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Productivity
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Labor Productivity and Real Hourly Compensation, Nonfarm Business Sector since 1973

Chart data are found at https://www.bls.gov/productivity/graphics/2022/graphic-4.htm. Line graph of labor productivity and real hourly compenstation since 1973, commonly referred to as the wage gap. In log index values with base year 1973.

 

Data for the chart are in the annual tab of the major sector labor productivity table. You can mathematically manipulate and rebase the data to match the chart, which is the natural log of the index where 1973 = 100.