Industry Productivity and Costs
When people talk about whether the economy is getting more productive, they're usually looking at this data. It shows how many goods and services workers actually produce each hour in different industries, and what companies are paying in wages and benefits per unit of output. Over time, you can see which industries are getting better at doing more with the same number of workers, and which are struggling. Manufacturing might show steady gains while retail shows slower growth, for example.
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- 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z – 2025-12-31T00:00:00Z
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Industry productivity data with series titles, sector, and measure names
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- How has productivity growth differed across manufacturing, retail, and service industries?
- Which industries have seen rising unit labor costs over the past decade?
- How does my industry's productivity trend compare to the national average?
- What was the productivity growth rate for a specific NAICS industry in a given year?
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