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Annual percentage change in productivity in manufacturing and mining industries, 2006–16
Year
Apparel manufacturing
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
Chemical manufacturing
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
Food manufacturing
Furniture and related product manufacturing
2006
-2.9
-5.7
0.8
8.9
1.0
2.3
-0.3
2.5
2007
-30.5
-1.6
9.0
9.9
2.3
2.7
-1.4
-0.3
2008
-14.0
-1.8
-5.9
4.0
-3.3
2.3
1.2
3.1
2009
-6.7
9.8
-8.5
-7.2
-6.0
-9.2
-1.6
-11.0
2010
5.3
-2.7
7.4
11.3
4.9
5.3
2.2
7.5
2011
0.6
-7.9
1.7
6.9
4.4
1.5
1.6
0.7
2012
5.4
3.1
-0.2
-4.3
-1.5
-1.4
-0.5
5.2
2013
0.3
-8.8
0.0
0.6
-2.5
-1.2
0.6
-0.7
2014
-0.7
-2.9
-1.2
-2.1
3.4
-0.2
0.9
-3.9
2015
-0.7
-0.4
1.0
-0.1
-2.5
-2.2
-0.5
5.6
2016
-1.0
-10.2
1.0
-3.7
-1.5
-2.0
-3.5
-2.3
Annual percentage change in productivity in manufacturing and mining industries, 2006–16 (continued)
Year
Leather and allied product manufacturing
Machinery manufacturing
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
Paper manufacturing
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
Primary metal manufacturing
2006
1.5
3.1
2.8
-0.8
1.4
-2.2
-0.1
-1.1
2007
-3.4
1.6
0.0
1.6
5.0
2.7
-0.7
7.3
2008
7.0
-1.5
1.6
-3.5
0.9
-2.7
-4.6
3.9
2009
-8.2
-6.2
-0.3
-8.7
-4.5
5.1
-0.3
-9.3
2010
10.6
9.4
7.7
6.8
4.6
5.5
5.8
15.7
2011
5.8
5.0
-2.8
4.0
5.5
2.1
-0.2
-2.0
2012
-24.4
3.7
-5.2
3.0
7.7
-10.6
3.2
2.0
2013
5.5
-3.4
2.2
3.9
-0.7
6.0
-1.3
4.8
2014
9.0
-1.5
-3.1
-0.9
-0.7
1.9
-1.8
-1.1
2015
-6.1
-4.1
-3.2
-1.3
0.5
3.7
-0.9
-2.1
2016
-5.0
-0.7
-3.6
-2.4
-0.4
4.3
-2.6
4.1
Annual percentage change in productivity in manufacturing and mining industries, 2006–16
Year
Printing and related support activities
Textile mills
Textile product mills
Transportation equipment manufacturing
Wood product manufacturing
Oil and gas extraction
Mining (except oil and gas)
2006
2.4
0.6
-7.7
1.6
4.9
-7.5
-4.3
2007
4.6
2.8
-11.3
9.6
1.9
-2.9
-7.2
2008
1.2
0.4
-1.1
-2.3
1.5
-6.7
-1.0
2009
-5.0
-1.7
-9.8
-7.4
-3.8
4.2
-3.0
2010
4.3
8.0
5.6
17.3
7.4
5.9
1.4
2011
4.2
-1.8
6.8
2.6
3.1
-13.0
-4.2
2012
2.6
-3.4
-4.1
3.6
3.9
-5.9
-0.1
2013
0.8
9.3
5.8
2.4
-2.0
14.0
6.4
2014
-2.8
-2.0
7.4
4.0
-0.3
12.5
2.5
2015
1.4
-4.1
-1.4
-0.5
2.8
9.5
0.1
2016
2.2
6.6
-3.4
-3.9
-0.8
5.4
4.3
Among the manufacturing industries, textile mills had the largest productivity increase in 2016, 6.6 percent, followed by petroleum and coal products manufacturing (4.3 percent), primary metals manufacturing (4.1 percent), printing and related support activities (2.2 percent), and chemical manufacturing (1.0 percent).
Beverages and tobacco products manufacturing recorded the largest decline in productivity among manufacturing industries in 2016, 10.2 percent.
Productivity rose 5.4 percent in oil and gas extraction in 2016 and 4.3 percent in mining, except oil and gas.
These data are from the Labor Productivity and Costs program. Data are preliminary and may be revised. To learn more, see "Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing and Mining Industries — 2016" (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
