Productivity in the United States decreased to 115.49 points in the first quarter of 2025 from 115.73 points in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - United States Productivity - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Nonfarm Business Sector: Labor Productivity (Output per Hour) for All Workers (PRS85006091) from Q1 1948 to Q1 2025 about per hour, productivity, output, sector, nonfarm, business, real, persons, rate, and USA.

Key information about US Labour Productivity Growth

• United States Labour Productivity dropped by 2.49 % YoY in Dec 2024, compared with a growth of 2.65 % in the previous quarter
• US Labour Productivity Growth data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1949 to Dec 2024, averaging at 1.59 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 9.69 % in Dec 1950 and a record low of -2.69 % in Mar 1974

Graph and download economic data for Manufacturing Sector: Labor Productivity (MPU9900063) from 1988 to 2023 about productivity, sector, labor, manufacturing, rate, and USA.

In the United States, nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased by 2.2 percent in the third quarter of 2024. The data are seasonally adjusted at annual rates. Productivity is the output per hour of all persons.

Graph and download economic data for Manufacturing Sector: Labor Productivity (Output per Hour) for All Workers (OPHMFG) from Q1 1987 to Q1 2025 about per hour, output, sector, manufacturing, real, persons, and USA.

Increased productivity is the main contributor to growth in U.S. agriculture. This data set provides estimates of productivity growth in the U.S. farm sector for the 1948-2011 period, and estimates of the growth and relative levels of productivity across the States for the period 1960-2004.

Nonfarm Productivity QoQ in the United States decreased to -1.50 percent in the first quarter of 2025 from 1.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Nonfarm Productivity Qoq.

In the United States, the manufacturing sector productivity increased by 4.5 percent during the first quarter of 2025. The data are seasonally adjusted at annual rates. Productivity describes the relationship between real output and the labor time involved in its production. They show the changes from period to period in the amount of goods and services produced per hour.

Denmark: GDP per hour worked, index relative to the U.S.: The latest value from 2022 is 113.88 index points, an increase from 111.06 index points in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 81.93 index points, based on data from 37 countries. Historically, the average for Denmark from 1970 to 2022 is 90.32 index points. The minimum value, 67.55 index points, was reached in 1970 while the maximum of 113.88 index points was recorded in 2022.

This graph shows the average annual growth rate in the manufacturing sector labor productivity in the United States from 1960 to 2013. Manufacturing sector labor productivity increased at 3.9 percent annual rate from 2010 through 2013.

United States Total Factor Productivity: Output data was reported at -0.651 % in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.739 % for Dec 2024. United States Total Factor Productivity: Output data is updated quarterly, averaging 3.330 % from Jun 1947 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 312 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34.927 % in Sep 2020 and a record low of -42.288 % in Jun 2020. United States Total Factor Productivity: Output data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G109: Total Factor Productivity.

Switzerland: GDP per hour worked, index relative to the U.S.: The latest value from 2022 is 109.87 index points, an increase from 104.85 index points in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 81.93 index points, based on data from 37 countries. Historically, the average for Switzerland from 1970 to 2022 is 101.29 index points. The minimum value, 87.56 index points, was reached in 2005 while the maximum of 110.46 index points was recorded in 1980.

A survey conducted in 2022 found that members of Generation Z were the least likely to say they were just as productive when working from home versus working in the office. In contrast, nearly ***** times the number of Baby Boomers said they were just as productive working from home versus the office.

In 2022, the gross domestic product per hour worked in the United States amounted to ****** constant 2010 PPP U.S. dollars. This is a decrease from the previous year when GDP per hour worked amounted to ****** U.S. dollars. See the US GDP for further information.

United States Multifactor Productivity: Mfg: Labor Productivity data was reported at 97.783 2017=100 in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 100.405 2017=100 for 2021. United States Multifactor Productivity: Mfg: Labor Productivity data is updated yearly, averaging 88.597 2017=100 from Dec 1987 (Median) to 2022, with 36 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 103.981 2017=100 in 2011 and a record low of 46.304 2017=100 in 1987. United States Multifactor Productivity: Mfg: Labor Productivity data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G106: Multifactor Productivity: Manufacturing Sector: 2017=100.

United States Total Factor Productivity: Labor Productivity data was reported at -1.155 % in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.413 % for Dec 2024. United States Total Factor Productivity: Labor Productivity data is updated quarterly, averaging 1.971 % from Jun 1947 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 312 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.789 % in Mar 1950 and a record low of -7.150 % in Jun 1960. United States Total Factor Productivity: Labor Productivity data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G109: Total Factor Productivity.

Generative AI will have a much greater impact on U.S. productivity if adapted in early scenarios rather than later scenarios. This is consistent with the overall requirement to shift labor hours to more effective use as automation increases between 2022 and 2040. The U.S. would see nearly a doubling of productivity growth in the late automation scenario with the use of generative AI.

United States Productivity & Cost Index: sa: NB: Output Per Hour data was reported at 153.169 1992=100 in Mar 2010. This records an increase from the previous number of 152.104 1992=100 for Dec 2009. United States Productivity & Cost Index: sa: NB: Output Per Hour data is updated quarterly, averaging 80.763 1992=100 from Mar 1947 (Median) to Mar 2010, with 253 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 153.169 1992=100 in Mar 2010 and a record low of 36.329 1992=100 in Sep 1947. United States Productivity & Cost Index: sa: NB: Output Per Hour data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G068: Productivity and Costs Index: 1992=100: Seasonally Adjusted (Discontinued).

The average for 2022 based on 37 countries was 81.93 index points. The highest value was in Ireland: 177.64 index points and the lowest value was in Colombia: 22.41 index points. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.