PPI Industry Data
Welcome to the step-by-step guide on how to use the PPI Industry Data one-screen query system
The Producer Price Index is a family of indexes that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services. PPIs measure price change from the perspective of the seller. Over 10,000 PPIs for individual products and groups of products are released each month. PPIs are available for the products of virtually every industry in the mining and manufacturing sectors of the U.S. economy, and there are now many PPIs for the products of industries in the transportation, utilities, trade, finance, and services sectors of the economy. The PC database includes current indexes by industry, the ND and PD databases contain discontinued indexes by industry, the WP database holds indexes by commodity, and the WD database includes discontinued commodity indexes.
This tool lets users query the BLS databases for specific data series. For each survey and program, make a selection for each characteristic in the order listed. As you make your selection, the remaining characteristics will filter to show only choices where data are available. After choosing the series, click on “Add to selection.” If you need more data series, repeat the steps of choosing the data series you need. After you've finished finding the data series you need, click on the “Get Data” button to retrieve the data, and an HTML table with data for the most recent 10 years will display. If you desire a different time period or format, you may modify the options on the data display page, or click on the “More Formatting Options” button for additional options on refining the data retrieval results. Note: Users may not retrieve more than 200 data series in one query.
Type all or part of a search string in the search text box. The contents of the box will filter to show only those options that contain the search string.
Select an industry or industry grouping. In the PPI's current series dataset 6-digit numeric codes correspond to NAICS industries. NAICS higher-level grouping codes less than 6 digits in length use hyphens (-) to fill their remaining positions and reach 6 characters in length. If the user selects an industry, the product types available within the selected industry will appear in the window to the right.
Type all or part of a search string in the search text box. The contents of the box will filter to show only those options that contain the search string.
Select a product of interest. To select multiple options, hold the Ctrl/Command button, and click the desired options. Detailed product codes are the numerical extensions to the industry codes which designate specific products manufactured within an industry.
You must make a selection for each of the characteristics in the order listed. Once you have selected all of the characteristics, the “Add to selection” button becomes active. Click the “Add to selection” button to list the selected data series in the “Your selection” box. You can return to the characteristics boxes and make new selections to request additional data series. Click the "Get Data" button to retrieve all the selected data series.
You must make a selection for each of the characteristics in the order listed. Once you have selected all of the characteristics, the “Get Data” button becomes active. Click to retrieve the data.
Last Modified Date: February 20, 2018
United States Department of Labor
