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BLS Report: Productivity declines in 69 of 90 detailed manufacturing and mining industries in 2018
Economic News Release USDL-19-0695
Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing and Mining Industries -- 2018
For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Technical information: (202) 691-5606 • productivity@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/lpc
Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov
PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY:
MANUFACTURING AND MINING INDUSTRIES, 2018
Labor productivity declines were widespread among manufacturing industries in 2018, with decreases in 67 of the 86 four-digit NAICS industries. Of the 51 industries in durable manufacturing, 41 saw productivity decreases in 2018 led by a decline in the lime and gypsum products industry of 11.8 percent. Nondurable manufacturing also had widespread declines in 2018 with productivity falling in 26 of 35 industries, led by the textile and fabric finishing mills industry with a decrease of 11.3 percent. Of the 4 industries in the mining sector, 2 posted productivity gains in 2018 led by the oil and gas extraction industry with an increase of 12.1 percent.
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Want to know more?
Find data at www.bls.gov/lpc for:
- Additional industries and sectors
- Detailed data series: indexes of productivity and related measures; rates of change; and
levels of industry employment, hours worked, nominal value of production, and labor compensation
- Additional years and long-term data
Questions?
Additional information can be obtained by calling the BLS productivity program at (202) 691-5606 or by
sending an email to productivity@bls.gov. Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
Subscribe to news releases
Subscribe to productivity news releases on the BLS website at
https://subscriptions.bls.gov/accounts/USDOLBLS/subscriber/new.
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Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing and Mining Industries -- 2018
For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Technical information: (202) 691-5606 • productivity@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/lpc
Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov
PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY:
MANUFACTURING AND MINING INDUSTRIES, 2018
Labor productivity declines were widespread among manufacturing industries in 2018, with decreases in 67 of the 86 four-digit NAICS industries. Of the 51 industries in durable manufacturing, 41 saw productivity decreases in 2018 led by a decline in the lime and gypsum products industry of 11.8 percent. Nondurable manufacturing also had widespread declines in 2018 with productivity falling in 26 of 35 industries, led by the textile and fabric finishing mills industry with a decrease of 11.3 percent. Of the 4 industries in the mining sector, 2 posted productivity gains in 2018 led by the oil and gas extraction industry with an increase of 12.1 percent.
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Want to know more?
Find data at www.bls.gov/lpc for:
- Additional industries and sectors
- Detailed data series: indexes of productivity and related measures; rates of change; and
levels of industry employment, hours worked, nominal value of production, and labor compensation
- Additional years and long-term data
Questions?
Additional information can be obtained by calling the BLS productivity program at (202) 691-5606 or by
sending an email to productivity@bls.gov. Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
Subscribe to news releases
Subscribe to productivity news releases on the BLS website at
https://subscriptions.bls.gov/accounts/USDOLBLS/subscriber/new.
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Information from these releases will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200, Federal Relay Services: 1-800-877-8339.