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MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS FOR DETAILED INDUSTRIES, 2013 

Multifactor productivity – defined as output per unit of combined inputs – rose in 38 of the 86 4-digit 

NAICS manufacturing industries in 2013, as well as in the two transportation industries that are 

measured, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was up from 2012, when multifactor 

productivity increased in 35 manufacturing and in the two transportation industries. 

Chart 1. Number of manufacturing industries with increases in multifactor productivity, output,

and combined inputs, 2012-2013 

Multifactor Productivity: Definition and Concepts

Multifactor productivity indexes relate the change in real output to the change in the combined inputs of 

labor, capital, and intermediate purchases consumed in producing that output. 

Multifactor productivity growth measures the extent to which output growth exceeds the growth in 

inputs. A variety of factors that influence economic growth are not specifically accounted for among 

measured inputs, including: technological change, returns to scale, enhancements in managerial and staff 

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Number of Industries

Increasing multifactor productivity Increasing output Increasing combined inputs

2012 2013
skills, changes in the organization of production, and other efficiency improvements. Multifactor 

productivity reflects these factors. 

2013 Trends in Multifactor Productivity

Among manufacturing industries, the greatest increase in multifactor productivity occurred in 

communications equipment (17.3 percent). Four other industries experienced multifactor productivity 

gains greater than 6.4 percent: seafood product preparation and packaging, audio and video equipment, 

alumina and aluminum production and processing, and iron and steel mills and ferroalloys. 

Chart 2 shows the percent change in multifactor productivity in 2013 for the largest 4-digit 

manufacturing industries (those with employment over 350,000). Of those industries, multifactor 

productivity increased the most in motor vehicle parts, as output increased much more than combined 

inputs. 

Chart 2. Percent changes in multifactor productivity, output, and combined inputs in the largest 

(by employment) manufacturing industries, 2013 

 

 

In the two measured transportation industries, multifactor productivity increased 1.6 percent in air 

transportation and 0.5 percent in line-haul railroads. 

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Percent Change in Output

Percent Change in Combined Inputs

Industries with increasing

multifactor productivity

Industries with decreasing

multifactor productivity

Printing Plastics products

and related 

support 

activities

Animal 

slaughtering and 

processing

Electronic 

instruments

Semiconductors and 

electronic 

components

Motor vehicle parts

Aerospace products and 

parts

Note: Bubble size represents 

industry employment. Value in the 

bubble indicates percent change in 

multifactor productivity.

Machine shops and 

threaded products

Architectural and 

structural metals

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Components of Multifactor Productivity Growth: Output and Combined Inputs

In 2013, 43 industries experienced increases in both output and combined inputs. In 2012, 50 industries 

experienced increases in both components. 

In 2013, output increased in 57 manufacturing industries, the same number as in 2012. The following 

industries had double-digit increases in output in 2013: 

• Agricultural chemicals (16.1 percent) 

• Railroad rolling stock (14.1 percent) 

• Communications equipment (11.3 percent) 

Output declined the most in footwear (-12.7 percent) and in magnetic media manufacturing and 

reproducing (-11.2 percent). 

Combined inputs of capital, labor, and intermediate purchases rose in 57 manufacturing industries in 

2013, compared to 62 industries in 2012. Growth in intermediate purchases was widespread, rising in 60 

industries. Fewer manufacturing industries experienced growth in labor hours (43 industries) and capital 

services (33 industries). 

The following industries had the largest increases in combined inputs in 2013: 

• Household appliances (17.0 percent) 

• Leather and hide tanning and finishing (16.8 percent) 

• Railroad rolling stock (16.2 percent) 

• Agricultural chemicals (9.1 percent) 

• Motor vehicle bodies and trailers (8.9 percent) 

For some manufacturing industries, multifactor productivity rose despite falling output, as combined 

inputs fell more rapidly. This occurred in three industries: 

• Other leather and allied products 

• Computer and peripheral equipment 

• Electric lighting equipment

Multifactor productivity rose in 17 of the 28 manufacturing industries that recorded a decline in 

combined inputs in 2013. Within this group, the largest declines in combined inputs occurred in 

computer and peripheral equipment and in communications equipment. 

In the air transportation industry, output increased 1.4 percent and combined inputs declined 0.2 percent. 

In line-haul railroads, output rose 2.7 percent and combined inputs increased 2.2 percent.

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Long Term Trends in Multifactor Productivity

Year-to-year movements and long-term trends in industry multifactor productivity may both reflect 

cyclical changes in the economy. However, long-term average annual changes in multifactor 

productivity are more reliable indicators of historical trends in industry performance. 

More industries experienced multifactor productivity growth over the long term than in the short term. 

From 1987 to 2013, 57 industries increased, compared to 38 in 2013. (See tables 1 and 2.) Average 

annual rates of change in multifactor productivity for nearly all manufacturing industries ranged 

between -2.0 and 2.0 percent over the long term. (See chart 3.) 

In contrast, 2013 multifactor productivity growth rates varied. For example, multifactor productivity 

declined by 2.0 percent or more in 24 industries. However, only one industry (pharmaceuticals and 

medicines) experienced average annual decline of that magnitude. 

Chart 3. Distribution of percent change in multifactor productivity for manufacturing industries,

1987-2013 and 2012-2013

Between 1987 and 2013, the number of manufacturing industries with growth in multifactor productivity 

was highest in 2003 and 2010. These were years of economic growth following recessions. In contrast, 

relatively few manufacturing industries saw multifactor productivity growth in the recession years of 

2001 and 2009. (See chart 4.) 

