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Spotlight on Statistics

May 2012

BLS Spotlight on Statistics: Fashion

Chart Data

Productivity

Output per hour in manufacturing and selected fashion-related manufacturing industries, 1987–2010
Year	Output per hour
Year	Manufacturing	Textile mills	Apparel manufacturing	Footwear manufacturing
1987	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1988	102.1	100.2	100.3	101.1
1989	103.1	104.3	96.5	99.5
1990	105.4	104.8	100.9	100.5
1991	108.1	106.0	102.5	96.5
1992	112.2	111.3	105.6	107.8
1993	115.1	115.3	110.7	106.5
1994	119.2	121.6	116.0	116.0
1995	124.6	123.9	122.9	123.2
1996	129.1	126.6	131.4	131.3
1997	136.1	135.8	136.9	128.5
1998	143.7	138.9	137.5	130.4
1999	150.7	144.6	150.1	151.0
2000	157.4	144.2	158.2	160.1
2001	160.4	149.3	157.1	171.9
2002	172.1	167.1	137.9	129.4
2003	182.8	185.7	146.1	137.0
2004	187.0	188.8	134.7	142.3
2005	195.9	205.3	138.9	149.9
2006	197.7	204.3	134.5	158.3
2007	205.4	210.2	93.0	141.2
2008	204.4	208.8	81.3	167.5
2009	205.5	208.0	74.3	160.7
2010	219.1	220.5	77.0	185.6

Real output in manufacturing and selected fashion-related manufacturing industries, 1987–2010
Year	Total output
Year	Manufacturing	Textile mills	Apparel manufacturing	Footwear manufacturing
1987	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1988	105.2	98.9	98.9	98.6
1989	106.9	101.0	94.8	92.6
1990	106.6	95.4	93.5	88.8
1991	104.7	95.8	94.6	78.6
1992	108.2	101.6	97.5	84.8
1993	112.4	106.3	99.9	81.9
1994	119.1	112.4	102.0	82.8
1995	125.3	110.2	102.0	76.5
1996	129.6	106.1	99.0	69.9
1997	139.1	113.4	97.8	63.7
1998	146.5	111.5	90.9	55.7
1999	152.6	107.9	86.1	57.5
2000	157.3	104.0	81.4	54.6
2001	149.8	91.2	70.8	46.8
2002	149.3	92.5	53.3	31.8
2003	150.9	87.7	49.0	32.2
2004	153.5	82.4	40.7	30.2
2005	159.1	84.0	38.3	31.4
2006	161.7	75.1	35.5	31.5
2007	165.2	68.4	23.9	26.4
2008	157.9	58.3	18.3	29.6
2009	138.0	47.6	14.3	24.1
2010	147.2	52.1	14.3	25.3

Hours worked in manufacturing and selected fashion-related manufacturing industries, 1987–2010
Year	Hours
Year	Manufacturing	Textile mills	Apparel manufacturing	Footwear manufacturing
1987	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1988	103.0	98.6	98.6	97.5
1989	103.7	96.8	98.3	93.1
1990	101.1	91.0	92.6	88.3
1991	96.8	90.3	92.3	81.5
1992	96.4	91.3	92.3	78.7
1993	97.6	92.2	90.3	76.9
1994	99.9	92.5	87.9	71.4
1995	100.6	88.9	83.0	62.1
1996	100.4	83.8	75.3	53.2
1997	102.2	83.5	71.4	49.6
1998	101.9	80.3	66.1	42.7
1999	101.2	74.6	57.4	38.1
2000	99.9	72.1	51.5	34.1
2001	93.4	61.1	45.1	27.2
2002	86.8	55.3	38.7	24.6
2003	82.5	47.2	33.5	23.5
2004	82.1	43.7	30.2	21.2
2005	81.2	40.9	27.6	20.9
2006	81.8	36.7	26.4	19.9
2007	80.4	32.5	25.7	18.7
2008	77.2	27.9	22.5	17.7
2009	67.2	22.9	19.3	15.0
2010	67.2	23.6	18.6	13.6

Unit labor costs in manufacturing and selected fashion-related manufacturing industries, 1987–2010
Year	Unit labor costs
Year	Manufacturing	Textile mills	Apparel manufacturing	Footwear manufacturing
1987	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1988	101.4	103.6	104.0	103.6
1989	103.5	105.3	108.2	109.0
1990	106.1	108.8	110.9	112.4
1991	109.6	108.4	109.3	115.3
1992	110.5	112.3	111.0	110.0
1993	110.2	110.0	111.0	116.2
1994	109.1	110.6	106.4	113.2
1995	106.0	112.3	105.5	116.9
1996	104.1	114.0	101.0	120.6
1997	101.1	102.1	99.9	124.7
1998	101.7	101.8	101.6	134.7
1999	101.2	100.6	99.0	126.6
2000	104.4	102.7	97.4	121.6
2001	106.3	103.0	100.8	130.2
2002	104.6	96.9	105.5	151.0
2003	106.3	97.4	104.6	143.5
2004	104.8	95.6	111.8	148.5
2005	103.3	88.4	105.0	137.2
2006	104.5	92.2	111.4	125.9
2007	103.8	97.3	148.6	145.1
2008	108.7	100.1	176.1	132.9
2009	113.1	99.6	172.9	142.9
2010	107.8	91.6	168.7	146.2

Source: Labor Productivity and Costs | Chart

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