Table 1. Manufacturing sector: productivity and related measures for the
1987-2009 period
Annual percent change from previous year
Productivity Inputs
Output Output Multi- Purc- Comb-
per per factor Sect- Cap- hased ined
hour unit Prod- oral ital busi- units
of all of uctiv out- Serv- Ene- Mater- ness of all
Year persons capital ity1 put Hours2 ices4 rgy ials services inputs3
1988 2.1 3.3 2.0 5.2 3.0 1.8 4.1 1.0 8.7 3.1
1989 1.0 -0.7 -0.5 1.6 0.6 2.4 -0.3 2.1 5.8 2.1
1990 2.2 -3.0 -0.7 -0.3 -2.5 2.7 1.9 1.7 1.5 0.4
1991 2.6 -3.9 -0.4 -1.7 -4.2 2.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.8 -1.3
1992 3.8 1.0 -0.6 3.3 -0.5 2.2 -1.0 8.6 7.5 4.0
1993 2.6 1.5 2.6 3.9 1.3 2.4 3.4 0.8 0.8 1.3
1994 3.5 3.3 2.6 5.9 2.3 2.5 3.6 4.3 3.9 3.3
1995 4.5 1.7 1.8 5.2 0.7 3.5 2.9 5.4 4.9 3.4
1996 3.6 -0.6 0.3 3.4 -0.2 4.1 -2.7 9.0 -0.3 3.1
1997 5.4 2.8 2.7 7.3 1.8 4.5 -2.0 8.0 4.1 4.5
1998 5.6 0.7 1.3 5.3 -0.3 4.6 3.8 8.4 3.4 4.0
1999 4.9 0.4 1.2 4.2 -0.7 3.8 23.3 6.2 0.9 3.0
2000 4.4 0.2 3.6 3.1 -1.3 2.9 9.1 -1.9 -1.3 -0.5
2001 1.9 -6.2 -1.1 -4.8 -6.5 1.6 9.3 -6.3 -1.7 -3.7
2002 7.3 -1.3 3.2 -0.3 -7.1 1.0 -22.6 1.0 -3.2 -3.4
2003 6.2 0.6 3.6 1.0 -4.9 0.4 -10.7 -1.7 -0.6 -2.4
2004 2.3 2.1 3.7 1.7 -0.5 -0.3 -6.3 -0.8 -6.4 -1.9
2005 4.7 3.0 1.4 3.6 -1.1 0.6 10.1 1.5 8.9 2.1
2006 0.9 0.8 2.4 1.6 0.7 0.8 -7.8 -1.8 -1.6 -0.8
2007 3.9 0.7 0.8 2.2 -1.7 1.4 8.6 0.0 7.3 1.4
2008 -0.4 -7.0 -0.1 -4.4 -4.0 2.8 3.9 -5.0 -11.9 -4.3
2009 0.1 -13.6 -5.7 -12.5 -12.6 1.2 -11.4 -8.0 -5.3 -7.2
1. Output per unit of combined hours, capital services, energy, materials,
and purchased business services inputs.
2. Hours at work of all persons.
3. Combined units of hours, capital services, energy, materials, and
purchased business services, superlative chained index.
Source: Output data are from the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of
Commerce, and modified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
U.S. Department of Labor. Compensation and hours data are from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Capital measures are based on data
supplied by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
See also Technical Notes in this release.