Public dataset
Major Sector Productivity and Costs, quarterly indexes
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Rows
- 38
- Years
- 2017-2026
- Accessed
- Aug 13, 2026
Canonical indicator / labor-productivity-index
Nonfarm business labor productivity
Seasonally adjusted real output per hour in the nonfarm business sector, published as a 2017=100 index.
National economic contextindex, 2017=100Calendar quarter2017-Q1-2026-Q2
2026-Q2 latest
120.0+20.6 from 2017-Q1- Observations
- 38
- 1 bounded entity
- Coverage
- 2017-2026
- 10 observed periods
- Sources
- 1
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Exact pair
- r 0.928
- 38 entity-period matches
Indicator dossierLabor productivity38 observations / 2017-2026
01 / Measurement contract
Definition before comparison
The unit, universe, period, and source boundary travel with every observation.
What this series measures
Seasonally adjusted real output per hour in the nonfarm business sector, published as a 2017=100 index.
The National Economic Context Observatory places exact source observations on one dated workspace, but it does not merge their units, frequencies, universes, seasonal-adjustment conventions, or release calendars. Monthly, quarterly, calendar-year, and fiscal-year signals keep independent scales. Missing periods are not interpolated or carried forward. These descriptive accounts do not establish concentration, profits, markups, employer power, a legal antitrust market, policy effectiveness, welfare effects, or causation, and they are never combined into a composite score.
- Indicator ID
- labor-productivity-index
- Unit
- index, 2017=100
- Observation dimension
- Native publication period
- Grouping field
- Evidence system
- Period basis
- Calendar quarter
- Ranking contract
- Compare observed periods within one bounded series
02 / Observed variation
Fiscal-year range and trajectory
2017-Q1-2026-Q2; absent and withheld values do not enter the distribution.
- Minimum
- 99.4
- 25th percentile
- 103.3
- Median
- 110.4
- 75th percentile
- 113.9
- Maximum
- 120.0
Selected interval109.7 to 111.811 observations / 28.9% of the snapshot
Ranked reference rowsindex, 2017=100
- 012026-Q2United States productivity120.0
- 022026-Q1United States productivity119.6
- 032025-Q4United States productivity119.4
- 042025-Q3United States productivity118.9
- 052025-Q2United States productivity117.4
- 062024-Q4United States productivity116.4
- 072025-Q1United States productivity116.2
- 082024-Q3United States productivity116.0
- 372017-Q2United States productivity99.5
- 382017-Q1United States productivity99.4
03 / Coverage and quality
Where the series has evidence
Observed rows are counted explicitly by period, group, verification status, and confidence level.
Period ledger10 observed periods
20171 entity41 source
20181 entity41 source
20191 entity41 source
20201 entity41 source
20211 entity41 source
20221 entity41 source
20231 entity41 source
20241 entity41 source
20251 entity41 source
20261 entity21 source
Evidence stateAll indicator observations
Data status
94.7%Verified / 362.6%Preliminary / 12.6%Revised / 1Confidence
100.0%High / 38Evidence systemLatest bounded snapshot, largest groups first
| Group | Rows | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Productivity and labor costs | 38 | 109.6 | 99.4 to 120.0 |
04 / Exact paired lens
Labor productivity and unit labor costs
Published nonfarm-business productivity and unit-labor-cost indexes for the same calendar quarter.
Same entity + same period0.928Pearson correlation across 38 exact pairs
-1 inverse 0 +1 aligned
- Pairing rule
- Same nonfarm-business major-sector universe and exact calendar quarter
- Companion indicator
- Unit labor costs
- Matched current-series rows
- 38 / 38 (100.0%)
- Unpaired current-series rows
- 0; excluded from correlation
Interpretation boundaryThe National Economic Context Observatory places exact source observations on one dated workspace, but it does not merge their units, frequencies, universes, seasonal-adjustment conventions, or release calendars. Monthly, quarterly, calendar-year, and fiscal-year signals keep independent scales. Missing periods are not interpolated or carried forward. These descriptive accounts do not establish concentration, profits, markups, employer power, a legal antitrust market, policy effectiveness, welfare effects, or causation, and they are never combined into a composite score. The paired indexes do not identify markups, profits, concentration, or a causal mechanism.
05 / Source custody
Evidence behind the series
1 source family, 0 contextual references, and 1 encoded methodology note.
Reusable indicator packetExact rows, stable identifier, and explicit route contract
- Canonical URL
- /indicators/labor-productivity-index
- Indicator filter
- indicator=labor-productivity-index
- License
- Antitrust Radar compilation: CC BY 4.0; upstream terms remain in force
Method notes encoded on rowsNo inferred methodology is substituted
- 01
Seasonally adjusted real output per hour in the nonfarm business sector, published as a 2017=100 index.
Indicator evidence guardrail
One measure, one contract
This profile documents one bounded indicator at a time. Its ranks, distributions, histories, and paired views remain inside the stated universe, period basis, source, unit, and methodology; they are descriptive research screens, not legal findings or components of a composite score.
The National Economic Context Observatory places exact source observations on one dated workspace, but it does not merge their units, frequencies, universes, seasonal-adjustment conventions, or release calendars. Monthly, quarterly, calendar-year, and fiscal-year signals keep independent scales. Missing periods are not interpolated or carried forward. These descriptive accounts do not establish concentration, profits, markups, employer power, a legal antitrust market, policy effectiveness, welfare effects, or causation, and they are never combined into a composite score.