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Table 2. Manufacturing sector: indexes of productivity and related measures, 1987-2010

Table 2.Manufacturing sector: indexes of productivity and related 
        measures, 1987-2010 			
										
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  ices  rgy  ials   services inputs3  
										
1987  51.2    92.8    76.6   63.1  123.2   67.9  83.4  63.9   71.5     82.3
1988  52.3    95.9    78.2   66.3  126.9   69.1  86.8  64.5   77.8     84.8
1989  52.8    95.2    77.8   67.4  127.7   70.8  86.5  65.8   82.3     86.6
1990  54.0    92.4    77.2   67.2  124.5   72.7  88.1  66.9   83.5     87.0
1991  55.4    88.8    76.9   66.0  119.3   74.3  87.9  66.6   82.9     85.8
1992  57.5    89.7    76.4   68.2  118.7   76.0  87.0  72.4   89.0     89.2
1993  58.9    91.1    78.4   70.9  120.3   77.8  89.9  72.9   89.7     90.4
1994  61.0    94.1    80.4   75.1  123.1   79.8  93.2  76.1   93.2     93.3
1995  63.8    95.7    81.9   79.0  123.9   82.6  95.8  80.2   97.8     96.5
1996  66.1    95.1    82.1   81.7  123.6   85.9  93.3  87.4   97.4     99.6
1997  69.7    97.7    84.3   87.7  125.8   89.8  91.4  94.4  101.5    104.0
1998  73.5    98.4    85.4   92.3  125.5   93.8  94.9 102.4  104.9    108.1
1999  77.1    99.0    86.4   96.1  124.7   97.1 117.0 108.7  105.9    111.2
2000  80.5    99.5    89.5   99.0  123.1   99.5 127.6 106.6  104.4    110.6
2001  81.9    93.8    88.6   94.2  115.0  100.5 139.4  99.8  102.6    106.3
2002  87.9    93.3    91.6   93.9  106.9  100.7 107.8 100.8   99.3    102.6
2003  93.3    94.5    94.9   94.9  101.6  100.4  96.8  99.2   98.5     99.9
2004  95.5    96.9    98.5   96.5  101.1   99.6  90.7  98.4   92.4     98.0
2005 100.0   100.0   100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0 100.0 100.0  100.0    100.0
2006 101.0   100.9   102.3  101.7  100.7  100.7  95.8  98.9   97.3     99.3
2007 104.9   101.7   103.2  103.8   99.0  102.1  96.4  98.8  105.7    100.6
2008 104.3    94.8   102.7   99.1   95.1  104.6  97.1  93.7   95.6     96.5
2009 104.3    82.5    99.8   86.3   82.7  104.7  73.7  81.5   86.8     86.5
2010 111.1    88.0   107.4   91.9   82.7  104.4  75.9  78.5   87.2     85.6

1. Output per combined units of hours, capital services, energy, materials, 
   and purchased business services.
2. Hours at work of all persons.
3. Combined units of hours, capital services, energy, materials, and 
   purchased business services, chained superlative index.

Source:  The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) develops productivity measures
         using output data published by the Bureau of the Census, U.S. 
         Department of Commerce, and modified by BLS. Compensation and hours 
         data are from the BLS. Capital measures are based on data supplied 
         by the BEA, U.S. Department of Commerce. See also Technical Notes in 
         this release.

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Last Modified Date: June 26, 2012
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