Table 3 displays the average annual percent changes in multifactor productivity by industry for sub 

periods between 1987 and 2013. The sub period 2000 to 2007 saw the greatest number of manufacturing 

industries experiencing multifactor productivity growth. 

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Number of Industries

Average Annual Percent Change

1987-2013

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Annual Percent Change

2012-2013

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Chart 4. Number of manufacturing industries with increases in multifactor productivity, 1987-

2013 

From 1987 to 2013, multifactor productivity rose in both air transportation and line-haul railroads by 1.3 

and 1.9 percent, respectively. While both industries experienced increases in output, productivity grew 

more in line-haul railroads because its combined inputs showed very slight long-term growth. 

Chart 5. Changes in multifactor productivity, output, and combined inputs for transportation 

industries, 2007-2013 

 

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Index (2007=100)

Air transportation

Multifactor productivity Output Combined Inputs

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Line-haul railroads

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Source Data Revisions and Improvements

This news release incorporates 2013 and 2012 data, as well as revisions in earlier years, from the Annual 

Survey of Manufacturers and the 2012 Economic Census. It also incorporates the annual benchmark 

revisions of the BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey published in February 2015. All 

measures in this release are subject to revision.

The capital services component of combined inputs for manufacturing industries includes for the first 

time benchmark capital investment data from the Census Bureau’s Annual Capital Expenditures Survey 

(ACES). Capital structure assets have been expanded from two categories to ten by using the ACES 

benchmark data for 2008 and 2012. Capital equipment assets have been reduced from 25 categories to 

24 by combining some obsolete or rare equipment types. Capital services measures for manufacturing 

and air transportation also incorporate changes from the 2013 Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) 

comprehensive data revision. 

The intermediate purchases component of combined inputs incorporates the 2007 BEA benchmark 

input-output tables as well as revisions to the 1997 and 2002 tables. Intermediate purchases in this 

release are calculated using improved price deflators for purchased materials commodities. 

For the first time, the industries included in this news release are classified according to the 2012 North 

American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). While the rates of change reported by BLS in this 

news release are rounded to one decimal place, all industry productivity percent changes are calculated 

using index numbers rounded to three decimal places.

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Technical Note

Multifactor Productivity: Multifactor productivity measures are derived by dividing an index of real 

industry output by an index of the combined inputs of labor, capital, and intermediate purchases. The 

multifactor productivity indexes do not measure the specific contributions of capital, labor, and 

intermediate inputs. Rather, they reflect the joint influences on economic growth of a number of factors 

that are not specifically accounted for on the input side, including technological change, returns to scale, 

improved skills of the workforce, better management techniques, or other efficiency improvements. 

Output: Manufacturing industry output is measured as annual sectoral output, the total value, in real 

terms, of goods and services produced for sale outside the industry. Industry value of production is 

derived by adjusting industry shipments for changes in inventories and subtracting intra-industry 

transfers and resales. For most manufacturing industries, real output is measured by deflating nominal 

value of production, but for some industries physical quantities of output are measured. For air 

transportation and line-haul railroads, output is measured by aggregating passenger-miles and freight 

ton-miles with weights based on revenues or operating expenses. 

Output measures for manufacturing industries are constructed using data primarily from the economic 

censuses and annual surveys of the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, together with 

information on price changes chiefly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Output measures for air 

transportation and line-haul railroads are constructed using data primarily from the Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics (BTS) and the Surface Transportation Board (STB), both in the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT), together with information from the Association of American 

Railroads (AAR), AMTRAK, and several other sources. 

Combined Inputs: The index of combined inputs is a Törnqvist index of separate quantity indexes of 

capital, labor, and intermediate purchases (including fuels, electricity, materials, and purchased 

services). The annual growth rates of the various inputs are aggregated using their relative cost shares as 

weights. The labor weight is based on labor compensation, including fringe benefits. The weight for 

intermediate purchases is based on the total cost of materials, fuels, electricity, and purchased services.

The capital weight is based on total capital cost, which is calculated as the value of sectoral production 

minus the costs of labor compensation and intermediate purchases. 

Capital Input: Capital input reflects the flow of services derived from the stock of physical assets. 

Capital services are estimated by calculating productive capital stocks and are assumed to be 

proportional to changes in these capital stocks for each asset. The capital index is a Törnqvist index of 

separate quantity indexes of equipment, structures, inventories, and land. 

For manufacturing industries, physical capital is comprised of 24 categories of equipment, 10 categories 

of structures, 3 categories of inventories, and land. Measures of total capital services for each industry 

are estimated by aggregating the capital stocks of individual asset types. Estimates of investment by 

asset type for each industry are derived using annual capital expenditures for detailed industries from the 

economic censuses and annual surveys of the Bureau of the Census. Additional annual investment data 

comes from the fixed asset accounts from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Annual investment 

data is supplemented with the 1997 benchmark capital flow table from the BEA as well as the 2008 and 

2012 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey from the Bureau of the Census. Price changes are removed 

from the annual investment data before calculating stocks. Price deflators for each asset category are 

constructed by combining detailed price indexes (mostly BLS Producer Price Indexes) with weights that 

reflect each industry’s use of individual asset commodities.

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The capital stocks for the different assets are combined using weights based on estimated annual rental 

prices for each asset type, averaged between two time periods. Each rental price reflects the nominal rate 

of return to all assets within the industry and the rates of economic depreciation and revaluation of the 

specific asset. Rental prices are adjusted for the effects of taxes. 

