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Indexes by measure

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  • Output
  • Hours worked
  • Labor productivity
Wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services, by measure (1987 = 100)
Year Wholesale trade Output Retail trade Output Wholesale trade Hours worked Retail trade Hours worked Wholesale trade Labor productivity (output per hour) Retail trade Labor productivity (output per hour)

1987

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1988

106.6 104.5 103.3 102.3 103.2 102.1

1989

110.7 107.3 106.1 104.2 104.4 102.9

1990

114.0 108.2 104.3 105.0 109.4 103.1

1991

113.6 106.2 103.0 102.5 110.3 103.6

1992

120.8 110.5 101.5 102.1 119.0 108.3

1993

124.8 116.9 101.3 104.4 123.2 112.0

1994

131.5 125.5 104.7 107.3 125.7 116.9

1995

139.3 130.2 108.0 109.4 129.0 119.1

1996

145.6 137.1 109.0 110.5 133.5 124.0

1997

153.6 143.1 110.8 112.5 138.6 127.2

1998

161.9 152.1 112.7 113.2 143.7 134.3

1999

176.1 165.2 113.8 115.3 154.7 143.3

2000

187.0 172.6 114.6 116.6 163.2 148.0

2001

182.2 177.2 109.9 115.4 165.7 153.5

2002

185.1 183.5 106.7 114.4 173.4 160.3

2003

192.2 192.0 105.5 114.0 182.1 168.3

2004

205.1 202.1 105.3 114.1 194.8 177.1

2005

213.7 209.1 107.4 115.4 199.1 181.2

2006

223.3 215.7 110.2 114.6 202.6 188.2

2007

229.3 220.5 112.3 114.6 204.2 192.3

2008

218.1 210.5 111.8 111.2 195.2 189.3

2009

197.4 199.5 103.1 104.5 191.5 190.9

2010

204.9 205.7 101.2 104.3 202.6 197.3

2011

208.8 211.7 104.2 106.3 200.4 199.1

2012

216.2 218.7 105.9 107.4 204.1 203.7

2013

223.8 226.9 107.2 107.6 208.8 210.9

2014

231.2 235.7 109.1 109.6 211.9 215.1

2015

239.9 247.2 108.9 111.5 220.2 221.8

2016

243.6 257.8 109.4 111.1 222.7 232.0

2017

246.5 265.9 109.3 111.0 225.5 239.6

2018

250.8 273.6 109.2 110.3 229.6 247.9

2019

252.6 281.3 109.8 107.5 230.0 261.7

2020

245.3 291.9 102.9 102.3 238.5 285.3

2021

256.7 320.0 106.3 105.7 241.5 302.6

2022

260.8 315.8 109.7 104.8 237.8 301.2