U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Spotlight on Statistics

March 2013

BLS Spotlight on Statistics: Productivity

Chart Data

Business cycles and industry productivity growth

Distribution of industry changes in output per hour, 2000–2007, 2007–2009, and 2009–2010
	Number of industries
Range	2000–2007	2007–2009	2009–2010
-10 or less	0	9	2
-10 to -8	1	6	2
-8 to -6	2	13	2
-6 to -4	1	22	5
-4 to -2	2	36	10
-2 to 0	17	33	14
0 to 2	54	25	20
2 to 4	53	8	25
4 to 6	29	14	17
6 to 8	10	5	21
8 to 10	3	3	20
10 or more	7	5	41

Source: Labor Productivity and Costs | Chart

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