For air transportation, a weighted index of 44 types of airframes and 34 types of engines is derived from 

quantities and purchase prices from BTS. For assets other than airframes and engines, capital stocks are 

calculated similarly to manufacturing industries. For these assets, a more detailed breakdown of annual 

expenditures on equipment and structures from the BEA is used. Inventories of parts and supplies are 

also included; the current dollar series is deflated with a weighted cost index based on data from Airlines 

for America (A4A) and BTS. Indexes for aircraft and engines, non-aircraft assets, and parts and supplies 

inventories are aggregated using cost share weights to derive an overall measure of capital input. 

For line-haul railroads, current dollar investment for 10 categories of equipment and 13 categories of 

structures, obtained from STB and AMTRAK, are deflated with BLS PPIs and deflators based on BEA 

data. The capital stocks for each of the items are calculated similarly to manufacturing industries. 

Inventories of materials and supplies are also included. Estimates of investments in land from STB and 

AMTRAK were deflated with price indexes from BEA. 

Labor Input: For manufacturing industries, labor hours reflect annual hours worked by all employed 

persons in an industry. Data on industry employment and hours come primarily from the BLS Current 

Employment Statistics (CES) survey and the Current Population Survey (CPS). CES data on the number 

of total and nonsupervisory worker jobs held by wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments are 

supplemented with CPS self-employed and unpaid family worker data to estimate industry employment. 

Hours worked estimates are derived using CES and CPS employment, CES data on average weekly 

hours paid of nonsupervisory workers, CPS data on hours of supervisory, self-employed, and unpaid 

family workers, and ratios of hours-worked to hours-paid based on data from the BLS National 

Compensation Survey (NCS). For some industries, employment and hours data are supplemented or 

further disaggregated using data from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 

the Census Bureau, or other sources. Hours worked are estimated separately for different types of 

workers and then are directly aggregated; no adjustments for labor composition are made. 

For air transportation, annual labor input estimates are based on monthly employment data from DOT 

supplemented by employment and hours from the CES program and hours from the CPS. For line-haul 

railroads, labor input measures are derived primarily from DOT data and supplemented with data from 

AAR. For the railroad industry, the labor input measure includes an adjustment to remove capitalized 

labor hours in order to avoid double-counting because some capitalized labor costs are embedded in the 

railroad investment data.

Intermediate Purchases Input: The index of intermediate purchases is a Törnqvist index of separate 

quantities of materials, purchased services, fuels, and electricity consumed by each industry. Except for 

electricity consumed by manufacturing industries, for which direct quantity data are available, quantities are 

derived by deflating current-dollar values with appropriate price deflators. 

For manufacturing industries, nominal values of materials, fuels and electricity, along with quantities of 

electricity consumed by each industry are obtained from economic censuses and annual surveys of the 

Bureau of the Census. To avoid double counting, an adjustment is made to the materials estimates to 

exclude the value of intra-industry commodity transfers. Purchased business services are estimated using 

annual industry data and benchmark input-output tables from BEA. 

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Constant-dollar materials consumed are derived by dividing annual current-dollar industry purchases by 

a weighted price deflator for each industry. Aggregate materials deflators are constructed for each industry 

by combining producer price indexes and import price indexes from BLS for detailed commodities. The 

deflators are combined using weights based on detailed commodity data from the BEA benchmark inputoutput tables. Aggregate price indexes to deflate purchased business services are constructed in a similar 

manner using consumer price indexes (CPIs), PPIs, and deflators developed by BEA. The value of fuels 

consumed by each industry is deflated with a weighted price deflator based on PPIs for individual fuel 

categories; the weights reflect fuel expenditures by industry from the Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), U.S. Department of Energy. 

For air transportation, detailed cost of materials, services, fuels, and electricity from the BTS were 

deflated using cost indexes from A4A. For line-haul railroads, intermediate purchases data from STB 

were supplemented with data from other sources including AAR, AMTRAK, EIA, and the Edison 

Electric Institute. The nominal values were deflated with producer price indexes from BLS and implicit 

price deflators calculated from BEA investment data.

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2012 2013

NAICS Employment Multifactor Combined Intermediate

code (thousands) productivity Output inputs Hours Capital purchases

 Manufacturing

 Animal food 3111 59.2 -3.4 1.7 5.3 0.8 2.1 6.5

 Grain and oilseed milling 3112 60.3 0.6 3.2 2.6 -0.7 0.3 3.5

 Sugar and confectionery products 3113 73.2 2.8 5.0 2.1 6.6 1.5 1.4

 Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty 3114 170.5 4.1 2.3 -1.7 -4.4 -0.2 -1.8

