Figure 1. State-level labor productivity (percent change), 2016–17 (U.S. sum of states = 0.5 percent)
State Labor productivity rate

Alabama

 1.4

Alaska

 0.6

Arizona

 -0.7

Arkansas

 -2.2

California

 1.8

Colorado

 1.5

Connecticut

 1.2

Delaware

 0.4

District of Columbia

 1.2

Florida

 0.6

Georgia

 0.6

Hawaii

 1.7

Idaho

 -1.8

Illinois

 -0.5

Indiana

 0.0

Iowa

 -0.2

Kansas

 0.7

Kentucky

 0.1

Louisiana

 -1.9

Maine

 1.1

Maryland

 -0.4

Massachusetts

 0.7

Michigan

 0.1

Minnesota

 1.0

Mississippi

 -1.5

Missouri

 -0.1

Montana

 2.0

Nebraska

 -1.8

Nevada

 -1.3

New Hampshire

 1.2

New Jersey

 0.9

New Mexico

 -2.0

New York

 0.7

North Carolina

 0.4

North Dakota

 -1.3

Ohio

 0.7

Oklahoma

 -1.4

Oregon

 1.6

Pennsylvania

 1.1

Rhode Island

 0.4

South Carolina

 1.0

South Dakota

 0.9

Tennessee

 1.0

Texas

 -0.2

Utah

 -1.2

Vermont

 1.6

Virginia

 1.3

Washington

 0.7

West Virginia

 1.9

Wisconsin

 -0.3

Wyoming

 -0.7

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.