Chart 8b. Index of productivity in the durable goods manufacturing sector, new and old hours calculation methods, seasonally adjusted, second quarter 2006 to fourth quarter 2021 (Q2 2006 = 100)
Quarter Productivity, new Productivity, old

Q2 2006

100.0 100.0

Q3 2006

100.7 101.3

Q4 2006

102.0 102.4

Q1 2007

103.4 104.2

Q2 2007

105.8 106.2

Q3 2007

106.8 106.9

Q4 2007

108.9 109.4

Q1 2008

108.8 109.2

Q2 2008

106.7 106.9

Q3 2008

105.5 105.8

Q4 2008

101.5 101.2

Q1 2009

98.6 97.9

Q2 2009

100.1 99.3

Q3 2009

105.5 104.5

Q4 2009

107.5 107.0

Q1 2010

109.2 109.4

Q2 2010

111.6 112.4

Q3 2010

112.4 112.4

Q4 2010

113.1 113.0

Q1 2011

114.1 113.9

Q2 2011

111.9 112.2

Q3 2011

113.9 113.8

Q4 2011

112.6 113.0

Q1 2012

113.3 113.7

Q2 2012

112.8 113.3

Q3 2012

112.6 112.7

Q4 2012

112.7 113.2

Q1 2013

113.8 113.9

Q2 2013

114.5 115.1

Q3 2013

114.5 115.2

Q4 2013

115.1 115.2

Q1 2014

114.9 115.7

Q2 2014

115.4 116.1

Q3 2014

115.2 115.9

Q4 2014

114.5 115.2

Q1 2015

113.8 114.2

Q2 2015

113.9 114.1

Q3 2015

114.2 114.6

Q4 2015

112.3 112.7

Q1 2016

112.5 112.4

Q2 2016

112.5 112.8

Q3 2016

113.5 113.0

Q4 2016

113.0 112.9

Q1 2017

112.7 112.3

Q2 2017

113.7 113.5

Q3 2017

112.3 112.4

Q4 2017

112.6 113.5

Q1 2018

113.3 113.6

Q2 2018

114.0 113.8

Q3 2018

113.0 113.4

Q4 2018

112.3 111.9

Q1 2019

110.4 110.4

Q2 2019

108.9 109.4

Q3 2019

108.5 109.2

Q4 2019

108.9 109.1

Q1 2020

107.9 108.4

Q2 2020

103.4 102.6

Q3 2020

113.7 112.9

Q4 2020

114.9 114.3

Q1 2021

115.4 114.4

Q2 2021

115.6 116.2

Q3 2021

116.2 115.9

Q4 2021

116.6 116.5

Note: “Productivity, new” uses all-employee hours paid with a paid-time-off and off-the-clock hours adjustment; “Productivity, old” uses employee hours calculated with the old (2004) method. Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.