 Dairy products 3115 135.0 -0.9 -0.3 0.6 -1.1 1.3 0.6

 Animal slaughtering and processing 3116 483.4 3.0 1.5 -1.5 -0.1 1.6 -2.3

 Seafood product preparation and packaging 3117 38.8 9.7 5.2 -4.1 -2.1 0.6 -5.4

 Bakeries and tortilla products 3118 318.4 1.1 0.7 -0.4 0.6 -1.1 -0.3

 Other food products 3119 184.1 0.7 2.1 1.3 3.0 0.4 1.6

 Beverages 3121 190.7 0.4 2.0 1.6 10.7 1.0 0.6

 Tobacco 3122 14.2 -1.3 0.7 2.0 2.0 -2.1 21.8

 Fiber, yarn, and thread mills 3131 28.2 1.0 5.2 4.1 -2.4 -3.3 6.0

 Fabric mills 3132 58.2 0.4 1.8 1.4 -4.5 -4.4 3.7

 Textile and fabric finishing mills 3133 37.2 3.8 4.4 0.5 -5.6 -3.8 2.3

 Textile furnishings mills 3141 56.2 -1.0 1.6 2.6 -2.1 -1.9 4.8

 Other textile product mills 3149 71.9 2.9 4.6 1.6 -4.5 -2.9 5.5

 Apparel knitting mills 3151 16.3 5.0 6.5 1.4 -18.4 -3.5 12.5

 Cut and sew apparel 3152 136.8 -0.1 -4.9 -4.9 -0.4 -3.0 -7.3

 Accessories and other apparel 3159 9.9 -1.0 -1.9 -0.9 1.5 -4.7 -2.1

 Leather and hide tanning and finishing 3161 5.0 -5.9 9.9 16.8 -12.2 -3.9 21.1

 Footwear 3162 13.9 -5.5 -12.7 -7.6 0.0 -2.8 -10.4

 Other leather products 3169 15.2 1.4 -0.4 -1.8 -9.9 -4.4 2.7

 Sawmills and wood preservation 3211 93.3 -3.3 3.3 6.8 6.9 -2.8 8.4

 Plywood and engineered wood products 3212 68.0 -0.1 7.3 7.4 4.3 -3.3 10.0

 Other wood products 3219 214.4 -2.1 5.0 7.3 5.4 0.2 8.5

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills 3221 108.8 2.4 0.4 -2.0 0.5 -2.5 -2.3

 Converted paper products 3222 271.4 4.1 0.8 -3.2 0.4 -0.9 -4.7

 Printing and related support activities 3231 473.9 1.3 0.6 -0.7 -1.2 -5.1 0.9

 Petroleum and coal products 3241 110.7 3.1 2.8 -0.3 -3.0 2.7 -0.6

 Basic chemicals 3251 142.6 -1.2 2.1 3.3 -0.5 0.4 5.2

 Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers 3252 92.3 -2.6 -0.8 1.8 0.2 -0.9 2.7

 Agricultural chemicals 3253 38.8 6.4 16.1 9.1 12.2 4.2 12.5

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines 3254 276.7 -6.0 -4.1 2.0 2.1 -0.5 4.7

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives 3255 58.5 -0.2 4.4 4.6 9.0 -0.7 5.6

 Soaps, cleaning compounds, and toiletries 3256 104.9 -3.8 -1.4 2.5 -4.6 -1.5 8.0

 Other chemical products and preparations 3259 83.5 -0.1 -3.4 -3.4 0.3 -2.6 -4.4

 Plastics products 3261 530.0 0.5 2.6 2.1 3.2 -0.4 2.8

 Rubber products 3262 130.9 -0.5 -2.5 -2.0 -1.1 0.0 -2.7

 Clay products and refractories 3271 46.5 3.1 1.4 -1.7 -9.0 -3.0 3.1

 Glass and glass products 3272 89.1 1.2 0.1 -1.1 -1.1 -1.7 -0.7

 Cement and concrete products 3273 169.8 0.3 3.3 3.0 -0.2 -2.7 5.9

 Lime and gypsum products 3274 13.9 1.7 4.0 2.3 -2.4 -0.8 5.1

 Other nonmetallic mineral products 3279 72.1 4.2 9.3 4.8 7.5 0.3 7.2

 Iron and steel mills and ferroalloys 3311 92.7 6.5 3.5 -2.8 -3.5 -1.0 -3.0

 Steel products from purchased steel 3312 60.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.7 1.8 -0.4

 Alumina and aluminum production 3313 58.5 6.8 7.1 0.3 -2.7 -0.1 0.9

 Other nonferrous metal production 3314 62.5 -0.8 4.2 5.0 1.0 1.3 6.7

 Foundries 3315 125.7 1.6 0.4 -1.2 -2.8 -0.6 -0.6

Percent change

Table 1. Percent change in multifactor productivity and related data, 2012-2013

Industry

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2012 2013

NAICS Employment Multifactor Combined Intermediate

code (thousands) productivity Output inputs Hours Capital purchases

 Forging and stamping 3321 98.9 -0.2 1.1 1.4 -0.6 2.4 1.8

 Cutlery and handtools 3322 42.2 -6.4 -2.3 4.4 -0.5 -1.4 9.9

 Architectural and structural metals 3323 353.6 0.3 2.4 2.1 3.0 0.5 2.1

 Boilers, tanks, and shipping containers 3324 97.8 -4.5 -0.6 4.1 3.5 0.1 5.6

 Hardware 3325 23.6 1.2 6.7 5.3 0.0 -2.4 9.7

 Spring and wire products 3326 43.1 -5.0 -4.3 0.8 5.0 -0.6 -0.7

 Machine shops and threaded products 3327 380.3 -1.4 1.3 2.7 1.3 3.1 3.8

 Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals 3328 142.0 -1.5 1.3 2.9 4.6 0.8 3.2

 Other fabricated metal products 3329 281.3 -2.6 -0.6 2.0 2.8 1.2 2.1

 Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery 3331 252.4 -9.0 -9.6 -0.7 -0.1 1.5 -1.8

 Industrial machinery 3332 108.1 -2.1 0.0 2.2 1.1 -0.9 2.9

 Commercial and service industry machinery 3333 86.9 -1.6 -2.1 -0.5 -3.4 -2.5 1.2

 HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment 3334 127.6 -1.7 0.5 2.3 -3.1 -1.2 5.3

