Productivity: BLS Spotlight on Statistics

Growth in labor productivity, output, and hours by sector

Changes in output per hour, output, and hours by sector, 2000–2010
Industry	Productivity	Ouput	Hours
Information(1)	5.4	1.9	-3.3
Manufacturing	3.3	-0.7	-3.9
Retail trade	2.7	1.8	-0.9
Wholesale trade	2.6	1.4	-1.2
Transportation and warehousing(1)	1.2	-0.4	-1.5
Accomodation and food services	0.7	1.0	0.3
Utilities(1)	0.5	-0.5	-1.0
Other services(1)	-0.1	-1.0	-1.0
Mining	-2.3	-0.1	2.3
Footnotes: (1) Industry coverage is significant but less than 100 percent.