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Schedule of Releases and Revisions for Productivity Program
In fulfilling its mission to provide both timely and accurate information, the BLS Productivity Program regularly releases and revises data on industry productivity and related series throughout the year. The schedule below is designed to help data users anticipate the timing and source of revisions.
Labor Productivity Releases
Productivity and Costs (Nonfarm business, Business, Manufacturing, and Nonfinancial corporate sector)
- Initial release of Fourth Quarter 2024 data: February 6, 2025
- Revision of Fourth Quarter 2024 data: March 6, 2025
- Initial release of First Quarter 2025 data: May 8, 2025
- Revision of First Quarter 2025 data: June 5, 2025
- Initial release of Second Quarter 2025 data: August 7, 2025
- Revision of Second Quarter 2025 data: September 4, 2025
- Initial release of Third Quarter 2025 data: November 6, 2025
- Revision of Third Quarter 2025 data: December 9, 2025
- Initial release of 2023 data: May 30, 2024
- Planned initial release of 2024 data: scheduled for spring 2025
- Initial release of 2023 data: June 27, 2024
- First revision: November 27, 2024 to correct previously released data and incorporate new and revised source data.
- Some productivity data series were incorrect in materials first published on June 27, 2024. This impacted indexes, levels, and rates of change for sectoral output, real sectoral output, labor productivity, output per worker, and unit labor costs for 12 service-providing industries. The full list of impacted industries is posted.
- This revision incorporates new data from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
- Also released are 2023 measures for the Accommodation (NAICS 721) and Traveler accommodation (NAICS 7211) industries advancing the previously released data by one year.
- Planned initial release of 2024 data: scheduled for summer 2025
Total Factor Productivity Releases
The BLS Productivity program replaced the term multifactor productivity (MFP) with total factor productivity (TFP) with the Total Factor Productivity Trends for Major Industries release on November 18, 2021. This is a change in terminology only and does not affect the data or methodology. The use of the term total factor productivity improves the visibility and accessibility of our data and is accompanied by changes to the BLS website and future productivity news releases.
- Initial release of 2023 data: March 21, 2024
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On December 4, 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revised data published in Total Factor Productivity - 2023, released on March 21, 2024. The revisions are a result of updated source data including the Bureau of Economic Analysis National Income and Product Accounts Annual Update and updated hours measures from the Labor Productivity and Cost release on November 7, 2024.
Data Releases
Hours and Employment by Industry Data
Productivity Dispersion - Experimental Data
- Initial release of 2020 data: September 26, 2023
- Planned release of 2021 data: scheduled for fall 2024