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Spotlight on Statistics

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March 2013

BLS Spotlight on Statistics: Productivity

Chart Data

Growth in labor productivity, output, and hours by sector

Changes in output per hour, output, and hours by sector, 2000–2010
Industry	Productivity	Ouput	Hours
Information(1)	5.4	1.9	-3.3
Manufacturing	3.3	-0.7	-3.9
Retail trade	2.7	1.8	-0.9
Wholesale trade	2.6	1.4	-1.2
Transportation and warehousing(1)	1.2	-0.4	-1.5
Accomodation and food services	0.7	1.0	0.3
Utilities(1)	0.5	-0.5	-1.0
Other services(1)	-0.1	-1.0	-1.0
Mining	-2.3	-0.1	2.3
Footnotes: (1) Industry coverage is significant but less than 100 percent.

Source: Labor Productivity and Costs | Chart

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