 Metalworking machinery 3335 183.8 -2.4 -1.1 1.4 -2.0 0.1 4.3

 Turbine and power transmission equipment 3336 98.5 -5.4 -9.6 -4.4 3.0 0.6 -7.6

 Other general purpose machinery 3339 257.3 -2.9 -2.4 0.5 -0.5 0.2 0.9

 Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 158.8 2.3 -4.0 -6.2 2.6 -8.2 -8.0

 Communications equipment 3342 101.1 17.3 11.3 -5.1 -10.4 -4.1 -2.4

 Audio and video equipment 3343 19.4 6.9 4.8 -2.0 -2.1 -5.1 -0.4

 Semiconductors and electronic components 3344 376.7 -11.9 -9.9 2.3 -3.3 2.1 5.9

 Electronic instruments 3345 395.8 -3.9 -3.9 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.1

 Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing 3346 19.4 -3.7 -11.2 -7.8 -11.0 -7.5 -5.5

 Electric lighting equipment 3351 48.0 1.1 -0.1 -1.2 1.7 -1.9 -2.2

 Household appliances 3352 57.7 -13.1 1.6 17.0 0.3 -0.8 35.9

 Electrical equipment 3353 145.1 -1.6 -1.5 0.1 1.0 -0.8 0.1

 Other electrical equipment and components 3359 126.9 -2.5 -0.4 2.2 4.7 -0.5 2.6

 Motor vehicles 3361 181.7 -1.0 6.5 7.6 4.8 4.2 8.3

 Motor vehicle bodies and trailers 3362 135.5 -0.5 8.3 8.9 4.1 5.7 10.2

 Motor vehicle parts 3363 511.5 4.1 5.0 0.9 4.7 5.2 0.0

 Aerospace products and parts 3364 498.0 -3.1 2.3 5.6 -1.5 1.4 11.0

 Railroad rolling stock 3365 25.1 -1.8 14.1 16.2 7.6 2.8 18.8

 Ship and boat building 3366 132.1 -3.1 4.5 7.8 4.1 0.5 12.2

 Other transportation equipment 3369 32.3 -0.6 -4.4 -3.9 -2.9 -1.2 -4.7

 Household and institutional furniture 3371 246.1 2.0 5.0 2.9 2.0 -2.2 4.4

 Office furniture and fixtures 3372 105.2 -0.4 1.2 1.7 2.0 -1.3 3.0

 Other furniture related products 3379 35.2 -0.7 3.4 4.1 6.9 -1.1 6.0

 Medical equipment and supplies 3391 316.6 0.1 2.5 2.5 -0.6 1.6 5.0

 Other miscellaneous manufacturing 3399 319.3 1.1 3.5 2.4 3.1 -0.6 2.9

Transportation

 Air transportation 481 417.7 1.6 1.4 -0.2 -4.2 -0.7 2.3

 Line-haul railroads 482111 183.3 0.5 2.7 2.2 -0.3 2.6 3.3

Percent change

Table 1. Percent change in multifactor productivity and related data, 2012-2013-Continued

Industry

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2012

NAICS Multifactor Combined Intermediate

code productivity Output inputs Hours Capital purchases

 Manufacturing

 Animal food 3111 -0.2 1.8 2.0 -0.4 1.7 2.3

 Grain and oilseed milling 3112 0.1 1.4 1.3 -0.6 0.5 1.7

 Sugar and confectionery products 3113 0.0 0.5 0.5 -0.8 0.8 0.7

 Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty 3114 0.3 1.2 0.9 -0.3 1.0 1.1

 Dairy products 3115 -0.1 1.5 1.5 -0.4 1.5 1.9

 Animal slaughtering and processing 3116 0.6 1.9 1.3 0.9 1.9 1.2

 Seafood product preparation and packaging 3117 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.9 1.0 -0.2

 Bakeries and tortilla products 3118 -0.8 0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.0 1.8

 Other food products 3119 0.3 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.2 2.0

 Beverages 3121 0.5 1.5 1.0 0.1 0.5 1.4

 Tobacco 3122 -0.4 -2.7 -2.4 -4.7 -2.4 -1.3

 Fiber, yarn, and thread mills 3131 0.9 -1.9 -2.7 -5.0 -2.0 -2.2

 Fabric mills 3132 0.8 -2.5 -3.3 -6.2 -2.2 -2.5

 Textile and fabric finishing mills 3133 -0.1 -3.1 -3.0 -4.5 -2.1 -2.8

 Textile furnishings mills 3141 -0.4 -2.5 -2.1 -3.1 -1.0 -2.3

 Other textile product mills 3149 0.2 -0.6 -0.8 -2.4 0.6 -0.4

 Apparel knitting mills 3151 -0.8 -6.7 -5.9 -7.3 -2.6 -5.9

 Cut and sew apparel 3152 -1.9 -7.1 -5.3 -6.4 -2.5 -6.4

 Accessories and other apparel 3159 -1.8 -6.8 -5.1 -5.4 -2.1 -5.2

 Leather and hide tanning and finishing 3161 -1.1 -2.9 -1.8 -3.7 -2.3 -1.6

 Footwear 3162 -0.8 -5.1 -4.4 -6.6 -3.3 -3.5

 Other leather products 3169 -1.2 -3.9 -2.7 -3.5 -1.7 -3.3

 Sawmills and wood preservation 3211 0.9 0.0 -0.9 -1.9 -1.3 -0.5

 Plywood and engineered wood products 3212 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -1.5 0.1 0.6

