Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing, Mining, and Selected Service-Providing Industries News Release — 2010-06-10

NOTE: This release was reissued on Friday, July 9, 2010 to correct errors in measures of employment, hours, and productivity for agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing (NAICS 3331) and machinery manufacturing (NAICS 333). Other minor corrections have been made to measures for the following industries: NAICS 321, 3219, 482111, 491, 4911, 541921, 561311, 56172. Corrections have been made to tables 1 and 2; no changes were required to the text and the charts in the news release. Labor productivity -- defined as output per hour -- rose in 46 percent of the 138 detailed manufacturing, mining, and service-providing industries studied in 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was down from the 62 percent that recorded productivity increases the previous year.