119.8
2026 (thru Apr) (latest)
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
index, 2017 = 100 · 1947–2026 · higher is better · FRED OPHNFB
22.5
1947
119.8
high · 2026
22.5
low · 1947
+432%
since 1947
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. BLS nonfarm business output per hour, annual average of quarters.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/OPHNFB
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Labor Productivity | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 119.8 | +2% |
| 2025 | 118.0 | +2% |
| 2024 | 115.4 | +3% |
| 2023 | 112.1 | +2% |
| 2022 | 109.8 | −1% |
| 2021 | 111.4 | +2% |
| 2020 | 109.1 | +5% |
| 2019 | 103.6 | +2% |
| 2018 | 101.5 | +1% |
| 2017 | 100.1 | +2% |
| 2016 | 98.6 | +1% |
| 2015 | 98.0 | +1% |
| 2014 | 96.8 | +1% |
| 2013 | 95.8 | +1% |
| 2012 | 95.2 | +1% |
| 2011 | 94.3 | −0% |
| 2010 | 94.4 | +3% |
| 2009 | 91.5 | +4% |
| 2008 | 87.9 | +1% |
| 2007 | 86.8 | +2% |
| 2006 | 85.4 | +1% |
| 2005 | 84.6 | +2% |
| 2004 | 82.7 | +3% |
| 2003 | 80.4 | +4% |
| 2002 | 77.5 | +4% |
| 2001 | 74.3 | +2% |
| 2000 | 72.5 | +3% |
| 1999 | 70.3 | +4% |
| 1998 | 67.7 | +3% |
| 1997 | 65.5 | +2% |
| 1996 | 64.3 | +2% |
| 1995 | 62.9 | +1% |
| 1994 | 62.3 | +1% |
| 1993 | 61.8 | +0% |
| 1992 | 61.8 | +5% |
| 1991 | 59.1 | +2% |
| 1990 | 58.2 | +2% |
| 1989 | 57.2 | +1% |
| 1988 | 56.7 | +2% |
| 1987 | 55.8 | +1% |
| 1986 | 55.5 | +3% |
| 1985 | 53.9 | +2% |
| 1984 | 53.0 | +2% |
| 1983 | 51.8 | +4% |
| 1982 | 49.8 | −1% |
| 1981 | 50.2 | +1% |
| 1980 | 49.5 | +0% |
| 1979 | 49.5 | −0% |
| 1978 | 49.6 | +1% |
| 1977 | 48.9 | +2% |
| 1976 | 48.1 | +4% |
| 1975 | 46.4 | +3% |
| 1974 | 45.2 | −2% |
| 1973 | 46.0 | +3% |
| 1972 | 44.6 | +3% |
| 1971 | 43.1 | +4% |
| 1970 | 41.5 | +1% |
| 1969 | 40.9 | +0% |
| 1968 | 40.8 | +3% |
| 1967 | 39.5 | +2% |
| 1966 | 38.8 | +4% |
| 1965 | 37.4 | +3% |
| 1964 | 36.2 | +3% |
| 1963 | 35.3 | +4% |
| 1962 | 34.1 | +4% |
| 1961 | 32.7 | +3% |
| 1960 | 31.6 | +1% |
| 1959 | 31.3 | +4% |
| 1958 | 30.2 | +2% |
| 1957 | 29.5 | +2% |
| 1956 | 28.8 | −0% |
| 1955 | 28.9 | +4% |
| 1954 | 27.8 | +2% |
| 1953 | 27.2 | +2% |
| 1952 | 26.6 | +2% |
| 1951 | 26.1 | +3% |
| 1950 | 25.4 | +7% |
| 1949 | 23.8 | +3% |
| 1948 | 23.1 | +3% |
| 1947 | 22.5 | — |
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