 Other wood products 3219 -0.5 -0.4 0.0 -1.6 0.6 0.8

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills 3221 0.7 -0.4 -1.1 -3.1 -1.0 -0.4

 Converted paper products 3222 0.2 0.3 0.1 -1.4 0.6 0.4

 Printing and related support activities 3231 0.1 -0.6 -0.7 -2.0 0.8 -0.3

 Petroleum and coal products 3241 -0.2 1.2 1.4 -1.1 0.9 1.6

 Basic chemicals 3251 -0.4 0.8 1.2 -1.9 0.3 2.3

 Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers 3252 0.4 0.7 0.3 -1.8 0.1 0.7

 Agricultural chemicals 3253 1.3 1.5 0.2 -0.9 -0.7 1.0

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines 3254 -2.1 1.6 3.8 1.9 4.0 4.5

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives 3255 -0.6 -0.4 0.2 -1.2 0.0 0.7

 Soaps, cleaning compounds, and toiletries 3256 0.2 1.6 1.3 -0.6 1.6 1.6

 Other chemical products and preparations 3259 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -2.1 -0.1 0.7

 Plastics products 3261 0.5 1.7 1.2 -0.2 2.2 1.5

 Rubber products 3262 0.4 0.4 0.0 -1.8 0.0 1.0

 Clay products and refractories 3271 0.2 -1.6 -1.8 -2.4 -1.4 -1.5

 Glass and glass products 3272 1.2 0.5 -0.7 -2.1 -0.3 -0.2

 Cement and concrete products 3273 -0.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 0.1 0.3

 Lime and gypsum products 3274 -0.4 -0.6 -0.3 -1.8 0.3 -0.1

 Other nonmetallic mineral products 3279 1.1 1.1 0.1 -0.5 -0.2 0.6

 Iron and steel mills and ferroalloys 3311 1.1 1.5 0.5 -2.4 -2.0 2.0

 Steel products from purchased steel 3312 0.0 0.3 0.3 -0.3 -1.6 0.8

 Alumina and aluminum production 3313 0.6 0.6 0.0 -2.3 -0.9 0.7

 Other nonferrous metal production 3314 0.2 0.4 0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.8

 Foundries 3315 0.2 -0.1 -0.4 -2.1 -0.7 1.0

Percent change

Table 2. Average annual percent change in multifactor productivity and related data, 1987-2013

Industry

12
2012

NAICS Multifactor Combined Intermediate

code productivity Output inputs Hours Capital purchases

 Forging and stamping 3321 0.9 1.6 0.6 -1.1 1.2 1.5

 Cutlery and handtools 3322 -0.2 -1.0 -0.9 -2.2 -0.5 0.0

 Architectural and structural metals 3323 -0.3 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.7 1.5

 Boilers, tanks, and shipping containers 3324 0.2 0.7 0.5 -0.2 -0.4 1.0

 Hardware 3325 -0.8 -2.6 -1.8 -3.6 -1.1 -1.2

 Spring and wire products 3326 0.3 -0.2 -0.5 -2.4 0.3 0.2

 Machine shops and threaded products 3327 1.0 2.7 1.7 0.9 2.0 2.5

 Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals 3328 1.3 2.4 1.2 0.2 1.3 1.7

 Other fabricated metal products 3329 -0.3 0.2 0.5 -0.6 0.4 1.2

 Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery 3331 0.7 3.2 2.5 0.7 0.6 3.6

 Industrial machinery 3332 0.4 0.8 0.4 -1.1 1.1 1.1

 Commercial and service industry machinery 3333 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -2.2 -0.4 0.9

 HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment 3334 0.6 1.2 0.6 -1.0 0.9 1.1

 Metalworking machinery 3335 0.7 0.6 -0.1 -1.4 0.0 1.1

 Turbine and power transmission equipment 3336 0.1 1.8 1.7 -0.1 0.5 2.9

 Other general purpose machinery 3339 0.4 1.6 1.3 -0.8 0.4 2.6

 Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 13.7 13.5 -0.2 -3.9 1.2 0.4

 Communications equipment 3342 3.0 3.0 0.0 -3.2 2.6 0.7

 Audio and video equipment 3343 2.4 -1.4 -3.8 -4.3 -0.7 -4.1

 Semiconductors and electronic components 3344 11.0 13.1 1.9 -1.6 6.0 0.5

 Electronic instruments 3345 1.1 1.6 0.5 -1.9 0.8 2.3

 Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing 3346 1.8 -2.0 -3.8 -2.8 0.0 -5.4

