Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor Productivity: Output Per Hour | Sector: Manufacturing, 1987 - 2014. Data-Planet™ Statistical Datasets by Conquest Systems, Inc. Dataset-ID: 002-019-008
Dataset: Provides an index of output per hour in US business and manufacturing sectors (2009=100), and percent changes in the index from prior reporting periods. Labor productivity = (Output index)/(Hours of labor input).
A compilation of economic indicators used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate quarterly indexes of labor productivity (output her hour), hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and related nonlabor costs. Data are shown for business and manufacturing sectors, and two major divisions within each sector.
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Category: Industry, Business, and Commerce, Labor and Employment
Subject: Private Sector, Businesses, Manufacturing Industry, Work Hours, Labor Productivity
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the United States Department of Labor is the principal fact-finding agency for the federal government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the US Congress, other federal agencies, state and local governments, business, and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor.
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