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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 2022 data: February 2, 2023
- Revision of Fourth Quarter 2022 data: March 2, 2023
- Initial release of First Quarter 2023 data: May 4, 2023
- Revision of First Quarter 2023 data: June 1, 2023
- Initial release of Second Quarter 2023 data: August 3, 2023
- Revision of Second Quarter 2023 data: September 7, 2023
- Initial release of Third Quarter 2023 data: November 2, 2023
- Revision of Third Quarter 2023 data: December 6, 2023
- Initial release of 2021 data: July 28, 2022
- Planned initial release of 2022 data: scheduled for late spring 2023
- Initial release of 2021 data: May 26, 2022
- Planned release of 2022 data: scheduled for late spring 2023
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 2020 data: August 25, 2022
- Revision of 2020 data: February 23, 2023 to incorporate new and revised data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2021 Annual Survey of Manufacturers (ASM)
- Planned release of 2021 data: scheduled for summer 2023
Data Releases
Hours and Employment by Industry Data
- Initial release of 2021 data: April 28, 2022
- Planned release of 2022 data: scheduled for spring 2023
Productivity Dispersion - Experimental Data
- Initial release of 2019 data: September 28, 2022
- Planned release of 2020 data: scheduled for fall 2023