 Electric lighting equipment 3351 0.3 -0.5 -0.8 -2.2 0.0 -0.5

 Household appliances 3352 1.6 0.0 -1.6 -3.2 -0.7 -1.3

 Electrical equipment 3353 0.1 -0.4 -0.5 -2.0 -0.9 0.6

 Other electrical equipment and components 3359 0.6 0.2 -0.4 -1.7 0.1 0.1

 Motor vehicles 3361 0.3 1.8 1.6 -1.9 0.8 2.2

 Motor vehicle bodies and trailers 3362 -0.4 1.5 1.9 0.1 1.2 2.5

 Motor vehicle parts 3363 1.2 2.7 1.5 -0.6 0.0 2.4

 Aerospace products and parts 3364 -0.1 0.8 0.9 -1.9 0.4 3.0

 Railroad rolling stock 3365 0.8 5.7 4.9 0.1 0.2 6.8

 Ship and boat building 3366 0.1 0.9 0.8 -1.0 0.0 2.3

 Other transportation equipment 3369 1.4 3.7 2.3 -0.3 2.4 2.9

 Household and institutional furniture 3371 0.1 -0.9 -0.9 -2.2 0.1 -0.5

 Office furniture and fixtures 3372 0.3 0.2 0.0 -1.3 0.7 0.6

 Other furniture related products 3379 0.9 1.4 0.6 -1.0 -0.2 1.4

 Medical equipment and supplies 3391 1.0 4.0 3.0 0.8 4.1 3.7

 Other miscellaneous manufacturing 3399 0.3 0.3 -0.1 -1.3 0.8 0.4

Transportation

 Air transportation 481 1.3 2.6 1.2 -0.8 3.4 1.9

 Line-haul railroads 482111 1.9 2.0 0.1 -1.7 0.2 1.9

Percent change

Table 2. Average annual percent change in multifactor productivity and related data, 1987-2013-Continued

Industry

13
2012

NAICS 1987-2013 1987-1990 1990-1995 1995-2000 2000-2007 2007-2013 2012-2013

code

 Manufacturing

 Animal food 3111 -0.2 0.9 0.5 -1.0 1.8 -3.1 -3.4

 Grain and oilseed milling 3112 0.1 -0.1 0.5 0.4 0.4 -0.6 0.6

 Sugar and confectionery products 3113 0.0 0.4 0.5 1.7 0.0 -2.1 2.8

 Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty 3114 0.3 -2.1 1.2 0.8 1.1 -0.6 4.1

 Dairy products 3115 -0.1 -1.1 0.3 -0.5 0.8 -0.7 -0.9

 Animal slaughtering and processing 3116 0.6 -0.2 1.0 1.0 1.9 -1.1 3.0

 Seafood product preparation and packaging 3117 0.2 -1.5 -0.2 0.8 2.4 -1.9 9.7

 Bakeries and tortilla products 3118 -0.8 -4.0 0.4 -0.6 0.7 -2.1 1.1

 Other food products 3119 0.3 0.2 1.0 -0.6 1.6 -1.0 0.7

 Beverages 3121 0.5 1.0 1.4 -1.2 1.7 -0.4 0.4

 Tobacco 3122 -0.4 2.0 1.4 0.5 -1.3 -2.6 -1.3

 Fiber, yarn, and thread mills 3131 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.9 3.6 -1.5 1.0

 Fabric mills 3132 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.7 2.7 -1.5 0.4

 Textile and fabric finishing mills 3133 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.9 0.3 -1.6 3.8

 Textile furnishings mills 3141 -0.4 -0.4 1.5 -1.2 0.5 -2.5 -1.0

 Other textile product mills 3149 0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.7 1.7 -0.8 2.9

 Apparel knitting mills 3151 -0.8 0.9 1.9 -2.2 -3.7 0.7 5.0

 Cut and sew apparel 3152 -1.9 -1.2 0.7 -0.7 -3.4 -3.5 -0.1

 Accessories and other apparel 3159 -1.8 0.8 0.5 -6.3 -3.9 1.4 -1.0

 Leather and hide tanning and finishing 3161 -1.1 -3.5 -0.9 3.1 -3.4 -0.6 -5.9

 Footwear 3162 -0.8 -2.0 -0.1 -0.8 -0.2 -1.5 -5.5

 Other leather products 3169 -1.2 0.1 -2.3 2.7 0.7 -6.4 1.4

 Sawmills and wood preservation 3211 0.9 1.2 -1.1 0.0 1.7 2.2 -3.3

 Plywood and engineered wood products 3212 0.0 -1.1 -0.7 -0.2 0.5 0.5 -0.1

 Other wood products 3219 -0.5 -0.8 -1.2 -0.8 0.4 -0.5 -2.1

 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills 3221 0.7 -1.8 -0.2 1.5 1.6 1.0 2.4

 Converted paper products 3222 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 0.6 4.1

 Printing and related support activities 3231 0.1 -0.2 -0.6 -1.2 0.9 0.8 1.3

 Petroleum and coal products 3241 -0.2 -1.5 1.6 2.8 -1.5 -2.1 3.1

 Basic chemicals 3251 -0.4 -1.0 -2.9 -0.6 3.2 -2.1 -1.2

 Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers 3252 0.4 -1.7 0.6 0.3 1.9 -0.3 -2.6

 Agricultural chemicals 3253 1.3 1.7 0.8 -0.1 2.9 0.8 6.4

 Pharmaceuticals and medicines 3254 -2.1 -1.6 -2.7 -2.1 -0.4 -3.9 -6.0

 Paints, coatings, and adhesives 3255 -0.6 -2.0 -0.7 -1.0 0.8 -1.3 -0.2

 Soaps, cleaning compounds, and toiletries 3256 0.2 -1.2 0.2 -1.6 4.2 -2.0 -3.8

 Other chemical products and preparations 3259 0.2 -1.2 0.5 0.8 -0.3 0.7 -0.1

 Plastics products 3261 0.5 -0.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.5

 Rubber products 3262 0.4 1.0 0.8 1.4 0.5 -1.1 -0.5

 Clay products and refractories 3271 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.1 -0.4 -0.8 3.1

 Glass and glass products 3272 1.2 -0.1 1.6 2.0 0.6 1.6 1.2

 Cement and concrete products 3273 -0.3 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.0 -2.0 0.3

