Strategic Human Resource Management

Section Three

Table 3-2
Trends in U.S. Labor Productivity

Year Manufacturing Output
per Hour

Business Output per

Hour

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

93.0

95.1

100.0

102.2

105.3

109.4

113.8

119.6

125.9

134.0

140.0a

95.1
96.2
100.0
100.5
101.8
102.5
105.4
107.4
110.5
114.0
116.6a
aIndicates data are for first quarter only.

Source: Data extracted from the Web site of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department of Labor, http://www.bls.gov/blshome.htm; base year is 1992. Public domain
material.