Table 2.Manufacturing sector: indexes of productivity and related
measures, 1987-2009
Indexes 2005=100
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
1987 51.0 95.9 76.9 62.9 123.2 65.6 83.8 63.8 71.0 81.7
1988 52.1 99.1 78.5 66.1 126.9 66.8 87.3 64.4 77.2 84.2
1989 52.6 98.4 78.1 67.2 127.7 68.3 87.0 65.8 81.7 86.0
1990 53.8 95.4 77.5 67.0 124.5 70.2 88.6 66.9 82.9 86.4
1991 55.2 91.7 77.2 65.8 119.3 71.8 88.4 66.6 82.3 85.2
1992 57.3 92.7 76.8 68.0 118.7 73.4 87.5 72.3 88.4 88.6
1993 58.8 94.1 78.7 70.7 120.3 75.1 90.4 72.9 89.1 89.7
1994 60.8 97.2 80.8 74.9 123.1 77.0 93.7 76.0 92.6 92.7
1995 63.6 98.8 82.2 78.8 123.9 79.7 96.4 80.2 97.1 95.8
1996 65.9 98.2 82.4 81.5 123.6 83.0 93.8 87.4 96.8 98.8
1997 69.5 100.9 84.7 87.4 125.8 86.7 91.9 94.4 100.8 103.3
1998 73.4 101.6 85.8 92.1 125.5 90.7 95.4 102.4 104.2 107.3
1999 77.0 102.0 86.8 95.9 124.7 94.1 117.7 108.7 105.2 110.5
2000 80.4 102.1 89.9 98.9 123.1 96.8 128.4 106.7 103.8 110.0
2001 81.9 95.7 88.9 94.2 115.0 98.4 140.3 100.0 102.0 105.9
2002 87.9 94.5 91.8 93.9 106.9 99.3 108.6 101.0 98.7 102.3
2003 93.3 95.1 95.1 94.9 101.6 99.7 97.0 99.3 98.1 99.8
2004 95.5 97.1 98.6 96.5 101.1 99.4 90.8 98.5 91.8 97.9
2005 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2006 100.9 100.8 102.4 101.6 100.7 100.8 92.2 98.2 98.4 99.2
2007 104.9 101.6 103.2 103.8 99.0 102.2 100.1 98.3 105.6 100.6
2008 104.5 94.5 103.1 99.2 95.0 105.1 104.0 93.4 93.0 96.3
2009 104.5 81.6 97.2 86.8 83.0 106.4 92.2 85.9 88.1 89.3
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.