 Lime and gypsum products 3274 -0.4 -1.4 -2.2 1.0 0.2 0.1 1.7

 Other nonmetallic mineral products 3279 1.1 -0.8 2.2 -0.5 2.7 0.5 4.2

 Iron and steel mills and ferroalloys 3311 1.1 1.1 1.9 1.6 0.7 0.4 6.5

 Steel products from purchased steel 3312 0.0 1.4 2.4 -0.1 -0.5 -1.9 -0.2

 Alumina and aluminum production 3313 0.6 -1.1 -0.3 0.8 1.2 1.2 6.8

 Other nonferrous metal production 3314 0.2 -1.9 1.8 1.8 -3.3 2.9 -0.8

 Foundries 3315 0.2 -0.2 1.6 0.0 1.2 -1.6 1.6

Percent change

Table 3. Multifactor productivity, average annual rates of change, 1987-2013 and selected subperiods

Industry

14
2012

NAICS 1987-2013 1987-1990 1990-1995 1995-2000 2000-2007 2007-2013 2012-2013

code

 Forging and stamping 3321 0.9 -0.7 0.9 0.4 3.5 -0.8 -0.2

 Cutlery and handtools 3322 -0.2 -1.5 1.0 -0.4 0.5 -1.1 -6.4

 Architectural and structural metals 3323 -0.3 -1.2 0.8 -0.7 1.4 -2.2 0.3

 Boilers, tanks, and shipping containers 3324 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.2 1.4 -2.0 -4.5

 Hardware 3325 -0.8 -2.3 0.7 -0.1 -0.7 -1.8 1.2

 Spring and wire products 3326 0.3 0.1 1.5 0.1 1.7 -2.0 -5.0

 Machine shops and threaded products 3327 1.0 0.9 3.2 0.2 1.5 -0.7 -1.4

 Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals 3328 1.3 0.9 2.1 -0.7 3.6 -0.3 -1.5

 Other fabricated metal products 3329 -0.3 -1.8 0.3 -1.1 1.8 -1.7 -2.6

 Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery 3331 0.7 2.5 0.0 -1.0 2.0 0.2 -9.0

 Industrial machinery 3332 0.4 0.2 1.6 0.0 1.4 -1.3 -2.1

 Commercial and service industry machinery 3333 0.0 0.8 -0.2 -1.2 -0.2 0.8 -1.6

 HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment 3334 0.6 -0.1 0.7 0.3 1.7 0.0 -1.7

 Metalworking machinery 3335 0.7 0.2 1.4 -1.1 2.5 -0.2 -2.4

 Turbine and power transmission equipment 3336 0.1 -0.6 -0.1 0.6 -0.1 0.3 -5.4

 Other general purpose machinery 3339 0.4 0.3 0.0 -0.1 1.9 -0.8 -2.9

 Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 13.7 7.1 15.3 24.2 18.1 2.8 2.3

 Communications equipment 3342 3.0 4.2 5.4 5.7 3.5 -2.1 17.3

 Audio and video equipment 3343 2.4 3.3 2.7 1.7 3.2 1.5 6.9

 Semiconductors and electronic components 3344 11.0 7.3 18.4 22.1 6.5 3.8 -11.9

 Electronic instruments 3345 1.1 1.9 1.0 -0.5 1.2 2.1 -3.9

 Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing 3346 1.8 0.4 5.6 -3.3 3.4 2.1 -3.7

 Electric lighting equipment 3351 0.3 -1.9 0.3 0.4 2.0 -0.8 1.1

 Household appliances 3352 1.6 -0.2 2.8 0.9 3.5 0.1 -13.1

 Electrical equipment 3353 0.1 0.6 2.1 -1.8 1.5 -1.7 -1.6

 Other electrical equipment and components 3359 0.6 -1.7 1.2 0.7 0.8 1.0 -2.5

 Motor vehicles 3361 0.3 0.5 -1.3 0.0 2.8 -1.2 -1.0

 Motor vehicle bodies and trailers 3362 -0.4 -3.0 2.3 -1.5 0.6 -1.5 -0.5

 Motor vehicle parts 3363 1.2 -0.7 2.5 0.9 1.9 0.4 4.1

 Aerospace products and parts 3364 -0.1 -2.3 -0.9 -0.9 2.7 -0.9 -3.1

 Railroad rolling stock 3365 0.8 2.0 -1.4 4.9 -1.7 1.7 -1.8

 Ship and boat building 3366 0.1 0.0 -1.5 -0.1 0.3 1.5 -3.1

 Other transportation equipment 3369 1.4 -2.8 4.7 -0.3 5.9 -2.8 -0.6

 Household and institutional furniture 3371 0.1 -0.4 0.7 -0.5 1.1 -1.0 2.0

 Office furniture and fixtures 3372 0.3 -2.7 0.4 1.8 1.0 -0.4 -0.4

 Other furniture related products 3379 0.9 -0.1 0.8 -0.4 2.3 0.9 -0.7

 Medical equipment and supplies 3391 1.0 2.4 0.4 1.5 1.1 0.4 0.1

 Other miscellaneous manufacturing 3399 0.3 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.7 -0.8 1.1

Transportation

 Air transportation 481 1.3 -0.7 -0.2 -0.1 4.6 1.1 1.6

 Line-haul railroads 482111 1.9 4.4 4.3 1.2 1.0 0.2 0.5

Table 3. Multifactor productivity, average annual rates of change, 1987-2013 and selected subperiods-Continued

Percent change

Industry

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