine shops and threaded products	-9.2	1.2
Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals	-2.4	1.4
Other fabricated metal products	0.8	0.3
Machinery	-1.7	1.5
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery	-6.2	1.4
Industrial machinery	-2.8	1.3
Commercial and service industry machinery	-0.2	1.2
HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment	0.9	1.2
Metalworking machinery	-1.2	1.4
Turbine and power transmission equipment	10.4	1.5
Other general purpose machinery	-4.6	1.5
Computer and electronic products	1.1	8.0
Computer and peripheral equipment	9.9	13.1
Communications equipment	-9.5	4.5
Audio and video equipment	0.6	2.3
Semiconductors and electronic components	-2.2	11.5
Electronic instruments	3.3	2.8
Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing	-2.0	0.0
Electrical equipment and appliances	-1.6	1.6
Electric lighting equipment	-5.0	1.7
Household appliances	3.5	3.1
Electrical equipment	-3.1	1.4
Other electrical equipment and components	-2.6	0.7
Transportation equipment	-4.4	2.1
Motor vehicles	7.0	2.6
Motor vehicle bodies and trailers	-0.2	1.2
Motor vehicle parts	-9.9	2.3
Aerospace products and parts	-5.2	1.7
Railroad rolling stock	-1.6	2.6
Ship and boat building	6.6	1.6
Other transportation equipment	1.5	3.6
Furniture and related products	-7.4	0.9
Household and institutional furniture	-2.9	0.8
Office furniture and fixtures	-14.7	0.7
Other furniture related products	-2.3	1.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing	1.3	1.5
Medical equipment and supplies	-1.0	1.9
Other miscellaneous manufacturing	3.8	1.1