Chart Data

Industries with the strongest labor productivity performance

Industries with the most rapid change in output per hour, 2000–2010
Industry	Percent

Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)	17.3
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing	14.0
Electronics and appliance stores	13.7
Commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	13.3
Employment placement agencies	11.4
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses	10.6
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing	9.4
Travel arrangement and reservation services	8.7
Other transportation equipment manufacturing	8.5
Photofinishing	8.1
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media	7.9
Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	7.2
Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores	6.4
Video tape and disc rental	6.0
Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers	5.7
Fabric mills	5.7
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores	5.6
Cable and other subscription programming	5.6
Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing	5.4
Motor vehicles manufacturing	5.3