• Data for this release were revised in MFP Tables and Charts and MFP Databases on April 23, 2019. See Revisions to LPC and MFP Data for more details.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases

• Upcoming Releases and Revisions

Archived

• Archived Multifactor Productivity Trends--Published Data for Major Sectors back to 1981
• Archived Multifactor Productivity Trends for Detailed Industries

Database Name	Special Notice	Top Picks	Data Finder	One Screen	Multi- Screen	Tables	Text Files
Major Sector Multifactor Productivity
Industry Productivity

 

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• Series Report--Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.
• Text files (FTP)--For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.
• Comma Separated Values (CSV) Files--Download labor and multifactor productivity data by sector and industry.

Major Sector and 3-Digit NAICS Manufacturing Industries

IMPORTANT Download standard multifactor data tables:

• Comprehensive tables of multifactor productivity and related capital data for private business, private nonfarm business and manufacturing.
• Historical multifactor productivity measures (SIC 1948-87 linked to NAICS 1987-2017)
• Superseded historical SIC measures for private business and private nonfarm business sectors, 1948-2002
• Superseded historical SIC measures for manufacturing sectors and 2-digit SIC manufacturing industries, 1949-2001

Analytic Tables and Charts

• Sources of growth in Real Output in the private nonfarm business sector (PDF)
• Contribution of Research and Development to Private Nonfarm Business Multifactor Productivity including Research and Development stocks (PDF)
• Research and Development Contributions and Stocks in the Total Economy (PDF)
• Sources of growth in Real Output in the private business sector (PDF)

Integrated BLS-BEA Industry-Level Production Account Tables

• 1998–2016 Production Account Tables (XLSX) and Contribution Tables (XLSX)
• 1987–1997 Production Account Tables (XLSX) and Contribution Tables (XLSX)

Four-Digit NAICS Manufacturing Industries, Air Transportation, and Line-Haul Railroads

INTERACTIVE TABLES

• Multifactor Productivity and Related Data - January 16, 2020 (XLSX 35.7MB), data only (XLSX 2.0MB)
• Within-Industry Dispersion, Manufacturing Industries - September 25, 2019

INTERACTIVE CHART DASHBOARDS

(Excel 2013 or later)

• Multifactor Productivity and Related Data Chart Dashboard - January 16, 2020 (XLSX 40.1MB)

Major Sector Productivity Program

• Technical Information About the BLS Multifactor Productivity Measures for Major Sectors and 18 NAICS 3-digit Manufacturing Industries (PDF)
• Overview of Output Measures Used by BLS to Construct Productivity Statistics for Major Sectors of the U.S. Economy (PDF)
• Changes in the Composition of Labor for BLS Multifactor Productivity Measures (PDF)
• Technical Note on Public R&D and Productivity Growth (PDF)
• Overview of Capital Inputs for the BLS Multifactor Productivity Measures (PDF)

Industry Productivity Program

• BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 11 Industry Productivity Measures (PDF)

Major Sector Productivity Program

• BLS–BEA Integrated Industry–Level Production Account

  • Integrated BEA/BLS Industry-Level Production Account Initial Statistics for 2016 and Revised Statistics for 1998–2015 (PDF)
  • Integrated BEA/BLS Industry-Level Production Account Initial Statistics for 2015 and Revised Statistics for 1998–2014 (PDF)
  • Integrated Industry-Level Production Account for the United States: Intellectual Property Products Account Update. September 2015 (PDF).
  • Integrated Industry-Level Production Account for the United States: Intellectual Property Products and the 2007 NAICS. May 2014 (PDF).
  • A Prototype BEA/BLS Industry-Level Production Account for the United States. November 2012. (PDF 1.7MB).
  • Integrated GDP-Productivity Accounts. December 2008. (PDF)

• Nonmanufacturing Industry Contributions to Multifactor Productivity, 1987–2006. June 2010. (PDF 1MB)
• Effects of Imported Intermediate Inputs on Productivity. June 2010. (PDF 2MB)
• Preliminary Estimate of Multifactor Productivity Growth. June 2005. (PDF)

Industry Productivity Program

• Multifactor Productivity Slowdown in U.S. Manufacturing. July 2018. (PDF)
• Multifactor Productivity Change in the Air Transportation Industry. March 2005. (PDF)

Archive of Articles on Multifactor Productivity »

1. What is the difference between labor productivity and multifactor productivity?
2. Why isn't multifactor productivity available quarterly?
3. What is the most commonly used multifactor productivity measure?
4. Why does the output per hour series in the major sector multifactor productivity dataset differ from the output per hour series in the quarterly labor productivity dataset?
5. How is capital input derived for use in the multifactor productivity measures?
6. What is a rental price?
7. How do the multifactor productivity measures for private business and private nonfarm business differ from the measures for the manufacturing sector and manufacturing industries?
8. How is MFP defined?
9. Why is productivity measurement important?
10. Are sector or industry productivity measures available for separate regions, states, and cities in the United States?

All MFP FAQs »

Multifactor Productivity for Major Sectors and 3-digit NAICS Industries
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Multifactor Productivity for 4-digit NAICS Manufacturing Industries, Air Transportation, and Line-Haul Railroad Transportation
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• Productivity and Costs--labor productivity and costs for major sectors of the economy (business, nonfarm business, and manufacturing) and for 3- and 4-digit industries.
• Productivity Research and Program Development works on strengthening and improving Bureau productivity measures and on understanding the sources and effects of productivity and technical change. The Division works on clarifying input and output concepts, using methods from microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, labor economics, industrial organization, econometrics, and statistics.
• International Labor Comparisons--comparative information by country on productivity and unit labor costs; compensation; labor force, employment, and unemployment; and consumer prices.
• International Technical Cooperation --conducts training in labor statistics for international participants and coordinates international requests for BLS services including technical experts and short-term visits to BLS.
• Government Productivity Archive
• Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)--monthly national data by detailed industry on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on the payrolls of nonfarm establishments.
• Producer Price Indexes--monthly data on changes in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.

• Bureau of the Census
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)